Comments on: Ciao, Landlord: Writing a Lease Termination Letter http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html Renters guide to solving problems, saving money, and living better. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Wanda G http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-11578 Wanda G Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:07:48 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-11578 I recently moved into an apartment about 3 weeks ago, it has not yet been 30 days in the state of arkansas, can i break the lease without any penalties. I know I would lose my deposit and possibly owe for partial month. What is my rights? Latonya I recently moved into an apartment about 3 weeks ago, it has not yet been 30 days in the state of arkansas, can i break the lease without any penalties. I know I would lose my deposit and possibly owe for partial month. What is my rights?

Latonya

]]> By: guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-11373 guest Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:57:21 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-11373 I am currently in a yearly lease agreement and have been here less than 30 days . The landlord told me there was just one stain on my apartment floor and that everything else has been fixed after I started moving my stuff in I found a hole in my hallway floor, back door frame is broken so the door does not shut, curtain rods in bathrooms keep falling on our heads cause there not secured, there is water damage and mold everywhere, i live upstairs and there is no screens on my windows I keep reporting all these problems to the landlord and gave them an inspection sheet which they never did a walk through with me like they were suppose to I have taken pictures of the apartment which the fire department told me to do when my kids bathroom started smoking from burnt wiring. Does anyone know a way I can get out of my lease agreement since my landlord will not fix the problems even though it states it in the lease agreement? I am currently in a yearly lease agreement and have been here less than 30 days . The landlord told me there was just one stain on my apartment floor and that everything else has been fixed after I started moving my stuff in I found a hole in my hallway floor, back door frame is broken so the door does not shut, curtain rods in bathrooms keep falling on our heads cause there not secured, there is water damage and mold everywhere, i live upstairs and there is no screens on my windows I keep reporting all these problems to the landlord and gave them an inspection sheet which they never did a walk through with me like they were suppose to I have taken pictures of the apartment which the fire department told me to do when my kids bathroom started smoking from burnt wiring. Does anyone know a way I can get out of my lease agreement since my landlord will not fix the problems even though it states it in the lease agreement?

]]> By: Ms. Indepedent http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-10412 Ms. Indepedent Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:20:07 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-10412 WOW! PEOPLE BUY A HOUSE! SCREW THESE LANDLORDS! WOW! PEOPLE BUY A HOUSE! SCREW THESE LANDLORDS!

]]> By: juan garcia http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-10164 juan garcia Tue, 26 May 2009 15:52:20 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-10164 the landlord has violated the lease, he open a pizza place, to sell soda, fry chicken etc, I have a super market were I sell all that. My lease say 37. Landlord represents that it is the owner of premises located at 25-11-2513-2515-2517 and 2511b seagirt Ave, Far Rockaway, Queens and that it will not lease said premises to a tenant that will duplicate the items for which the demised premises herein are rented. What can I do. the landlord has violated the lease, he open a pizza place, to sell soda, fry chicken etc, I have a super market were I sell all that. My lease say 37. Landlord represents that it is the owner of premises located at 25-11-2513-2515-2517 and 2511b seagirt Ave, Far Rockaway, Queens and that it will not lease said premises to a tenant that will duplicate the items for which the demised premises herein are rented. What can I do.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8321 Guest Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:10:22 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8321 QUESTION my sister lives with four girls she shares a room with one of them, they do not get along and she is tring to move out. My sis pays $750 including utilities to share a tiny room and the other girls in the place have there own rooms and pay less then $1000 its stupid to begin with but now the roommates want to up the rent in the shred room to $850 and they are telling my sister that they found a girl to take it and she won't pay a security deposit.. now my sister just wants her security deposit back and they will not give it to her and won't make the new girl give it to her.. so if anyone has advice on what to do that would be helpful.. QUESTION

my sister lives with four girls she shares a room with one of them, they do not get along and she is tring to move out. My sis pays $750 including utilities to share a tiny room and the other girls in the place have there own rooms and pay less then $1000 its stupid to begin with but now the roommates want to up the rent in the shred room to $850 and they are telling my sister that they found a girl to take it and she won’t pay a security deposit.. now my sister just wants her security deposit back and they will not give it to her and won’t make the new girl give it to her.. so if anyone has advice on what to do that would be helpful..

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8320 Guest Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:41:40 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8320 I sent a notice to my landlord outlining his noncompliance items needing repair. The only address I have for him is a po box. My state requires him to make the repairs within 5 business days after receiving notice. He didn't pick up the certified mail notice until the third day it was at his po box. When does the clock start for his 5 business days? I sent a notice to my landlord outlining his noncompliance items needing repair. The only address I have for him is a po box. My state requires him to make the repairs within 5 business days after receiving notice. He didn’t pick up the certified mail notice until the third day it was at his po box. When does the clock start for his 5 business days?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8325 Guest Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:40:07 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8325 I have a question. I gave my 30 days notice but will be moving out before the scheduled date of the "notice to vacate". They would like me to pay January rent but I really can't afford it right now plus I will only be living in the place for like 8 days into the month.I am not in a lease and am paying month to month right now(what a rip off). They are welcome to keep my security deposit/logevity fee, etc but what exactly will happen if I don't pay January rent? Any advice is appreciated. email is jessmwill500@yahoo.com I have a question. I gave my 30 days notice but will be moving out before the scheduled date of the “notice to vacate”. They would like me to pay January rent but I really can’t afford it right now plus I will only be living in the place for like 8 days into the month.I am not in a lease and am paying month to month right now(what a rip off). They are welcome to keep my security deposit/logevity fee, etc but what exactly will happen if I don’t pay January rent? Any advice is appreciated. email is jessmwill500@yahoo.com

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8324 Guest Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:31:41 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8324 I have a question - I recently finished a dispute over my last rent payment and I'm wanting to move out when my lease ends in February. Before the dispute occured, I signed a renewal agreement, but I hadn't (and still haven't) signed and returned the actual lease. I'm wanting to turn in my notice within the next two days. Will the landlords honor my notice since the lease was never signed or turned in? Or will they hold me accountable since I signed the renewal agreement? I have a question - I recently finished a dispute over my last rent payment and I’m wanting to move out when my lease ends in February. Before the dispute occured, I signed a renewal agreement, but I hadn’t (and still haven’t) signed and returned the actual lease. I’m wanting to turn in my notice within the next two days. Will the landlords honor my notice since the lease was never signed or turned in? Or will they hold me accountable since I signed the renewal agreement?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8323 Guest Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:53:48 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8323 Help...I live in Texas and am late with this months rent. My landlord is charging me 10% of the rent on the 4th day and $10 dollars a day thereafter. That's $147.50 on the 4th and $10 a day...Doesn't that seem a bit excessive? How much is too much in late fees and who can I talk to about this?? Unfortunately, I'm already up to $217.50 in late fees...that seems like too much!! Please help! Help…I live in Texas and am late with this months rent. My landlord is charging me 10% of the rent on the 4th day and $10 dollars a day thereafter. That’s $147.50 on the 4th and $10 a day…Doesn’t that seem a bit excessive? How much is too much in late fees and who can I talk to about this?? Unfortunately, I’m already up to $217.50 in late fees…that seems like too much!! Please help!

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8322 Guest Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:11:34 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8322 My boyfriend had eleven months left on a lease from one apartment complex and asked if he could transfer his lease to another complex owned by the same property managment firm. They verbally said yes but that he would be charged a transfer fee of $250 and that he would have to start a new twelve month lease at the new location. He agreed to this, moved in and signed a new lease. Now they are sending a bill from the old complex for the trasfer fee and one months rent. They already refunded his security deposit from the old complex, so this makes no sense at all. What exactly did they transfer for the fee and why would the same company let him begin a new lease if they were going to say he violated the old one? My boyfriend had eleven months left on a lease from one apartment complex and asked if he could transfer his lease to another complex owned by the same property managment firm. They verbally said yes but that he would be charged a transfer fee of $250 and that he would have to start a new twelve month lease at the new location. He agreed to this, moved in and signed a new lease. Now they are sending a bill from the old complex for the trasfer fee and one months rent. They already refunded his security deposit from the old complex, so this makes no sense at all. What exactly did they transfer for the fee and why would the same company let him begin a new lease if they were going to say he violated the old one?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8328 Guest Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:09 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8328 2 years ago my husband and his roommate gave a 50 day notice (the lease calls for a 60 day notice)to the rental office that they would not be renewing there lease there. When they turned in the letter the leasing manager signed it and placed a copy on the door. Six months later he and I looked into moving into the same complex together, during this time the leasing agent told my husband that he owed a balance from giving a short notice 6 months ago. My husband disputed the charges and told them at that time that he will be paying it. As we were driving home the leasing agent called my husbands phone and stated that he talked to his manager and they agreed to forgive the balance because at the time my husband lived there they were good tenants and paid on time. He asked us to come back the next day to continue the paperwork so we can move in. We stayed at the complex for a year then a year later after we moved out they have put a collection on my husbands credit report stating he still owed the money from 2 years ago. We have written certified letters disputing the debt. We have not gotten a response back from the owners of the property.We feel we shouldn't have to pay after they told us at the time we signed the lease that they were going to forgive the late notice fee.Can an apartment complex lease an apartment to you again if you owed them a legitamate debt before? What can we do to remove this negative rating on my husbands credit report. We are trying to get a house. By the way they didn't add any extra fees or make us put down a deposit when my husband and I rented from them the 2nd time. 2 years ago my husband and his roommate gave a 50 day notice (the lease calls for a 60 day notice)to the rental office that they would not be renewing there lease there. When they turned in the letter the leasing manager signed it and placed a copy on the door. Six months later he and I looked into moving into the same complex together, during this time the leasing agent told my husband that he owed a balance from giving a short notice 6 months ago. My husband disputed the charges and told them at that time that he will be paying it. As we were driving home the leasing agent called my husbands phone and stated that he talked to his manager and they agreed to forgive the balance because at the time my husband lived there they were good tenants and paid on time. He asked us to come back the next day to continue the paperwork so we can move in. We stayed at the complex for a year then a year later after we moved out they have put a collection on my husbands credit report stating he still owed the money from 2 years ago. We have written certified letters disputing the debt. We have not gotten a response back from the owners of the property.We feel we shouldn’t have to pay after they told us at the time we signed the lease that they were going to forgive the late notice fee.Can an apartment complex lease an apartment to you again if you owed them a legitamate debt before? What can we do to remove this negative rating on my husbands credit report. We are trying to get a house.
By the way they didn’t add any extra fees or make us put down a deposit when my husband and I rented from them the 2nd time.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8327 Guest Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:42:29 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8327 Best way to send 30 day notice is thru the US Post office that way you get return recipt and that why your landlord can,t say he or she did not get your 30 day notice. Best way to send 30 day notice is thru the US Post office that way you get return recipt and that why your landlord can,t say he or she did not get your 30 day notice.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8326 Guest Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:31:32 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8326 There is never really a good reason. It would be up to your current landlord. However the law does state that they can not refuse to rent to a responsible person. I would talk to them explain the current problem they may be able to work with you, or start posting for someone to sublet your place. craigslist.com is a good free site to post on. Good luck to you There is never really a good reason. It would be up to your current landlord. However the law does state that they can not refuse to rent to a responsible person. I would talk to them explain the current problem they may be able to work with you, or start posting for someone to sublet your place. craigslist.com is a good free site to post on. Good luck to you

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8331 Guest Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:56:05 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8331 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? 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?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8330 Guest Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:41:35 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8330 I know how it is in Texas. Whether you are on contract or month to month, 60 days before vacate must be given. I know how it is in Texas. Whether you are on contract or month to month, 60 days before vacate must be given.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8329 Guest Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:04:25 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8329 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? 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?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8335 Guest Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:38:00 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8335 I'm land lord and your intended, haha I’m land lord and your intended, haha

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8334 Guest Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:54:22 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8334 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 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?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8333 Guest Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:22:03 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8333 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. 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.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8332 Guest Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:06:44 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8332 They're gay, not sex offenders. Nobody has to notify you if gay people are living in your apartment complex. Just like nobody has to notify them that there is a homophobe living below them. They’re gay, not sex offenders. Nobody has to notify you if gay people are living in your apartment complex. Just like nobody has to notify them that there is a homophobe living below them.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8337 Guest Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:24 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8337 No, you are have a right to enjoy in peace and quiet AFTER 10PM. But, You need to document IN WRITING. Send a letter stating that you have called on 1) this date 2) this date 3) this date. keep a list of nights the neighbors are keeping you up. Call the police for noice disturbance. Notify the landlord of the problem with the AC/filter in you unit (IN WRITINTG). If your landlord has e-mail you can send weekly notices of violations by your neighbors (the police won't show anyway!) Ask the landlord to move you to another unit or terminate your lease. THEN basically give her notice that you are terminating the lease effective in 30 days. (you can also go to legal aid to ask for help). So, she has you in a lease, but what else does she have?? How much of your money?? last months rent or a security deposit?? It takes a minimum of 3 weeks to evict you, costs a bunch of money and time. If you send her 30 days notice that you are breaking the lease, for good cause, with holding the last months rent BECAUSE she already has last months rent OR she has a security deposit that is the equivelant of last months rent (send her the difference if she doesn't). Get a Post Office Box for her to mail you any notices (DON'T GIVE HER YOUR HOME ADDRESS OR WORK ADDRESS) Give her a message phone number so she can contact you but hopefully not harass you at home or work - but don't give her a number which will allow her to know you are home and thus serve papers on you. If she already knows where you work and it's a location where you could be served court papers - then it doesn't matter if she knows where you move to. If she feels justified, is pissed and thinks she can win in court and you did not leave the apartment spotless and pay her all you owed her than she will be more inclined to go to all the trouble to file. Other wise she will let it go and rerent the apartment. You could also agree to show the apartment to other tenants. No, you are have a right to enjoy in peace and quiet AFTER 10PM. But, You need to document IN WRITING. Send a letter stating that you have called on 1) this date 2) this date 3) this date.
keep a list of nights the neighbors are keeping you up. Call the police for noice disturbance. Notify the landlord of the problem with the AC/filter in you unit (IN WRITINTG). If your landlord has e-mail you can send weekly notices of violations by your neighbors (the police won’t show anyway!)
Ask the landlord to move you to another unit or terminate your lease. THEN basically give her notice that you are terminating the lease effective in 30 days. (you can also go to legal aid to ask for help).
So, she has you in a lease, but what else does she have?? How much of your money?? last months rent or a security deposit?? It takes a minimum of 3 weeks to evict you, costs a bunch of money and time. If you send her 30 days notice that you are breaking the lease, for good cause, with holding the last months rent BECAUSE she already has last months rent OR she has a security deposit that is the equivelant of last months rent (send her the difference if she doesn’t). Get a Post Office Box for her to mail you any notices (DON’T GIVE HER YOUR HOME ADDRESS OR WORK ADDRESS) Give her a message phone number so she can contact you but hopefully not harass you at home or work - but don’t give her a number which will allow her to know you are home and thus serve papers on you.
If she already knows where you work and it’s a location where you could be served court papers - then it doesn’t matter if she knows where you move to. If she feels justified, is pissed and thinks she can win in court and you did not leave the apartment spotless and pay her all you owed her than she will be more inclined to go to all the trouble to file. Other wise she will let it go and rerent the apartment. You could also agree to show the apartment to other tenants.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8336 Guest Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:39:17 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8336 If she never received your 30 day notice then she never received the final months rent! Correct?? How did you send it?? personal check, money order?? How much security deposit did you have on the apartment?? Basically, the only thing she can do is keep whatever you have already paid her. So, clean the apartment, put it back in the shape she gave it to you. If you have done any damages - repair them in a professional manner. Don't do ANY repairs or painting if you can't do them professionally. Have the carpets cleaned. Then wait until she sends you the Final Accounting and see what she charges you for. Also, be sure and track that final payment you sent. If you can - stop payment on it. If you can stop payment then replace the missing final payment, before you finish and get the Final Accounting. You could also offer to show the apartment for her. If she gets another tenant who moves in the day after you move out then she can't charge you for the missing month because it's not missing anymore! She is much less inclinded to file suit against you if you've paid your last month, cleaned the apartment and found a new tenant for her. Once you get the Final Accounting, if she says you still owe money, then you have a couple of choices. You could pay it. You can call and disagree about the charges - make her prove anything. You can ignor it. In order to file charges against you she has to pay around $200 in court AND serve you with papers. MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR NEW HOME ADDRESS/WORK ADRESS OR ANY OTHER WAY TO FIND YOU TO SERVE YOU. If she can't find you, she can't serve you. It's a lot of hassel to file in court, expensive and time consuming. Plus if you help her get it re-rented right away then you don't owe her anyway. Make sure the apartment is spotless and ready to go immediately so she doesn't lose any rent. If she lives in another location, then she must have someone who gets the apartments back together for her. Find out their phone number and have them come over and do a walk through with you, offer to let them in early to do any painting, whatever, they feel necessary. Schedule the carpet cleaning for the day before you move so the carpets can dry. Find a tenant. If she never received your 30 day notice then she never received the final months rent! Correct?? How did you send it?? personal check, money order??
How much security deposit did you have on the apartment??
Basically, the only thing she can do is keep whatever you have already paid her.
So, clean the apartment, put it back in the shape she gave it to you. If you have done any damages - repair them in a professional manner. Don’t do ANY repairs or painting if you can’t do them professionally. Have the carpets cleaned.
Then wait until she sends you the Final Accounting and see what she charges you for. Also, be sure and track that final payment you sent. If you can - stop payment on it. If you can stop payment then replace the missing final payment, before you finish and get the Final Accounting. You could also offer to show the apartment for her. If she gets another tenant who moves in the day after you move out then she can’t charge you for the missing month because it’s not missing anymore! She is much less inclinded to file suit against you if you’ve paid your last month, cleaned the apartment and found a new tenant for her.
Once you get the Final Accounting, if she says you still owe money, then you have a couple of choices. You could pay it. You can call and disagree about the charges - make her prove anything.
You can ignor it. In order to file charges against you she has to pay around $200 in court AND serve you with papers. MAKE SURE SHE DOESN’T HAVE YOUR NEW HOME ADDRESS/WORK ADRESS OR ANY OTHER WAY TO FIND YOU TO SERVE YOU. If she can’t find you, she can’t serve you. It’s a lot of hassel to file in court, expensive and time consuming. Plus if you help her get it re-rented right away then you don’t owe her anyway.
Make sure the apartment is spotless and ready to go immediately so she doesn’t lose any rent. If she lives in another location, then she must have someone who gets the apartments back together for her. Find out their phone number and have them come over and do a walk through with you, offer to let them in early to do any painting, whatever, they feel necessary. Schedule the carpet cleaning for the day before you move so the carpets can dry. Find a tenant.

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8340 Guest Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:15:21 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8340 my boyfriend and my son and i have moved into and apt. our landlord transfered us from a one bedroom to a twobed and had us sign a one yr lease agreement and now we ve been here for 8 mon and finally found a house that is affodable and even 100 cheaper but one problem, we are on a lease for 3 more mons. our landlord is disrespectful, the kind that is to good for our money so i worry that writing a letter or calling her for that matter wont make a difference because if she does "let" us move im afraid she'll make us continue in aying rent there until she finds a new tennate and that just wont be possible well it would but it would be tight and we have to be able to live and not just have a place to live in! HELP w/ any legal advice as to not continuing the rent and just moving. thank you much my boyfriend and my son and i have moved into and apt. our landlord transfered us from a one bedroom to a twobed and had us sign a one yr lease agreement and now we ve been here for 8 mon and finally found a house that is affodable and even 100 cheaper but one problem, we are on a lease for 3 more mons. our landlord is disrespectful, the kind that is to good for our money so i worry that writing a letter or calling her for that matter wont make a difference because if she does “let” us move im afraid she’ll make us continue in aying rent there until she finds a new tennate and that just wont be possible well it would but it would be tight and we have to be able to live and not just have a place to live in! HELP w/ any legal advice as to not continuing the rent and just moving. thank you much

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8338 Guest Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:50:34 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8338 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 ? 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 ?

]]> By: Guest http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8339 Guest Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:04:06 +0000 http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/lease-termination.html#comment-8339 Thanks for the help but nothing has been done. I have called the police and they guys snuck out the sliding door and left the building so the police never even talked to them...I stated in my first writing that they live above me, I meant that I am above them. Anyways, that is besides the point. I left 3 messages for my landlord and she never returned calls so I kept calling and calling the office until I got her on the phone. She stated the same thing she told me 2 weeks ago which was that she sent them a letter saying "one more complaint and they are gone." one week later I called the cops, called her, and she told me she can't just go kicking them out...even though that is what she told me she was going to do. She is going in circles and I am not going to deal with it so I terminated and am hoping this doesn't hurt my credit, because right now my credit is flawless! Thanks for the help but nothing has been done. I have called the police and they guys snuck out the sliding door and left the building so the police never even talked to them…I stated in my first writing that they live above me, I meant that I am above them. Anyways, that is besides the point. I left 3 messages for my landlord and she never returned calls so I kept calling and calling the office until I got her on the phone. She stated the same thing she told me 2 weeks ago which was that she sent them a letter saying “one more complaint and they are gone.” one week later I called the cops, called her, and she told me she can’t just go kicking them out…even though that is what she told me she was going to do. She is going in circles and I am not going to deal with it so I terminated and am hoping this doesn’t hurt my credit, because right now my credit is flawless!

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