Q: Property owner cancelled professional property mngr. services after I signed lease. Is this a breach?
I signed a lease on a condo believing it would be professionally managed. The property managers handled the showing, explained that they would be my landlords, and outlined the specific services they'd provide. I signed the lease with these property managers, listed as such on the lease, with details of repair services provided by and rent payments being remitted to them specifically. Now, after I signed the lease, I am told there will be no property mngt company! It's only going to be the private owner handling my tenancy -- and I have never met the owner! I feel duped out of the true market value placed on this property, since it was priced and marketed thru MLS and leased to me as "professionally managed." If I wanted to rent from a lay person, I would have searched personal ads, and probably gotten a better rental rate. At the very least, this was a bait and switch.
A: Unless it was guaranteed in your written lease then no. Advertisements are not binding contracts.
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