Can my apartment do this prorate?

Question

I had a year lease and I am now month to month at an apt in Nebraska. I put in my notice and they prorates my last month's rent....which is fine. But I move out in December, which has 31 days, and they say it is their policy to prorate based off of thirty days. It comes out to almost $30.00 more for the month after they have already increased my month to month by $165. I don't see how they can charge me more...bc I know if I was moving in, I would be prorates the whole 31 days. Do I have any standing to say no. I have perfect credit and don't want them to turn me into collections for not paying the ridiculous $30.00 extra. HELP.

I just looked at my lease and I moved in last October, another 31 day month, and they prorated based on 31 days, not 30 like they say they do "all the time." If it was truly as they say, they would have prorated me at move in for 30 days in the month. They're just doing it now to get more money at move out. Those who say "It's just $30" obviously don't have two kids or a mortgage closing...it's the principle of the matter, and frankly, a pack of diapers. It does matter to me.

Answer 1

do they charge you extra for months that have thirty one days, or do they allow you to pay less in february which only has 28 days. if no then they only prorate to benefit them and i do think they are cheating you.

Answer 2

As a general rule of thumb, most property managers always use 30 days as their prorate amount. That way it stays constant each month. Say you have an apartment that rents for $850 a month, and on a 30 day month, the per day amount of the apt. would be $28.33. The next month someone else moves in to an $850 a month apt on a 31 day month and only gets charged $27.42 for the same place. Is that fair? NO.
Stop complaining about $30 and move on.
UPDATED ANSWER PER YOUR UPDATED INFO.
First of all, if you are using quotation marks, it is for taking a quote verbatim, which neither of your "quotes" were.
Secondly, if they prorated 31 days on move in, then they should prorate the same on move out. With that said, take your lease to the management office and show the document and ask for a clarification. If none is forthcoming, you can always pay court costs and fees of up to several hundred dollars to collect the $30.
PS-any unpaid rents (which they may deem this to be) would be taken out of the security deposit, so no monies should be sent to collections unless the security deposit has been disbursed, or there is not enough money to cover it.

Answer 3

The first answerer is correct, generally property managers use a thirty day policy to keep the proration even among all months. For instance I moved into my apartment last december and was prorated based upon 30 days, now this year I'm leaving and am still going to be prorated in December based upon 30 days. It may seem like cheating to you, but had you moved in on a month with 31 days it all would've evened out.

Answer 4

Don't be petty and pay the $30.00. If you had elected to move out in February, guess what they would have done ? Yup, you guessed it. Prorated you on twenty eight days.