Posted by Louis Crowley on 8/07/08

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was initially under a 6-month lease from the period of
12/07/07 to 6/07/08. Since the 7th of June I have been a
tenant at will as the house was put up for sale. During
this time my rent payment date has been the 7th of the
month.

On Monday July 21st I was informed that an offer was put
on the property and on Thursday July 24th I received a
certified letter stating my 30 days notice to vacate. I
was also informed that the date of closing would be Friday
August 29th.

Following this, I was contacted by the landlord, Judith
Cullen, and her real estate agent Nancy O’Brien of
Coldwell Banker on Wednesday July 30th and told
specifically that the buyers had backed out of the sale
and that I could "Stay as long as I like" as Mrs. Cullen
had put it.

After hearing this I still chose to move and had finalized
a decision on a location that I originally could not
accept because the move in date would be the first of
September. However, upon hearing of the sale falling
through I contacted the new property and signed a contract
for a September 1st, 2008 move in date.

However, I was recently contacted on Tuesday August 5th
informing me that the sale of the property was back on by
the original buyers as they had changed their mind. They
had also changed the closing date to the 25th of August so
the landlord would like me out by the 24th of August based
on the fact that I was previously given 30 days notice on
the 24th of July.

My question is whether or not the notice of 30 days is
still valid considering that I was told that the sale had
fallen through and I could "Stay as long as I like". The
obvious difference being that the 30 days notice was
certified mail and the issue of the sale falling through
and allowing me to stay was merely verbal over the phone.

My second question would be what my actual date of
vacating the property would be since my rent payment is
due the 7th of each month even though I have been a tenant
at will. I understand the law being that it should be 30
days or one payment period from the date of payment
whichever is longer. So therefore would my actual date to
vacate be September 7th? I have sent a check for this
months rent covering August 7th-September 7th but it has
not been cashed as of yet.

Of course the big issue is that I did find a new rental
property and signed a contract to move in on or around
September 1st.

Thank you very much for you time,

30 day notice on then off then on, 8/07/08, by Louis Crowley.

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