I was looking to move into a new place at the end of this comming month. I had been eyeballing a place for soem while and even spoke to the landlord once or twice about the unit. I happen to know the previous tennant and they have two dogs in the apartment so a question of pets never came up. I also know another tenant in the apartment who was discussing my situation with the landlord on my behalf and was under the impression that cats were ok. On Tuesday of this week at about 5pm i met with the landlord to look over the lease and discuss the secuirty deposit and first months rent.
During this discussion i noticed the lease said "No Pets" in the apartment so I brought it up and it was a problem. They did not want pets there, especially cats. I happen to have two. When it came up I was kind of shocked since I have to be out of my current place in two weeks. After some disucssion I told them I had one cat and they agreed to it but they were very hesitant and uncomfortable with the situation. The problem again is I have 2. I thouhgt I might be able to give one to a friend or family member so that I could still have the apartment. But this fell through
I was given two copies of the lease to look over and sign and was supposed to drop them off with the security deposit today. I called the landlord and explained that we are uncomfortbale with the situation and can not take the apartment now.
We never discussed the lease until this Tuesday when I saw it. The lease has not been signed but our names are hand written on the front of it in the betweeen tennant and landlord section. I never gave any money to hold the apartment or for a security deposit. My question is am I bound in anyway to still take this place should they try and claim I am? I am in NJ by the way if this helps or affects the answers.
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