Hello nairalanders,

Please am having issues with my Caretaker who is a lawyer.

I rented and apartment where i've being staying since 2009. I got married by September this year. After the which my rent expired by October 10 same year.

Now i want to move out by end of this week and the caretaker (lawyer) is asking us to pay for the days we've stayed in the house else its going to be war.

Please i want to know, am i suppose to pay for the number of days i have stayed or fight back.

Your advice is really need right now

Thanks

tngtech:
Hello nairalanders,

Please am having issues with my Caretaker who is a lawyer.

I rented and apartment where i've being staying since 2009. I got married by September this year. After the which my rent expired by October 10 same year.

Now i want to move out by end of this week and the caretaker (lawyer) is asking us to pay for the days we've stayed in the house else its going to be war.

Please i want to know, am i suppose to pay for the number of days i have stayed or fight back.

Your advice is really need right now

Thanks

The house your are living might be the only source of living for the owner, as such he's right to demand his rent from you, and from all indication you didn't make your intention about packing out known to him, and you could have left without informing him. In all, I don't think you have a good rapport or relationship with your landlord, because most landlords would have ignored the accrued rent since you're leaving. Just go and discuss the issue with your landlord/lawyer and see wat can be done, because in as much as you have right as a tenant, the landlord also has his own right..
cheers!

Na wa o.... see question! pray, if u worked till half of October then resigned, will you not expect your employer to pay you for the two weeks, even though he paid you in September!

Please sir, you are to pay the rent on a pro rata basis, so do the needful.

Yes Sir, you have to pay. It's the Law.