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Is there a law anywhere I can reference for breaking a lease for safety? A friend of mine has been getting stalked by a maintenance man in her building and he has gotten into her place twice. They are telling her that she has to pay $2000 to break her lease. Please advise.Step One: File a police report. Step Two: Write a written letter of notice to vacate to the leasing company and demand they investigate. Step Three: Send a certifed letter of intent to vacate citing the incident, stalking claim and corroborating police report. If that doesn't work.....Mentioning you plan to contact the local newspaper if they fail to comply with the release of lease and hold harmless clause doesn't might give you the edge needed.
Are there any protected tenant laws with breaking a lease prematurely due to job relocation?I believe it is state statute unless you are in the armed forces. In this case, consult with local attorney's office or call the management company pretending to be a new tenant. Ask them if they "allow for terminating a lease early if your we're to be relocated." AS a potential new tenant, they will tell you what you want to hear. (Record the conversation if you are technologically able to do so) If they say "yes", you might be off the hook. Leasing agents are commisison based in most areas and what they say can be used later if needed. I used this tactic once for a client and it worked. Yeah, I know its sneaky but so is gouging unsuspecting tennants for all kinds of trumped up bogus fees. good luck.
I have a question about what to do when you have rodents. I moved into the apartment on July 1st, moved in bought groceries and left for one week. When I returned I found my loaf of bread had been dinner for someone. I reported it to the office and was told that they would come and exterminate (which meant leaving the glue traps). We are now in Oct and I continue to find more droppings of the visitors and the office sending more glue traps. The downstairs neighbor has reported to the office her appearance of the little creatures. How do I have this matter taken care of or do I have a leg to stand on to break my lease? I have taken pictures and have had them put them in my file. I really am not comfortable any longer with eating my kitchen. Please help.
I have a question... I'm renting the second story of a house, and there is a couple with a child renting the downstairs. I'm a 19 yr old female, and I'm living by myself. The renters downstairs do a LOT of trafficking which I have personally seen. There are always very shady looking people going in and out through all hours of the day and night. Also, I have caught these people stealing mail that was delivered to my porch. I think I have grounds for terminating my lease because I'm scared for my safety with all the drug dealing that is going on. The problem is that I have paid a couple months in advance. Is there any way of going about this and getting my deposit and advanced rent back?
Heres my question.......we moved almost eight hundred miles to this place with very little time to fine a home......therefore we had no choice but to get a apartment, in the six months that we have lived here we have repeatedly asked them to remove roaches.......they spray and its like we have more, there has been gun violence, and a women got her throat cut and died, just one building over what are the steps that i must take to get outta here...... I really do not feel safe here, i will not even take the dog out after dark..... thanks a bunch
This site was very helpful. My situation was similar to the one listed above where I needed to vacate the property due to relocation for employment. I provided the management office with a written letter stating that I would be moving due to job relocation. Additionally, I stated that I would pay the next two months just to help them in finding a new tenant. Finally, I had the apartment professionally cleaned the day of evacuation. I was told that everything would be fine and that any fees would be deducted from my security deposit. My last day there was 9/28/07. On December 13, I received a letter to my new residence in a different state indicating that I was liable for the remainder of the lease because it was terminated early (in Denver, CO). They had a credit of $600 and applied it to the balance from the early termination clause. I'm trying to search out any legal clause that would include this situation for employment relocation. Additionally, they were given a two month notice. If you have a recommendtioin, please let me know. Kindy, Mr. North Carolina resident.
Hi I moved in my apartment in september 2007 now it is april 2008 I just found out that the building manager is a level 2 sex offender I asked my landlord if I could break my lease and give my security back.She told me no. My landlord never told me that the building manager was a sex offender I am a singel mom of 3 small children that are the same age that he offended. And he lives on the same street as me. I dont feel safe for my children. I need to move but the landlord has all my money. Please let me know were I can get help free of charge. Thank you so kindly
my boyfriend leases an apartment that is actually a house that has 4 units that are leased out. the person directly above him shot himself in the head right above us one night when we were sleeping. the person was outside on the balcony when he took his life. the body was not removed for 5 hours. we were not allowed to leave until the police had done everything they needed to do. we saw the body and were pretty much trapped there with it for the duration. we are constantly reminded of this night since the balcony is right above his front door and my boyfriends bedroom is directly below where the person shot himself. literally feet above where we sleep. it was a very traumatic experience. months have gone by, but the incident is far from forgotten. he has 6 months left to go on his lease, but we stay at my place most of the time for obvious reasons. can a traumatic experience such as this be grounds to break a lease and be entitled to get the deposit back etc? thank you for your time.
We moved in about nine months ago and have had several problems since then. The nost frightning and important has been going on for about three months. The first incident occured when my girlfriend was on her way to the administrtion office to buy a laundry card a man followed her there and tried to start a conversation with her, after that we saw the same man wondering close to our apartment late at night. About a week after that one of our neighbors told us that they had seen a man looking through our window. This was at about 11:30 pm on a week night. We don't know if it was the same guy or not but our neighbors described him and it seems like it was the same man. About about a month later we were in the apartment and we saw someone trying to open that same window. We have a police report for that incident and we also talked to management about it. They said they had security patroling the area but some how in all the time we've been there we have never seen a security guard. finally this morning we woke up to our window being hit with a rock at 5:30 a.m. we called the cops and have a police report for that. I am very concerned for our safety since I work late at night and sometimes don't get home till 3:00a.m. while I am at work my mom and my 16 yr old sister are at home alone. My girlfriend is also usually there as well and I don't believe it is safe for them to be there. Is there a way to get out of the lease with out all the fees? thanks for your timeThis is a classic example of safty issues. You should take a police report and statement to the management and notify them of your rights to terminate the lease. I would put everything in writing, take photos, document everythingn, get statments and prepare for them to counter with threats and suit. You should prevail in any court as long as you can provide a police incident report. Good Luck
My situation is that my partner and I moved into this apartment February of this year. My car has been broken into twice, and hers once which was last weekend. We have notified the leasing office of this and pretty they said their is nothing they can do and that we cannot break our lease. The officer that came and did the report for the third time advised us to move because of inadequate security such as lighting etc and that it is not a safe area to live in. Over the weekend we counted 9 cars that had been broken into just by looking at their locks, and the police officer advised me that they have arrested at least 15 individuals already. What can I do to get out of this lease? We found a house that we can move into 11-7-08 and would like to do so because of safety reasons.
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