Quote Originally Posted by AmithS View Post
If the owner of the property and yourself signed the agreement, NOT the agent then it does not matter even if the agent changed to my understanding.


The main question that comes to my mind is, what does the original contract say about renewals i.e. the terms or renewal - is there a cap on the increases on renewal?

Hi AMith

Thanks for your response.In response to the two questions you asked l have replied below word for word as per the lease agreement

QUESTION 1: If the owner of the property and yourself signed the agreement, NOT the agent then it does not matter even if the agent changed to my understanding.
The lease states the following l quote word for word

RESIDENTIAL LEASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
ABC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(‘the landlord”)
Herein represented by ABC Property Management (Pty) ltd
(Reg number xxxxx /zzzz/xx as duly authorised letting agent)
and
Mr xxxxx
(“The Tenant”)
ID No: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1.1.5. The Landlord shall mean ABC Property Management.

2.The tenant hereby acknowledge that ABC Property Management (Pty) ltd is the duly authorized Managing Agent of the Landlord and that it may exercise on behalf of the landlord all the landlord’s legal rights and claims in terms of this lease agreement until written notice to the contrary shall have been received by the Tenant from the landlord.

QUESTION 2: The main question that comes to my mind is, what does the original contract say about renewals i.e. the terms or renewal - is there a cap on the increases on renewal?

0n page 12 of the 12 document of the lease it states the following I quote word for word

“Mr xxxx will be signing 12 months lease after elapsing of the current lease (initial period of 4 months).His rent will increase to R xxxxx for 12 months ,then his rent will increase by 10%”

I then signed and the managing/letting agent signed.

Where the agent signed it states the following l quote word for word

THUS DONE AND SIGNED by the LANDLORD at JHB this 16 day of October 2018
WITNESS: xxxxx
LANDLORD: xxxxxxxx
(Herein represented by ABC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT as duly Authorized Managing Agent on behalf of the Landlord.)