Any issues call the RTA, those guys are amazing, they'll tell you exactly what you need tobknow and how to go about it.
Also raise a complaint with them.
Ratemylandlord.org
Yes, our property manager tried to even back date the agreement with the rent increase. It was a laughable attempt and took them a further month to then change agreement to two months ahead. Notice must be in writing two months in advance especially on a periodic agreement.
I saw a reddit post a few months back where the agent and tennant were talking about renewing the lease, and the agent had said the rent was going to go up 100 in the new lease.
The tenant agreed to renew, but the new lease had the old amount (agent must have 'forgot").
A fortnight into the new lease, the tenant got a "rent is in arrears" notice, and responded that theyd paid the rent stipulated in the lease.
Agent "reminded" them about the new amount and that theyd been told about it... Tenant said "It's not on the lease, so we assumed you and/or the owner had changed your mind about the increase"...
Some arguements ensued and the upshot was that error or not, the new lease was a valid lease and the "intended" rent increase was unenforced (unenforcable).
Similarly, other posts in recent years have shown that a rent increase for periodic leases, has to have formal 60 day notice... and anything else (a basic informal text or a shorternoticeperiod) is not a valid notice and can be ignored AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.
I.e "your honour, we were not provided a valid notice"
"We gave the tenants notice on the 6th of last month via text, and have that message here"
"Your honour, the 6th of last month was less than 60 days ago, and the text was not notice in the proper form... so like I said... no VALID notice.
Thank you for sharing. I also received my notice in a text! Apparently my property manager has been doing this job for 20 years, so they should really know better.
Its like driving.
Everyone has to learn the rules when they start, but over time they "forget about" the rules and just do whatever they think theycan get away with, this becomes habbit and they then become surprised when it comes back to bite them.
Refer them to the residential tenancies act.
Realtor would know there needs to be 2 months notice for an increase. Douchebag move.
Any issues call the RTA, those guys are amazing, they'll tell you exactly what you need tobknow and how to go about it. Also raise a complaint with them. Ratemylandlord.org
We have, but we were able to get them on a contract error. Speak to your rental agency about it, the landlord has to abide by those rules.
Yes, our property manager tried to even back date the agreement with the rent increase. It was a laughable attempt and took them a further month to then change agreement to two months ahead. Notice must be in writing two months in advance especially on a periodic agreement.
I saw a reddit post a few months back where the agent and tennant were talking about renewing the lease, and the agent had said the rent was going to go up 100 in the new lease. The tenant agreed to renew, but the new lease had the old amount (agent must have 'forgot"). A fortnight into the new lease, the tenant got a "rent is in arrears" notice, and responded that theyd paid the rent stipulated in the lease. Agent "reminded" them about the new amount and that theyd been told about it... Tenant said "It's not on the lease, so we assumed you and/or the owner had changed your mind about the increase"... Some arguements ensued and the upshot was that error or not, the new lease was a valid lease and the "intended" rent increase was unenforced (unenforcable). Similarly, other posts in recent years have shown that a rent increase for periodic leases, has to have formal 60 day notice... and anything else (a basic informal text or a shorternoticeperiod) is not a valid notice and can be ignored AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED. I.e "your honour, we were not provided a valid notice" "We gave the tenants notice on the 6th of last month via text, and have that message here" "Your honour, the 6th of last month was less than 60 days ago, and the text was not notice in the proper form... so like I said... no VALID notice.
Thank you for sharing. I also received my notice in a text! Apparently my property manager has been doing this job for 20 years, so they should really know better.
Its like driving. Everyone has to learn the rules when they start, but over time they "forget about" the rules and just do whatever they think theycan get away with, this becomes habbit and they then become surprised when it comes back to bite them.
Yes, and we were told to vacate, as the owner was moving back in. 2 months later it was for rent for $60 per week more then they had asked us for.
Did you ever report them to the RTA?
Not from QLD but yes i have. Just send them a link to the law and they will follow it. They can't evict you for this.