Hi,

We are renting a house in Port Elizabeth. Our lease ends Jan 2022. The rental agent ask us about a month ago if we want to renew our lease. We said yes. We did nkt receive any renewal agreement since then.

A week ago she let us mnow that the owner are selleing the property. People already came to view the house.

My question is: we did indicate that we want to renew our lease till Jan 2023. Can the owner go ahead and just sell the property? Surely we have rights as we did indicatethat we want renew our lease.

Please advise.

Regards,

Jacques 

Hi there Jacques,

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If you never actually signed any new agreement with the owner, then I don't think that an indication that you want to renew it is good enough. 

So, the owner would be able to sell the property. 

Even if you signed a renewal 1 year lease, the owner could still sell the property to somebody. That person would then just become the landlord.

Att. Patrick 

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