₦airaland Forum

tiswell:
Even if you Sue your landlord,there won't be peace for you and you'll eventually leave the apartment (diabolically if need be)
No Nigerian has ever won such case.
TAvoid the trouble and stress,it is not worth it

To say no Nigerian has ever won such case is a fat lie. The process is too strenuous and most times settled out of court in favour of litigant.

I don’t understand why you want to use that amount to rent a house. With ₦7 million, you can buy a 3-bedroom flat in my area and then pay the remaining balance little by little.

Smartguyboy:
I got a message today from the management in charge of the apartment I am living they increased the rent from #1,250,000 to #2,000,000 and my rent will expire this September . Please lawyers in the house what can I do ?

I am not a lawyer but there is nothing you can do apart from paying the increased fee or packing out. Rent is on annual basis and the one you paid expires before the increase takes effect.

tiswell:
Please,if you are not comfortable living under such circumstance,find another apartment

Naija is hard for both landlords and tenants.

How is it hard for landlords that have already built their house & are probably not maintaining it?

[quote author=MissJoy29 post=139249800]How is it hard for landlords that have already built their house & are probably not maintaining it?[/qupote] That's not really your business dear.
Landlords have their personal financial obligations,so are tenants.
You don't move into someone's property and start claiming useless rights.

ajalawole:
oga na lie. Where my office is was build in 1976, the owner has dead, his son was in charge. How can you explain rent increments of 150k within a year.

Same way one could not explain Rice increment from 14k to 70k per bag

[quote author=MissJoy29 post=139249800]How is it hard for landlords that have already built their house & are probably not maintaining it?[/qupote] That's not really your business dear.
Landlords have their personal financial obligations,so are tenants.
You don't move into someone's property and start claiming use.less rights.

Just 150k and you are complaining. Your landlord is saint compared to others

ajalawole:
My landlord increased my office rent last year by 50k. Just on Monday he brought another notice of increment this time around is 100k, that is 150k just in a period of a year. Have made up my mind to get another place by December. Some landlords are evil.

ajalawole:
oga na lie. Where my office is was build in 1976, the owner has dead, his son was in charge. How can you explain rent increments of 150k within a year.

Dey play, chief historian.

Whether you like it or not, the property does not belong to you and you can only stay there on the terms of the owners. The fact that the real owner is dead does not make you the new owner. I will only advise that you comply or you relocate as the case may be. Pele o, chief historian.

MarketDispatch:
Same way one could not explain Rice increment from 14k to 70k per bag

go and import your own rice and sell at 18k since you are also importing cement and iron rode.

Six months notice is enough time for you to decide on what to do

Lets ends these country for good
because we are all animals
Suffering and smiling

SeizeTheMemes:
Building materials for properties that have already been built? This man needs to consult a lawyer.

Lol, what has a house being already built got to do with it. Rents are determined by amenities, location and the prevalent prices in the locality. A lawyer will only mug you in such cases.
I've just increased the rents in the houses my father left for me, not because I wanted to but commodities prices in Nigeria are just too high and not increasing the price does not make economic sense. A carpenter charged 15k for two hours work
I'm not defending greedy landlords but Nigerian economy is what it is.

ajalawole:
My landlord increased my office rent last year by 50k. Just on Monday he brought another notice of increment this time around is 100k, that is 150k just in a period of a year. Have made up my mind to get another place by December. Some landlords are evil.

Don't be too quick to blame the landlord.

First go and find out the price of building materials.

I had cause to renovate my house recently, the first bag of cement I bought in February was 11K but right now I'm buying cement at above 12K a bag...in under 2 months the price increased by about 2K

Babalegba:
Lol, what has a house being already built got to do with it. Rents are determined by amenities, location and the prevalent prices in the locality. A lawyer will only mug you in such cases.
I've just increased the rents in the houses my father left for me, not because I wanted to but commodities prices in Nigeria are just too high and not increasing the price does not make economic sense. A carpenter charged 15k for two hours work
I'm not defending greedy landlords but Nigerian economy is what it is.

If you need to buy building materials to maintain the building are you going to buy it at the old rate when you built the house 10 years ago or are you going to buy it at current market price?

It is still very ship.

Abaziaka:
The high rate of building materials
will always result to this
And sometime it's not the fault of this landlords maintaining this property with exorbitant prices of building materials in the market it really difficult

99% of landlords don't maintain anything. The tenants do.

Mrlegent11:
I don’t understand why you want to use that amount to rent a house. With ₦7 million, you can buy a 3-bedroom flat in my area and then pay the remaining balance little by little.

Anyplace where N7million can buy you a 3 bedroom apartment in Nigeria of today, just know that the place must be in a dense forest!

For people saying why do landlords increase house rent when they are not building, let me explain to you.

If I build a house to use pay for my child education instead of to keep the money , as school fees increases, the rent has to increase

Building a house is like parking money for future value. You can never recover the cost of a well furnished house in an average location in less than 10 years.

Instead of keeping 10m in 2020 for school fees of my children, let's say, in primary class. By 2025,Tinubu economy don depreciate that money. E no reach to pay up to university.

If you calculate the rent you paid in 2020 and check how many bags of cement the amount could buy. Compare it with the present increased rent and check the number of cement your current rent can buy, you may be surprised that you are even paying less

Sonofgod1990:
Wahala for people wey never build their own house

I make sure I buy a house where ever I travel to. Why can't you people copy from me

Yet you're whining about a meager 200k lost to an "investment"

Smartguyboy:
I got a message today from the management in charge of the apartment I am living they increased the rent from #1,250,000 to #2,000,000 and my rent will expire this September . Please lawyers in the house what can I do ?

You should be happy they increased my friend own over 500% from 500k to 3m. Welcome to Lagos.

Kobicove:
Anyplace where N7million can buy you a 3 bedroom apartment in Nigeria of today, just know that the place must be in a dense forest!

Tis is false. Ijegun Alimosho and Lambe Ogun state you can get a house for 7m.

erniok:
To say no Nigerian has ever won such case is a fat lie. The process is too strenuous and most times settled out of court in favour of litigant.

Extremely strenuous because I know if a case in Bariga that lasted over 18yrs, the landlady had to resort to self help to eject the tenants.

Thankfully my landlord didn’t build the house because e never chop.

He built it and allow tenant in because he doesn’t want the house to be empty and boring.

To say na all these hungry mofos of a landlord.

erniok:
For an annual tenant, you do not increase arbitrarily and you must give 6 months notice. This is the position of the law.

When thentenant decides to enforce his legal r8ghts, people like you will complain he's suing his landlord.

@Smartguyboy, actually, it is 3 months for rent increase. Since due date is September, the landlord had given more than enough the required 3 months for this action to take effect.

@erniok, the six months for a yearly tenant applies to the time to give for a tenant to vacate location. Also, take note that if a tenant's tenure ends ahead of that, he/she pays for the extra months used as housing is not free.

I recommend OP either plans towards the new rent or works on relocating. However, it is better to do your house shopping early as housing prices have increased everywhere.

IyaTola:
Tis is false. Ijegun Alimosho and Lambe Ogun state you can get a house for 7m.

Are you talking based on what you know for a fact or what some drunk told you?

ajalawole:
My landlord increased my office rent last year by 50k. Just on Monday he brought another notice of increment this time around is 100k, that is 150k just in a period of a year. Have made up my mind to get another place by December. Some landlords are evil.

the issue now then is paying agent fee and the rest of the stress

Smartguyboy:
I got a message today from the management in charge of the apartment I am living they increased the rent from #1,250,000 to #2,000,000 and my rent will expire this September . Please lawyers in the house what can I do ?

If you cannot pay the rent, find a cheaper apartment or buy land and build your house.

Cut your coat according to the size of your material.

DeltaBachelor:
Well, look at your rental contract /agreement. If it is stated there that it can be increased without any prior notice, then you just have to follow through

Update : 2 years and 6 months ( If that’s what you mean by 2.6month) is enough to issue a notice of increment. I think 2 years is even the benchmark. So bros, nor vex, try pay or better still, find somewhere else cheaper or dialogue with him

it's not 2yrs or 2yrs 6month,
te law says rent increase should be after 3yrs
i.e if U paid January 2026, Ur next rent increase should be end of 2029

IyaTola:
Tis is false. Ijegun Alimosho and Lambe Ogun state you can get a house for 7m.

Lol, you'll be lucky to get a plot of land for that price.

altteemy:
@Smartguyboy, actually, it is 3 months for rent increase. Since due date is September, the landlord had given more than enough the required 3 months for this action to take effect.

@erniok, the six months for a yearly tenant applies to the time to give for a tenant to vacate location. Also, take note that if a tenant's tenure ends ahead of that, he/she pays for the extra months used as housing is not free.

I recommend OP either plans towards the new rent or works on relocating. However, it is better to do your house shopping early as housing prices have increased everywhere.

Dunno your state but it's 6 months in lagos.