My roommate and I had a 6 month lease, transmuting to month-to-month. Our landlord verbally agreed to 2 month notice, although the lease is 30 days.
1. Can an email constitue written notice? They gave notice via email for us to move out at the end of the 6 month term. They have not sent us a printed written notice with signature, but we have been in phone conversation about it.
2. The lease has a mediation clause which stipulates that legal fees will be paid by the party who is ruled against. If it comes to them serving notice mediation situation, is it standard for the tenant to ask for more time to prepare prior to the parties presenting to the mediator?
All we want is one more month, or at least 15 days, (or a free month of rent) so we can be prepared and financially capable of finding a comparable place. The landlord's version of negotiation is "no," and we are seeking knowledge of what they would have to go through if we don't back down.

