One of the most frequent doubts among people living is related to their price update. And although the rent can be updated annually, so that a series of requirements must be met, as well as there are some some Encina limits of which the price cannot be uploaded.
In relation to this issue, the expert lawyer for rent, Alberto Sánchez, has made it clear that “the increase in rental rent is not automatic, the owner in writing has to notify you.” This means that, although the contract provides an annual update, without written notification, the payment of the new amount cannot be required.
The lawyer recalls that “article 18 of the Urban Lease Law, which is mandatory, indicates that the income will be enforceable from the following month in which the interested party notifies the other in writing.”
In this way, the owners have the obligation to notify the tenant on the rise in a timely manner, while the tenants should not pay more if they do not receive this notice.
To be able to raise the rent, you should not know, but be provided for in the rental contract
It is important to keep in mind that in order for the landlord to raise the rent to the tenant, these increases must be provided in the rental contract, if it is not how much notify the notices will not be valid.
Keep in mind that if the landlord “forgets to update the rent for several years, up to five, you can update them all suddenly”, just as Sánchez explains in another of his videos.
This increase may also be carried out from the first year, and according to the same article mentioned by the lawyer, the increases will be made “on the date on which each year of validity of the contract is met”.