Landlord Has Restructured My Lease, For No Reason

[rolinger]

Los Angeles, CA

I have been at my current address for 6 years now. My landlord has resigned me to the same lease twice now. My landlord just hired a property manager to manage different aspects of repairs and so forth. We have always had a good relationship. I have always paid the rent on time, never missed a month, I take care of the house often making repairs and improvements and billing any purchased items back to the landlord by deducting it from the next months rent and providing the landlord the receipts. I basically do the labor for free. When the work is too much I call one of three contractors the landlord has provided me. All has been good.

However with the addtion of the new property manager also came a new lease. Previously when the lease expired we automatically went to month-to-month keeping the original terms of the lease. Had the new lease been identical to the original one (2 pages) I would have signed it without hesitation, but the new lease is now 7 pages and conflicts with the terms of the original lease - which has been more than sufficient for over 6 years. As well, the new lease is a month to month lease.

Whats the purpose of signing a new month to month lease when technically I am already in a month to month lease? Do I have to sign the new lease and can the landlord evict me if I choose not too? I asked what this was all about and they claimed they are moving all their tenants to a new standard lease. But the terms of the new lease conflict with old lease the existing living arrangements.

[Mr. Knowitall]

If you don't sign the lease, the landlord can choose to end your tenancy.

[jk]

Whats the purpose of signing a new month to month lease when technically I am already in a month to month lease? Do I have to sign the new lease and can the landlord evict me if I choose not too? I asked what this was all about and they claimed they are moving all their tenants to a new standard lease. But the terms of the new lease conflict with old lease the existing living arrangements.

are you really serious?

They want to enforce new rules and it is their right to do so. it matters not if it agrees or argues with any prior lease you may have had.

and;

yes, absolutely they can evict you if you choose to not agree to their rules (as long as their rules are legal). Since when does a tenant get to tell the owner what the rules are?

So, either accept the new rules and stay where you are or decide you don;t like the new rules and find another place to live.

The old golden rule:

"He who has the gold makes the rules". Very applicable here.

[kinesis]

dont listen to these guys they walk all over renters and don't respect their rights, truth is your contract has no clause to void it's validity based on a new landlord stepping into the picture. from a legal viewpoint i'd say your current lease is valid till it expires, then the new modified lease would come into the picture. I'd probably seek other forums these guys don't care about tenants only themselves

i personally don't feel it's right, i feel its unethical. it doesnt seem legit to me. but i'm not an attorney, so take what i tell you with a grain of salt, and do your own research

i would try to explain that i am already under a lease, as established by the previous owner, and when it expires i 1) would sign the new one or 2) would put 30 days notice because i do not agree to it. i hate nazi landlords

[jk]

dont listen to these guys they walk all over renters and don't respect their rights, truth is your contract has no clause to void it's validity based on a new landlord stepping into the picture. from a legal viewpoint i'd say your current lease is valid till it expires, then the new modified lease would come into the picture. I'd probably seek other forums these guys don't care about tenants only themselves

i personally don't feel it's right, i feel its unethical. it doesnt seem legit to me. but i'm not an attorney, so take what i tell you with a grain of salt, and do your own research

i would try to explain that i am already under a lease, as established by the previous owner, and when it expires i 1) would sign the new one or 2) would put 30 days notice because i do not agree to it. i hate nazi landlords

Did you not read the original post???

the OP is now in a month to month tenancy and the LL can do basically whatever they want with as little as 1 months notice. If LL gives OP notice of new lease and OP refuses to sign, then LL can simply evict. It is just that cut and dried.

even though the OP is under a lease, "per se", the lease term is only 1 month. that means it renews each and every month, so, the LL can simply not renew the original lease and require the acceptance of the new lease.

There is nothing unethical about it either. The LL is simply changing rules as they see need to be.

OP can either live with the new lease or get out. That is the ONLY option they have.

It's really kind of humoruous when we get to the last section of your post kinesis. You actually give the same advice I gave but yours was prefaced with a bunch of BS rhetoric.

when it expires i 1) would sign the new one or 2) would put 30 days notice because i do not agree to it.