I just received my first official written notice in the mail today (May 9th, 2016). According to the letter, the homeowner wants us out tomorrow. I thought the law in Florida is that you have to give the tenant a 15 day notice if you are month to month or 30 days if the expired lease says I have 30 days to vacate. Here is what the letter says exactly...
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RE: Termination of Tenancy Effective April 30, 2016
The following has the purposed to record our rental agreement effective February 29, 2016 and extended as a courtesy to April 30, 2016.
As you and your spouse were informed during my personal visit on August 2015, I intend to sale the property of (Address of home). As a result you were asked to begin to plan accordingly. An official request for you to vacate the premises was issued in the month of November, 2015 via telephone conversation. A move date of January 31, 2016 was provided, allowing sufficient time for your compliance. As you requested, this date was extended to April 30, 2016 due to the difficulty you were experiencing in finding the resources to find a new place. However, at this time due to the urgency in selling the place I am in position to deny any further extensions and therefore you are expexted to comply by vacating the premises as soon as possible.
Since there is no lease outstanding, please be informed that this letter has been forwarded to the applicable office for the town of (City I am residing in) with a request to properly record the termination of any agreement.
In order to avoid any further actions, please contact me with a date and time in which the premises may be inspected and the keys to the same may be returned. Your move from the premises may not exceed the date of May 10, 2016. In advance, thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely
(Home Owner)
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What I have in parenthesis, I replaced for anonymity. What I have in Bold has me questioning how a "Proper Official Notice" is done. I thought a first notice must be written and sent certified mail. Is this correct? How should I respond to this?
Me and my family are having a hard time finding a place to rent due to the fact of the breed of dogs we have. Even though we can insure them to put the homeowners mind at ease. As we are still desperately looking for a place to stay, I am also in the works of trying to buy a house, but the process is a little long, hence why we are trying to find a place to rent. We may have a place to rent, but won't be available until June 1, 2016.
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RE: Termination of Tenancy Effective April 30, 2016
The following has the purposed to record our rental agreement effective February 29, 2016 and extended as a courtesy to April 30, 2016.
As you and your spouse were informed during my personal visit on August 2015, I intend to sale the property of (Address of home). As a result you were asked to begin to plan accordingly. An official request for you to vacate the premises was issued in the month of November, 2015 via telephone conversation. A move date of January 31, 2016 was provided, allowing sufficient time for your compliance. As you requested, this date was extended to April 30, 2016 due to the difficulty you were experiencing in finding the resources to find a new place. However, at this time due to the urgency in selling the place I am in position to deny any further extensions and therefore you are expexted to comply by vacating the premises as soon as possible.
Since there is no lease outstanding, please be informed that this letter has been forwarded to the applicable office for the town of (City I am residing in) with a request to properly record the termination of any agreement.
In order to avoid any further actions, please contact me with a date and time in which the premises may be inspected and the keys to the same may be returned. Your move from the premises may not exceed the date of May 10, 2016. In advance, thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely
(Home Owner)
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What I have in parenthesis, I replaced for anonymity. What I have in Bold has me questioning how a "Proper Official Notice" is done. I thought a first notice must be written and sent certified mail. Is this correct? How should I respond to this?
Me and my family are having a hard time finding a place to rent due to the fact of the breed of dogs we have. Even though we can insure them to put the homeowners mind at ease. As we are still desperately looking for a place to stay, I am also in the works of trying to buy a house, but the process is a little long, hence why we are trying to find a place to rent. We may have a place to rent, but won't be available until June 1, 2016.
