Crownofwealth:
Don't pay and let AMADIOHA FIRE ur big head.

Oblongata:
Na the only thing way Lagos dey use f-up be dat, my tenant dey tell me 'patapata you will give me quit notice and I go still spend 6 months on top money I owe you ', to rent house out dey fear person, the law helps the tenant,, what of poor landlord that laboured so hard? For UK the day your rent expire you are in trouble

lordyugo:


The notice means u cant be forceful ejected till its expiration and your landlord cant take any steps towards enforcing that till the notice expires.
Actually a notice is meant to expire on the eve of when ur rent is due, which means the notice was given when ur rent is still subsisting
but if u wr given a notice after the expiration of ur rent ,tthe landlord can sue u for the arrears, so its better to pack out as earlier as possible.
A notice doesn't in anyway serve as to deprive the landlord the rent due to him but rather a grace period for the defaulting tenant not to b thrown out before he gets his house in order.
Find a lawyer and luk for a rent tribunal in that jurisdiction, u jus might be surprised hw the table will be turned against the landlord

valentineuwakwe:
hello everyone,
please I want to ask about some tenancy law and wish some lawyers here will give us a full clarification. .if a tenant is given a 3 or 6 months quit notice, will he still need to pay rent for the period stated in the notice?

thanks

Timoleon:
I think you stil have to pay...the six months is usually grace to be free from being bothered by the landlord while looking for another apartment. However you still owe the landlord for using his apartment for that six months.

valentineuwakwe:




thanks for your advice, the guy rent runs yearly and will expire by Feb 02, 2018 but by April of this year he had issues with his landlord over generation position and the landlord issued him notice to quit by Feb 02, 2018 when his rent will expire. .he showed me the letter and I was amazed cos I was expecting to see quit notice of say 3 or 6 months starting from when his rent will expire by Feb 02, 2018. . .dats why I put up the thread on nairaland. .what the difference between notice to quit and quit notice? besides why serve him notice to quit when he is just 2 months to the new rent he paid.....need some clarifications.
thanks

valentineuwakwe:
hello everyone,
please I want to ask about some tenancy law and wish some lawyers here will give us a full clarification. .if a tenant is given a 3 or 6 months quit notice, will he still need to pay rent for the period stated in the notice?

You have to pay! You want to leave in the house for free?

thanks

Lilipawpaw:
Pay fire,for what naa

Partnerbiz:
Yes you pay all.

After expiration of your tenancy, you will now pay what they call mesne profit.

Mesne profit is equivalent to rent.


Btw, put yourself in your Landlord's shoes ooo..
u no wan pay rent abi?

onunwa21:


You re very correct dear.

teemy:


On the contrary it does not work like that. That tenant is just deceiving himself. Any period of time used would be paid for. The court will calculate his debt, have him pay and have him leave. All you need to do for an owing tenant is provide him with a SEVEN DAYS NOTICE before you proceed to the magistrate court to get an order for repossession and rent recovery. Depending on where you live, like in my area here it only takes no more than two weeks. Ask the probable time from the court registrar. You do not even need a lawyer to file it but ensure you have all proof in triplicates before the court date and ensure there is no loophole the tenant that try to twist things. (provide video or audio recordings showing the tenant boasting of having the money and not wanting to pay to nail his coffin with - be discrete in obtaining this).

One lesson and all the other tenants will fall in place.

By the way, you can serve a quit notice to your tenant right from the day they move in and let them know you would present it in court and it comes into effect should they default by due date.

12. Length of Notice
(1) Where there is no stipulation as to the notice to be given by either party to determine the tenancy, the following shall apply
(a) a weeks notice for a tenant at will;
(b) one (1) months notice for a monthly tenant;
(c ) three (3) months notice for a quarterly tenant;
(d) three (3) months notice for a half-yearly tenant; and
(e) six (6) months notice for a yearly tenant.
(2) In the case of monthly tenant, where he is in arrears of rent for three (3) months, the tenancy shall be determined and the Court shall make an order for possession and arrears of rent upon proof of the arrears by the landlord.
(3) In the case of a quarterly or half-yearly tenant, where he is in arrears of rent for six (6) months, the tenancy shall be determined and the Court shall make an order for possession and arrears of rent upon proof of the arrears by the landlord.
(4) Notice of tenants under subsection (1) ( ), (d) and (e) of this Section need not terminate on the anniversary of the tenancy but may terminate on or after the date of expiration of the tenancy.
(5) In the case of a tenancy for a fixed term, no notice to quit shall be required once the tenancy has been determined by effluxion of time and where the landlord intends to proceed to Court to recover possession, he shall serve a seven (7) days written notice of his intention to apply to recover possession as in Form “TL4” in the Schedule of this Law.
(6) The nature of a tenancy shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be determined by reference to the time when the rent is paid or demanded.

The one month notice, three months and six months in the subsection 1 above applies in cases when you guys did not determine when tenancy ends. If any tenant is owing and you determined the end of tenancy contract beforehand, all you need is the Seven Day Notice. Serve him and when he lands in court, watch his bubble burst when the magistrate corrects him

valentineuwakwe:




thanks for your advice, the guy rent runs yearly and will expire by Feb 02, 2018 but by April of this year he had issues with his landlord over generation position and the landlord issued him notice to quit by Feb 02, 2018 when his rent will expire. .he showed me the letter and I was amazed cos I was expecting to see quit notice of say 3 or 6 months starting from when his rent will expire by Feb 02, 2018. . .dats why I put up the thread on nairaland. .what the difference between notice to quit and quit notice? besides why serve him notice to quit when he is just 2 months to the new rent he paid.....need some clarifications.
thanks

lordyugo:


A notice can be issued even when the rent is still subsisting but it must be timed to rhyme on the eve of the rents expiration, which in this case should be on the eve of feb 02 2018, if there was no tenancy agreement bw both of them as to how long the notice will be then tenancy laws applies which is 6months for a yearly tenant.
Remember 6months notice only applies if there was no express agreement bw both parties in writing as to how long the notice will be.
So d landlords timing of d duration of the notice is wrong cos the notice should hv been from sept.
Notice to quit means the landlord wants or has the intention to initiate an action in the court to evict a tenant
Quit notice means the court hv already passed a judgment to evict a tenant.
Dont believe the position of a gen warrants enuf justification to evict a tenant unless mayb to prevent structural damage,
Health reasons cos of the fumes
Etc
Eventhough a landlord has the right to evict but it must be on reasonable grounds,
Did ur friend sign any tenancy agreement? If yes let him go through it again.
Cheers

Spaxon:
like you said "it's months of NOTICE". So you don't have to pay.

All those Space bookers above me.. U think you are doing me U r doin yasef

valentineuwakwe:


no tenancy agreement was signed between them. .besides he said the landlord wants him to place his generator at an unprotected backyard while he has a well protected varanda. .others do put their on their varanda so i was amused about his case. .well there were other issues but I see the landlord is envious of his development strides in his compound. . .so I advice him to shun all wahala and park out before Feb 02, 2018. .thanks. .I will show or tell him all ur inputs here...tanks

kelly72:
I am appalled at the depth of ignorance the Nigerian youth is sick of.
So this ignorance is real? So up till now you have not read smething
as simple as the tenancy laws of the State you live in. Anyways,
many of you are squatters who sleep on the floor, or you live under the
bridge, or taking refuge in a church or are even being housed and fed by parents
as a jobless 30 yr old No wonder politicians know their children
will take over and rule the olodos on Nairaland forever.

As for the poster, the purpose of notice to quit is to inform you that the landlord
wants you out in 3 or 6 months or as the case may be, so that you can spend that
time looking for an alternative. No law requires the landlord to become a philantropist
during that time. If you think the period should be for free, then answer these. If you receive a quit
notice;

1. Do you eat? Is the food for free?
2. Do you transport or buy fuel? Which comes free?
3. Do you make calls? You get vouchers free?
4. D you get free beer at the bar?

A year ago I gave one of my tenants the shocker of his life
My client built the 6 flats in 2012 and all tenants moved in same time.
This particular one became a problem within one year. He fought two
other tenants, the security guard, the landlord and even myself.

6 months before expiration of his rent I served him quit notice. He
boasted he would live there for 3 years and move away not paying.

Then I sued him at the Rent Tribunal. He and his lawyer came once and
thereafter stayed away. Happily but patiently, I argued my case and after
two years I got jugdment. The court ordered him to pay the N1.8 million rent
arrears including the six months notice period and quit within one month.
I refused to let him know about this until the one month had elapsed, then I
reported back to court that he neither paid nor quit and applied for an eviction order.
After listening, the magistrate granted my prayers.

The eviction order was to throw everybody found in that flat outside the gate
and bring all his property including his car to the court so that it could be auctioned
to pay his gbese. Then I liaised with the Sheriff and Police and after approval, a date was picked.

He had dressed up for work that day when we arrived at 6.am
Suddenly, the strong man was running helter skelter, kneeling before me, calling to beg
the landlord, asking people to intervene etc. We as he was doing this, the dutiful
sheriff were busy bringing down all his property and loading them in the truck

To cut it short, that was how a deputy manager was left stranded outside the gate as
the truck drove off and his Jeep followed. 3 weeks later, he went to the Sheriff section and
paid N1.8 million to to redeem his property and the call me to come take my money.

So be careful. Don't listen to the dumbos who tell you here "It is free naa"

If your landlord hire me peren, I will castrate you oo.

kelly72:
I am appalled at the depth of ignorance the Nigerian youth is sick of.
So this ignorance is real? So up till now you have not read smething
as simple as the tenancy laws of the State you live in. Anyways,
many of you are squatters who sleep on the floor, or you live under the
bridge, or taking refuge in a church or are even being housed and fed by parents
as a jobless 30 yr old No wonder politicians know their children
will take over and rule the olodos on Nairaland forever.

As for the poster, the purpose of notice to quit is to inform you that the landlord
wants you out in 3 or 6 months or as the case may be, so that you can spend that
time looking for an alternative. No law requires the landlord to become a philantropist
during that time. If you think the period should be for free, then answer these. If you receive a quit
notice;

1. Do you eat? Is the food for free?
2. Do you transport or buy fuel? Which comes free?
3. Do you make calls? You get vouchers free?
4. D you get free beer at the bar?

A year ago I gave one of my tenants the shocker of his life
My client built the 6 flats in 2012 and all tenants moved in same time.
This particular one became a problem within one year. He fought two
other tenants, the security guard, the landlord and even myself.

6 months before expiration of his rent I served him quit notice. He
boasted he would live there for 3 years and move away not paying.

Then I sued him at the Rent Tribunal. He and his lawyer came once and
thereafter stayed away. Happily but patiently, I argued my case and after
two years I got jugdment. The court ordered him to pay the N1.8 million rent
arrears including the six months notice period and quit within one month.
I refused to let him know about this until the one month had elapsed, then I
reported back to court that he neither paid nor quit and applied for an eviction order.
After listening, the magistrate granted my prayers.

The eviction order was to throw everybody found in that flat outside the gate
and bring all his property including his car to the court so that it could be auctioned
to pay his gbese. Then I liaised with the Sheriff and Police and after approval, a date was picked.

He had dressed up for work that day when we arrived at 6.am
Suddenly, the strong man was running helter skelter, kneeling before me, calling to beg
the landlord, asking people to intervene etc. We as he was doing this, the dutiful
sheriff were busy bringing down all his property and loading them in the truck

To cut it short, that was how a deputy manager was left stranded outside the gate as
the truck drove off and his Jeep followed. 3 weeks later, he went to the Sheriff section and
paid N1.8 million to to redeem his property and the call me to come take my money.

So be careful. Don't listen to the dumbos who tell you here "It is free naa"

If your landlord hire me peren, I will castrate you oo.

uniqueflash:
u get mouth sha

kelly72:
I am appalled at the depth of ignorance the Nigerian youth is sick of.
So this ignorance is real? So up till now you have not read smething
as simple as the tenancy laws of the State you live in. Anyways,
many of you are squatters who sleep on the floor, or you live under the
bridge, or taking refuge in a church or are even being housed and fed by parents
as a jobless 30 yr old No wonder politicians know their children
will take over and rule the olodos on Nairaland forever.

As for the poster, the purpose of notice to quit is to inform you that the landlord
wants you out in 3 or 6 months or as the case may be, so that you can spend that
time looking for an alternative. No law requires the landlord to become a philantropist
during that time. If you think the period should be for free, then answer these. If you receive a quit
notice;

1. Do you eat? Is the food for free?
2. Do you transport or buy fuel? Which comes free?
3. Do you make calls? You get vouchers free?
4. D you get free beer at the bar?

A year ago I gave one of my tenants the shocker of his life
My client built the 6 flats in 2012 and all tenants moved in same time.
This particular one became a problem within one year. He fought two
other tenants, the security guard, the landlord and even myself.

6 months before expiration of his rent I served him quit notice. He
boasted he would live there for 3 years and move away not paying.

Then I sued him at the Rent Tribunal. He and his lawyer came once and
thereafter stayed away. Happily but patiently, I argued my case and after
two years I got jugdment. The court ordered him to pay the N1.8 million rent
arrears including the six months notice period and quit within one month.
I refused to let him know about this until the one month had elapsed, then I
reported back to court that he neither paid nor quit and applied for an eviction order.
After listening, the magistrate granted my prayers.

The eviction order was to throw everybody found in that flat outside the gate
and bring all his property including his car to the court so that it could be auctioned
to pay his gbese. Then I liaised with the Sheriff and Police and after approval, a date was picked.

He had dressed up for work that day when we arrived at 6.am
Suddenly, the strong man was running helter skelter, kneeling before me, calling to beg
the landlord, asking people to intervene etc. We as he was doing this, the dutiful
sheriff were busy bringing down all his property and loading them in the truck

To cut it short, that was how a deputy manager was left stranded outside the gate as
the truck drove off and his Jeep followed. 3 weeks later, he went to the Sheriff section and
paid N1.8 million to to redeem his property and the call me to come take my money.

So be careful. Don't listen to the dumbos who tell you here "It is free naa"

If your landlord hire me peren, I will castrate you oo.

kelly72:
I am appalled at the depth of ignorance the Nigerian youth is sick of.
So this ignorance is real? So up till now you have not read smething
as simple as the tenancy laws of the State you live in. Anyways,
many of you are squatters who sleep on the floor, or you live under the
bridge, or taking refuge in a church or are even being housed and fed by parents
as a jobless 30 yr old No wonder politicians know their children
will take over and rule the olodos on Nairaland forever.

As for the poster, the purpose of notice to quit is to inform you that the landlord
wants you out in 3 or 6 months or as the case may be, so that you can spend that
time looking for an alternative. No law requires the landlord to become a philantropist
during that time. If you think the period should be for free, then answer these. If you receive a quit
notice;

1. Do you eat? Is the food for free?
2. Do you transport or buy fuel? Which comes free?
3. Do you make calls? You get vouchers free?
4. D you get free beer at the bar?

A year ago I gave one of my tenants the shocker of his life
My client built the 6 flats in 2012 and all tenants moved in same time.
This particular one became a problem within one year. He fought two
other tenants, the security guard, the landlord and even myself.

6 months before expiration of his rent I served him quit notice. He
boasted he would live there for 3 years and move away not paying.

Then I sued him at the Rent Tribunal. He and his lawyer came once and
thereafter stayed away. Happily but patiently, I argued my case and after
two years I got jugdment. The court ordered him to pay the N1.8 million rent
arrears including the six months notice period and quit within one month.
I refused to let him know about this until the one month had elapsed, then I
reported back to court that he neither paid nor quit and applied for an eviction order.
After listening, the magistrate granted my prayers.

The eviction order was to throw everybody found in that flat outside the gate
and bring all his property including his car to the court so that it could be auctioned
to pay his gbese. Then I liaised with the Sheriff and Police and after approval, a date was picked.

He had dressed up for work that day when we arrived at 6.am
Suddenly, the strong man was running helter skelter, kneeling before me, calling to beg
the landlord, asking people to intervene etc. We as he was doing this, the dutiful
sheriff were busy bringing down all his property and loading them in the truck

To cut it short, that was how a deputy manager was left stranded outside the gate as
the truck drove off and his Jeep followed. 3 weeks later, he went to the Sheriff section and
paid N1.8 million to to redeem his property and the call me to come take my money.

So be careful. Don't listen to the dumbos who tell you here "It is free naa"

If your landlord hire me peren, I will castrate you oo.

SoldierPikin:

I need your services. How do I get in touch?