A couple living off one salary found a rental apartment while saving for a house down payment. After a year in the apartment, they requested a two-month lease extension, but the landlord proposed a 50% rent increase. The tenant was infuriated by this decision, questioning its legality, only to be met with indifference from the landlord who remarked on his legal resources. The situation exemplified the landlord's strong stance and disregard for fairness in rental agreements.
When I signed the lease, I said, "We're saving to buy a house, so we don't want to sign a two-year lease. When the lease is up, can we go month-to-month until we're ready to move into our new house?" He said that would be fine.
A year later, we found a house to buy. We weren't quite ready to move in, though, so I called the landlord and said we needed two extra months in the apartment. He agreed and told me he'd send over an addendum to the lease for those two months.
I was livid. I knew there was no way that was legal. But when I brought that up, he was like, "Oh, you've got lawyers? I've got lawyers." Can you imagine?
I called him up and asked him how he could double our rent. It wasn't fair! He responded with "You don't have to like it. You just have to pay it."
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