hi all,
We have been tenants in a flat since August 2013. We have been excellent tenants ( in our opinion!) fixing odds & sods, keeping flat in good condition & paying rent on time & in full. We believe landlord is happy with us as tenants, they just want us to pay more.
We agreed rent at start of tenancy in 2013 & it remained at that level until August 2015. Landlord requested rent increase in August 2015 to which we agreed & we increased payments. Now 12 months later they have requested a further increase. Our understanding is that following changes in legislation in 2015 that the rent should remain as is until 2017- is this correct?
Recent communication (all by text) has been as follows: landlord asked if we wanted to "renew lease". We said yes we would like to continue lease. They then reverted to say that market rents in area are approx 600e more than we are paying and what would we feel would be appropriate rent allowing for a suitable discount. We reverted to say we weren't expecting an increase until next year due to legislation changes. We can't afford a significant increase.
They have now said that they understand increase is significant so happy to agree something in between. However, they also stated "regrettably, if we cannot agree a figure, I may not be able to renew your tenancy in August 2016."
Having looked on the PRTB website etc a landlord can end a tenancy for several reasons, none of which we believe apply but can they suddenly decide they need a family member to live in flat or some other excuse just to get us out?
We love the area & really want to stay! Thanks for any advice!
We have been tenants in a flat since August 2013. We have been excellent tenants ( in our opinion!) fixing odds & sods, keeping flat in good condition & paying rent on time & in full. We believe landlord is happy with us as tenants, they just want us to pay more.
We agreed rent at start of tenancy in 2013 & it remained at that level until August 2015. Landlord requested rent increase in August 2015 to which we agreed & we increased payments. Now 12 months later they have requested a further increase. Our understanding is that following changes in legislation in 2015 that the rent should remain as is until 2017- is this correct?
Recent communication (all by text) has been as follows: landlord asked if we wanted to "renew lease". We said yes we would like to continue lease. They then reverted to say that market rents in area are approx 600e more than we are paying and what would we feel would be appropriate rent allowing for a suitable discount. We reverted to say we weren't expecting an increase until next year due to legislation changes. We can't afford a significant increase.
They have now said that they understand increase is significant so happy to agree something in between. However, they also stated "regrettably, if we cannot agree a figure, I may not be able to renew your tenancy in August 2016."
Having looked on the PRTB website etc a landlord can end a tenancy for several reasons, none of which we believe apply but can they suddenly decide they need a family member to live in flat or some other excuse just to get us out?
We love the area & really want to stay! Thanks for any advice!