Can I travel without my lease? We rent an apartment of Alberta, Edmonton. We lived in the apartment we are now nearly 4 years.
I signed our new lease for the period 2009-2010 nine months ago, and although I asked my landlord several times to our specimen, he has not given us. Now, when I sent her, he responded by saying that their records are disorganized, he took a quick look and there is not. Then he sent a scanned copy by email from a lease that has many old sloppy writing all over it with a pen, and written with what appears to be a 2019 - 2010 when agreement is reached.
We have never had this problem in the past, and have noticed a lot of things have changed this year. Extremely unhappy tenants constantly complain about our guest in the hallway. other tenants who do not complain people are very shady, and seem to be much dope smoking around the building, and trampling in the hallways or talking really loud at all hours of the night. We're really uncomfortable and worried these days.
We have 3 more months before the agreement was in place, but we still do not have our copy, but now I really want to leave this place and a place I feel more comfortable and safer .
Am I allowed to leave if he does not provide us with our copy? And if so, can he try to pull something on us to leave sooner, even if we give such notice at least 30 days so he can find someone else to take over?
I doubt you can move just because you do not have your copy of the lease.
However, if it can not produce the copy, so any of you have proof of when the agreement is in place. I would like to submit a notice of 30 days. Include in the notice that you do not have a copy of the lease, so you never know when the lease is up. If the owner really wants you to stay (or your lease is not actually in place), then it must provide a copy of the lease.
Without a copy of the signed lease property (or if it does not), you would be considered a tenant from month to month and can move in one month as long as you provide your notice of 30 days. Once you give notice, you could even go right as you pay rent for the full 30 days.
What is he going to physically detain you???? Take him to court, then get out! Gosh, of course, you are allowed. This is not your fault if he does not provide the lease. Good luck!
Posted on July 10, 2010.
