Me and my roommate sighned a year lease. we are only in to it 6 months and i want to get out of it and move in with my girlfriend, because im never at my real house anyway, i spend all of my time at my girls house. how would i go about talking to the roommate about leaving. I pay excactly half of the rent, utilitys, cables etc. Money is really tight for me right now . and my girl doesnt want me to pay her anything. I dont want to be an a** by leaving the roommate high and dry, but i have to do what is best for me. How would you handle the situation...??????
2007-06-12 06:48:02 · 6 answers · asked by dav m 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
you are legally obligated to that lease... you signed on the dotted line. the best way to approach this (as i have had to do myself) is by letting your roommate know your intentions. I would see if he has another friend that would take over your portion of the lease. if not, see if he is willing to put a room for rent ad in the paper (you may want to offer to pay for it). i found one of the best roommates i have ever had this way. 2 things to keep in mind. 1 - you signed a contract. there is no "high and dry". 2 - if he gets a friend or new roommate, get it in writing that they will pay your portion. when it involves money, there is a reason it is always in writing.
2007-06-12 06:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fatty's advise is pretty good. I'll just add to it. There's always room for a little creative negotiation. Your roommate should have the choice of who is going to share the house with him, so it's best to involve him in the selection process. Do you and he have any friends in common who would be willing to take over your lease? Would living alone be attractive enough to your roommate that if you paid half of your portion of what's left he would pay the other half? No one would be using the utilities but him, so his costs for those should go down. And since your girlfriend doesn't want any money, you wouldn't be out the entire amount. But the heart of your question, how do you talk to your roomie about it is easy. You do it honestly, and openly, with no intent of sticking him in a tough spot. Which means, you'll pay your portion of the rent until he gets a replacement for you. Discuss the utilities bills, since you're moving out, your portion should be "forgiven".
2007-06-12 07:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by Caper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you signed a lease with your roommate, you are responsible for FULL payment of the rent, just as he is. The fact that both of you have agreed in principle to split those costs does not relieve you of the legal obligation to continue paying rent.
Scenario....... If you leave your roomie high and dry, and he only pays his half the rent, he will be evicted, and the landlord will most probably come after BOTH of you to obtain what is still owed.
My suggestion is to speak with your roommate and agree to continue paying your half of the expenses (including utilities) until the roomie can find another acceptable person with whom to share the premises, either subletting to that person or obtaining landlord written agreement to change the financial responsibility to the new roommate.
2007-06-12 06:55:26 · answer #3 · answered by acermill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, you do have a legal obligation to finish the lease...if your rommate agrees & you can find someone, see if you can get a trustworthy person to take over your aprt of the lease for the remaining 6 months. Otherwise, I say you stay with your girl & just pay the rent/utilities at the other place, it would be wrong to do anything else. Besides, if you & your girlfriend are so in love...then what's 6 months to finish out your lease, esp. when you stay with her all the time anyways?
2007-06-12 07:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by Jen J. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like she heavily isn't on the lease in step with what you assert. although, you have no longer have been given a authorized perfect to "positioned her out" if she lives there now. Your landlord says which you're "each and each tenants" in view that if he were to evict her, he can't. He has no settlement along with her. He does, even with the incontrovertible fact that, have an settlement with you. A month to month lease is obviously a continuation of the signed lease you do have on a 30-day foundation. subsequently, to get her out, he could desire to evict you and all tenants. you should grant her a functional time to vacate the premises, 30 days. This must be presented to her in a written request. If she fails to vacate at that factor, you've gotten have been given to document an eviction with the courts. it is going to take truly slightly funds and time however. It additionally ought to disenchanted your landlord. you additionally can run the possibility of your landlord getting sick of the drama and supply you a understand to go away. replaced into it in direction of your hire to permit her pass in? i could attempt to paintings it out or detect what it is going to take to get her to go away on her very own accord.
2016-12-12 19:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
speak your your roommate. let him know your plans to leave. maybe he knows someone to tak ur spot. offer to continue staying until you can over ur portion of the lease to him. obviously you dont want to leave him high and dry but its the right thing to do.
2007-06-12 06:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by spadezgurl22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋