Highlight Report (Sep 2021)¶
Plan (Sep 2021)¶
Tenancy Agreement IV (2020/21) expires August 31st 2021.
Owners report to tenant the apartment is selling. And they’re discussing renewing tenancy.
Owners send written notice to tenant about contract expiration.
Performance (Sep 2021)¶
Tenant Offer
Tenant offers to pay final 2 months (Jul/Aug) e.g. $1k.
Tenant asks 1 more month to make payment on the 28th (as has been the case since April 2018). Before switching to paying on the 1st of the month.
Repair work to be handled by Tenant during new tenancy.
Owner Counter-Offer
- Aug-31 - Owner demands payment for new contract be made before the 15th in the first month.
And the contract be 6 months, not 12 months.
- Contract 0.0.0 - tenant loses deposit if tenant gives notice to leave
tenants deposit cant be used for rent, only repairs
Issues (Sep 2021)¶
- **2021-Sep-16* - Owner produced a receipt, ahead of any payment, saying payment is for missing payment.
This will mean the Tenants payment for September for the new contract, will be allocated to a «missing payment» relating to the old contract - leaving September payment outstanding. In addition, October will be due on the 1st October. So After paying $1k for July/Aug, And another $500 for September, used instead for a missing payment ($1500 in total), a further payment is expected to be demanded for September and October (a further $1k). And the repair work is being quoted. An additional $1k. That’s $1k Aug + $500 Sep/»missing payment» + $1k Sep/Oct + $1k repair = That’s $3,500 the landlord is expecting, in the space of a few weeks. In fact, funds for a month of the old contract was borrowed. So the lender has to be paid back and the landlord wants paying again. That’s an additional cost of $1k. So $4,500 in the space of a few weeks. Extortion !!!
Landlord has not specified which month a payment was missed on the old contract. Only that a payment is missing.
- 2021-Sep-16 - Tenant wishes to further query the Owners alledged «missing payment» from the last contract. Which month ?
Dispute the use of the first payment of the new contract for this alledged mysterious «missing payment».
Condition of the $1k sent on the 30th Aug was that is was for final settlement of the old contract. It’s even specified on the bank transfer.
Future Plans (Oct 2021)¶
Solve the mystery of the missing payment once and for all
At least differ the matter, treat it as a seperate matter - since it’s being disputed.
Not write receipts ahead of payment saying that’s what the payment is for, when it is not. That’s not honourable.
Sign a contact. v0.0.0 is not acceptable to the tenant. Which is why the tenant has redrafted the agreement (v0.0.1).
Waiver or discount the $65 fee for the contract, since it was poorly written and the tenant had to do work on it too.