How would you recommend negotiating with a landlord over the price of rent? In my case, we’re new tenants. The landlords work out of an office that’s right next door to our house. It seems unlikely that we could negotiate lower rent if the lease isn’t up for renewal. And they’d be able to make trouble for us if we did—our girlfriends bring dogs over, for example, and they could start harassing us about stuff like that. Better to say nothing?
I’m writing from a bit of a Boston perspective, and it’s lease renewal season around here, so I was thinking mostly in terms of people renewing or moving. If your lease isn’t up yet, then unless what you’re paying has dramatically diverged from the local market or you’re just not able to pay the full amount, I’d expect negotiating for lower rent not to work all that well right now?
How would you recommend negotiating with a landlord over the price of rent? In my case, we’re new tenants. The landlords work out of an office that’s right next door to our house. It seems unlikely that we could negotiate lower rent if the lease isn’t up for renewal. And they’d be able to make trouble for us if we did—our girlfriends bring dogs over, for example, and they could start harassing us about stuff like that. Better to say nothing?
I’m writing from a bit of a Boston perspective, and it’s lease renewal season around here, so I was thinking mostly in terms of people renewing or moving. If your lease isn’t up yet, then unless what you’re paying has dramatically diverged from the local market or you’re just not able to pay the full amount, I’d expect negotiating for lower rent not to work all that well right now?