Tenancy Act

I know we have had a few of these threads so I am guessing there are a few of you that know this stuff.

I am at the end of a year lease and I am currently looking to buy, so I have no interest in another fixed term which of course the landlord wants. They wanted a year, but now they are asking for 6 months. What are my rights? I know if nothing else is signed we go month to month based on the previous lease, but if I say no, what can the landlord do. The wording in the tenancy act is murky.

"When a tenant is not required to move out at the end of the tenancy
and wants to stay, the landlord and tenant may sign another fixed-term
tenancy agreement, or the tenancy can continue on a month-to-month
basis under the existing terms of the tenancy agreement. Once the
tenancy is month-to-month, the landlord cannot force the tenant to go
back to another fixed term or sign a new agreement."

tell landlord you will do month to month and be prepared to leave. imo the lease is just convenient for the landlord and not worth the paper it's written on. landlord isn't going to waste time and money if the lease is broken.
show landlord the actual document you got the quote from and go from there.

why doesn't the landlord want to go month to month, surely you could help them understand that continuity of tenancy is worth more than a fixed term, if you've lived there for any amount of time they will probably need to do some minor repairs anyway.

just read the other post, mine should say I agree with Butler

I am renting through Century 21 and so I don't get to talk to the landlord directly. When I reviewed the lease agreement I see they do have me by the short ones because it is a fixed term agreement, which I assume is there way of forcing tenants to renew with another year term. I could roll the dice and I doubt they would kick me out but I don't really want to do that.

EDIT: So long story short, there is little I can do. Basically it is their policy to only do fixed term leases so that the tenant has far less power to move when they want and they can simply refuse to extend if they want you out. They can also increase my rent without 3 months notice because you need to sign a new agreement with could have new terms (which they also just did). I am glad this is the last time I rent.

i would present all that info to the residential tenancy board to see what they say.

pretty sure they can't evict you if you refuse to renew. Either they give you 60 days notice [HTML_REMOVED] 1 months rent free or the tenancy converts to month-to-month.

At least, that's how it used to be…

Cite to them what you posted here and tell them you're going month to month.

Cite to them what you posted here and tell them you're going mouth to mouth.

fyp

If I understand correctly, you probably have the box checked on your rental agreement that says something to effect of "This is a fixed term lease and at the end of the term, the tenant must vacate the unit". I've been in a similar situation before, and confirmed with the tenancy board that under those terms, you're SOL. Property management companies always select that option because it gives the tenant zero rights at the end of the term.

Do you have any way of contacting the owner of the unit? You could try to get the owner to rent directly to you since they'll save the 10% that Century 21 takes each month. I did that once with a landlord after the property management company proved to be useless (protip: they're all useless).

If I understand correctly, you probably have the box checked on your rental agreement that says something to effect of "This is a fixed term lease and at the end of the term, the tenant must vacate the unit". I've been in a similar situation before, and confirmed with the tenancy board that under those terms, you're SOL. Property management companies always select that option because it gives the tenant zero rights at the end of the term.

Do you have any way of contacting the owner of the unit? You could try to get the owner to rent directly to you since they'll save the 10% that Century 21 takes each month. I did that once with a landlord after the property management company proved to be useless (protip: they're all useless).

You got it. It was written right into their lease and is basically their way of getting around the pesky tenancy act… and it works. It is like you are re-renting after every term. I talked to them and just told them that they should represent both of our interests, not just the owner who they say they represent since I am a customer paying their commission and that all this little move does is piss me off enough to want to move.