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A landlord asks a tenant to vacate a villa to sell it
Hello,
I have a disagreement with my landlord. We rented a villa in Dubai for one year and before only one month of the end of our tenancy contract, the landlord asked us to vacate and informed us that he is not willing to renew because he is selling the villa.
We have a clause in the contract that:
The tenant and the Land Lord have to submit in advance 60 days' written notice before the expiry of the tenancy contract for vacating or renewal of the tenancy contract.
We did not express our intention to renew before 60 days from the expiry of the contract but we did after he asked us to vacate.
I tried a lot of times to convince my landlord to renew because he needs to send 12 months evicting notice for selling and also he did not send the non-renewal rental before 60 days.
I would like to know my rights please and if I go to the rent committee, would I win the dispute?
Thank you very much!
Dear Questioner,
You have the absolute legal right to sue the landlord and claim reasonable compensation from him due to the fact that he is defying the law and breaching the leasing agreement with no sense.
If you would like to approach our legal services, please feel free to contact us via email.
Thanks!
As per law, if the landlord is desirous to vacate the premises for selling; he must serve to the tenant a one year notice.
Therefore, you need to go to RDC and make a procedure called Offer and Deposit (عرض وايداع), you will submit the new contract and the cheques to RDC and notify the landlord of that procedure.
You can contact us via phone or email for further information.
