2006-06-30 00:00:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You're bound by the terms of your lease (which is a contract) for the remaining six months. Talk to your landlord, though... if it's a hot rental market and they know they can fill the apartment quickly, they may be willing to negotiate with you.
2006-06-30 09:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, if you don't stay until the end of your lease, you will be charged for the remainder of the lease. Check to see if your lease allows for a 30-day notice to vacate. If it doesn't, you will most likely have to pay for the last 6 months. The only standard exceptions are a severe illness which will not physically allow you to stay in the apartment anymore, or if your employer transfers you out of the region, causing you a financial hardship if you stayed. You would need documented proof of either of those two situations. Also, most apartment complexes will not allow you to sublet an apartment. Most require the person living in the apartment to be on the lease, except for minor children.
2006-06-30 00:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by dh1977 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you are on the hook for another 6 months. The 30 day notice rule only takes effect after the terms of the lease are up. Sublet may not be an option, read the lease agreement. I have lived in apartments where you weren't allowed to do it.
2006-06-30 00:05:49 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're going to have to check the terms of your lease to find out how much notice you have to give. Like the poster before me said, you can always find someone to take over your lease. If you just put an ad in the paper you can say "take over lease" in the ad. That way people will know beforehand they'll have to sign the lease to move in. That's the best way to get out of a lease that isn't up yet. Otherwise you will get stuck paying the next 6 months' rent.
2006-06-30 00:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by minion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be breaking the lease. You have to stay the 6 months, in most apartments. Someone broke into a relatives apartment and that was not good enough to move out before their lease expired. They still had to wait the 3months, as well as turn in a 30days notice on the last month.
2006-06-30 05:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by mghv0002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, 30 day notice is the actual requirement to move out without penalty, but if you still have 6 months left you will be penalized
2006-06-30 01:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by younggb77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to check your lease to see what kind of penalty there is for breaking your lease prior to expiration. You may be liable for the full 6 mo of rent or there may be some kind of "buy out."
As another poster mentioned, if you can find someone to assume your lease your landlord may be more forgiving with regards to what your out-of-pocket expense will be.
2006-06-30 04:06:30 · answer #7 · answered by LoveMy2J's 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, u got 6 months to kill in that apartment
2006-06-30 02:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you find somebody else to take over your lease.
2006-06-30 00:03:18 · answer #9 · answered by dallaschrist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋