Last week I received a new lease agreement. I was confused because it was for a rent stabilized unit, and I’ve been paying market. I signed and returned the document after reading it several times, opting for a two year agreement. All of the information about me and the unit number was correct.
I then got an angry and abusive/insulting phone call from the property manager accusing me of being unethical, getting someone fired, belittling me etc. He stated that the form was for the apartment next to mine (which had an eviction in the past year). I recorded the call for my own recollection). He informed me that I was “not nice” and that I’d be getting my renewal at the usual time and he’d not be sending the other form back. My current lease is up 2/15 but the lease I was (potentially) sent mistakenly and signed (which he later admitted he’d have done) would have commenced 11/1. I’ve been here three years and have never been late in payment and am a great tenant.
His reaction was so angry and unhinged it makes me wonder if it was not a mistake in fact. Apart from asking for a rent history and if the unit is meant to be stabilized I’m at a bit of a loss. I do have a photo of the document in question.