From the article: How to Break a Lease
Readers tell their story about how they broke (or tried to break) their apartment lease, whether they had to pay any penalties, and what they might do differently next time. Tell Your Story
Construction living..
- We moved into a condo downtown Edmonton.. It has now turned into a construction site, we were never told before we signed our lease.. it is horrible.. what do we do?? There is a office trailer and port potty in plain view our ground floor unit.. They tell us in the summer months we can't use our patio, and have to move all stuff off it lol..The parking is horrible cause of the construction, the parking was is never good at the best of times!! My fiancé has a broken foot and it a pain in the ass for her.. Thank u..
- —Guest Chris Neville
breaking a lease due to being bullied
- i am in a lease situation. we were told when we moved in that smoking was permitted on the patio and not in the condo. so that is what we do. now, the neighbors upstairs have been complaining about us to our landlord (we have diffrent landlords) We have put fans on the patio and have lessend the smoking on the patio especially when they have company. now, they started slamming their doors and windows every time we go out there. And the most recent thing is the husband upstairs cursed us out last night at 10:30 because we were out there (we had out of town company and just got home from the airport). He was dropping F bombs and I have a 1 year old daughter in the house. I complained to the landlord, apparently the people upstairs already complained. It doesn't seem like the landlord is on our side at all; she basically told us to go out to the parking lot to smoke. but there is no smoking in common areas?? Is this a good reason to break a lease?
- —Guest chellog
Can I break my lease for repeated repair
- I moved into a brand new apartment on December 1st 2011. Both sinks keaked profusily, the frige made LOUD noises The wall air conditioner had no remote, I hurt my back lifting my own ito a window. Bathrrom sink had to be repoaired twice, shower handle fell off. It is nearly mid April, I have been requesting the air conditioner to be handled, it is not as of this writing. I hurt my back lifting my own airconditioner. Had to get an MRI which whoed a severely inflamed disc at L_$, L_5 in my back, ( lower back ). It has gotten much better but is still not right. I have Fibromyalgia , noise sets off my nervous system. There is constant construction from 6:30 A.mM. until #: 30 P.M.. I have insomnia...I sleep in the day, I have to use eaqr plugs. This is an absolute disaster. I cannot understand how this placed passed inspection. there is a drainage pipe that was not hooked up in the parking lot.. I told management this was a lawsuit waiting to happen. It was repaired in a make shift way.
- —Guest Professor 2112
Denise
- Rentes at my current apartment for 3 years. Dropped off rent and 60 day notice on April 2 when it was due. I handed them my rent check and a 60 day notice at 6:35 pm. Told them I was looking for a house and they said that I wa san hour in ahalf late getting it to the office and stated I was locked in for another year. Nothing in the letter stated what time I could drop of a letter on April 2. Never had a problem before paying my rent after 5pm. They still took my rent check and letter but said I was stuck in the lease for another year. Can they do that?
- —Guest Denise Searight
delima
- my land lord will not give me a month to month lease even thou I've lived there for four years. do any one have a solution for me besides moving ?
- —Guest netta
break my lease
- house broken into now igot go to rent court i broke my lease
- —Guest Tony
Can I break my lease?
- Hi Everyone! I signed a one year lease from June 2011 to June 2012. In July, my apartment was sold and the new owners made many significant changes to the building. They now allow animals and the 19 units now host 15 dogs. I hate animals. (I'm sorry! I know this isn't a popular opinion.) And would never ever choose to leave in a building that allowed animals. It has gotten to the point that the dogs bark for HOURS every single day! I am a student and have to study in coffee shops, the library and anywhere outside my building. Worse, they sometimes bark at 1 or 2 am, waking me up. I cannot stand living like this. Additionally, the new owners got rid of house keeping, so now there are huge dust + fur balls in every hall. I think it's unfair that they made such significant changes. They have done a ton of construction to the inside of the building, mostly between 5pm and 9pm on weeknights and 9am to 4pm on weekends. And by "work" I mean jackhammering.
- —Guest Stephanie86
getting screwed....
- i,almost moved n 2 starlight apt,s n phx,az gave the manager 100. 2 hold about 1 -2 week,s later moving 2 utah told her changed my mind she keep money..that,s fine but sent it 2 court.stealing halfh my work check...how low can u b.......... I old mgnt.. the reason and sent it kid,s
- —Guest Chris duarte
Guest
- The children who live in the apartment complex we rent from, are continuously harassed, screamed at and told to go home...even if they aren't doing anything wrong. They claim that it's in our lease that children have to be monitored while playing outside AT ALL TIMES...after going through my lease, I saw nothing that mentions kids having to be monitored at all times. There are no playgrounds here and what little grassy areas we have are filled with dog excrement. We PAY to live here, are current with our rent and have never had problems with the associates before. My son, who is 12, doesn't go out to play very often and has never been any trouble for the office staff or neighbors. This feels like discrimination against families. I could understand if my child had done something wrong but he hasn't.
- —Guest Tara
She want to collect two rent
- My landlord already rent my apartment to a new tenant. She still try to charge me for penalty and extra rent because I moved out prior to lease expire.
- —Guest Jane
Bad Roommate, Cant pay bills
- When i moved in my roommate and i both had jobs and were living fine. He moved out 3 months after moving in because he quit his job, dropped out of college, and so decided to move back home. Leaving me to pay rent on a 2 bedroom, comcast bill, and utilities. I was fired from my job for unjust reasons and have received low unemployment benefits, but not enough to pay bills. I have been searching very hard the last month for a job and nobody is hiring. I can barely pay half of the bills and my lease doesn't end for 9 months. I do not have anyone living with me to help with bills. I have no job. My old roommate who is on the lease refuse to pay any bills and i am getting charged with late fees for it. I need to move out now before my services get shut off and i go into huge debt. I am currently in school as well. Also the neighbor that lives below me has an annoying dog and the tenant has not taken care of it. How do i get out of my lease now?
- —Guest Zach
Im moving to another state
- we have a financial difficulties and we want to move to another state to get a better job what should i do can i break my lease
- —Guest jojoloveme
landlord harassment
- my landlord made an agreement with me to pay the water bill he then took his agreement back and gave me a pay or quit notice regarding the late water bill as well as some bogus late fees he tacked on my rent is not or never have been late i desperately want to leave but i dont want an eviction or to be sued
- —Guest arriel
we want to leave asap
- we just moved into our apartment 3 months ago-but they still havent fixed all of our repairs. and aside from that, we have a bad roach infestation and they arent doing anything about it. Someone told me that i could withhold rent till they fix everything, but it is not working and they're just gathering late fees instead of replacing my dishwasher or stove (which dont work), or ccovering the grafitti that leads to our aparment. In addition to all this, their face book pictures, advertisement in "for rent" magazine, and craigslist ad have pics of an apartment that is totally different from ours. And to top it all off, there is alot of crime around here and i dont feel safe. There was a gang fight the first day we moved in, no joke.
- —Guest chrissy
foundadtion
- I have been renting one side of a duplex from a realtor company for 2 yrs now.A new guy bought the house we paid nov rent to the realtor company they are telling the landlord we didn't pay so they are bothering us for it,we lost the money order stub so we can't show him the rent was paid.We found a bigger house and affordable we told the land lord at the beginning of jan we where gonna move he was fine with it and then today came in with the lease which ends in one month .Saying we need to stay here and we need to do all this stuff before we leave. I have resanded and stained the kitchen cabinets retiled the kitchen bathroom with new tiles and painted the apt not to mention i put a brand new bathroom sink and stand in along with replacing a piece of sheet rock in the bathroom wall which was covered in mold.Now our kitchen sink leaks under the counter the foundation of the house is sinking in so all our rooms have cracks in the ceiling and in the walls what can i do to break my lease
- —Guest jsmalls423
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