My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Massachusetts
Hi,
As a working professional, I have mistakenly signed a sublease agreement with some inconsiderate college students who seemed okay at first but they are often loud at nights. Fortunately, the person who is subletting the room to me has written on the sublease agreement the following:
The Tenant and the Subtenant agree to the following conditions:
Respect of work/sleep schedule, advance notification of potential disturbances, cleaning will be done by tenants (but please clean up after yourself!)
The tenants (those college kids) have been loud on weeknights. On weekends, it's not even funny. They blast their music like the place just turned into a rock concert place. The tenants also smoke marijuana in the living room, which was not clearly mentioned in the contract. I'm not entirely against some people smoking marijuana but I'm just stating it here so that I can use it against if anything.
The sublease agreement says I'm living in the place from December 30th 2009 to April 25th, 2010. However, in the middle of February, I have warned the person who's subletting the room to me and the current tenants that if the situation does not get any better I will not be continuing the stay in April. Since then, the tenants behaved a little bit better than how they used to but there still have been a few nights when I could not fall asleep due to some noise. On the past weekend, they also held a massive party at the place and the music was, of course, extremely loud that it was shaking the floor. Since February 11th, I have kept a record of the noise. I also have some videos that clearly demonstrate how loud these tenants are. I have taken pictures of the living room and the kitchen sink where piles of dishes were being left out for weeks. Also, not all the parties happening at the place were notified to me in advance like the agreement says. Basically, the clause stated above has been completely and repeatedly violated. On March 13th, Saturday, I have emailed the person who's subletting to me that I cannot take this anymore and I will be moving out by the end of March. The sublease agreement was only between him and I. The actual landlord is not involved in the agreement. In this case, if I move out by the end of March (I have already found another place to live), would I be any liable for my action?
Thank you,
Katerina

