nwaanambra1:
truth be told.

no lawyer or anybody that can help u.

you guys are not the main tenants - u have no tenancy agreement - none of u paid money into the landlords account.

in fact, the landlord can sue u guys for trespassing on his property.

the only thing is for u to beg the landlord to consider on humanitarian ground - but i guess he doesnt want to do that bc we all know that even if he gives u 3 months u will still not leave whn the time is up.

so just quietly vacate his property for him.


sorry i know i sound harsh but its the truth.

komols856:
Hello to my follow Naira landers, i know problem shared will find a solution.

We have been given 2 months impromptu quit notice from our landlord through his lawyer. And information gathered has it that they have secured court injunction to throw us and our properties out of the compound forcefully irrespective of Lagos state government tenancy law that demand 6 months prior notice before ejection of tenants after quit notice.

The house in question is a 3 bed flat, and 1 room and palour self-contain. A particular family was living in that house before, but they were transferred out of Lagos in 2014. after that, they then bring one of their church member that were having accommodation problem to come and live in the house and continue the renewal of house rent since the landlord was not living in that house, but the caretaker were notified of the new development and there was no problem as long the payment of the house rent is maintained. However, the new occupant cannot afford to pay for the flat alone, other tenant came in to share the flat and the house rent among them and there was no problem, some have lived and left the house to another place but before the go they will put their brothers to avoid paying agent and agreement fee.

There was no problem until recently when the caretaker came to befriend one of the tenants and things turn out against his expectation and consequently got angry and decided to punish all the tenants. He went ahead to rubbish us before the landlord and he then ask the landlord to issue us quit notice. the caretaker is the only one that the landlord knew before he relocate to Canada, and we have been paying house rent through the caretaker which in turn send the money to the landlord account since 2014 and it is presumed to be the one that rented the flat. The rent has always been paid in the name of the caretaker as the only occupant of the flat.

Now, we were notified of the quit notice last week which was addressed to the caretaker name based on what the caretaker asked the land to do. after the caretaker pasted the quit notice for us to see, we discover that it was back dated to reflect march 2017 to enable them claim in the court of law that the quit notice has been issued to us since march and that makes them to as well secure court injunction to eject us by force at the end of this July. we have been begging the landlord to at least give us like 3 months after July ending to enable us secure another accommodation, but the landlord refused, saying he don't know us and we have no tenancy agreement with him.

Please we need advice of what to do in this case and how to get a human right lawyer to defend us, because now we do not have money to urgently rent another house, neither do we have money to make case with the landlord. All we are asking for is more time to get money and rent another house since he said we should not pay again immediately after the expiration of our rent at the end of this July.

Please your suggestions and opinion is highly needed.
Thank you.

nwaanambra1:
truth be told.

no lawyer or anybody that can help u.

you guys are not the main tenants - u have no tenancy agreement - none of u paid money into the landlords account.

in fact, the landlord can sue u guys for trespassing on his property.

the only thing is for u to beg the landlord to consider on humanitarian ground - but i guess he doesnt want to do that bc we all know that even if he gives u 3 months u will still not leave whn the time is up.

so just quietly vacate his property for him.


sorry i know i sound harsh but its the truth.

partnerbiz4:


You dont know what you are saying bro.

They are protected under the law with or without tenancy agreement.

The caretaker also sublet the premises to them . So they are sub tenants. And are equally protected under the law.

nwaanambra1:
truth be told.

no lawyer or anybody that can help u.

you guys are not the main tenants - u have no tenancy agreement - none of u paid money into the landlords account.

in fact, the landlord can sue u guys for trespassing on his property.

the only thing is for u to beg the landlord to consider on humanitarian ground - but i guess he doesnt want to do that bc we all know that even if he gives u 3 months u will still not leave whn the time is up.

so just quietly vacate his property for him.


sorry i know i sound harsh but its the truth.

heyteaherm:
You are protected under the law.

The caretaker acted as the landlord , since the landlord passed the authority to the caretaker, therefore the law will recognize every action taken by the caretaker as the automatic decision of the landlord.

Now you have every right to stay till your rent expires and have 6 months quit notice privilege irrespective of the misrepresentation of date the caretaker and landlord indicated.The court starts counting when the notice was pasted.

Get a good lawyer.

Most nairalanders don't even know their rights so they are the least to advise you, get a reputable lawyer, the court will favor you most in this case.

hatchy:
Oga make you pack your load and move. You are not even recognised as a lawful tenant there.

I don't know why some tenants like trouble. You forget that you may be treated the same way when you build your own.
Not all Landlords are bad.Some tenants are ready to take their landlord to court while still living in the house.
Too bad!

bebe2:


U and ur co tenant doing judge and jury over someone's house

nwaanambra1:
truth be told.

no lawyer or anybody that can help u.

you guys are not the main tenants - u have no tenancy agreement - none of u paid money into the landlords account.

in fact, the landlord can sue u guys for trespassing on his property.

the only thing is for u to beg the landlord to consider on humanitarian ground - but i guess he doesnt want to do that bc we all know that even if he gives u 3 months u will still not leave whn the time is up.

so just quietly vacate his property for him.


sorry i know i sound harsh but its the truth.

Crownofwealth:
Firstly they cant thrown you guys out with just that notice. they will have to serve you guys with a seven days notice to tenant of owners intention to priceed to court to recover possession before taking you guys to court vied a claim. since you are pleading for time you can take the following simple step. when the claim is served on you, you can go to the court,plead laible and ask the judge\magistrate\ president to give you some time to pack from the premises..if the judge is compassionate he may give u guys some time. secondly u can challenge the issuance and service of the notice to quit on you guys.it ought to have been served personally on u guys except that u guys evaded service and the court thereafter ordered service on u guys by substituted means. Thirdly u can challenge the said notice to quit on the ground the length of notice is not valid having regard to the way and manner in which u guys paid rent. the mistake u guys made was to have paid rent to the landlord in the name of the care taker. if u want further advice u can beep me on 08066419086.

okenwa:
The first offence is to SUB-LET the property to a church member.

The second offence is that the church member went ahead to invite SQUATTERS.

The third offence is to be paying rent(if at all you pay promptly) in the NAMES of the caretaker.

Well I don't want to talk more about your offences. But just know that as a tenant you will have to vacate the property one day for any reason(not because of the beef between the caretaker and one of the tenant); if you pay promptly no beef can generate a quit notice.

Please pack out. He has perfectly done his paper work. No charge and bail lawyer deserve your little funds. Use it for a new home.

Freedom has a price.

Badgers14:


This was similar to the case you had one time right

Based on humanitarian ground, I do pity people subletting because they couldn't afford the whole flat and all. But legally speaking anyone without a tenancy agreement will most likely loose a case like this.

The case could turn from civil to criminal case in a blink of an eye.

bolegs:
Contact me directly I might be able to help you .

komols856:
Hello to my follow Naira landers, i know problem shared will find a solution.

We have been given 2 months impromptu quit notice from our landlord through his lawyer. And information gathered has it that they have secured court injunction to throw us and our properties out of the compound forcefully irrespective of Lagos state government tenancy law that demand 6 months prior notice before ejection of tenants after quit notice.

The house in question is a 3 bed flat, and 1 room and palour self-contain. A particular family was living in that house before, but they were transferred out of Lagos in 2014. after that, they then bring one of their church member that were having accommodation problem to come and live in the house and continue the renewal of house rent since the landlord was not living in that house, but the caretaker were notified of the new development and there was no problem as long the payment of the house rent is maintained. However, the new occupant cannot afford to pay for the flat alone, other tenant came in to share the flat and the house rent among them and there was no problem, some have lived and left the house to another place but before the go they will put their brothers to avoid paying agent and agreement fee.

There was no problem until recently when the caretaker came to befriend one of the tenants and things turn out against his expectation and consequently got angry and decided to punish all the tenants. He went ahead to rubbish us before the landlord and he then ask the landlord to issue us quit notice. the caretaker is the only one that the landlord knew before he relocate to Canada, and we have been paying house rent through the caretaker which in turn send the money to the landlord account since 2014 and it is presumed to be the one that rented the flat. The rent has always been paid in the name of the caretaker as the only occupant of the flat.

Now, we were notified of the quit notice last week which was addressed to the caretaker name based on what the caretaker asked the land to do. after the caretaker pasted the quit notice for us to see, we discover that it was back dated to reflect march 2017 to enable them claim in the court of law that the quit notice has been issued to us since march and that makes them to as well secure court injunction to eject us by force at the end of this July. we have been begging the landlord to at least give us like 3 months after July ending to enable us secure another accommodation, but the landlord refused, saying he don't know us and we have no tenancy agreement with him.

Please we need advice of what to do in this case and how to get a human right lawyer to defend us, because now we do not have money to urgently rent another house, neither do we have money to make case with the landlord. All we are asking for is more time to get money and rent another house since he said we should not pay again immediately after the expiration of our rent at the end of this July.

Please your suggestions and opinion is highly needed.
Thank you.

doughziay:
Go to court.

The case will be delayed for another 6 months

sonnie10:


The criminal here would be landlord and his agent who received money from these innocent people under the pretense of providing them a peaceful place of aboard. They can eat their bread and still have.

Did they ever state that the tenant cannot sublet? In the absence of tenancy agreement, the landlord should not assume that is common sense- practice, not to sublet. If it was not stated, then it was not part of the deal.