Renting a home can be cheaper and offer you more freedom than owning … but it comes at a cost.
QUESTION: How can I fight a 60 days notice of termination of a residential tenancy agreement? I have been a good tenant for several years but my lease expired some years ago.
Now I have to find suitable accommodation and all the costs involved. My family and I really want to stay but I have been told the landlord wants to renovate. Can I ask for more time? Surely he just can’t just throw us out. – Chris, Sydney.
ANSWER: Provided the landlord has followed the correct procedure, then there’s not a lot you can do except give yourself a lot of unnecessary heartache and waste energy that could be used finding somewhere else to live.
As your lease has expired you are now on what’s called a continuing tenancy. Under that, the landlord only has to give you 60 days notice and they don’t even need to offer a reason.
It may better to talk to the landlord about getting some references for your next landlord. In the meantime contact TenantsNSW (tenants.org.au) to check everything is above board legally.
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