Unlawful practice

The property we live in has been sold without our knowledge. The property manager nor the previous landlord has given us any notice in writing notifying us of this. They did not even allow us the tenants a chance as first option to buy the property, according to rental rule. It all happened under our noses and we found this out the beginning of April 2019. No rules were followed.

Our lease expires end 30 April 2019. The property manager emailed us on 3 April 2019, with the renewal costs. We accepted the new rental fee, in which she replied that she will email us the new lease agreement, the next day (4 April 2019). The morning of 9 April 2019 I called her (Nisha Witbooi-Langehoven) to ask when will she send the new contract, she said that the "new owner" still has not confirmed that he will renew the lease. The new owner??? How can a property be sold and carried over to new owner's name in a matter of days? And new owner desperately wants to re-sell, nothing makes any sense anymore.

The evening of 9 April 2019 6pm, we receive an email from the property manager "notice to vacate the premises 30 April 2019, because the property is now sold. ***??

Our lease expires 30 April 2019, no one gave us any written notice that property is being sold. We suspect that the new owner knows that our contract expires and is deliberately ignoring us, to avoid any legal obligations. But that part, they are acting completely unlawfully. According to the law they had to give us 1 calendar month to vacate, which they did not. The law also state that they had to give us a 90day notice that the property is being sold we need to find new accommodation, which they did not.

We are happy to say that we have logged our case with the rental tribunal, and that they cannot evict us without the tribunal's knowledge.

In this case people, be aware , be very aware of Uvest Letting as property managers, acts criminal and don't give a damn about their tenants. Rather rent from an owner or find a reputable property manager other than Uvest Letting.