Posted by Ace on July 26, 2001 at 10:46:43:
In Reply to: Lease re-signing fee and an 18% increase, is this legal? posted by Erica Rutt on July 25, 2001 at 16:23:23:
Are you living in a condo or duplex or something? I've never heard of paying a $700 sign-up fee -- usually when one rents an apartment, whether stabilized or not, there's a one-time deposit along with the one month or two months rent and that's it.
: I just signed my fourth year new lease on the same apt. Each year, as written in the lease, I pay a $700 re-signing fee. Is this legal even though it's in the lease. Also, I'm in a, what I've been told is, non stabelized apt. Each year so far, my rent has been raised 5% (plus of course $700 fee). This year, however, they rose the rent 18%. Last year I asked for a two year lease, they said yes, but would have to add the additional 5% for hte second year to the rent. I chose not to, since I wasn't sure I'd stay. Now that I'm staying it went up 18%. I paid a fee in the first place to, not a realitor, but the management company (15% years rent, the first year). Since I've lived here, noise, restaurants, garbage removal and etc have made it hard to accept such an increase (detail would be too much to write). Do I have any right to do anything?
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