Hi,
I recently signed a 1-Year lease with a Property Management Company and during the walk through we found some health and safety issues and notified the property management company, along with notifying them that we would like to terminate the lease because of these issues.
One of the issues was good old mold. There were only a few spores, but there was mold none-the-less. On top of mold spores found, there were leaks in the roof found, which are more concerns for possible mold. Along with what I would consider pretty severe water damage under the kitchen sink area due to a leaky RO/DI water installation. Lastly there is a nice sun extension installed in the kitchen which is not properly sealed from the outside.
There were also a long list of other things that were not factors in the final decision to break the lease.
I understand that I can be held responsible for lease until a new tenant is found, BUT is there a clause for the rent due to the mold?
I have had the keys for the house for about 10 days, and have moved furniture in but nothing is setup and noone is staying at the residence.
I will be reading over the lease tonight, since the Property Management seemed to take a step back from their original stand..
Lastly, we (my girlfriend and I) signed 2 different leases, one she only signed and one I only signed. They differ in the dates the lease is. Mine they "accidently" wrote 7-15-07 - 8-15-07, but her's was scratched out to read 7-15-07 - 8-15-08. My question, if it gets really ugly and they try to hold me to more can I use my lease to help get out of paying for more then the date said above? How will my girlfriends lease come into play?
Thank you

