Bait and Switch Lease Renewal?

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by verda13

Thanks for all the replies,

I (now) understand that they are probably allowed to change the length of the fixed term lease, it just seems sketchy; I rented from them because of the 6 month term they were offering, (wrongfully) assuming it would be month-to-month after the initial lease expired (as, based on experience, I have come to expect) or at a maximum, another 6 month lease.

I am currently hunting down the original contract. Geez, these management companies bug me. I wish I knew the rep visited my old condo, pretending to be interested in renting it out before I signed the lease. (kind of creepy)

In BC there is a section under rental period. You have to check whether the lease becomes a month to month, or the tenant has to move out at the end of the signed lease. If the tenant must vacate the unit, both the landlord and the tenant must initial beside the clause.

Is there anything like this on your lease?

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by verda13

They offered that to me, $200 + loss of security deposit, a little on the high side.

How much is your rent and/or security deposit? I'm just thinking the monetary cost of a self move is easily $500-1000 once you factor in truck, gas, pizza and beer, time off work. (Keep the value of your vacation days.)

Having just looked for a less than 1 year rental myself, they were extremely hard to come by. Anything I found that was short term was easily $1000-2000 per month more. Myself needing 9-10 months it was cheaper to sign up for a year knowing I was going to burn 2 months rent at the end.