Q: My landlord added her cousin to her mortgage. Is this enough to be considered as selling her home?
She gave my husband and I 40 days notice to move, 10 days more than the required if selling the home. But 50 days less than is required if her adding her cousin to the mortgage isn’t really considered selling her home. The reason I ask is because she gave us the notice right before I had major surgery on my hand making it impossible for me to be much help packing or cleaning. So we were behind on everything. We had to leave a pile of trash meant for the dump by the driveway that we were going to take to the dump 2 days after move out day (our payday as we ran out of money moving), but landlord told us she’d call the police for trespassing on us....
A: You don't provide enough information to understand why you believe a 40 day notice may be sufficient or the details necessary to determine exactly what sort of notice is required. Does the cousin intend to live in that unit? Nevertheless, just being added to a mortgage is not a sale. Title must change, such as adding the cousin to the Deed. This all said, if you already have vacated, there is likely little you can do now. It might have been a valid defense to being evicted if you had stayed and forced her to take you to court but it sounds as if you "voluntarily" vacated which would leave you little recourse. Once out, she does not have to let you back in. Then again, it sounds as if you are best off having that landlord out of your life anyway. Good luck.
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