Seeking serious advice please. Just signed an eight month lease and need to "break" it.?
I am at college and have just signed an eight month lease (just days ago). Due to some personal/ family problems I can no longer remain enrolled at the university and need to return to my home state.
What can I possibly do? Is there anyway to lessen/avoid the charges from terminating a lease agreement early? I appreciate your knowledge and insight.
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Absolutely! Colleges and landlords are not monsters (usually) and if you provide some sort of documentation (even a simple note from mom) stating what happened and why you need to return home, I am sure that not only will your college let you withdrawl without any penalties, but your landlord will probably let you break your lease with out any either. However, approach them very kindly and remember that they will be doing you a favor, and legally they do not have to allow you to go scotch free. (Maybe scout out a potential new leasee for the landlord before you bring him the news, to show you understand the burden you are creating.)
Nope. You signed it. You can try to back. But, a lease is an official legal document. You will pay lots of penalties because they expected you to be there for 8 months.
Nope. You signed the contract. Your are on the hook for the commitment. The contract should have terms for breaking the lease early. Also, you might want to see if it is possible to sublease it, to someone else.
Your best bet would be to speak with your landlord and tell him or her your situation. You may or may not be able to solve it that way. There is always the legal aid you could call, or at the court house in your city..go into their library and look up landlord/tenant rights.
Good luck
There is no way out of it unless your landlord is sympathetic to your situation...i would suggest finding someone yourself that would want to live there for the same price and amount of time and then ask your landlord if he/she could take your place...your landlord might be more willing to let you out of the lease knowing that he/she will still be getting rent money.
Hon, find a new lessee to take over your lease and discuss the problem with the landlord and ask him if you can get out of the lease if you find someone to take it over. Good luck and I hope you can finally fulfill your dream of a college education at some future date.
Depends on the reason. I got out of a lease last month, but that was because the people above me let water stand on their bathroom floor, which leaked into my apartment and caused mold. I refused to keep my son in the environment, and they let me out. Why do you need to break the lease, specifically? If I knew that, I might be able to give better advice.
Unless you have a nice sympathetic landlord no. A lease is a legal agreement and once you sign that it is legally binding.
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