How can I break my lease on my arartment.?

Question

I live in a bad neiborhood and there are drug sales out side my front door how can I break my lease with out paying all the fees.

Answer 1

One way is to find another potential tenant who meets the criteria of the company and then they can take over your lease. If they are approved make sure that you give a written notice to have your name removed from the lease.

Another way is that you can move out, but you would still be responsible for the rent each day or month until the unit was rented.

You need to start documenting situations that occur. If you see drug activity going on, call the police. If you see anything illegal, call the police.

Be a nuisance, and document EVERYTHING. Keep a journal on what happened, that you contacted the police, etc. You can always get your phone records and police reports of the situations. If you have no proof, you have no case.

If you show that you are in an unsafe environment, you can break your lease legally without having to pay fees. A friend of mine had broken her lease without any negative repercussions. Her husbands vehicle had been broken into twice. Since the apartment company could not provide security, she was able to break the lease.

Talk to an attorney in your area that deals with tenants rights.

Answer 2

LOL, the mouse trick or the mold complaint won't work unless you have already reported the problems to the landlord and they are not trying to resolve the problem (being neglectful) but know that if you have mice or mold they will look at you as the possible cause and you may be paying for an exterminator or for mold remediation. So... don't listen to silly advice.

No sane landlord will promise you safety, security or anything when it has to do with the behavior of your neighbors where they have no control.

If you are in CA and you break a lease the owner of the propery has to make reasonable effort to try and re-rent the property so you may be responsible for the rent until it is re-rented or your lease expires unless your lease agreement has a clause that allows you to break the lease for a fee. Re-read your agreement.
Also, talk to your landlord,

1.) Maybe they already have someone that is looking for a place in your neighborhood so maybe they would only charge you for the down-time that it takes them to make any repairs and get the new renter in.

2.) If you've been a good tenant then maybe they will just let you out of it and who knows maybe they have another property in a different area that you'd like to rent.

2.) Maybe they will let you bring in a replacement renter. If you run an ad in the paper then maybe you can find someone. *You can offer a move-in special for 1/2 off the first months rent. Where you'd pay 1/2 their first month just to get them in.

Some states have limits to the amount a landlord can charge when you break a lease. You'd have to check with whichever local agency is in charge of that to find out all the criteria. You can probably start by doing a search online for "breaking a lease+your state"

I would start by calling up my landlord and talking real nice. Hopefully you've been good and they like you and will bend the rules for you.

Answer 3

I doubt your neighborhood went bad overnight. You should have been far more careful before signing a lease.

Read your lease carefully and figure out how to get out of it. There is usually a way you can give notice and move out.

Alternatively, simply move out and tell your next landlord that you were living with your parents (which is why you don't have a previous landlord reference). Your current landlord will probably keep your security deposit and rent it to someone else. He is unlikely to sue you for the balance of the lease.

Answer 4

You can't. You have to wait until the lease ends or pay the fees that stated in the lease for early termination.

Answer 5

it's practically impossible. unless there is some loophole in your contract, or you have a very nice landlord who will cut you a break, it's unlikely you can escape the fees. try to find out if there is something you can claim for safety sake, even talk to the police about it and maybe you can get out because it is a dangerous area? i have no idea, but in any case, get the heck out of there if you can, fees or no fees!

Answer 6

The best thing to do is talk to the landlord. Good luck though. He most likely gets it a lot...and pretty much will not care. Although, you are a girl, try to be a little flirtatious and seem very desperate...that may work :)

Answer 7

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Answer 8

try to find someone else that may want to rent it.. I know that no one really wants to live where there are drugs going on, but maybe you can find some one that would like to rent it, and then you can tell your landlord that you are moving and found someone that will rent it if it's O.K. with the landlord.

Answer 9

do you have carpet? If so, call the health dept tell them you have headaches and you want the apt tested for mold. That'll help you break the lease!

Answer 10

talk to the landlord or whoever is running the property. tell them your concerns. most times they'll let you out of the lease. that is if they have a heart.