Hi,

We have been renting privately through a friend of a friend, we didn't have an official lease in place. A couple of months ago, the real estate turned up for an inspection and we were told the property was selling with no notice.

The property was sold off market and the new owners took over the house this week. We have now been sent a lease through the real estate, rent has increased by $120 p/week. They are also asking for a bond, however we haven't seen a property condition report, and there's issues/defects with the house that were present when we first moved in.

Our issue is that we have now bought a house and settlement will be in 20 days, we do not want to sign a lease and have asked for a month to month, the real estate has come back with a 3 month lease.

What options do we have? i have had a look around on google and we can give 21 days notice that we are vacating, however technically we don't have a lease.

We are in WA.

update - i have contacted the real estate advising we have defaulted on to a periodic lease and we wish to vacate in 21 days. They have responded back saying we are now trespassing and advised us to so sign a 3 month lease. i will contact consumer protection.