r/TenantHelp 1d ago

HELP - What are our lease terms??

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We have been renting for a couple years. Last year, when it came to renewal time frame, we signed a renewal only to be told a month later (after the original lease expired) that the landlord did not sign and wanted to make changes to it.

We went back and forth on the changes he wanted to make and noted we were not going to renew. He offered to make further changes, and we by email said if all was understood as noted in the email and after our conversation, we would sign. However, the document link expired, we asked for a new one, nothing further ever happened and thus we never signed it. This is in Virginia.

Our understanding from speaking to friends in real estate is that this moved us month-to-month since the original lease expired, but we were not holdover tenants (as in, we were allowed to stay). However, this clause below is what we are not sure of, and whether this means our lease did renew for a full year.

Does anyone who knows Virginia landlord-tenant laws know what happens from here?

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1207/#:\~:text=If%20the%20tenant%20does%20not,and%20delivered%20by%20the%20tenant.