kris_k
Apr 12, 2011, 04:04 PM
I have rented a condo unit in Washington DC and have lived there nearly 11 months. The landlords/owners told me several moths ago they want to sell the unit this summer and have recently offered me a pre-sale package to buy the apt. I do not want to buy the apartment but my lease states I have the option to renew for one year. I have provided formal notice, a signed letter, sent by certified mail, seven weeks before my lease expired, that I am renewing my lease per its terms and is valid for one more year.
The owners are angry and I received an irrate email from their son, (who is traveling in China)that he told me several months ago the parents would sell his place for him and he really needs the money to buy a house.
I am not stopping them from putting the house on the market (though there are no terms for an agent coming and going in the lease). I have paid my rent in full on time every month and have not damaged anything. Can the owners force me out before my lease expires in a year? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
The owners are angry and I received an irrate email from their son, (who is traveling in China)that he told me several months ago the parents would sell his place for him and he really needs the money to buy a house.
I am not stopping them from putting the house on the market (though there are no terms for an agent coming and going in the lease). I have paid my rent in full on time every month and have not damaged anything. Can the owners force me out before my lease expires in a year? Any thoughts would be appreciated.