Your landlord wants to renovate your house and tells you that you have to leave it permanently? Before you answer, here are three things you should know that might be useful to you.
It all depends on the projects
If eviction is justified by a desire to work, your landlord may evict you only to carry out one of the following projects:
- convert it into two or more smaller apartments
- demolish or merge several apartments into one
- Expand it significantly by adding a room, for example
- Turn it into offices or commercial space.
The complete renovation of the apartment is therefore no reason for your landlord to give you notice.
If major renovations are required and make your home uninhabitable, your landlord must arrange for a move while the work is being carried out. You then have the right to return to the premises.
meet deadlines
With a classic rental agreement that is renewed every year, your landlord must inform you in writing at least six months before the extension whether he would like to carry out his project. Otherwise, the rental agreement is automatically extended.
If you dispute the reason given by your landlord to justify the eviction, you have one month to challenge it in the Administrative Court for Housing.
compensation as compensation
If you leave the apartment, your landlord must pay you compensation equal to three months’ rent. This compensation is payable at the end of the lease when you leave the premises.
You must also be reimbursed for your reasonable moving expenses. For example buying boxes, renting a truck, transferring internet connection or mail redirection.
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