Timeframe to Renew Lease?
My lease is up on my market rate 1-bedroom apartment on April 30th. As of today (March 9th), I still have not received my renewal notice. More than likely, I will not be renewing due to price. However, I’m wondering if legally I am supposed to be given a certain amount of notice to receive…
My lease is up on my market rate 1-bedroom apartment on April 30th. As of today (March 9th), I still have not received my renewal notice. More than likely, I will not be renewing due to price. However, I’m wondering if legally I am supposed to be given a certain amount of notice to receive my renewal offer, and whether or not that is a certain amount of time I have to give my reply.
WELL…. Noklissa. He didn’t INCLUDE that part in his original post. His added little nugget was a HUGE bit of missing information.
That being said — everything I said still stands. If not for Mr. Incompletetoryteller, then for someone else wondering where the landlord’s magic notices are. The fact of the matter is, after “twice a week for the last month” Wouldn’t you just give up?! Go to the office and sign the new lease?
MOST apartments in this city are “market rate,” right?
Posted by: tybur6
I don’t think so – don’t have exact figures but in NYC about 1/3 are unregulated (market rate) and 2/3 are under some form of rent regulation. Probably explains some mistaken assumptions that everyone in NYC has rights like renewal offer in a specific time frame, etc.
To OP – if you want to renew, or negotiate a new rent (you may have more bargaining room than you would have a couple of years ago) and they’re “dropping the ball” sending via mail, then go by their office and deal with it in person.
If you don’t want to renew, then find a place and move.
Seems like you jumped all over this, Tyburg, before knowing the full story. Fishermb HAS contacted the landlord and has (to use your CAPITALIZED words) “taken responsibility” several times only to get a rather odd run around.
And now, to use Dirty Hipster’s words, Jussayin’.
My issue is that at least twice a week for the last month, I’ve called the landlord and they keep telling me that either ‘the renewal is in the mail,’ ‘I’ll mail it out to you tomorrow,’ or ‘I don’t know why they haven’t sent it out yet’ basically someone keeps dropping the ball.
Clearly they aren’t very concerned, yet they always seem surprised that I haven’t got the renewal notice when I call them. If they expect me to be gone, fine, but between my girlfriend and I, we’ve rented in probably 15 different buildings over the last 10 years and never had to deal with a situation like this, whether NY or a different state.
My main concern is that since I will likely be moving out, if they’re this terrible with communication, that I may never see my security deposit back, which is leading me to think I shouldn’t pay my April rent and tell them to keep the deposit.
Ask your LL – sometimes they forget.
Yeah… this is odd to me. MOST apartments in this city are “market rate,” right? Where did this myth about “renewal” notices come from. You have a lease. It ends at the end of the month.
Some landlords (for their own business reasons) will contact you about renewal, sussing you out about month-to-month, or telling you that someone else is moving in… but many many many will not. They already communicated clearly with you in that multi-page document you read so carefully before signing.
Long story short — if you are interested in staying, it’s YOUR responsibility to contact the landlord. If you’re not interested in staying, then move out according to the lease terms. Though, if you actually want to get your security deposit back, it is AGAIN your responsibility to set up an end-of-lease inspection and sign off by the landlord or his/her designee.
Unless you’ve contacted your landlord, don’t be surprised if he/she is EXPECTING you to be gone at the end of the month.
Why the cat and mouse? If you want a renewal lease, ask for one. If you intend to move, have the courtesy to notify the LL. FAQ re: renewal leases (regulated and unregulated apartments): http://bit.ly/9gfGWH
For a month to month tenancy to be in effect after lease end, the landlord would have to accept payment of rent. If he doesn’t accept the rent, he can proceed with eviction proceedings. It’s cut and dry.
The obvious place to begin is to look at what your current lease says. Absent a new lease you will be continuing as a month to month tenant under the provisions of the old lease. Under the lease I offer my tenants I demand that they then give me 60 days notice if they are leaving when month to month, and I can terminate with same notice. If what you are saying is that you would like to finagle a couple extra months to find a new place, the answer is probably yes…