Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Virginia

Hair Salon tenant verbal agreement

In addition to signing a lease, will the verbal agreement stand up as well? My booth rental was agreed by landlord that I could leave if I decided it was not for me...now she's enforcing the lease and also taking my personal belongings I paid for and use on my clients!...Is this also a breach in quiet enjoyment?


Asked on 11/14/07, 4:53 am

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Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Hair Salon tenant verbal agreement

The verbal agreement should've been included in the written lease agreement. Now you will have to convince a judge of its existence when you appear in court on the landlord's action to enforce. And, no, the landlord's retention of your personal belongings left on the leased premises is not, legally speaking, a breach of the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment (of the leasehold), although as a practical matter it could certainly be considered as such. If these items are not voluntarily returned to you by the landlord prior to the first hearing date, you should ask the court to order their return.

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Answered on 11/14/07, 10:20 am


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