@SashaNiG I 1000% agree your landlord has been a complete dick by just sending a letter without calling you first and discussing it,
@SashaNiG and written with such a tone,
You have gotten on well with the landlord for 2 years. He has issued you with a notice to end the tenancy. Fair enough this should have been 56 days notice and not 28 days, that was a mistake by the landlord. But what exactly are you hoping to gain from going down the route of the RTB?
I would contact the landlord, explain that you are entitled to 56 days notice. He/She will probably say fine, I'll re-issue the notice, apologises I made a mistake. Heck, if you need a week or two extra to find a place he/she might accommodate you also. Remember, your next landlord is going to ask for a reference from your last landlord. If I was your new landlord, I wouldn't want you if you reported me to the RTB for something as trivial as getting the notice period wrong.
You are annoyed that your tenancy is ending, fair enough, but its the landlords property and he/she can do with it as they want. But it seems the only error was the notice period and not naming the relative moving in. This can be sorted fairly quickly and amicably between you and landlord. That's how I would resolve it anyway and stay civil.
@SashaNiG I would just echo what some others have said here. As somebody who began renting out an apartment for the first time last year, all the requirements can be fairly daunting and frankly kinda scary, for the very reason that some posters here are suggesting you go from "good tenant" to "filing complaints and trying to stay in the place as long as possible". I 1000% agree your landlord has been a complete dick by just sending a letter without calling you first and discussing it, however my feeling on it is that it is their property at the end of the day and if they want you out it is only a matter of time so why bother trying to force it to eek out a few more months. You'll spend that time seriously stressed out wondering what is coming next (landlord maybe calling, knocking at the door, no reference to move on, issues with getting your deposit back, whatever) - it's very easy for posters here to tell you to do it sitting behind their keyboard in the comfort of their homes, but life is too short to put yourself through that.
My suggestion is as per somebody else above; call the landlord, say upfront that you were disappointed after having a good relationship that they would send a letter like that unannounced and written with such a tone, but that you want to move on from it. Then state that the notice clearly isn't valid but you're not going to report it to the RTB and to drag it out for months or get into any of that, you just want enough time to find a new place and given the way the market is in this country you think 60 days is fair (or whatever you think is fair), which brings it up to XXth September and if he re-issues the letter stating that date you'll be more than happy to comply.
Well in light of that, u are left with no option to report it to RTB. Best of luck with everything.Listen Im not looking to be awkward, if the landlord wants his house back he can have it its his house,no issue with that.Yes as you suggested im annoyed the tenancy is ending but its his choice and I respect that,im not malicious person,Im not wanting to be awkward. All im wanting is the 56 day notice that I am entitled to. I have contacted the landlord previously as you have also suggested. I told him I was entitled to 56 days that i was looking and hopefully wouldn't need the entire 56 days.His response was you got the notice 28 days,move to a different town and hung up.
But he is being completely unreasonable,Ive made the approach to him to keep it civil and so there is no problems between us. I've asked for the 56 days he is refusing to even respond to me now,so I dont want have any other choice.Hes only making things worse not me.
I have contacted the landlord previously as you have also suggested. I told him I was entitled to 56 days that i was looking and hopefully wouldn't need the entire 56 days.His response was you got the notice 28 days,move to a different town and hung up.
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