Lifetime lease

[quincy]

We are the last one they did not renovated. New kitchens and bathrooms. They ask a lot more rent. They also installed water meters

That’s nice.

 

[Lifetl]

Thats is why they ant us out. To renovate and charge more money!

 

[Zigner]

Thats is why they ant us out. To renovate and charge more money!

Considering you are month-to-month tenants, they can make you leave. Even if you weren't month-to-month tenants, it's possible that they could have forced you to leave in light of the construction/renovation (I haven't studied the specific law in your jurisdiction).

 

[quincy]

Thats is why they ant us out. To renovate and charge more money!

Understood.

Unfortunately, you and your mother appear to have signed away any lifetime lease rights your mother might have had. Whether the new lease is valid depends in large part on the terms of the previous lease.

Get these leases personally reviewed by an attorney in your area - and, in the meantime, you and your mother should probably be searching for a new place to live.

 

[Lifetl]

But isn’t it tricking if the send a new lease and tell you to sign it and ignore the lifetime?

 

[quincy]

But isn’t it tricking if the send a new lease and tell you to sign it and ignore the lifetime?

No. Not if you are given the new lease to read over prior to signing.

 

[Just Blue]

But isn’t it tricking if the send a new lease and tell you to sign it and ignore the lifetime?

No. It is unfortunate that neither you or your mother didn't bother to read what you were contracting to...but the LL didn't "trick" you or your mother.

 

[quincy]

What the new landlord might have done is violate the terms of the original lease and/or conditions set forth in the property sale documents.

There is really only one easy way I can think of to find out if that could be the case - and that way is not to ask strangers on an Internet forum about contracts none of us have seen or read.

 

[zddoodah]

Nothing was explained.

Then no trickery can have occurred.

You had the document in front of you with all the time in the world to read it. If you didn't read it, that's on you. If you read it and didn't understand it, you had the opportunity to seek out someone to explain it to you. If you didn't do that, that's on you.

 

[Just Blue]

What the new landlord might have done is violate the terms of the original lease and/or conditions set forth in the property sale documents.

There is really only one easy way I can think of to find out if that could be the case - and that way is not to ask strangers on an Internet forum about contracts none of us have seen or read.

Agreed. @Lifetl could call the Florida Bar Assoc and ask for a referral or 3 to a Landlord/Tenant Attorney for a review of both leases.



The Florida Bar

 

[quincy]

Agreed. @Lifetl could call the Florida Bar Assoc and ask for a referral or 3 to a Landlord/Tenant Attorney for a review of both leases.



The Florida Bar

The Department of Elder Affairs (links provided earlier) could also assist with legal advice and direction.

 

[Eekamouse]

Maybe they required a new lease be signed due to you living with her. You residing with your mother wasn't part of the lifetime lease.

 

[Lifetl]

Yes. Thats right. I was not on the lease. But the old landlord knew I was there, I am very sick.

that is how they scarred my mom, saying she has to sign a new lease or I need to move.

 

[AlmostThere]

Yes. Thats right. I was not on the lease. But the old landlord knew I was there, I am very sick.

that is how they scarred my mom, saying she has to sign a new lease or I need to move.

The new landlord does not need to continue to allow you to live there while not on the lease. You should have addressed this with the old landlord before the property was sold and had a new lease drawn up that included you.

The new landlord is allowed to rent the apartment out for more money. He is an investor, not a charity.

 

[Eekamouse]

Yes. Thats right. I was not on the lease. But the old landlord knew I was there, I am very sick.

that is how they scarred my mom, saying she has to sign a new lease or I need to move.

It doesn't really matter that the old landlord "knew" you were there. You did not have written permission to be there. The new landlord was well within their rights to demand you and your mother sign a new lease. That you didn't bother to read it before signing is on you, not them.