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Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early

Posted by Ken on 6/10/2009, 5:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early"

I wouldn't be so sure of that last part there Carl. If that was the case anyone who wanted to leave early in a lease could just stop paying rent and as soon as they got a N4 notice be out on the termin. date with no legal obligation? The landlord would have no legal claim to the rest of the money? Does this sound too good to be true!?!?

--Previous Message--
: I was in this situation, told the landlord I
: had been laid off and couldn't pay the rent.
:
: The first thing he did as I expected was to
: file to have me evicted without any warning.
:
: If you are given an eviction date due to a
: filing by the landlord you are not
: responsible for any lease after that day if
: you don't dispute it or otherwise agree to
: the eviction.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi there,
:
: My boyfriend and I broke up half way through
: our lease. We told the landlord our
: situation and she agreed to let us out of
: our lease if we could find a replacement
: tenant. She had us post the apt at $30 more
: than we currently pay.
: After over 2 months of showing the apt (and
: believe me, we were diligently looking for
: tenants!), we didn't get any takers. The
: feedback we got was that the place was too
: expensive (the economy had dipped and she
: up'd the price instead of lowering it like
: everyone else on the rental market did).
: We told our landlord we couldn't afford to
: pay for the apartment any longer and tried
: to work out a deal. She said she'd let us
: out of our lease, so long as we paid May's
: rent and vacated the apartment before May
: 1st. We transferred all our ads to her name
: (viewit, craigslist etc), and she agreed to
: show it herself.
: It's now almost June and she hasn't found
: anyone. She is holding our deposit and will
: apply it towards June's rent if she doesn't
: find someone in the next few days... Is this
: legal?
: Can she use our deposit for June's rent when
: we don't live there anymore and no longer
: have access to keys?
: I heard somewhere that even in a lease
: agreement, the tenant is only obligated to
: give 2 months notice. Is this true?
: Please help!
:
:
:

Message Thread:

Terminating 1 Year Lease Early - Tash 5/27/2009, 5:02 pm
- Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early - Vikki 6/12/2009, 1:12 pm
  - Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early - Ken 6/14/2009, 4:08 am
    - Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early - Vikki 7/10/2009, 12:03 am
- Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early - Carl 5/31/2009, 1:17 pm
  - Re: Terminating 1 Year Lease Early - Ken 6/10/2009, 5:42 pm
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--Previous Message-- : I wouldn't be so sure of that last part there : Carl. If that was the case anyone who wanted : to leave early in a lease could just stop : paying rent and as soon as they got a N4 : notice be out on the termin. date with no : legal obligation? The landlord would have no : legal claim to the rest of the money? Does : this sound too good to be true!?!? : : --Previous Message-- : I was in this situation, told the landlord I : had been laid off and couldn't pay the rent. : : The first thing he did as I expected was to : file to have me evicted without any warning. : : If you are given an eviction date due to a : filing by the landlord you are not : responsible for any lease after that day if : you don't dispute it or otherwise agree to : the eviction. : : --Previous Message-- : Hi there, : : My boyfriend and I broke up half way through : our lease. We told the landlord our : situation and she agreed to let us out of : our lease if we could find a replacement : tenant. She had us post the apt at $30 more : than we currently pay. : After over 2 months of showing the apt (and : believe me, we were diligently looking for : tenants!), we didn't get any takers. The : feedback we got was that the place was too : expensive (the economy had dipped and she : up'd the price instead of lowering it like : everyone else on the rental market did). : We told our landlord we couldn't afford to : pay for the apartment any longer and tried : to work out a deal. She said she'd let us : out of our lease, so long as we paid May's : rent and vacated the apartment before May : 1st. We transferred all our ads to her name : (viewit, craigslist etc), and she agreed to : show it herself. : It's now almost June and she hasn't found : anyone. She is holding our deposit and will : apply it towards June's rent if she doesn't : find someone in the next few days... Is this : legal? : Can she use our deposit for June's rent when : we don't live there anymore and no longer : have access to keys? : I heard somewhere that even in a lease : agreement, the tenant is only obligated to : give 2 months notice. Is this true? : Please help! : : : : :

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