Breaking a Lease Prior to Move in Date
My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of:Florida. My daughter signed a college apartment Lease. The deposit was never paid because she found out her planned roomates where changing their plans...We contacted the apartment management months prior to the move in date notifying them that she will not be renting because roomates canceled. However they are holding us resposible for the entire Lease, we asked for a cancellation cost, and they did not offer one. Do we have any options? On the original Lease letters, they state that the Lease process in not complete until she pays the deposit which was never paid, can this be to our benefit? We tried to get a sub leaser but having no luck.
Re: Breaking a Lease Prior to Move in Date
I haven't had the opportunity to read the lease, so I'm not going to guess as to what the language means. Somebody may take a stab at it if you quote the exact language you're paraphrasing, or you can run the document past a lawyer.
Generally speaking, once you sign a lease you're on the hook for the lease term unless the landlord finds a replacement tenant for the unit. It could be that the language of this lease puts your daughter in a different situation, but again to know that one would have to read the actual lease.
Re: Breaking a Lease Prior to Move in Date
They could come after you, but it seems like a LOT of hassle on their end to do so.
And they don't have any of your security monies, so IF the wording on the lease "letters" says that, you should be ok. However, can you clarify what you mean by lease letters... do you mean the agreement?
And as Knowitall says, please cut and paste the portion of your lease that is relevant and we can try to decipher it for you.