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I fought the landlord and the rent law won!
I posted about this last year - my landlord tried to increase the rent on the villa from QR8000 pm to QR16000. Landlord put this in writing as an eviction letter, also stating that otherwise if we don't pay the new amount he will use the property for his son who is getting married.
We took legal advice, started paying the rent through the court and won our case last week. I think the landlord's case was not very solid as he asked for increased rent or eviction and he had 7 other properties in a row beside out villa.
So, it is worth sticking up for your rights here and the legal system does not always favour local residents rather than expat residents. Seems that the rent laws are having some effect and that the judges are fair. Any one needing a lawyer can email me!
Shame my employer (government agency) is refusing to transfer my residency permit - but that's another story!
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strivedi said
Rent Law ...Well done! Good show, i am sure your success story will may other expatriates.
qatman said
Good for you, There are may ...Good for you, There are may who assume that law will favor the locals, hope this is an eye opener for them.
Qatar Idols said
for my future reference... ...hi. im a newly transferred in a flat in muntazah and for my future reference, can i get some contact details or email of yours? coz may be in some time. i'll be needing your help, and you lawyer's help.
thanks a lot!
lamea said
great work! u gave us ...great work! u gave us hope!
Snowstorm said
Well done ...Well done Harley and as Lamea said, you give us some hope
cheers
YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!
mariam-mar said
Good Start... hope ...Good Start... hope everybody learn to fight for it's rights. It reflects one's personality.
But just for caution, if Government Agency, don't fight back, be cool and reason out but not fight...
"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."
Tigasin321 said
Crappy Cribs ...Well done Harley. Anyone have any views on how to get out of a lease? Four months ago I signed a two year lease on a brand new place. I really hate it now, the place is falling apart and I want out. I can break the lease by paying three months rent. Guess I will have to do that.
The time has come to substitute caution for courage. Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Alabama 1963
spicemom said
good for you harley stick ...good for you harley stick to yr guns and thats wat you did-congrats. another friend of mind too won the case- good on you guys......the law is the law
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
dragonfly212 said
this is such a good news ...this is such a good news first time in QL... thanks for sharing.
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
mohammadirfan said
great work ...great work
dweller said
Heartening to hear ...Glad that the new process appears to be working
qatarisun said
Mabrook, Harley!! ...Mabrook!
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This Too Shall Pass.....
pinkpanther81177 said
Big news ...Such a good news ...... amazing ....
lima foxtrot said
Well done ...Harley.
swarna8 said
good job. i wish all expate ...good job. i wish all expate residents should read this
Bintekhalid said
Welldone! you gave us a ...Welldone! you gave us a hope.
QT said
Well Done ...Er.. If you move out, can I have your villa?
If not does anyone know of villas for 8000QR?
heishi said
Yay! ....
smart6 said
well done ...iam very glad for you and hope all do the same so the rent will not go up
advice said
what will happen if my ...Ajnas said
Rent rise cap set for pre-2005 contracts ...The Cabinet yesterday issued Decision No 9 of 2008, stipulating no increase in rents for two years for contracts in force from January 1, 2005 and setting down limits of increase for agreements signed before January 1, 2005.
The twin clauses of the new decision are as follows:
Clause 1
No increase in rents shall be permissible for contracts governed by the provisions of Law No 4 of 2008 and which are in force from January 1, 2005 or those signed after the implementation of the new law. Increase in rents shall be permissible only after the lapse of two years from the date of the implementation of this law in respect of these agreements unless otherwise stated.
Clause 2
The landlord may increase the rent in respect of agreements signed before 1.1.2005 as governed by the provisions of the Law No 4 of 2008.
The increase shall be as follows: 20% per annum increase for rents less than QR2,000 per month; 15% per annum for rents between QR2,000 and QR5,000 per month and 10% per annum for rents between QR5,000 and 10,000 and 5% per annum for rents above QR10,000.
aikon said
just curious, how much you ...just curious, how much you spend until your case in closed on court ?
Harley60 said
Lawyer cost QR10,000 fixed ...Lawyer cost QR10,000 fixed price and can not reclaim cost against landlord unfortunately.
omar92cs said
well done..and conrgrats ...well done..and conrgrats for winnin
Im the one and only
harsha said
the law says that the rents ...the law says that the rents cant be increased abnormally for the next 2 years... it says 15% for less than 6k.. 10% for between 6-10K.. 5% for 10-15k and 2% for 15k and above.. i am not sure about the exact figures.. but its something like this...
Hussamf said
i m not even a qatari ...i m not even a qatari national but i wonder...
where do u guys get this strange idea that the law is always siding with locals and not expatriates?
In my few brushes with the law, i have never felt that a qatari national is bieng given a prefferential treatment, and all the stories i have heard about expat/local court disputes were the locals were clearly wrong, the law was upheld regardless of nationalities.
It really is very disappointing and annoying for me , even though i m not qatari, that western expatriates in patricular have this " chip over their shoulders"
there is absolutely no evidence of the law bieng broken in favor of the locals, yet expatriates make it seem like such an abnormality that the law is actually upheld regardless of nationalities!!
http://hasous.spaces... "missiles, warships and nuclear weapons cannot establish security. Instead they destroy what peace and security build." Anwar Sadat
thexonic said
" Landlord put this in ..." Landlord put this in writing as an eviction letter, also stating that
otherwise if we don't pay the new amount he will use the property for
his son who is getting married.
"
Typical story lol
It's always the small things that make big differences.
canarybird said
Hussamf - perhaps ...Perhaps you are not fighting to keep your home, where many of us are and are and being clearly misused into the bargain. (see above post)
If you have brushed with the law that is something else, then you may be something like a gangster as people tend not to want brush with the law in my opinion.
It is not a chip on the shoulder when people want to save their homes and protect their liefstyle when Qatar has made a law for leasing that has so many loopholes it is like Swiss cheese.
You are living in denial if you think the law has not been broken - truth is many people have slipped through the holes but mostly agents are on the prowl to make a quick buck.
sanad said
---------- ...Great job..
please advise the lawyer name who supported you. I need to go through the same.
regards
lincolns said
You did a brave job and ...You did a brave job and finally succeeded as fortune favors the brave. I am happy to read this success. Similar sort of thing happened to me about an year ago. I went to Austin apartment locator who were the original real estate agents. The helped me filing a case and in the end the tenancy agreement won.
rafsanjani said
good to know ...and was surprised as well.
be humble
j3375 said
8k for a villa..great deal ...8k for a villa..great deal given the current real estate situation..guess ur landlord was sleeping the past 5 yrs and realized he didnt quite keep up with the rest of his kind..
Harley60 said
8k for a villa.... ...The rental was based on the market rate 5 years ago.....since the new rent law came in and we came under this our annual increases have been restricted to 10% per annum. Now we are paying 10,000 per month plus all maintenance and have 20 labourers in house next door and 15 security workers in house on other side - not pleasant. And, now the landlord has served notice to vacate (again) on the 15th Feb 2010 (without citing a reason)...when the current rent law expires....so, back to the lawyers and the court again.
spartacus300 said
mabrook!!! ...mabrook! cheers! way to go .... justice is served...
John Andy said
That is so good. But to ...That is so good. But to avoid such things from happen you should have have a written tenancy agreement. If you have a legal tenancy agreements duly signed by the landlord and the tenant then that becomes a legal binding. Good step that you approached the court and kept paying the rent.
John
chinx_lady said
superb...congrats man..! ...superb...congrats man..!
gregory.jlederman said
Well done Harley you did a ...Well done Harley you did a good work.
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