I am a lagos resident and my landlord sold his house to a new one.

the new one has been threatening to evict us by force as this is the second time he has come with policemen, the first time, he came with a policemen from SARS ikeja when we are not robbers.

i am a paying yearly tenant with my receipt with me.
he tried to negotiate with us to pay 400k per annum upon renovation, up from 250k
we begged him to accept 300-350k (based on each tenant's pocket) or give us 6 months to leave
he said he is not ready to give us 3 months talk less of 6 months

Last week, he came around to disconnect our soakaway pipes
he erected scaffolding to remodel the house even when we still reside there.

today, they came to disconnect our nepa cables
this will be the second time.

they have issued us a notice from the mediation center but they are impatient to even wait till the date of invitation before starting to mess with us.

I feel sorry for your situation.

First, let me be honest with you: Majority of your problem, has to do with your Landlord!
The new owner is NOT your Landlord because he did not go into any contractual agreement with you.
It is his house and he can decide to renovate/demolish/rebuild it.

The former owner has no right to sell the house during the period ....when he has collected money from you as Rent.
That is fraudulent!
He has collected money from you for the period..he has also collected money, by selling, during the same period.

Now, if you look at the cost of building Materials... infact, the cost of everything in Nigeria, places like Lagos especially, the price of everything has more than DOUBLED in the last one year!
Now, you will realise that if l buy rice at double the price, Tomato at double the price, Transport has tripled, everyone has doubled or triple their price while claiming "DOLLAR HAS RISEN"!

So, will it be reasonable to not expect the house owner to increase his own "market product" (rent) ?
Everyone is "Selling what they have".
It is a "vicious cycle" in Nigeria when we all decide to increase the cost of items, not minding that salaries/income are not increasing.
Everybody is taking advantage of each other.

In my own opinion, your best bet will be to negotiate with your House Owner.
Even the Mediation Center cant compel him to do what you want as he will simply claim he did not rent out his house to you.

Just try and look for an alternative accommodation where the price is affordable and plead with him to give you more time.




Lastpage!

i dont want you to feel pity for my situation

what i need is legal path which i am already getting offline directions on.

all those rants about cost of material is very irrelevant here.
you dont buy a house for millions without plans to inherit the liabilities that come with it
from 250k, we are saying accept 350k or give us 6 months to leave.
6 months notice is what i believe the law mandates for yearly tenants

Some of these landlords are heartless.

OP, you and other tenants should team up together and get a lawyer.

You're entitled to six months notice since you're a yearly tenant and you definitely have a valid ground to take legal action.

There are various ways around this that only your lawyer can advise you.

An adage goes thus "my landlord good my landlord good, na because he no wan make you build house"



The frustration means it's time to get your own house.


You guys should contact a good lawyer. But when you look at the cost and the trouble, its just better to pack out. Goodluck to you guys.

Go and build your own house.

Do u have any option at all? If not go and beg ur landlord.

Lagos landlords are usually devil.

There are 3 views to this issue.
1. Op's view. The new landlord wants to exploit the tenants

2. New landlord's view. He wants to make return on his investment having bought the house for something millions

3. The old landlord's view. He probably needed money urgently to take care of some of his needs.or may just needed to sell the house for other investment.

Everybody should approach this issue from a moral perspective.

One lesson learnt here is to be concerned about neighbours, co tenants and landlords affair. Pray for them as you do for yourself. Your prayer for them may probably not because of them but you. If misfortune visit them ( God forbids) one may one way or the other be affected.

Build ur house!!!

Qmerit:
Build ur house!!!

Nutase:
Go and build your own house.

If it's easy to build a house, he'd have many. And who even told you airheads that he's not building one already.

Look 4 cash and pack out

Sue him to court

Pray dat God shud bless ur hustle xo dat 1 day u sef go b landlord

Get a lawyer....

lonelydora:
An adage goes thus "my landlord good my landlord good, na because he no wan make you build house"



The frustration means it's time to get your own house.


You guys should contact a good lawyer. But when you look at the cost and the trouble, its just better to pack out. Goodluck to you guys.

Wetin dis one dey talk self? like it easy to build a hwz...oga seun pls try to create a dislike button so e gt as comment go gt dislike una go comot am

Step 1: Go and buy a land...Step 2: Go and build your own house...Sikena!

The funny thing is if the case goes to a law court, it might take the new landlord years to finally renovate the building.

Jimadey:
Lagos landlords are usually devil.

I bet they are not, meet an Ikwerre career Landlord you will understand.

Nutase:
Go and build your own house.

that's harsh

Werey landlord ni o

just build ur house

nnamdiokere45:
Wetin dis one dey talk self? like it easy to build a hwz...oga seun pls try to create a dislike button so e gt as comment go gt dislike una go comot am

Do you have a problem with comprehension?

Please what can be done to a tenant that refused to vacate the house after giving him three months notices

lonelydora:


Do you have a problem with comprehension?

no oooo...I tink I passed it well in English language

Op, did the former landlord give you guy anytime maybe three or six months to move out or three or six months rent relaxation period?

ActionScript3:
i dont want you to feel pity for my situation

what i need is legal path which i am already getting offline directions on.

all those rants about cost of material is very irrelevant here.
you dont buy a house for millions without plans to inherit the liabilities that come with it
from 250k, we are saying accept 350k or give us 6 months to leave.
6 months notice is what i believe the law mandates for yearly tenants

Think of the money you'll spend by going to court and the sluggish legal system. I suggest you just try to look for another place with that 350k. God dey.

Terrible

Ranting or no ranting cannot help situation now. What I think you should do is to renegiotiate with the new landlord and plead with him to give some months. Another option is to sue you landlord (1st) for breach of contract. You will be adequately compensated,one thing remains that the house has been sold and there is nothing you can do about it.