I have have a written sublease agreement with the primary tenant in my apartment which is good until next November. I have never met the landlord and have dealt exclusively only with the primary tenant, so I don't know the nature of his agreement with the landlord.
He has just informed me today that his best friend is moving back to the city and I have to move out in May so that his best friend can move into his" old room" (the best friend lived in my room before me). I informed my primary tenant that I have no intention of leaving early, since I have a perfectly valid contract. Moving now would constitute a big upheaval in my life, and an agreement is an agreement. This, of course, did not sit well with him.
So I have two questions: 1) is our contract valid even if it is not notarized? 2) if he were to not accept my rent check next month, so that he can argue during eviction proceedings that I did not pay my rent on time, how can I protect myself? Is there a way to prove that I TRIED to pay but he would not accept?
Many thanks for any suggestions here. Obviously, until now I have been diligent in paying rent and utilities on time, and have never caused any kind of problems that could possibly be reason for eviction. On the contrary, it is the primary tenant who does things like smoke pot in the apartment, etc.