How can I legally break an apartment lease?

Question

I'm getting engaged and want to move in with my fiance. However, I have a one years lease at my current apartment. How can I get out of it?

Answer 1

You can break the lease legally by turning in written notice to vacate to your apartment manager. It should state on your lease what the required time frame is. You will also be liable for reletting/accelerated rent charges. Different states have different requirements. I worked at an apartment office for four years and our policy was a written notice 60 days in advance of planned move out date, a reletting fee equal to 85% of one month's rent, and in some cases the tenant was charged accelerated rent (which means they were required to continue paying rent on the apartment until someone else moved in.)
A quick phone call to your apartment office and they will tell you exactly what you need to do over the phone.
In cases of military leave the resident is not charged any of these fees, but was still required to give a 30 day written notice.
All this information should also be on the first page of your lease contract under a paragraph titled 'Early Move-out' or 'Default by Resident.'

Answer 2

you cab give your landlord a notice in writting. However you will need to pay rent until someone moves in. You can find someone to take over your current lease and walk away within 48 hours. You can also advertise in your local paper for lease (lease break) and then when somone wants to rent you both go to the agent or owner and change lease agreement.

Answer 3

The way to break the lease is to look at the lease itself, and find out what the penalties are for breaking it. Generally you'll have to pay a couple of months rent to get out of it, but the entrie thing depends on the lease agreement you signed.

Answer 4

it all depends where you are located in the usa or canada, that is no. one issue. then the options are:
a. go talk to the owner of the building and negotiate the cancellation -- give him from one to 3 months free -- advance payment and cancel the lease. b. the second option advertise yourself as a sub-lease, give 1-2 months free and co-sign with the new tenant, you take a risk on his being good to his word.
3. pay all the remaining lease money/months at a discounted present day value and get out -- if things seem to be tough and you will be out of the area to over-sea.
d.last but least option -- just store your goods -yours and your future companion until you find yourselves ready to move permanently and keep the stuff you want to keep etc.
good move...good luck

Answer 5

If you break your lease, you will have to pay the remainder of your lease until the owner finds a new tenant. If the owner brings you to court, he will have to prove that he has done everything possible to try to get a new tenant and can't, and if he can prove it you will have to pay the remainder of your lease plus attorney expenses. What you can do is try to find your owner a new tenant, so that you can get out of your lease. If the owner is a nice person, you should feel him out, see what his take on breaking the lease is.

Answer 6

You have to pay the remaining $$ owed on the lease to get out of it!

Answer 7

You can't, without penalty. You'll likely lose your deposit. Will owe at least 3 months rent. Your landlord will have to attempt, with due dilligence, to rerent the apartment in order to mitigate his damages. It will probably go on your credit report.

Answer 8

Usually the only way to break it without cancellation charges is deployment or some type of court order. Otherwise you will break it and they will charge you a fee. (usually totals one month of rent)

Answer 9

being called into the miltary
being relocated by your job, with a validating letter from your boss, and I think it's more than one hundred miles.

Answer 10

http://www.ehow.com/how_2387_break-apartment-lease.html