What are my rights regarding eviction and notice if I’ve been renting a room month-to-month?
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What are my rights regarding eviction and notice if I’ve been renting a room month-to-month?
My best friend bought a house and I have been paying her half the lease ($250) a month to stay in a room there. I never signed a lease agreement or anything. Today she sprung it on me that she is moving out and putting the house up for rent. I was away this weekendand she sent me a text to let me know she has already drafted a lease and obtained a realtor. There is also a realtor’s lock box on the door now. She states I can rent from her but the rent will now be $1200. I cannot offord this. What are my rights? She wants me out in 4 days.
Asked on November 28, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Florida
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have been renting a room from your best friend on a month-to-month basis and now she wants to place the home for sale and needs you to vacate, under the laws of most states in this country, she has to give you written notice to vacate.
Typpically most states require at least a thirty (30) day notice to vacate where the time to leave runs from when the tenant is served with the notice. In your situation I would discuss with your best friend and landlord that you are required to receive at least a thirty (30) day notice to vacate even if you are on an oral month-to-month lease.
In the interim, I would start looking for another place to live if you do not want to remain where you are for living purposes.
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