My fixed term lease ends in 18 days and my property manager just said that we have to sign for another 12 months and the rent is being increased. This doesn't feel legal, I should have more warning than this as I was under the impression we would move to periodic lease after the fixed term.

It seems they have to give 60 days notice for a rent increase so I might have that on my side but im really concerned about the fixed term because i dont know if i want to live here for another 12 months.

I'm gonna spend the next 2 weeks trying to line up some alternative places to live because I dont want to give the landlord the satisfaction of a $25 rent increase. Nah im leaving and you are going to lose that money from having an empty house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Was it signed after Feb 2021? They may not be able to kick you out at all. See the handy tool here (make sure you choose landlord, to see landlord rules): https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/ending-a-tenancy/giving-notice-to-end-tenancy

Labour made a lot of changes to make rental rules less landlord-biased.

Edit: Sorry I got distracted and forgot the actual question. They need to give 60 days notice. https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bond-and-bills/rent/increasing-rent/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The problem isn't that they want to kick me out it's that I don't want to sign another fixed term lease when my current one ends and they don't want to sign a periodic lease.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

As per the first tool, you don't have to sign the new lease and it automatically converts to a periodic tenancy. There is no need to sign a periodic tenancy, it happens automatically (so long as the last agreement was signed after Feb 2021).

They can still put up the rent, but only by giving 60 days notice and only if they haven't done it in the last 12 months.

In any case, you might want to leave, in which case you need to give at least 28 days notice (and it can't end before the end of the fixed term). You might want to stay, in which case you can just not sign anything, it automatically converts to periodic tenancy, but 60 days after they give notice the rent can go up (the fixed term ending has no relevance on this - they still can't do it earlier than 60 days).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I don't think they can kick you out straight away if you let it lapse into a periodic tenancy? Hopefully you can find somewhere else within the 2 months before rent can be increased under periodic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well it finally happened, sliced a chunk out of my thumb using a mandoline last night. Spent almost 4 hours at two different ED’s to get it cauterised and a tetanus shot as it wouldn’t stop bleeding. Now my thumb is wrapped up in a super tight bandage that can’t get wet for 2 days and I have to take antibiotics again.

Shouldn’t have got cocky with the mandoline 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ouch! I'm no stranger to slicing or grating my hands but I've never done it so bad that I had to go to ED. Though I've done it bad enough to wonder if I should go 😆.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I thought about not going but it didn't seem like it would stop bleeding. Unfortunately it wasn't the type like a slice where you could hold it together and it clots up and stops bleeding. The doctor couldn't stitch it either, I think the word he used was "trimmed". Deep enough to continue bleeding but no way to close it up, hence the cauterisation. It's not fun I can tell you, it's also on my dominant hand which is annoying as I can't get it wet!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Youch! Hope it heals up nicely!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The more you describe it the more horrible it sounds. I have questions, but I'm not going to ask them because I don't want to know the answers 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

More like fortnightly kōrero because I keep forgetting...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Three more days then I'm on leave till 2nd October.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lucky! Everyone around me is going on leave and I'm just here holding the fort.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's something restful about that too, when you can't do much at work because all the people you need to do it are gone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I doubt that will be the case, but I hope so!