Contract Renewal and no contact with Landlord

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  1. #1

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    Nov 2009
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    Hong Kong
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    Contract Renewal and no contact with Landlord

    Hi all,

    Our 2 year rental contract expires at the end of October and we have told our agent that we would like to renew (considering the rent doesn't go up too much) but until now, haven't heard anything back.

    Our landlord is mainland Chinese so we always deal with them through the agency and it can sometimes take a while for a response but I'm concerned that we are going on holiday shortly until the end of October so if we don't get any response in the next few days, we won't really have time to make other arrangements.

    What normally happens when the contract expires? Do you go month to month or do you just have to leave the apartment and walk away? Is the one month notice still valid within the last month of the contract or could either of us basically say we want out from any time until October 31st when the contract expires?


  2. #2

    Join Date
    Feb 2013
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    We experienced the same thing several months ago and pushed it with out agent. We'd been advised just to keep paying our current rent and not to worry, but we have rent allowance as part of our package so have to submit paperwork.
    The outcome was a $2000 raise in rent, but we still have a roof over our head, and haven't had the trauma of moving