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Getting out of an apartment lease...

YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
edited February 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I just resigned the lease for my apartment before the new year. Twice in the last month my car has been broken in to, amounting to about 400 dollars worth of stuff being taken. Apparently my car is the only one being broken in to as well.

Point is, I don't want to live here anymore. But I don't want to have to pay the fee for breaking my lease. What are my options?

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  • SerpentSerpent Sometimes Vancouver, BC, sometimes Brisbane, QLDRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Your option is to talk to your landlord and try to work something out. A lease is a binding contract.. unless there is a 'way out' in the contract itself, you will need to see if you can come to a new agreement.

    Of course, if your landlord isn't upholding their end of the contract, you don't have to uphold your end either.

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  • khainkhain Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Wouldn't the easier option be to not leave valuable stuff in your car?

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Well other then people taking things, they could damage the car itself. Point being if you live in a place that shit keeps getting stolen out of your car, it isn't some place you want to live.

    Get your contract, get an attorney (there are real estate attorneys) and see if there is a way out.

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  • YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    khain wrote:
    Wouldn't the easier option be to not leave valuable stuff in your car?

    Thanks for being helpful, dick. I took everything out of my car the first time it was broken in to. The stole my stereo and an expensive golf club I just happen to have in my trunk that I got for christmas.

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  • Romero ZombieRomero Zombie Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Lease agreements are a pain to get out of. I had to break mine when I found the house I wanted to buy…we couldn't get out of it and they charged me a hell of an early termination fee. After I moved everything out - I peed on the walls.

    That's neither here or there though….if you act loud and obnoxious and get complaints, maybe they will just kick you out. And you won't have to pay anything :)

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