Thank you all. All your contribution is noted.

No he is not moving to this flat. He stays in his own duplex. He is just wicked and i wish there is more i could do to show him that what he did is not fair.

Freestainworld:
Like your lawyer said, use the quit notice period and the court to buy time, so you can move out, but your landloy is heartless, maybe he now wants to occupy your flat when you move out since you have have pimped the place for him

I dont know any mod here. I will appreciate any help.

Prechgold1180:
Op link your post with any mod

I have tried. There is a guy giving him ill advise just to get favors from him.
I was out of the country and lockdown held me down during the pandemic. I came back and he has totally changed.

WaterTheMonk:
Op sorry for this buy it's not something you will gain from if settled in court.
Call your landlord that you want to see him. Persuade him and show him all the expenses to have spent on the pop.
He should be able to refund something if he is not heartless.
BTW rent normally increase after 4 years

Lawyers in the house kindly advice me.

I’m a tenant in a 3 bedroom apartment. I have been living in this apartment for 4 years. I pay my rent as at when due and I have never defaulted,

I decided to renovate my apartment and change the old Slates to POP. I usually do renovations like this in my apartment where my landlord will see it and shower prayers.

Before starting the POP i sense I need to inform him since I have bought the materials. I informed him and he said he had intentions of doing those repairs but since I want to do it then no problem. The lawyer in-charge of the house also came to inspect the materials and said I should go ahead.

After fixing everything and renovating the house. I got a letter from my landlord lawyer increasing my rent from N900,000 to 1.8M.

I called my landlord and he said i should speak to his lawyer as he can’t get involved. I sent the letter to my lawyer and he wrote back stating the fact that i just did some minor repairs, and that 100% increment doesn’t seem fair.
He even went ahead and offered him 1.4M which they refused and gave me a 6 months notice to quite.
Bear in mind that this was 2020 during the pandemic and I never asked them for the money i used in fixing the POP.

In as much as I don’t like to be cheated, I want to make sure I’m getting the right advice from my lawyer as he said i should wait out the six month, then i will get a 7 days notice after which the case will go to court. He said it will be a win/win for me even if the judgement doesn’t favor me. He said I will only pay half of my yearly rent which is 6 months.

I would appreciate any advice on how to tackle this. I would have moved out but the cost of getting a new apartment including all these agency fees is alarming. I can save that up around december and move out.