We have bought a house in arizona and the house closed much earlier than expected. I have been told by several people that this is a valid legal issue to break a rent lease on a apt. I dont want to be sued so can anyone help here?
2006-11-17 09:17:46 · 5 answers · asked by cactusflowersl 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Sorry, buy buying a home is not a valid reason to get out of a lease, unless there is a clause saying just that.
Here's the deal though. You can only be help accountable for what the landlord loses because of your early termination. For example, if you break the lease 3 months early, and he tries to rent it but can not, then you would legally be responsible to reimburse him that amount.
If it's a place that will rent quickly, and the landlord lost no money, the landlord would only be able to keep your security deposit.
Your best bet is to approach him now, be honest with him so he can start looking for a tenant now, leave the place immaculate for him, and ask him if he will allow you to break the lease early if he can find someone else and you leave him without any cleanup, etc.
2006-11-17 09:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats on the house! Now, leases can be complicated, and landlords can be mean. But basically, look at your lease to see if there is a clause that addresses lease breaking--some have them. For those that do not have a specific clause, it should be assumed that you cannot without penalty, IE: buying out the rest of your lease, or being responsible for the rent until YOU find another tenant that is accepted. Talk to your landlord--if they are really nice they might let you out of it without penalty. Not likely, but they might. I wish you luck--I've had it both ways.
2006-11-17 09:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by Waferette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that you can break a rental agreement by getting someone to sublet your apartment. Now, sometimes the company will allow you to do this but they require you to get your own sublettor. I think it is a long process since you have to find someone to take your apartment and they might also have to go through the same screening process that you went through when you applied for the apartment, ie. credit check and so forth.
2006-11-17 09:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the administration ascertain that they do no longer prefer to interrupt the hire, then you definately're screwed. You signed a hire asserting which you will pay the month-to-month cost for 3 hundred and sixty 5 days and that's a criminal binding rfile. you may try to communicate them into reducing the hire short, or you may attempt to sub-hire the region. The final ditch attempt would be to no longer pay them and characteristic them kick you out. you will nevertheless would desire to pay them for the time you have been there, yet by utilising getting kicked out, they're breaking your hire. this would look very undesirable on your credit rfile nonetheless.
2016-10-15 16:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by mickelson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can speak with the landlord and explain the situation. Hopefully, he'll go along with letting you out of the contract early.
However, whatever you do that is unrelated to your rental contract has no effect on your contract agreement unless it is SPELLED OUT ON THE CONTRACT.
2006-11-17 09:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋