when i moved into my first apartment with my girlfriend we were just dumb kids. they told us it was going to be a 6 month lease but after 6 months we were forced to stay because the lease said a year. i paid incredibly high @ 675 dollars a months (georgia) and really couldnt afford it anymore. i was told that if i wanted to get out of my lease i could but id have to pay Octobers rent and two months rent extra as a fee for breaking a lease. But i was told that if they got soeone in there within a few weeks ( so that they lost no money) i would not be charged and would be given my 675 for October back and owe no more money. they got somebody in 2 days later and then said they werent giving me my money back and i had to pay still. they then said that under the lease i still owed them money. after reviewing the lease i found out the landlord never signed it. After bringing this up the new landlord signed it, even dating it. is it valid if the lease was signed 2 months after i moved out?
2006-11-21 13:38:14 · 6 answers · asked by wow_adamas 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Well, technically it is you signing that makes it valid. You signed it and agreed to the terms.
Sorry to say the scumbucket has the upperhand. If it were a lawless world people like that landlord would be living in a tent with his teeth knocked out but....
You're out a month, he mitigated his loss and can't charge you more than the 1 extra month. If he didn't rent it he could charge you 2 or possibly 3 months extra.
Where is your security deposit??? He has to give that back and now he can't lie and say you damaged the apartment either.
Good luck
Mike
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2006-11-21 13:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by MN-Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you moved in and thus were honoring the lease that validated the lease even if the landlord had not signed. Unfortunately you did not, but you should have had the landlord put in writing on the contract that he was agreeing there would be no charges, etc if the landlord found someone else to to rent it. Of course he has behaved badly but I don't think you can do anything about it. I was personally involved in a similar situation (where the owner had not signed the lease) and the owner took legal action to get rent she said had not been paid. She was held to be in the right even though she had not signed the lease and the tenant had.
2006-11-21 15:10:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mukunda M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sure the employ IS very last. The employ became very last & legally binding on you the minute you signed it. It does no longer legally remember in the adventure that your husband ever signs and indicators it. All that alterations if he by no ability signs and indicators it really is they could purely sue you. You had no perfect to easily ruin the employ & are very fortunate they purely assist you go away. A tenant won't be able to easily up ruin a employ over mould & malicious program complications. There are ideal techniques that should be observed to rigidity landlords to guard a lot of those complications. i actually wish you acquire the contract to break it with out penalty in writing. Even then they could save your deposit. they have each and every legal perfect to charge you what ever employ ruin fee is stated contained in the employ or to charge you employ till the unit is re-rented. they could't purely save your deposit, if it does no longer hide those rates they could also sue you for the version. inspite of the actuality that in case you had agreed to take the position & had by no ability signed something the owner can legally save your deposit. once you comply with take an section & decrease back out you lose your deposit. You broke the employ for a reliable reason yet contained in the incorrect way & placed the regulation on their aspect contained in the technique. i'm no longer declaring it really is ideal even though it really is legal.
2016-11-29 08:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure if the lease is valid or not, I think it would be if you signed it. However, they cannot charge you for any rent (other than the two days it was empty) if they re-rented it to someone else.
2006-11-21 13:54:26 · answer #4 · answered by kehlygirl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't think so,but better ask a lawyer.
2006-11-21 13:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by Tired Old Man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no............................
2006-11-21 13:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋