Options for extension after vacate notice due to unit sold

What state are you in? This will inform Flatchatters of the applicable legal process. Also, what is the basis of your tenancy? Current lease expiring soon? Or a long time until expiry? Or a month to month tenancy?

It is important to know this for fellow Flatchatters to  frame an appropriate response.

For example: Are you on a lease that is expiring in four weeks? If so and the notice was properly served then you may not have any options but to leave.

Regardless of your situation, talk to the REA. If they consider you a good tenant then they will probably want to retain you and may offer other premises on their books. After all they will know how you treat the residence and whether or not you pay rent in a timely manner etcetera.

Your local tenant’s union will also be able to provide advice.

FYI, in NSW the unit has to have been sold, not just up for sale, and the contract of sale must include a vacant possession clause. This from the Tenants Union website:

The landlord can issue a 30-day notice of termination but only if both the following conditions are met:

• They have exchanged a contract for sale with a buyer, and;
• The contract requires them to give ‘vacant possession’ of the premises to the buyer.

See Factsheet 10: Landlord Ends Agreement.