Have been living in our current rental property for just over 18 months. We initially signed a 6 month contract and at the end if that the landlord asked us if we'd like to stay and so we went on a rolling contract from there on out. No new contracts were signed.
The landlord has recently contacted us to inform us she's increasing the rent and we will start a new 6 month fixed term contract. Obviously it's another bill hike we could do without but it's a reasonable(ish) increase so fair enough. We agreed and asked for a new contract, but she has said she thinks we should just do it by mutual agreement and no new contracts should be required.
I think if it's a change to the terms on the contract, and pretty important ones at that, that we need to sign a new contract. We've asked twice now and both times she's said she doesn't think we need it. She's been a bit off in the way she's approached it so far, we're not sure why, and while we don't want to cause an issue with her I'm not happy about paying extra and being tied in to a further 6 months without a contract.
AIBU?