I recently signed an apartment lease for a two bedroom loft apartment and to my horror, my queen sized box spring can not fit through the staircase leading to the upper floor loft bedrooms. It seems through talking to other tennants, this has happened with any box spring larger than a twin size. This problem was not known by many tennants until after they signed the lease and were moving in. This apartment is the first building opened for tennants in a completely remodeled apartment complex and apparently the remodeling of the staircase is the culprit.
The apartment management's only suggestion was to turn the first floor living room into the bedroom and the second floor bedroom into the living room (?!)
Does this issue constitute a breach of the apartment owner to provide me with the apartment that I expected when I signed the lease ? Is this issue serious enough for me to have legal grounds for me to terminate the lease ?
This apartment is located in Iowa.
2006-06-26 10:12:38 · 8 answers · asked by M B 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
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2006-06-27 11:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does this issue constitute a breach of the apartment owner to provide me with the apartment that I expected when I signed the lease ? - No. While they may not have provided you with what you expected, they have provided what they advertised. Unless they put into writing that your box spring would fit, there is not much you can do.
Is this issue serious enough for me to have legal grounds for me to terminate the lease ? Again, no. See the answer above.
You could go to a king size bed since the box springs for those are in two pieces, both about the size of a twin bed.
2006-06-26 17:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I truly believe this is a breach of contract. They can not expect you to have your bedroom down staires. Plus if this has happened to other people already then they already new the situation, and should have told you this when you looked at the apartment. They flat out lied, and hoped to keep you there without making a fuss when they mentioned that you are under contract. you can bring up the better business bureau if they do not want to resolve this isssue. Or buy you a twin bed. Good luck.
2006-06-26 17:20:23 · answer #3 · answered by Charlotte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt if you can cancel the lease. It is not the landlords responsibility to measure your personal belongings.
Why not bring up two twin size box springs and put them together, with the queen mattress on top? Put a board on the protruding few inches and make it a shelf for books, reading glasses, coffee, etc.
2006-07-09 10:31:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man that's a tough one. If he showed you an apartment that was furnished in the manner that you would have liked it then i think he should let you get out of the contract. Either way, I'd try to work it out with him and get out but if it's not possible then i'd head to court.
2006-06-26 17:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by NYCBallOOPS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont you have like couple days after you sign the contract to terminate if you dont like? well i dont know what to do in your case. but if you really dont want to stay there then i guess go ahead and leave and do what you need to do to get your deposit back. or you can just take apart your bed to get it upstairs or get a new smaller bed.
2006-06-26 17:19:06 · answer #6 · answered by All4Christ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Buy a two-piece box spring.
2006-06-26 17:16:40 · answer #7 · answered by Brian 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Does not terminate lease
2006-06-26 17:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋