Comedian2019:

On what grounds pls?

Rogerss:


The letter said at the expiration of your rent.
Your rent expires in 2023.
He cannot throw you out.
Look for a rent tribunal if he does.
The Lawyer is a charge and bail one.
He is expected to give a quit notice at the expiration of your rent assuming you are not renewing which you have 6 months to come to an agreement with.
He however brought that the notice before expiration of the rent which is not the law, hence charge and bail.

Alvanbenjamin:




Are they even giving that option to me ? And again what's the point in taking they money ? It has definitely depreciated. If I had invested it into something it would have yielded profits nh

smarttm:


You rent out someone's property and asking if its right to serve you a notice to quit...

Oyiboman69:
a room can be sublet by a tenants provided its within the period of it's due date....

Alvanbenjamin:
Good morning everyone.
Please I had a shop I was making use of till I gained admission 8nto the university and still paid for the shop without use for over 2 years...
After the pandemic in 2020, I decided to rent the shop out cause I was seriously affected and was already in my final year... I paid two years rent for the shop, running from February 2021to January 2023. Then I got a letter about rent increase, few months it was followed by the court order...

Please is this right? What should I do ?
The first picture is the receipt I was issued after payment, the 2nd is the increase letter and then the one sent from the court.

Alvanbenjamin:
Good morning everyone.
Please I had a shop I was making use of till I gained admission 8nto the university and still paid for the shop without use for over 2 years...
After the pandemic in 2020, I decided to rent the shop out cause I was seriously affected and was already in my final year... I paid two years rent for the shop, running from February 2021to January 2023. Then I got a letter about rent increase, few months it was followed by the court order...

Please is this right? What should I do ?
The first picture is the receipt I was issued after payment, the 2nd is the increase letter and then the one sent from the court.

Digmygold:


They are many. If he wants to use his property, if he needs to urgently renovate, if the tenant remaining there can cause him harm,if the tenant is destroying his property, if the tenant is owing. There are very many grounds but these are just a few of them.

henrybangs44:

Omooo it's not right. You paid the money when the value of the money was stronger. Meaning he enjoyed the money and spent it at a time it has more value, the increase in rent can't affect you until after the two years have expired. If to say you are to pay after the two years then it will affect you because the value of the money has reduced, but since you paid at that time, means u have paid for the value in full and since he has accepted the money at that time means he's okay with the deal.

Just look at this scenario.
You sell TVs
You bought 1 at N50 say in 2014
You sold it to me at N60. I did not carry the TV but I gave you the money.
DVD is N20 at the time, so you bought 3 with it.
This means that you have enjoyed the value of the money as it is. So even if u come back after 10 years your TV will still be yours without having to add any money when TVs are now N80

But had it been u only priced the TV and didn't give him the money...u can't come after years when the TV prices are high and expect him to still collect the same price because things have gone up and the price has increased.

So your Landlord has no right to collect any additional money from you if you paid when the money has more value

Steinmann:
Take the war to them at court.

barag:



That quit notice is rubbish. Ignore it

oilmane:


The rent you pay the man still subsist so e nor suppose increase the rent until the expiration of you rent, you too nor suppose sublet the property, but you even sure say that quit notice na genuine? Why e go carry suit number when e nor b case? Them go get hearing for quit notice abi quit notice don turn suit way e day carry suit number? Go see a lawyer.

backbencher:


Where to start

1. You rented shop and you were not using it

2. You then turned to junior landlord and rented out the same shop that you were renting

3. No wonder the landlord chased you out

4. Anyway, did you sign a written rental agreement with the landlord?
Did the agreement allow you to do what you have been doing IE rent out the shop that you are renting?
If it didn't,no wonder.
Also did the agreement state that the landlord could adjust the terms of the agreement if ' situations changed'?

Comedian2019:

Would evicting a tenant because one wants to use one's property not a breach of contract?

erico2k2:

Did U read the bit where OP admitted he subletting the property??

CaptainFM1:


There's a caveat in the notice Sir. "If he cannot pay the new rent after the expiration of his tenancy". Meaning he's allowed to stay till 2023. But the truth here is that he has angered the Landlord by subletting his house. He has no right to do so. What is troubling him now is how he will put the new incriment forward to his baby tenant that just moved in.

Comedian2019:
Did you sign an agreement? Was there a clause empowering the property owner to increase rent or change terms before your payment expires?
If there's no such clause, then the eviction notice is trash. Until your rent expires, only the court can evict you.
Eviction notice can be challenged in the court. So, call your lawyer.

We didn't sign any agreement sir.

ogaga4u2:
You rented a shop but you are not using it then you rented the same shop ro another person. You are renting another person's house to somebody else? Did you follow him to build the house Oga?
Did you discuss with the landlord before renting the house to somebody else? If "no" is your answer to the above questions, he has every right to give you quit notice.

FightToDeath:
I asked I to leave my property because you are always smoking and causing nuisance and u came here to defame me

tonyson010:


That is bullying because no reason for the quit notice. There is an issue between the two which the OP is not revealing.
The guy is also stubborn. He just squeezed the letter and dumbed it somewhere. Probably based on advice he decided to retrieve it.

tonyson010:


That is bullying because no reason for the quit notice. There is an issue between the two which the OP is not revealing.
The guy is also stubborn. He just squeezed the letter and dumbed it somewhere. Probably based on advice he decided to retrieve it.

chukwugoziegi:
Subletting your shop to another person was totally wrong. If you signed any form of agreement with him not to do so, trust me if he takes that agreement to court, you'll be in soup.

As for the quit notice thing, you can only move when you rent expires, if you move before then, he'll have to refund your balance to you.

Both of you are at fault tbh.

And I really don't know why Landlords collect 2years rent. 1 year is enough. That 2 years just dey long and unnecessary.

chukwugoziegi:


I agree. He is probably one of those Troublemaking tenants who do not respect their Landlords. If this one rent house from a woman, he fit beat am one day when she asks for her money.

But the landlord too get him wahala sha. Seems to be a greedy pig. 2years rent.

Dear Landlords on this Forum, thatAgreement form is very important! Always list your dos and don'ts please and have them go through it before they even pay their rent.

Tosdam:
1. You act is dubious as well, why would you turn junior landlord in someone's else property? That's the behavior of some of your people here in Lagos. After renting a shop, they will keep it and give it to another person at another alarming price.

2. This act is particularly common among the ibos in the name of "it is business". It's one of the reasons many shops are expensive in Lagos Market Today.

3. Imagine act like bring 2.5m, let me sell the shop to you so that you can start paying the landlord the exact figure directly. Does that make any sense to you people?

4. You are the reason the landlord increase the tenancy fee and there is nothing you can do about it.

5. When you don't need the shop, why did you rent it?

6. If you want to earn from properties, build yours.

7. Landlord gave you 8k per month, I am sure the landlord had been told everything you collected from the tenant of yours before taking the money to 13k.

Alvanbenjamin:




Are they even giving that option to me ? And again what's the point in taking they money ? It has definitely depreciated. If I had invested it into something it would have yielded profits nh

Alvanbenjamin:
Good morning everyone.
Please I had a shop I was making use of till I gained admission 8nto the university and still paid for the shop without use for over 2 years...
After the pandemic in 2020, I decided to rent the shop out cause I was seriously affected and was already in my final year... I paid two years rent for the shop, running from February 2021to January 2023. Then I got a letter about rent increase, few months it was followed by the court order...

Please is this right? What should I do ?
The first picture is the receipt I was issued after payment, the 2nd is the increase letter and then the one sent from the court.

oka4ugoo:
Digmygold I'm in Onitsha send me an e-mail, I can help you out

123readygo:
Please don't mind those quasi/half backed lawyers up there. No one can evict you before the expiration of your rent. Just go to court on the day of hearing and present your rent receipt before the court.
Contact your lawyer or you can reach me if you don't have one...

Ezeego1:
You have to see off your rent before packing out. Don't mind that man, so far the property wasn't sold to another person.
The shop is at sokoto road inside maim market.

If you cannot handle your landlord contact me i am in onitsha I will help you out.