I live in Washington state and want to extend my lease on a month-to-month basis.?

Question

Under my terms it states, " If this lease is not renewed for an additional specified term, it then becomes a month-to-month agreement." The problem is that the property management company says that is only if they agree to it and they don't. Am I legally obliged to enact this portion of my lease term? Any insightful information would be appreciated.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Your landlord is correct.  The landlord can offer you 3 options at the end of the term of your lease in Washington State: 1) Renew the lease, 2) Cancel the lease or 3) not do anything in which case the lease reverts to a month-to-month with the same terms as the original lease.  If they don't want to allow you to do a month-to-month lease, they don't need to.  In fact, I don't think they even need to give you a 20-day notice of non-renewal or cancellation if they want you out at the end of the term of your lease.  Good luck!

Answer 3

Month to month means that you are the landlord make an agreement every month if you will rent or not.    They can say "no, we do not agree" and you have 30 days to move out.

It sounds like they are not agreeing to rent to you month to month.

Answer 4

Unless you are definitely planning to move out in the next several months, a year lease will be of more benefit to you than to the landlord.  When I was renting I would always ask for another one-year (or even two-year) lease instead of going month to month, because with a month-to-month lease the landlord can give you 30 days' notice at any time and you're out.  In most states they can also raise the rent more on a month-to-month lease than they can on a yearly lease.  I have no idea why the landlord in your case doesn't want a month-to-month lease.  Do they not want to renew the lease at all?

Answer 5

If it does not state that they have to agree to it, I don't think legally they can do anything aoubt it, but if you force the issue, then they can raise your rent very high to get back at you!  I'd speak to an attorney to be sure, but either way I think you loose!

Answer 6

They are fully within their rights to demand a long term lease instead of a month-to-month agreement.  If you don't sign they can simply tell you to move and there is nothing you can do about it.

Answer 7

They probably want you to sign a new lease if you want to stay - that is their option.  Both parties must agree on the month-to-month status.

Answer 8

It can become a month-to-month agreement at the end of the actual lease.  Do you understand what month-to-month means?  It means they can give you thirty days notice to vacate the property and you have nothing upon which to stand.  If they want a longer term lease, they will simply ask you to move at the end of your new month-to-month agreement.