We are not changing our minds. We did not want to leave this property, but when the landlord tells you that her daughter wants to move in you cannot say no she can't (would be illegal anyway). Even if the new LL bought with the aim to move in, we would never have asked any questions. But we feel "tricked" into signing something under duress and with the wrong information i.e. her daughter would move in. Anyway, we will consult a lawyer or an experienced real estate Manager as per your suggestion as we don't want to do anything illegal and be out of pocket unnecessarily. But I am confused why the guy at the rent committee was so confident. Surely he hears about/sees these cases on a daily basis. Thank you for your feedback
Thanks for the feedback! Just to clarify. We signed a vacating letter in June 2013 with the old LL who wanted us out there and then because her daughter was going to move in. Then she mentioned in an email that she will move in in June 2014 instead, since she has to give notice and made us sign the vacating letter (no reason was stated on the actual letter). But then she SOLD the property in January 2014 and the new LL is an investor with 30 properties. But he wants us out based on the old vacating letter. After this post I actually went to the rent committee and a senior Emirati guy told us that the vacating letter by the old LL is no longer valid as she has sold the property and that it all starts from scratch with the new LL. He said that if by end June they do not give us a contract we should file a case. That if new LL wants to evict us he has to give 12 months notice. BUT now that I have read the below posts I am not sure who is correct??? I told him repeatedly we don't want to do anything illegal!
Hi ladies. I was just wondering what the outcome was on the below case. We were asked to sign a vacating letter in June 2013 not stating the reason (though her email leading up to this letter stated her daughter was moving in, so we thought fair enough and we signed). However, she has sold the property in January and the new landlord is saying he bought the property because of this vacating letter. New LL lives in the UK and owns 30 properties in Dubai so is not moving in. Is our old LL's vacating letter valid in this case? You seem to have had a very similar experience, so would love to hear from you. Thanks.
