I want to break my lease because my house is just extremely unlivable. i have been there for almost 2 months and i have had my garage door break already, my purse was stolen from my house, the carpets have a very strong urine pet smell, the bathtubs have mold on the edges and there are house ants all over my kitchen all the time. My kitchen faucet leaks constantly, and whole house is just very uncomfortable to live in. Not to mention it is a bad yard.
2007-09-27 05:55:04 · 11 answers · asked by giovauni 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you are in a strong rental market you may just need to give a month's notice and lose your security deposit. They know they can get another renter quickly.
2007-09-27 06:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You put yourself in a real bind here. Didn't you make a walk through with the landlord? didn't you sign papers for a lease?
You could be held responsible for the entire time of the lease you know.
What I would do I go to the landlord in person, not a phone call and not a letter, certainly in person. The man deserves this much.
Explain to him the problems your having with the house and why you want to leave, tell him your very uncomfortable, tell him you want to move, you'd appreciate it if he'd let you out of the lease. You can tell him you just can't afford the house. Tell him you want new carpets, you'd like the bathroom fixed and the yard repaired, the rest of the house fixed. See what he says.
2007-09-27 07:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you do a walk through of this house before you rented it? If so then you should have noticed the mold on the tubs and the urine smell. These are not things that will allow you to break a lease without giving the landlord reason to sue you for the remainder of the lease money. Have you discussed with your landlord the items that you listed? see if he's willing to make those repairs? Or are you just wanting to move?? If so then give him 30 days notice and be prepared to pay what he might say you still owe him.
2007-09-27 06:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by kimmi_35 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you break a lease normally you have to pay the landlord all the money he is due unless you can find someone to take over the lease. As far as the break in he's not liable. All of the things you mentioned should have been brought to his attention before you moved in and you should have had him clean the carpets, cleaned the house and have a pest man come in. Call him and see if he will do these things now and ask if he is willing to put in some motion sensor lights because of the breakins so that you will know if someone is around your house.
2007-09-27 06:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you are at a crossroad, call your landlord, tell him that it is unlivable and that you want to give him your 30 day notice. See what his response is, lots of "landlords" will not go through the headache of pulling you into court, they will kick and scream but MOST of the time they will just get another renter in it. He/She may tell you that he wants 60 days, but its still better than stuck for the whole term. Now if its a management company, forget it, they will have you served with papers before the phone call is over if you dont do it the right way. With a management company, if you buy a home MOST of them will let you out with 30 days notice, but any other reason, there is no way out. So, my suggestion to you is, tell them that you just got a contract accepted on a home and leave the unlivable part out. See where it goes. I have 6 rental properties, I dont bother chasing people or dragging them into a lawsuit just to get nothing in the end.
2007-09-27 06:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by soldonjerry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after doing all the damage to this house YOU want to break the lease?You are the one who signed the lease in the condition it was in 2 months ago,your stuck with paying the full lease.why did you move in to such a place in the first place? i WOULD IF i WERE YOU clean the kitchen,bathroom and other ares of the house.ask the landlord to clean the carpets and fix the sink and to call in a exterminator about the ants.enjoy the house until your lease runs out
2007-09-27 06:41:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
should be a clause in the lease agreement, most times it is a 60 notice and a penelty of about 85% of monthly rent. Take a look at your lease you signed, plus you should have inspected the house before you moved in...
2007-09-27 06:03:18 · answer #7 · answered by railer01 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, it just sounds like you want out, right?
Send the landlord a letter stating that you will be moving in 30 days (which is the normal time period considered reasonable by most courts, but you may want to check with your local magistrate's office) .
That should be all it takes.
Good luck,
From a previous landlord of 25 years.
2007-09-27 06:06:25 · answer #8 · answered by AlwaysLearning 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's usually "breach of settlement" damages. meaning the owner would sue you for the charges they are actual out as a results of your breach of hire. on the flipside, the regulations of maximum states require the owner to make a astonishing faith attempt to miinimize losses led to by skill of a breach of hire. meaning the owner could make an effort to discover a sparkling tenant if a tenant breaks a hire. So, on the intense part, you may desire to doubtlessly be answerable for the completed hire for something of the hire. on the low part, you may desire to conceivably be in charge for 0, if the owner can discover a sparkling hire-paying tenant at present and to that end does no longer lose any hire.
2016-10-09 22:29:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your lease will state that you approved everything when you walked through. You just bought these problems. When you leave you will be responsible for it all.
2007-09-27 10:40:50 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋