Disputes between landlords and tenants are intensifying; so, the intensity of «passions» in this area has reached a new level. Tenants, on the one hand, are not ready to pay exorbitant amounts; on the other hand, protesting, sometimes try to prevent the owners from selling the house – when they want to make a profit from the sale, since they could not get the desired amount from renting out housing.
In fact, the tenant cannot prevent the owner from selling the residential property in which he lives, however, he has the opportunity to delay this process. There are already a lot of complaints in Istanbul about homeowners who have been waiting for the sale of their house for many months. Namely, the fact that they can no longer find housing in the metropolis at the old, familiar rate: the lowest rental rates in some areas of Istanbul have come close to 20,000 Turkish lira (TL).
Add here the payment for the services of a realtor, an insurance deposit, as well as considerable relocation costs. It is not surprising that tenants who are not ready for such spending are doing their best to prevent the sale of residential real estate.
Anyway, if the house or apartment is sold, the new owner has the right to evict the tenant within 6 months.
The lawyers remind the owners that, firstly, there is no need to «overdo it», even if the tenant delays payments; and secondly, even if they want to sell the house, they are not allowed to bring potential buyers to viewings whenever they please. The time and dates must be approved by the people currently residing in the residence. Although the tenant also does not have the right to completely refuse views: in this case, the landlord again has the right to sue. In this case, the court itself allocates one hour per week for screenings.
Also, recently, the courts recognized correspondence in social networks as evidence in housing disputes.