Murder he wrote
Well-Known Member
Hello,
In mid-2018 I bought an apartment. The owner (his first project ever) told me in 1.8 months he will finish it. 2 years has passed and he is still working on it. The work is quite slow due to the shortage of $ and the crazy rates of $.
However, I paid him $40,000 at the beginning as a first payment and we agreed every month I give him $500. Lately, it started to be really difficult to buy $, I mean $500 is equal to almost 2,000,000 LBP with 1 day waiting in front of Serraf. That's my salary.
I asked him and he said he only accepts $. What can I do? I read the contract and it says I have to pay in USD, but never mentioned the type of payment (Cash, check, etc..). So can I pay him $500 by check every month? it will be almost $200 if he wants to cash it. It won't be fair to him. But forcing me to pay in $ it won't be fair as well. My apartment should cost 150,000,000 LBP, not 400,000,000 LBP.
Please advise me. It's my first apartment and I wish I never bought it. I just want to finish the payment and sell it and leave this country (I asked him to sell it, but he wants crazy rate and nobody basically wants to buy anything from him. He is living in lalalalalalalland).
Thanks!
In mid-2018 I bought an apartment. The owner (his first project ever) told me in 1.8 months he will finish it. 2 years has passed and he is still working on it. The work is quite slow due to the shortage of $ and the crazy rates of $.
However, I paid him $40,000 at the beginning as a first payment and we agreed every month I give him $500. Lately, it started to be really difficult to buy $, I mean $500 is equal to almost 2,000,000 LBP with 1 day waiting in front of Serraf. That's my salary.
I asked him and he said he only accepts $. What can I do? I read the contract and it says I have to pay in USD, but never mentioned the type of payment (Cash, check, etc..). So can I pay him $500 by check every month? it will be almost $200 if he wants to cash it. It won't be fair to him. But forcing me to pay in $ it won't be fair as well. My apartment should cost 150,000,000 LBP, not 400,000,000 LBP.
Please advise me. It's my first apartment and I wish I never bought it. I just want to finish the payment and sell it and leave this country (I asked him to sell it, but he wants crazy rate and nobody basically wants to buy anything from him. He is living in lalalalalalalland).
Thanks!