I have a peculiar problem with my tenant. My flat is in Noida and I live in Bilaspur where I was transferred..
There were few bachelor staying in my flat for last 3 yrs, Just before the expiry of last rent agreement they all decided to leave, except one that was getting married. So I negotiated .( I started my negotiation of the rental value based on the feed back from friends and arrived at a middle value )with him over phone and agreed that he will paint the house and repair and I will reimburse the cost of repair and he had to bear the cost of painting. After that we had a rent agreement. In first month he delayed the payment by 25 days( for various reason ) , he did not pay the advance till now. In next month he said that he had found that rent that he is paying is high in comparison to the prevailing rate and he had seen many better houses at same rate. To which I replied, That you are free to go any where if you think my rates are high and you can get a good flat and just follow the agreement and give one month notice. To which he replied that I have to decrease the rent and do the painting and that he is not going to follow the rules of the agreement since I misguided him during negotiation that about m y rental value of flat and that I have given him a dirty flat( all these are recorded in email conversation ) and that I did not allow him to take up a good flat which he could have got at same rate. After that he is not picking up the phone for last 2 weeks. I also understand that he had got some high connection in UP administration from his father side. What Should I do if a person is openly saying that he will not follow the agreement based on a very very flimsy ground. and that I live in a far away place.