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https://photos.app.goo.gl/pNMPA97Mz7bmdDtC9Tell the landlord you don't have live where your life is threatened. Go to court with them. Tell the Judge you're of good integrity, you did not place the nail, someone made an attempt on your life and you will not be forced to live there. Lease should be null and void without negative credit report remarks.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(120,982 posts)Calma
(51 posts)Apartment managers that refuse to let you out of a lease early. Most times when you ask out of your lease they say no.
Rorey
(8,513 posts)If someone doesn't want to live in one of my houses, I sure don't want to force them. In about 12 years, only one tenant wanted out early.
Rorey
(8,513 posts)I was more than happy to let him out of his lease. In his short time that he was in the rental, he complained multiple times about the neighbor's dog barking. The thing is, my (then) husband and I spent quite a few months renovating that house, and the dog was a sweet guy. I found out later that the tenant had been repeatedly antagonizing the dog in the middle of the night.
We gave the guy back his deposit and prorated rent. As soon as he was out, I gave away all of the produce that was coming up in the garden he planted, and then proceeded to chop down the rest, along with a whole lot of weeds. He walked by as I was doing it, and then sent me an email expressing how heartbroken he was to lose his garden. Oops.
drray23
(7,967 posts)not a great idea.
Rorey
(8,513 posts)Prospective landlords may question why a prospective tenant only stayed somewhere for part of their lease term. If the prospective tenant has a lot of those early lease terminations, the landlord will likely assume that the prospective tenant will be a problem tenant.
It's the same as it is when a person has patchy employment (working just a short time at each job).
Shermann
(8,656 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(120,982 posts)Not a good idea; dishonest and unethical.
sewage backed up and flooded the bottom floor. Landlord did nothing just sucked the water and left it up to you. When asked to break lease was told no.
Not to mention all that sewage soaked into the baseboards and was just sitting there. ewww
The Velveteen Ocelot
(120,982 posts)There is a legal presumption that your landlord is obligated to provide a habitable space. Your city probably has some kind of tenants' rights organization that can help you, but if you make up fake reasons you'll end up worse off than you are now.
This incident was during my military service. And a lot of landlords will come off like they own you and run you and just in general have the power over you. They like playing boss without joining the corps.
mercuryblues
(15,124 posts)Super easy.