Landlord has not provided us with a copy of the signed lease?

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MickeyMaGoo

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I and my friends moved in to an apartment 6 weeks ago and although we four all signed the lease, the landlord has not given us a copy with his signature on it.

I've tried emailing and calling him several times without success.

Can anyone advise if this means he now effectively has a one sided lease which he can enforce when the circumstances suits him and ignore when they don't and what can I do to force him to provide a fully signed copy of the lease?
 
Re: Landlord has not signed lease

Don't pay the rent and see does he get in touch with you :)
 
Re: Landlord has not signed lease

Bob_tg said:
Don't pay the rent and see does he get in touch with you :)
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Don't take this advice. You can only get results when you do things by the book.

Did you not sign two copies of the lease and keep one - that would be fairly standard procedure?
 
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shesells said:
Did you not sign two copies of the lease and keep one - that would be fairly standard procedure?
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No unfortunately, there was combination of a mix up and a printer problem which meant we only had one copy.
 
Re: Landlord has not signed lease

shesells said:
You can only get results when you do things by the book.
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Ehmm... This goes both ways.

"You only get results when you go by the book" is a very strange statement. There are numerous ways to get results.

The issue in this instance is that there is no response from the landlord and the normal by-the-book route (email/phone) is not working.
 
Agree with Bob -- you are living in a property, have paid rent and you do not know the lease terms. There is enough threads on AAM in relation to dodgy landlords. E-mail the landlord and write to him advising the circumstances. Bet he answers you then.
 
Re: Landlord has not signed lease

Bob_tg said:
Ehmm... This goes both ways.

"You only get results when you go by the book" is a very strange statement. There are numerous ways to get results.

The issue in this instance is that there is no response from the landlord and the normal by-the-book route (email/phone) is not working.
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What I meant was you can only take the moral high ground and highlight the landlord's misdeeds by showing you have lived up to your side of the lease.
 
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