Looking for advice.
Currently renting, landlord sold property on us to owner-occupiers not investor buyers, so Notice to Leave issued months ago for our end of 12 month lease 13 Nov. Instead of renting again we saw a broker to get a home loan & put a contract on a new home. Before entering the contract we were assured tenants would be vacated before settlement 13 Nov (timed perfectly with our end of lease) as we are owner-occupiers, no interest in being landlords. Aware tenants needed 2 months notice to vacate, contract signed 6 Sep, NTL to be issued with tenants vacate date being 6 Nov, a week up our sleeves.
Problem is, real estate sat on NTL until 27 Oct so their lease goes to 27 Nov leaving us with no place to go (regional Qld, rentals scarce) and forced into being landlords. We have no landlord insurance and legal documents state private purchase not investment purchase. Did not organize another interim house as we were promised move in date was settlement date 13 Nov. We have no place to go, paying a mortgage on a house we can’t access.
Real estate not accepting liability even though admitted administration error their end. No care we will be homeless and closest storage is 45 minutes away for a full house of furniture, 4 vehicles and a large dog, when the house we bought is 5 mins down the road!
Tenants protected by RTA, but where do we stand? We can’t extend in our rental as new owners have been doing drivebys for weeks desperate for us to move out. Any advice appreciated 🙏🏻😩
Talk to your current landlord and ask if you can stay until the end of the month.
Let them know you're in a tough spot and won't be able to move out on the 13th as planned.
You could offer to pay a bit more to make up for the inconvenience.
If they knock you back you can just refuse to move out and then they'd have to go through the courts to evict you, which would be in the back of their mind as well.