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Chris Mooney
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New House Owner Making Changing For The worst

Chris Mooney
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Hudson Valley, NY
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Hello all,

I'm renting a 3 bedroom unit in a great house in Westchester County in New York. We moved in during the sale process of the house, and were verbally promised a few things, washer & dryer, lawn, and one of the two available parking spots. The house sold, the new guy comes in and says he's going to put coin machine laundry in the unit (which was never mentioned), and is in the process of digging up half of the yard we were told we'd have in order to put in a new garden. We expressed our position but the new owner wasn't trying to hear any of it. We asked to renegotiate the rent, and were told absolutely not. 

Is there anything we can do about this? We feel like it's a breach of what was promised us, but does that potentially mean a breach of contract? The lease itself, signed by me, the old owner, and the new owner, seems pretty airtight, but I'm not real estate contract lawyer. Anyone know of any resources I can leverage to come to a fair end to this. 

Thanks all!

Chris

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Andrew Kerr
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Everywhere, USA
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Andrew Kerr
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@Chris Mooney was what you were promised by the previous owner included in your lease? I.E. was it in writing? If not, you are probably out of luck.

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