I hope that someone can help me and my neighbors on this!
We live in a non-rent stabilized brownstone (5 units). It was bought a few weeks ago by an LLC (which we now know are investors from Argentina).
The brownstone was renovated 8 years ago, and definitely not sound-proof. We've all gotten along well as we're all professionals and there is little/no drama.
After speaking with the new "property manager" (who's English isn't great) and trying to negotiate lease terms, myself and a neighbor were given 30 days notice to vacate. Two of the other units (garden level and top floor) will be vacant by the end of this month. Our ex-landlord is in the garden unit and the top unit resident tried to negotiate with the broker only to be shut down. Of course, the broker made a nice commission on the sale of the building (her first sale) and now it's in her best interest to get the remaining three tenants out as she will get 15% commission on the annual rent.
As we lived in the building with our (now) ex-landord, we paid the rent and didn't pay attention to leases. For the three of us that are left, only one has a lease that expires at the end of August.
The real estate broker has been VERY aggressive in showing our units. I've been told to allow "reasonable" access -- meaning once a week.
It's very difficult to find an apartment in such a short time period for both me and my neighbor.
Does anyone have any advice or any recourse?
Thanks!