amylthomas 0 #1 July 31, 2003 I signed a lease at the begining of this year and was told verbally that the management could accomodate my 3-5 month lease term. The term of the lease was even left blank on the welcome letter that I signed (which legally binded me to the apartment) because I wasn't sure exactly when I would be leaving. The day I moved, I showed up to sign the lease and it clearly said it was for six months. I questioned this, and within a week started getting threats of eviction for not cleaning up after my pets (allowed in the lease), which is a false accusation. Also, no attempt has been made to fix a broken sprinkler that floods my lawn or several outlets in my house that do not work....do I have any legal grounds for complaint???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CloudOnMyTongue 0 #2 July 31, 2003 There is a difference between being allowed to have pets and to not cleaning up after them. They should definately fix what is broken. You have a right to compain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TequilaGirl 0 #3 July 31, 2003 You need to read your lease....you will most likely need to make your maintenance requests in writing....usually after three complaints and no action - they will be in violation of your lease contract...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #4 July 31, 2003 The eviction threat is pretty hollow. It would honestly take them longer to legally evict you than the entire term of the lease. And they would need pretty solid documentation that you violated your lease in a number of ways. They ought to fix the broken things, if the lease says they are responsible for the maintenance. Send them some polite requests in writing. As for the pet, what does the lease say about it? Basically, it all depends on what it says in the lease. The law firm where I work (I'm not a lawyer though) deals with a lot of lease issues, but on the commercial side. I can tell you that it is unlikely to be worth your while to hire an attorney to go after them. While you might be right, attorneys aren't cheap and the "damages" you may get might not even pay the bill. My unofficial advice is to try to keep it friendly, let them know what needs to be fixed, remove any reasons for them to complain about you, and suck it up for a little while until the lease is over. From what you said, it doesn't seem like that will be very long. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matrix5 0 #5 December 5, 2004 I have a problem similar but the thing is my apt I had signed a lease for a year but about 1 month into the lease I was telling my land lord that I had roaches really bad and I was seeing mice which they said they would bomb and get rid of the mice but nothing was done it seems I had roaches really bad each time they said they would get rid of them so I left without paying them and what happened was they rerented my apt to someone else with my approval the new tenant moved in, in december and they want me to pay for the three months that the new tenant wasn't there and I was supposedly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
