is there anyone out there who i can forward a copy of my apartment lease to to see if they can find anyway i can get out of it if so thank you. I live in MA i signed a 12 month lease and want to get out of it a few months early thanks for your help my email is discesa_bella@yahoo.com
2007-11-27 13:39:16 · 4 answers · asked by discesa_bella 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You can get out of your lease, but you'll pay for it. Your lease should spell out exactly what you'll be responsible for should you break the lease. This usually will be:
1. You pay the rent until the unit is re-rented or your lease expires. This includes utilities that you are responsible for.
2. If the unit is re-rented before your lease expires and the rate is lower than what you pay, you may have to make up the difference.
3. Your security deposit (SD) will most likely be held until the unit is re-rented. If you don't pay the rent until it's re-rented, the SD will be applied to that. This will include the utilities that you pay. Within a certain number of days (check your landlord-tenant code) your landlord must provide an itemized list of how your SD was applied - actual or estimated costs for repairs, rent, advertising, etc.
4. Advertising costs
5. A break-lease fee, usually a one time fee of 5-15% of one month's rent.
If you can find someone who'd like to rent the place, let the landlord know so that they can process them. This will cut down on advertising costs as well as lessen the amount of rent you'll be paying while you're not living in the unit.
2007-11-29 08:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by Willow Natalia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry dear, but a lease is a lease. You are bound to its terms until its expiry unless the landlord violates one of the terms of the lease. (Highly unlikely, since 95% of the terms of a lease cover the conduct of the tenant and only 5% cover the landlord).
If you did not want the benefits of a guaranteed place to live at a fixed price, you should not have signed a lease. You did, and now you must live with its terms.
2007-11-27 13:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by acermill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a landlord and I've never seen a lease that couldn't be broken. The bad part is it usually cost the tenant big $$. The leases that I use have a clause that a tenant can end their lease by paying two months rent and they loose their security.
Read yours carefully.
2007-11-28 00:02:45 · answer #3 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The terms and conditions of a lease are valid, legal, enforceable & binding on landlord & tenant. Now...think outside the box. Can you speak with him & offer to pay for the newspaper ad for a new tenant? Can you locate a new tenant without his involvement? Can you bring to him a person that is qualified to rent?
2007-11-27 14:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by !!! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋