Ive just been charged for ridiculous apartment fees, help! So I just found out my lease ended a couple months ago. The landlord says hes kicking me out unless i pay 3 months of after lease fees. I check my apt lease contract that i agreed to, and it doesnt say anything about these fees. Am i being screwed here? I want to fight it, but Im afraid theyll just bully me w legal jargon. Again, it doesnt say anything about those fees in the agreement, and Im a good standing tenant who was looking to extend the lease anyway. Am i in fault here? and is there anyway i can fight this and win if i do it take to court?
2007-11-07 17:19:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
First of all, most apartment buildings charge a lower rent to people who sign a lease, and a higher rent for those who go month-to-month. You're probably paying the month-to-month rent since you didn't renew your lease before it expired, which doesn't make sense if you planned on staying anyways. It's perfectly legal for your landlord to charge you month-to-month rent, and what is in your lease doesn't apply anymore as it has expired. Better get it renewed pronto & see if they'll credit you the fees if you sign a new lease. If not, you'll just have to pony up & pay it - consider it the price you have to pay for procrastinating.
2007-11-07 17:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by Flusterated 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of such fees. You should definately fight those fees, but don't fight to stay there.
Also, how come you don't remember when you signed the lease? You did not remember the birthday of your move in?
If your lease is up, he could charge you more for rent, but he has to give you 30 days advance notice. Are you sure your rent did not go up? If he is calling them after lease fees, you need to look into why. He has accepted your money-so in some states, he can't sue for late fees.
Save your money, and start looking for a new place now. If you have always been current, your landlord could have handled this in another manner. Is there someone who could be intercepting your mail?
If your lease does not say anything about the after lease fees, then they are bogus. You should have recieved a renewal letter if you would be charged a fee every month more that you stay. You need to contact your local legal aide office or a lawyer. If you do not agree with the fees, pay all the rent but the fees. Then demand he tell you where you signed that agreed to such fees. When he can't supply the proof, you win. Now again, I would double check with an attorney, but I think your landlord is being a unfair, and I would start looking for a new place.
2007-11-07 18:24:01 · answer #2 · answered by _nicole_ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is the thing:
When your lease ended, you are now under a month-to-month lease, which means that your landlord only has to give you a 30-day notice when he wants to change the rent or ask you to leave.
You didn't "just find out" your lease ended a couple of months ago...it was your responsibility to keep up with the lease end date and address it with your landlord well before the end so you could secure a place to stay as well as a stable rent payment by signing another lease.
Yes, he CAN charge you additional money, b/c whether he's calling it a fee or raising the rent, as long as he gave you a 30-day notice of it, he can charge what he wants.
If you don't pay it, he can evict you with a 30 day notice and you'll still owe any fees he gave you a 30 day notice of b/c by STAYING you agreed to pay the fee, and it doesn't have to be mentioned in your lease agreement unless it was SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED.
Next time, take care of your business!
2007-11-07 18:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Expert8675309 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A rehoming fee is mainly to cover the dogs care while at the shelter/rescue. Mainly it covers the cost of the vaccines and the spay/neuter. Ofcourse the adoption fee is nothing compared to the money the rescue usually has to put into these animals. So yes the adoption fee is very fair especially since most rescues/shelters are non profit. They rely on donations and the generosity of others. If you want a free puppy. I'm sure if you look hard enough you will find one being given away in a Wal Mart parking lot. No guarentee that puppy will be in good condition. Atleast if you go to the shelter the puppy will have been looked after, UTD on shots, and spayed/neutered. All that for around $100. Less sometimes if the dog was already altered when it got there.
2016-04-03 01:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lease is an important document. Apparently you signed it, so how could you "just find out the lease ended"?? Without a lease that is in force, he can pretty much charge you what he wants as a month-to-month rental. You are free to check with a lawyer just in case there are different laws in your locale, which you haven't mentioned.
2007-11-07 17:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lease is up, and know your landlord is changing the rules. You have a choice, except it and pay, or move. I would think that you would want to move if the landlord is showing greed at this point when you have been a good tenant.
2007-11-07 17:23:47 · answer #6 · answered by catywhumpass 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1, Nobody cares if you are screwed there if thats not the landlord.
2.You are not in fault there just in dept of a rentpayment.
The only way to fight your problem, not to pay for, but to pay against the service, because only that way is your credit report stays clean at the credit bureaus.
2007-11-07 17:37:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check your lease to see if you have lease signing fees. If not, fight it!!
2007-11-07 17:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by trop 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'd fight it. If its not in there, you'r being jipped. I've do some research on Landlord rights and anything in relationship to that.
2007-11-07 17:22:44 · answer #9 · answered by King 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋