Ciao, Landlord: Writing a Lease Termination Letter

I signed a rental lease back in June for a year lease here in North Carolina.. I signed the lease with the understanding that I was dependant upon the rent money from my house in Idaho.It was an unexpected military move and we have tried to sell the house but due to the current market was unable too. We are not able at this point to cover the cost of living in the house we are in and need to move to somewhere more affordable.I currently have to drive 68 miles round trip to work which adds to the burden of our financial situation. If I terminate my lease and give a 60 day notice what would the possibility be that I would be responsible for the remainder of the lease. Do you think that I have a reasonable excuse for termination?

my landlord has never given me a lease. I have rented here for 9 months. today a realator was here with a family wanting to show house. I didn't know it was for sale. what do I do?

I'm land lord and your intended, haha

I switched my lease a year ago to a month to month lease do to me wanting to purchase a home. Well I finally found my home and I gave my landlord a 30 day notice to vacate. My landlord sent me a letter stating that I was in violation of my lease because I was suppose to give him a 60 day notice not a 30 day. He is trying to charge me an additional month. Is this at all possible? Legally, can he do that? My lease is a month to month. What should I do?

I live in TN, and go to school in KY. This past spring I went online and saw an offcampus student apartment complex and thought it would be a great place to live. I am used to living in dorm rooms, I have never dealt with money-grubbing companies that offer crappy apartments. I signed an online lease, but DID NOT turn in a Parental Guarantor (sp?) form...which you need to have notarized and signed to live there. I payed a 200 dollar deposit. I went and visited the place for a tour this summer and it was not what they had described online, so my mother and I told them our issues with the place and said we were looking at other options.

I decided to move into another student apartment complex. The ther place has been calling me saying that they needed a Guarantor form, and if they did not get one by July 5th, they could no longer reserve my room. Well, it's August, and I told them that I will not be living there, and now they tell me that I have to honor my lease and pay.

I never moved in, never payed 1st months rent, I payed a 200 deposit, never turned in a Guarantor form (which a few months ago I had to have or couldn't move in), but now I have to pay.

If I never turned the Guarantor form, according to the lease, then the lease is void. AND I NEVER MOVED IN, they have no loss. I never gained posession of the premises, so how can I be held accountable and still be expected to pay all of the rent?

Is there any way I can get out of my lease, which should be null and void anyway.

My Landlord never received my 30-day notice. I live in California and sent my 30-day notice and final months rent to her P.O. box via first class mail, not certified. She says she never received it and now wants me to pay an additional months rent. This is the first missing correspondence that has gone missing in the more than 2 years I have rented from her. She also stated in the past that she had lost my cell phone number, but in my 30-day notice letter I placed my cell phone number and that just so happens to be the number she called. I think she is being dishonest with me, but I cannot prove it. Do I have any recourse here ?

SOS, trouble

well i got a problem. 3months ago we, my siblings and I sign a lease with an apartment but we needed to have a guardian sign a document which proof that if we can't pay the person will be responsible to pay for us. But, we are international students we don't know anybody who will be willing to do that. And after thinking about it our parents thought the rent was too expensive. So, even after signing the lease, we went a week after say that we could not move anymore. We were supposed to move in late August. They said that they were going to look for 3 people to take our apartment and that we will need to look for it too otherwise we could not break the lease. 2 months later, we did not hear for them and we already terminate the lease where we actually live so we found another apartment a week ago. So we are screwed with two contracts for two differents places. I understand it was our mistake but we gave notice 3 months before moving in, we did not find a gardian which is I believe part of the contract. I really do not know what to do, seems like we got into troubles. Can somebody give me some advices? thanks.

I just signed a one year lease last month and I completely hate where I live. The apartment above me and next to me party all of the time and they all smoke. I thought that because I have my own AC and filter in my unit that the smoke would stay out, however I was wrong. I wake up with headaches all of the time and my allergies are going crazy. My clothing, couch, bedding, and everything in my apartment smells terrible. I am woken up at 1:30 all the time on weekends because of the loud talking, screaming, music, etc. Would this be default on the landlords fault because in the lease it says that other tenants shall not "disturb the rights, HEALTH, safety and, COMFORT of others? She is doing nothing about it and tyring to work 50 hours a week with flared allergies and headaches is making life difficult. Should I really be required to live a year like this?

I live in Oklahoma and my apartment complex raised my rent by over $80, and I didn't find out until the day it was due. It's partially my fault because my lease ran out and I wasn't paying attention, but every other place I have been has given me notice to sign a new lease. I went ahead and signed a new lease so I wouldn't have to pay the month-to-month fee, but I really just can't afford the rent anymore. I want to break the lease renewal I signed but the original says there is a fee of two additional months rent that I won't be living there. Is there any way I can get out of my lease without paying that fee? When I applied to the apartment I had to show proof of income... I make less now and the apt is more so would that work,if I showed them I really don't make enough to even qualify for the rent??? I was told it is illegal to raise the rent like that without any warning, is that true? I already found a much cheaperstuck. place I am just

My apartment is on the ground floor and the upstairs leaks (from where no one knows) into my living room. This took 5 days to fix in Feb. and I requested to move units or at least have a mold inspection done as the place smelled awful afterwards. I was denied both and they said painting it would suffice.

Last Saturday the leak came back in full force and more of the ceiling came down (small pieces, but pieces). The carpet got wet. With other issues (electrical and with the mail box) not being taken care of, along with them not responding to the leak until three days later (after I threatened to break the lease) I decided I was fed up and want to break it. I looked through the lease and it says that if "if repair hasn't been made within 7 days, you may terminate the Lease Contract and exercise statutory remedies. Security deposits and prorated rent will be refunded as required by law."

If the leak is stopped but the ceiling and carpet have not been fixed within seven days can I still terminate my lease?

MY BOYFRIEND AND I SIGNED A LEASE ABOUT A MONTH AGO FOR AN APARTMENT THAT WILL BE VACATED SEPT 1ST. NOW THE COMPLEX CALLED AND SAID THE CURRENT RENTERS DECIDED TO STAY AND WE ARE OUT AN APARTMENT. THE COMPANY TOOK OUR SECURITY DEPOSIT AND OUR NON REFUNDABLE PET FEE....ANY ANSWERS?

I live in Georgia, and I signed a 14 month lease last year in july. From the moment i moved into my apartment there have been several problems. I have called maintenance to the unit several times for repairs and they never came to fix any of the damages. Some examples are the towel rack hung improperly, pest control problems,graffiti and vandalism in the breeze way, and excessive trash in the breeze way. Once, when i had requested maintenance to come to my apartment, they left a note on my door saying they did not have a copy of the key to my apartment which i had turned in when they requested a key audit (that all tenants provide a copy of key to residence to the rental office). This was about six months after i had moved in. After i continued to complain about the condition of the hallway, they sent a painter to cover up the graffiti, however, he did not put down any protection on the doors or carpet and the entire interior of the building is covered in white paint. Not to mention that within a course of a year, there has been excessive criminal activity from police chases to drug transactions directly in front of my building. The last straw was four days ago when my neighbor(who lives directly behind me) was robbed and shot in his apartment. I have not been able to sleep there and have been living at a family members house. I have spoke to other neighbors who have already tried to break their lease and they have been denied. I was going to pay my rent but have used that money to find another place to stay. What would be the best action to take?

I wanted to know if I have the right to terminate my lease from my landlord because he does not want to fix the ac for the second time and the fist time he had to fix the leaking sink along with the ac and the leaks left mold under the sink, which is still there and he never fixed it. There are huge coach roaches inside and outside. I have been here six months and I have a section 8 voucher. 2 months into living here the sewer backed up into the tub. We signed leases before the house was inspexcted and section 8 pays him 700 but he wanted 800 I was paying him 100 extra three months ago until we found it we where not suppose to do it be he is still wanting to collect rent. What are my rights.
I also have 2 children and expecting. He has also told me twice to get the hell out of his house.

My landlord and I signed a year lease 3 months ago and now she decided that she is moving back to california and wants her house back...do I have any rights for her to compensate me to move?

my apartment and others does not have air or heat and they have being trying to put people out for not paying their rent. They stated that they are not paying until the air is fixed! Is this legal.

gusramos1956@yahoo.com in refrence to landlord altering the yard responsiblilitly

My landlord owner never signed the lease agreement until 5 months later and altered the section where it stated landlord was responsible for yard. She mailed a copy of original lease and I matched it with my copies where it was obvious that she altered and then only signed it with out dating the contract. I have been there of 6 months and have been advised that I am at a month to month status. She also raised the rent with a month notice. What are the penalties for altering a lease that she had never signed but we did have a verbal agreement?

My tenants default repeatedly on the terms of the lease. They refuse to maintain the property in terms of shovelling snow and removing dog poop, along with dumping motor oil and keeping trash outside, which is a city ordinance violation. They have a continuing problem with prompt payment of rent and utilities and responding to written requests. They installed Direct TV and when they were informed that this was a default of the lease, the dish was removed. Recently a lawyer contacted me about dissolving the lease. This relieves me from having to evict them. My question is, are they financially responsible for the remaining 7 months of the lease and do I have to return their deposit?

I want to terminate my lease because the things in my apartment are not getting fix and not getting fix the right way. I had very high gas bills becauxe the place is not wheatherized properly. My front door is not insulated correctly and I only been here since January of 2008

Hello.
Since Dec 2007, my wife and I rent a small 1BR house owned by a landlady who lives next-door. Last week, we were horrified to discover carpet beetles appearing all over the house. We are clean individuals who maintain the house well and have never had any pest trouble in any of our houses. We contacted a professional exterminator who confirmed that the apartment was well-maintained by us. The house is an old one and the source of contamination seems to be some old carpets and decaying wood underneath in one of our closets. We were advised to get fumigation done over the course of 1 year to get rid of the eggs.
All through this, the landlady has been extremely un-cooperative and insists that we deal with the problem. Our rental agreement does not state anything about pest control and we do not want to deal with the worms, especially when the landlady is rude and uncooperative.
My question are:
1. What do we need to do to terminate our agreement (we have a 1-year lease) and move out?
2. Is there any way of making sure that we are not sued by the landlady?
3. How do we get back the deposit from her?

We are international students and your help is much appreciated/ Thank you...

I've just moved into a rented house and my landlord had put in $300 worth of oil in to the tank a few days prior to my signing of the lease and move in date and now is saying that I need to pay him the money he put in the oil tank!? Am I obligated to pay this?

After reading the countless other comments regarding breaking the lease, I am here to add another request for help!!!! HELP!!!! I live on the 5th floor, work nights and have noticed someone is trying to gain entry through my hall windows. I went to the office complained and they said they have an idea who it is and are keeping an eye on them. Well, it happened again, I complained again. Then my friend saw two men very suspicious at the workout room at 11 at night. The following morning I saw the workout room was broken into, they said someone was locked in, the mailman told me the mailboxs were vandelized, the apt people told me it was routine repairs. I don't feel safe, I am getting ill from lack of sleep and the mold, can I get out of this lease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i live in nj i live on the bottom level of the apartment and the people above me are very noisy and i hear them have sex, i dont feel this is something i need to be hearing in my apartment. now here is my problem i dont agree or disagree with ones preference with same sex relationships however i should have the right to be informed or even asked if i have any problem with them living above me especially with an apartment that has no insulation at all and you can hear everything and i mean everything from conversations to sex...i feel landlords should inform all potential tenants of all situations at their apartment complex.

We stay in apartment owned by the housing authority, when we first moved in, explained to the management that my husbands check was never received on the same day, they said if we were going to be late let them know, which we did and paid the late fee, a new management took over and when we were late they sent a notice that we would have to pay by the eighteenth or they would start proceedings, the notice they sent was delivered after eighteenth so I called and told them, they asked when I could pay it I said on the 21st by five o'clock they said fine, then sent a notice saying I had to have it in the office on the 21st by nine o'clock, by the time my husband left work and went to the bank it was 10.45 when we paid the rent and late fee. The next week we received an eviction notice for unpaid rent and lawyers fees, when I called and said we had paid them, they said we still owed lawyer fees of 360.00 never having been sent an eviction notice or having to go to court didn't know what the proceedings were, the HRA's lawyer said I had to sign papers and I never did see the judge, now I feel like I should have talked to the judge. I am also wondering can they evict you with out telling you in the lease a certain time frame?

I own a business and my lease is up in a year and a half. I am closing the business due to not making enough for the rent. I am moving back home to another state. The landlord can keep the $2000 deposit. If I give enough notice can moving so far away be enough to terminate the lease? A friend of mine did this on an apartment some years ago and was fine.

I gave 90 day notice to vacate my townhome and my lease ends on March 31st. I have yet to find a new place! The landlord already has my unit rented out, so I need to be out by April 1st. If I don't find a place by then, do I still have to move? Can I basically "change my mind" at this point? Also, I am under Section 8, who has already extended my voucher until May. I'm being told a landlord can't evict without good cause, but I can be sued as a hold over tenant?

If a landlord gives you a 5 day notice that they will terminate your lease if rent is not paid does that mean you can move and not owe the remainder of rent for the lease?

I co-signed a 13 month lease for an apartment for my son in Ohio in September of 2007. In February 2008 my son was arrested for the burglary of another apartment at his apartment complex and was arrested and is now in jail awaiting trial. Today I received from the landlord by FAX a "Notice of Apartment Lease Termination" from the landlord stating that the Apartment Lease agreement will terminate in 30 days on March 31, 2008. The landlord told me that I had to pay the rent for the month of March so I did. I was asked for my permission by the landlord to change the locks at no cost to me and I said OK. The landlord did not say if I would be liable for the remaining 6 months left on the lease. Will I be held liable to pay the rent for the next 6 months when the apartment complex is the one that terminated the lease agreement?

I need to leave my apartment in Maryland. There are both roommate issues and maintenance issues. My roommate will not sign the paper work for someone to come in an take my place on the lease. Both of our names are on the lease. Is it possible for me to get termination without her signature? i.e. Can I leave without her consent?

I have given a notice to move, I'm in a business office, my landord wants to show my space to other potential tenants before I move, do I have to allow them to show my space?. I'm in los angeles CA.

How many years after you have moved out does a landlord have the right to come back and charge you for you breaking the lease in Colorado?