I was served with a Notice of Termination for my rent by my landlord and I need help responding. I live in New York. I live with my roommate.
Termination is effective in 13 days time, requiring me to leave my apartment by then and vacate.
The grounds for termination are that "we have used the apartment as a hotel by different people", which is untrue. We believe the landlord found my roomate's airbnb ad (which has resulted in 0 rentals to date and 10 views); note the lease is in my name, not my roommates - and I did not personally review the airbnb ad. They allege we are "profiteering, that we are staying elsewhere while leasing our apartment out, and that there are testimonials from guests", all of which is untrue.
They ask me to reach out to their attorney if I wish to discuss. I would like to dismiss these claims and continue our lease, but am unsure how to proceed.
Immediate question: should my roommate close the airbnb listing now?
Subsequent question: should I contact the attorney directly, or have a lawyer reach out; i.e. how should I respond? Should I personally write a letter to the landlord, explaining what occured above or what could you advise?
Thank you.
Thanks.
Termination is effective in 13 days time, requiring me to leave my apartment by then and vacate.
The grounds for termination are that "we have used the apartment as a hotel by different people", which is untrue. We believe the landlord found my roomate's airbnb ad (which has resulted in 0 rentals to date and 10 views); note the lease is in my name, not my roommates - and I did not personally review the airbnb ad. They allege we are "profiteering, that we are staying elsewhere while leasing our apartment out, and that there are testimonials from guests", all of which is untrue.
They ask me to reach out to their attorney if I wish to discuss. I would like to dismiss these claims and continue our lease, but am unsure how to proceed.
Immediate question: should my roommate close the airbnb listing now?
Subsequent question: should I contact the attorney directly, or have a lawyer reach out; i.e. how should I respond? Should I personally write a letter to the landlord, explaining what occured above or what could you advise?
Thank you.
Thanks.