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A landlord in Sweden cannot increase the rent out of the blue. If there is a rental contract in place at least. If renting without a contract for some weird rea
by flakeoil 4y ago
A landlord in Sweden cannot increase the rent out of the blue. If there is a rental contract in place at least. If renting without a contract for some weird reason, well, you better be sure you rent from someone you trust. Like in most other countries I would expect.
- yrgulation 4y agoProbably raised at renewal. Deflecting the issue really doesnt help. My advice stands - people should exercise due diligence before moving to that country.
- JoachimS 4y agoSo it was at renewal, not out of the blue? Did the landlord actually mention the pay raise? One should always do as good due diligence as possible before doing a major change in life such as moving to another country. No matter which country it is.
- yrgulation 4y agoIt may have been raised at renewal but notified beforehand. It is deeply frightening knowing someone can monitor your personal finances and with the law on their side.
- reitanqild 4y agoBut what you write isn't true, at least not in the way it comes off: When I hear "monitor your personal finances" I think on a month to month basis or more frequently. In Sweden, as written above it is yearly and with several months delay. Also what you you write just doesn't "feel" realistic at all. Source: I live next to Sweden and have Swedish colleagues.
- OJFord 4y agoI think 'people should exercise due diligence' before moving to any country!
- curiousguy 4y agoI once read that Sweden has a “huge” subletting blackmarket because of the strict rent control, maybe OP friend was subletting?