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2006/01/17, 12:00 PM
My husbands grandfather passed 2 weeks ago, and we have been staying at his grandmothers house helping watch her in the evening and making sure that the neighbors know someone is at the house so no one tries to steal things(Grandpa had a HUGE shed FILLED with very expensive CRAP)
We have been asked to break our lease by my in laws and to go move in to grandma's house for 6months+. Has anyone broken a lease before. What kind of damage to our credit is this going to cause. What do I need to do to make sure we get as much of our security deposit back as possible?
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2006/01/17, 02:56 PM
Maybe if you talk to the people whom you have the lease with and explain the situation, they may let you out of it, maybe with a small penalty. If not and you leave, they can demand with amt of the remainder of the lease. If it goes far enough, it can become a collection on your bureau. I work in the credit field so protect your credit. Alot of people do not realize that higher rates due to bad credit cost you alot more in the end.
Will you have to pay to live at you grandfathers? If not and they will not let you out of the lease, you can live on place and still pay at the other.
Also, sorry for your loss. God be with you and your family
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2006/01/17, 03:14 PM
I did talk to the manager, and she was very upset for us. There will be almost $1000 in fees, but my inlaws have said that they will cover that as they are the ones asking us to break the lease. Our manager told me that as long as we give written notice on the first(not a minute after 5pm)and have our fee money to give them on the last day of February that it won't effect out credit.
I know there are some things they will have to take out of our security deposit for(screens punctured thanks to the cat)but I am hoping to get as much back as possible.
We will be living rent free, and basically bill free at Grandma's, other than our car payments, insurance ect...it will be great for us financially once we are out of the apartment.
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2006/01/17, 03:43 PM
sounds like you have things figured out. I too am sorry to hear of your loss though. good luck in the future.
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2006/01/17, 03:43 PM
Cristal, you'll probably lose your deposit. That's one reason why landlords get them. If they are letting you out for $1000 and will put it in writing, do it. That's very fair. I had a business tenant recently who told me they werent making it. I added up my expenses not to mention a new $6500 AC unit we put in for them. I told them to pay me 1 month rent and I'd let them break the lease. They disappeared in the middle of the night and never paid or contacted me. They have ignored phone calls and letters. I'm gonna toast 'em for the full lease. Sound's like you have a reasonable landlord.
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Sometimes life is like herding cats.
Charlie
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2006/01/17, 04:13 PM
We are trying to have things go as smoothly as possible. When I turn in the written notice, it will be with the rent check for February. We won't be living there in February, but since all of our stuff won't be out, and we want to follow the rules, it's only right.
My sister in law moved out of the same complex in August, and she got $250 of her $450 deposit back. We have paid a "refundable" $450 deposit as well as a non refundable $450 pet deposit. Should the pet deposit cover the screens since they were damaged by the cat?? My mom will be helping me clean the place up, and Tyler will clean the carpets on his day off close to moving, so the costs for those things to the complex should be fairly small. Am I missing anything I need to do before we leave this place?
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2006/01/17, 05:46 PM
I would look at the cost of replacing the screens yourself. They will probably charge for them but ask first. As for cleaning the carpet, my complex charged something like $30 if we did not clean the carpet but it would have $35 fee so we left it
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2006/01/17, 06:30 PM
Tyler works for a carpet cleaning company, so our carpets getting cleaned is no problem. Unless there are stains that don't come out we shouldn't have a charge for the carpets at all. Hadn't thought about replacing the screens ourselves...my only concern would be the bedroom screen as we are on the 3rd floor. I'll have to ask about it. thx!
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2006/01/20, 07:44 PM
Most lease agreements have something to this affect in them. Some times it's a percentage of the existing lease. So $1000 is a good deal. Sometimes they'll let you out of it for free if you find them a suitable tenant to take over immediately.
On the deposit...odds are even if the place is in perfect shape they'll find enough to keep it. I've known people that take video of everything when they move in, then again after they move out and clean and that's about the only way they've gotten their deposit back. However then it's almost not worth it in court fee's.
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