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Hey Guys, I have a question for you. Please tell me if this qualifies as a breech of lease (in my favor).

I rented a room at a house with the landlady. It was on a month-by-month basis.

I gave her verbal notice several months in advance that I planned to leave late May to take a medical licensing exam, and asked if it was okay to leave my belongings in the garage in storage until June 20. She agreed to that, although, I didn't put it in writing (big mistake!).

Throughout the 2 years I paid for this room, she has done unauthorized entries, used my room as a shortcut to get to the garage, and even let her family and DRUNK FRIEND sleep in my bed (this was without my knowledge, I found out through that friend of hers, that she slept in my bed while I was away).

Recently, in the past 2 weeks, she began forcing herself into my room. I told her that I am in the middle of studying for final exams and to please give me privacy. She has been verbally abusive and bullied me into letting her paint my room, while I was studying (and asked her not to), and of course, this being a health issue. Not only that, my belongings have been tampered with and everything.

So, I decided after more disagreement and more fees she began to stick me with, I gave her a written notice that since she has continually harassed me, trespassed, allowed her friends and family members to SLEEP in my room while I was out of town without my consent, I have decided to take my belongings with me on May 27th, and to not leave them here until June 20. In addition, I refused to pay her for rent in June.

She has now been swearing at me, calling me names, and leaving me threatening notices on my door saying that she is going to sue me because I gave her 2 weeks written noticed instead of 30 days, etc etc (even though she acknowledged in writing that I did give her verbal notice).

Do I have grounds to break my lease with her? I think I have every right to feel threatened and uncomfortable when I am being harassed, invaded, and people that are not maintenance people coming in and sleeping in my room.