gucciplay:



That's what i want to know since there's no such law. that means they are the ones looking for my trouble. No problem that means they are acting illegal i will also my act my own illegal way also

My brother, whenever you want to rent your house to any body, make sure you give them tenancy agreement and let it stated clearly that their tenure is one year certain if they are yearly tenant. with that clause you have all the power to send them out when their rent expire. Also make sure you write them reminder notice when their rent reach 6 month another notice when their rent remain 3month and the last one when their rent expire finally. With this no tenant can threaten you.

Chinom:



This is a very stupid and dangerous advice. No one has asked the most important question here. What kind of tenants are they?. What do they do for a living?. Before the Landlord takes any 'illegal' action, he must first access the kind of tenants he's dealing with. Some tenants are capable of killing you on top of your house. In Op's case, for all 4 to gang up and demand the same, means that they are ready for you. Any attempt to use violence or Agberos will backfire.

If you ever remove the roof under any guise, you may lose that house entirely. They may use that 3 months rent to re-roof the house. That is what I will do if I am in their situation. The amount of compensation you will pay to get them out of your house after they have put the roof back will build you a new house.
So thread very carefully and most importantly KNOW YOUR TENANTS. Armed robbers are tenants too.

Do not try this with an Ikwerre or Rivers indigene landlord. Ask questions, bro.

menix:
Why not reach a concrete agreement with them where they will all sign that after the 3 month they will leave...

If you decide to quit them, they would still stay 6 month and u will also spend extra...
Yes the 6 month they spent, u can still get ur rent but if the tenants re people like me, ur name nah Joseph of Aramantia cous i will frustrate you..

You just spelt doom for yourself, you think God is asleep? You would frustrate a man over his property and expect Oluwa to pick your call?
God cannot be mocked...you have a wicked heart already so you cannot be blessed. God gives money to those who have pure heart. You
can't wish people ill and expect good.

gucciplay:


You still have not get my point . i want to know if it's in Nigeria law that if somebody paid for 1 year house the tenant will be giving 3 months free rent. That is what i want to know before i have to take action. I'm not afraid of any of them

This is how it works, if you are the one serving them a quite notice, then according to the law they have the right to stay for 6 free months. In this case most landlords will usually serve the notice 6 months before the next rent is due so that they won't need to stay for free. That means as their rents expires so they are leaving.

However if your tenants are saying they won't pay you for 3 months after which they would leave that's breech of contract so you can throw them out.

I stand to be corrected but that's my understanding from experience.

bejick:


look at ugly face even only fit for a rat hole. make the landlord of that house see you posing with his house lets know if you wont spend at least two weeks in kirikiri maximum prison. instead of you to let people that have property and experience to advice him you dey here dey talk rubbish.

My face alone would make yo momma leak..
U must ve spent 2 weeks in kirikiri to ve known posing with someone's else property takes one there...

The only experience u ve in ur life is INCEST.....

No tenant should live in a house free even if its for one day. Its illegal under any circumstance. Even if u are given notice to quit, the tenants MUST pay their rent for all the time they occupy the property. Owing rent is not the only ground under which a quit notice may be served. Even those tenants who dont owe rent sometimes get quit notice for other reasons. So unless u otherwise agree that they can occupy the said property free for 3 months, u may take legal action against them. They will be flung out and also made to pay all amount owed otherwise their property will be seized and auctioned by the courts. Landlords are not running a charity.

Garnishment
A legal procedure by which a creditor can collect what a debtor owes by reaching the debtor's property when it is in the hands of someone other than the debtor.
I think this will help you force them to pay. meet your lawyer to discuss this Garnishee order.
Hope you succeed.

fpeter:
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You just spelt doom for yourself, you think God is asleep? You would frustrate a man over his property and expect Oluwa to pick your call?
God cannot be mocked...you have a wicked heart already so you cannot be blessed. God gives money to those who have pure heart. You
can't wish people ill and expect good.

Re u god's play toy to be privy to his decisions

Like seriously God gives money to those with pure heart
Otokoto, Abacha must be in heaven

I see u ve a loving heart, now tell me what u ve achieved with it....

menix:


My face alone would make yo momma leak..
U must ve spent 2 weeks in kirikiri to ve known posing with someone's else property takes one there...

The only experience u ve in ur life is INCEST.....

don't make me call you a jobless bastard, soon you steal your mama hard earn money go smoke IGBO with that you thick black komo lips only fit for a condemned criminal. Go and get something doing with your low life. I wish I could send your pictures of what life is meant to be, but it will amount fighting with a pig in the mud which is his dwelling.

Please don't listen to wrong advice o, I am also talking from experience, 2013, my landlord gave me 7 days quit notice because i could not pay him 2 months rent. I told him to give me 3 months to pay all outstanding, but he refused, instead he gave me 7 days to pack out from the house i have leaved for 7 years. On the 7th day, he came with a quack lawyer, who served me a fake court notice to pack out from the house, they brought my properties out and I went to Lagos state mediating center at Alausa, they were also charge to court and my landlord and the quack lawyer were reminded in prison for 14 days, the apartment remained locked for 3 years of court proceeding, they later asked for out of court settlement, they agreed to pay for all the things i reported missing and damaged and to pay my house rent of where I was staying during the court proceedings....pls don't listen to online lawyers, because there are conditions on tenant and landlord relationship

bejick:


don't make me call you a jobless bastard, soon you steal your mama hard earn money go smoke IGBO with that you thick black komo lips only fit for a condemned criminal. Go and get something doing with your low life. I wish I could send your pictures of what life is meant to be, but it will amount fighting with a pig in the mud which is his dwelling.

I smoke igbo to get high,
Ur dad inhales ur sisters pant to get high..

Who is the sane person

If u re proud of urself, why dont you ve a pix..
Pls do send the pix, let see how much alert u get

gucciplay:
Hi everyone i sold my 2 plots of lands last year to build a house . so the issue now is that my 4 tenants rent have expired since last month. my junior brother informed them there house rent have expired the told him that i will have to give them 3 free months. that is what Nigeria law said unless i should them Quit Notice .It's very sad that a house i build with my hard earn money somebody will be telling me that he will live in my house for free. I want to know which step i have to take

Op its seems your Brother have not told u the whole story leading to this, it sounds untrue to me that your 4 tenants rent expired and all of them refused to renew their rent and at the same time requesting that u should give them 3 months to leave.

Don't u think there is more to this that your Brother is not telling u? Is anything wrong with the house?

I advice that u try to speak to those tenants directly in a peaceful manner, maybe by then u will hear the truth about all this.

Please don't make trouble with them, it wont favor u.

Good luck!

Jimi23:
No tenant should live in a house free even if its for one day. Its illegal under any circumstance. Even if u are given notice to quit, the tenants MUST pay their rent for all the time they occupy the property. Owing rent is not the only ground under which a quit notice may be served. Even those tenants who dont owe rent sometimes get quit notice for other reasons. So unless u otherwise agree that they can occupy the said property free for 3 months, u may take legal action against them. They will be flung out and also made to pay all amount owed otherwise their property will be seized and auctioned by the courts. Landlords are not running a charity.

Hahahaha.. this your post really made me laugh. How naïve can one be. Do you think we are talking about renting or tenants in Iceland, Sweden or Norway. Try this your suggestion with tenants in Mushin, Agege, Okoko, Orile and other parts of Lagos and Nigeria. In such places, Landlords go to the police crying. To make matters worse, the same PC you are lodging your complaint with at the police station is a tenant in a similar situation. His own case may even be worse than that of the tenant you are trying to throw out.
The law is a complete ass in Nigeria. It's neatly and properly spelt out on paper. But the reality is a nightmare. Come back home, Bro.

jangos:
Please don't listen to wrong advice o, I am also talking from experience, 2013, my landlord gave me 7 days quit notice because i could not pay him 2 months rent. I told him to give me 3 months to pay all outstanding, but he refused, instead he gave me 7 days to pack out from the house i have leaved for 7 years. On the 7th day, he came with a quack lawyer, who served me a fake court notice to pack out from the house, they brought my properties out and I went to Lagos state mediating center at Alausa, they were also charge to court and my landlord and the quack lawyer were reminded in prison for 14 days, the apartment remained locked for 3 years of court proceeding, they later asked for out of court settlement, they agreed to pay for all the things i reported missing and damaged and to pay my house rent of where I was staying during the court proceedings....pls don't listen to online lawyers, because there are conditions on tenant and landlord relationship

God bless you for this...
People re just here advising the guy with thrash.
Even those who ve not paid rent before..

@gucciplay.. I am very sure u must ve learnt from what those with experience has to say, tenants in nigeria don wise oo..
I can even tell you of how a family friend ran mad cous he wanted to eject his tenants forcefully...
U can start a war but the outcome, u cant decide...

gucciplay:

their house rent have expired the told him that i will have to give them 3 free months. that is what Nigeria law said unless i should them Quit Notice .

Af u sheck d law 4ya self ?


... Get your lawyer to provide you the the necessary info about the "so-called" law .... So you can reach an agreement with them pertaining such ....
......

gucciplay:



It's not possible to live in my house for free. weather 3 months is close or not the must pay me my money. i build that house with my hard earn money . there's no law that will favour somebody not to pay his house rent. there rent have expired so the should be ready for me. since there's no law in Nigeria again. I will take law into my hand now. i will use them as example next time the will not play with anybody the see. the have pushed me to the wall

Bros they only ask for 3months so they can gather money and pay you...not 3months free rent....this happen everywhere and is normal in Nigeria. just take it easy they will pay you

Officialkenshin:



Take it easy man, u see d current economic crisis for d country, m not in support of then not paying but u shld go meet ur tenants talk to d man or woman and ask why he has refused to pay and why he should be given 3 months grace, if his reasons doesn't make sense u can do wat u want. Life shouldn't be abt money online. U can offer help as u don't know who can help u the very next minute okay, I'm not saying u shld let people oppress or trample on u because u are trying to help, u shld knw d difference of wen someone doesn't really have genuinely and when they are just trying to take advantage ok, take it easy,. #from experience.

My dad is a landlord by the way

He has 3 houses, I'm in charge of one which he gave me personally, so I have tenants.

When someone needs a help from u, he/she asks for it and not trying to play u on it.

I can dash u 100k, but I will still spend 50k to deal with u if u try to swindle N10 from me.

Typical black man,if u gv them the 3months free they wil tink u r weak nd hence request for a higher free months next time around...beta act now bro bt with wisdom"

Oga please get a lawyer to draft an agreement between you and the stupid tenants that they will leave at the end of three months.

To avoid trouble. Do the above. Don't nt fight your tenants ooo the heart of men are wicked and full of evil. My father was landlord [God bless his soul] a tenant stay in his house for 2 years without paying rent. The tenant came to meet my father to beg forgiveness and that he will leave the house in a months time. You have a family that needs you. Just avoid trouble.

chigoizie7:


When someone needs a help from u, he/she asks for it and not trying to play u on it.

I can dash u 100k, but I will still spend 50k to deal with u if u try to swindle N10 from me.

Lol u are jst like me,

You are lucky that your tenant asked for mere 3 months, with the new tenancy law in Lagos state which is very effective, you were suppose to give your tenant a six months notice, if you insist on throwing your tenant out by force, bros pray you dont have a bad tenant if not you will end up paying a damage you dont envisage. Ny advice for you, get a lawyer and make sure the tenant write and sign an under taken that they will abide by that 3 months they requested for. Abeg no go say you wan go show muscle if not na you go loss, talking from ezperience

menix:


I smoke igbo to get high,
Ur dad inhales ur sisters pant to get high..

Who is the sane person

If u re proud of urself, why dont you ve a pix..
Pls do send the pix, let see how much alert u get

''My First Gorimakpa Since I Regained Consciousness, Hit Or Miss?(pix Attched) by menix'' see the kind topic non sense person dey post here. Consciousness who beat you enter coma wetin you steal.

bejick:


''My First Gorimakpa Since I Regained Consciousness, Hit Or Miss?(pix Attched) by menix'' see the kind topic non sense person dey post here. Consciousness who beat you enter coma wetin you steal.

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

See how useless u re, hahahaha
Dude if u ve nothing to yarn, abeg go inside and carry on ur incest practice..

U get patent for MUMU...

gucciplay:


You still have not get my point . i want to know if it's in Nigeria law that if somebody paid for 1 year house the tenant will be giving 3 months free rent. That is what i want to know before i have to take action. I'm not afraid of any of them

As long as those persons are legally living in your house, you must give the the three months with the help of a lawyer. If you do anything against that you will pay more dearly.

Oga landlord ok you brought our case to nairaland abi,no problem papa chidebere must hear and see this.

gucciplay:



That's what i want to know since there's no such law. that means they are the ones looking for my trouble. No problem that means they are acting illegal i will also my act my own illegal way also

Brother, I know how you feel, not in this present Nigerian economy, but please before you take your action, please take time to read the following;


PROPERTY EVICTION: The Rights of a Landlord

It is generally believed that landlords are belligerent, troublesome people who lord their properties over tenants and try to make life uncomfortable for them but this is not always true. Just as tenants have been at the mercy of landlords, landlords have also been treated with contempt and maligned by tenants. Frustrated with tenants who refuse to pay rent, damage their properties and cause conflicts amongst other tenants, landlords are often faced with the option of ejecting such a tenant. There are however rules by law that must be followed and a landlord needs to know these rules so as not to be in err of the law.

By law, it is wrong for a landlord to forcibly eject a tenant no matter how much rent he or she owes or how cantankerous such a tenant is. The recovery of property by law in most states in Nigeria and anywhere in the world really unfortunately for landlords is in the favour of the tenant. This is done by the different law making bodies of the states to curb the excesses of landlords and ensure that tenants are not entirely at their mercy to be treated anyhow. A landlord who therefore wishes to eject his tenant for whatever reason must use the method prescribed by law.

The law states that a landlord must give his tenant reasonable time to vacate the property by serving him a quit notice and this is dependent on the tenancy period. For a yearly, tenant, the law provides that he must be given a six months quit notice, a quarterly tenant, a quarter’s notice, monthly tenant, a month’s notice and a weekly tenant, a week’s notice. The quit notice must be written and served on the tenant. These provisions are however subject to the tenancy agreement between the tenant and the landlord. In a case where it is expressly stated in the tenancy agreement that no notice will be given to the tenant, the landlord can go ahead and eject such a person without notice as long as the tenant duely executed the tenancy agreement.

In the case where a quit notice has been served and the tenant still refuses to vacate the property after the notice has elapsed, the law still does not permit the landlord to take matters into his hand and forcibly evict the tenant. Rather, the law expects another seven days notice of owner’s intention to recover property to be served. This notice is usually from the landlord’s Lawyer or Agent’s Legal Unit, informing the tenant his intention of proceeding to court to recover the property on behalf of the landlord.

It is important to note that this seven days notice of owner’s intention to recover property can only be served on a tenant after the expiration of a valid “Notice to Quit”. If served before a notice to quit or during the life span of a notice to quit, it is invalid and discredited. Also, this seven days notice is counted seven days from the date the notice is served. If it is less, the court will most likely reject its validity.

In the case where the tenant is still in possession of the property after a seven days notice has been served, the tenant is referred to as a statutory tenant i.e. a tenant of the law. This is because the law is allowing such a tenant to maintain possession of the property without paying rent to his landlord. However, after the court hearing, the court can order the tenant to pay rent accumulated in the duration the tenant held the property after notice has been served or what is referred to as mesne profits to the landlord.


PROPERTY EVICTION: Rights of a Tenant

Relationships are the bane of human existence; they are what sustains us, keeps us going and makes us alive. Whether we want to or not, our very nature is woven to rely on relationships and in the course of our lives, one of the relationships we will have is the landlord-tenant one. Unfortunately, this relationship is one of the most controversial relationships in life. It s filled with issues, conflicts and disputes and are often not amicable resolved even where attempts are made to resolve them. The sensitization of people to the fact that the law can be used to deal with a lot of the problems characterized in this relationship has however turned things around. Especially the mediation approach where a win:win situation is usually the objective.

Once upon a time, a landlord could wake up one day and decide he wants the tenant out of his house; perhaps out of spite, perhaps because he needs the property urgently, perhaps because he has a better offer. Whatever the reason, it didn’t matter. The landlord is the alpha and omega and the tenant at his mercy. Failure of the tenant to comply would often result in a forced eviction. The tenant is forcibly removed from the premises with his or her things thrown out and sometimes, the tenant’s property is removed from the premises in his or her absence. Call it “Jankara” or “OPC” method, some landlords and quack agents have almost perfected this act of illegality. The trend has however been abated with the realization that such actions is frowned at by the law.

Regardless of the type of occupancy, whether informal settlements, lease, rental accommodation, cooperative housing or emergency housing, or the type of housing or interest of a person in a house, all occupants are entitled to a measure of security of tenure which guarantees equal protection against intimidation, harassment, threats and forced eviction without due process of law. This means that no landlord, whether individual, a corporate organization or even the government, has the right to take matters into his hands by ejecting a tenant without resorting to the law. The landlord and Tenant relationship is guided by Law and both parties have their cover or protection against any untoward behavior of the other party in Law.

As a tenant, it is your right by law to have adequate notice to quit if your landlord wishes to take possession of his premises. No longer can the landlord come in the morning and ask you to quit by evening if he has not served the appropriate and due notice. Lawfully, the notice to quit is what puts an end to the term created by a tenancy and this is usually stated in the tenancy agreement. Where it is not expressly stated, a weekly tenancy is terminated by a week’s notice, a monthly tenancy is terminated by a month’s notice and a quarterly notice is given to terminate a quarterly tenancy while a yearly tenancy is terminated by six months notice. The nature of a tenancy is determined by reference to the time when rent is paid or demanded.

Some tenancy agreements have shorter or longer notices. Some even state that notices will not be given in the case where the landlord wishes to eject the tenant. This is why it is important to read the tenancy agreement carefully before signing because the law honours agreement between parties, and in the case where you sign a lawful agreement that limits your rights, you will be bound by it. Claiming you didn’t know holds no water because ignorance of the law affords no excuse.

In the case where the landlord takes you to court as a tenant, the court cannot eject you without hearing from you. This is because the amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria states that all persons in the country have certain undeniable rights which include the Right to Fair hearing. No person (tenant) can be tried in a competent court without allowing him to be heard. As a tenant, you also have the right to sue your landlord if he does not follow the due process of the law and forcibly throws you out.

Thanks

beadaholic:



This is how it works, if you are the one serving them a quite notice, then according to the law they have the right to stay for 6 free months. In this case most landlords will usually serve the notice 6 months before the next rent is due so that they won't need to stay for free. That means as their rents expires so they are leaving.

However if your tenants are saying they won't pay you for 3 months after which they would leave that's breech of contract so you can throw them out.

I stand to be corrected but that's my understanding from experience.

I dont think it will work like that and besides there is no way u will know that they are going to owe you prior to the expiration of their rent fee.
So how come u will know that they wont pay you after some months meanwhile their rent never expire.

Please be coherent

gucciplay:



Madam i don't give them any Quit notice there house rent have expired the refused to pay and said that i should give them Quit notice. is that the normal way things is done in Nigeria i want to know before i have deal with them

@gucciplay, first, its not in Nigerian property law that on eshould get any free month stay after paying for one year. Get a good property lawyer for advice. And also check what your agreement states.

if their rent expired and they are asking for quit notice, first ask them if they are not interested in staying in the property again and if they all say yes, then issue them quit notice through a lawyer and make sure it is registered in the courts. And make sure you attach their individual signed copies of agreement to the courts.

Do not give any free month stay. If you do today, tomorrow they will ask for 6 months free and it will continue that way. If they don't want to stay let them go. Better bear the loss of lawyer fees + 6 months notice than them controlling you on what is not feasible.

Do not quarrel with them but be friendly in doing the above. Even if they stay more than the 6 months quit notice, the court will ensure they pay for it.

My advice from experience.

gucciplay:


Are you saying that if somebody paid for one year house rent. he will get 3 months for free because i don't give them Quit Notice. So if the house belong to you it will be fine by you.

Op, it's not even 3months but 6months for yearly tenants while 6months tenants are given 3months extra and monthly tenants is given 1week. And that's what the law state. Lagos govt do not take cases of landlord and tenants easy.. So be careful on your anger towards them and simply draw out an agreement by your lawyer to your tenants to vacate by 3months time. Simply be patient.

gucciplay:
Hi everyone i sold my 2 plots of lands last year to build a house . so the issue now is that my 4 tenants rent have expired since last month. my junior brother informed them there house rent have expired the told him that i will have to give them 3 free months. that is what Nigeria law said unless i should them Quit Notice .It's very sad that a house i build with my hard earn money somebody will be telling me that he will live in my house for free. I want to know which step i have to take

I think the 3months is for those that are given quit notice. So you give a quit notice with AT LEAST 3months grace. You can give them quit notice if they want to frustrate you but with AT LEAST 3months grace.

gucciplay:
Hi everyone i sold my 2 plots of lands last year to build a house

are you calling for pity party or you are looking for ideas?

gucciplay:



Bros am very angry but i don't want to take law into my hand. that is the reason i want to follow legal way to deal with them

even if u want to give them 3months quit notice dat doesn't mean it will be free... get a lawyer