I had a lease going from 9/1/10 - 8/31/11.
I received a phone call on 5/4/11 asking if I'd be willing to move out early by 8/1/11 so I said yeah sure.
Then on 5/11/11 I received anther call saying they were coming to show the apartment to people who would be signing the apartment.
At this point I started looking for other places for beginning of August, and found a spot and even paid pro-rated amount to move in 7/27/11.
I went in on 7/1/11 to pay July rent and said, this is my last check since you asked me to leave early. No mention of anything out of the ordinary, they just told me to leave the keys under the door if the office was closed when I left.
I filed a security deposit refund form and I left the old place clean so they agreed my security deposit could be refunded.
Then I got a letter yesterday saying that I owed the rent minus the security deposit refund amount for August and that I had a late fee for not having paid in time.
I've called to tell them I have voice mail asking me to leave early to which I replied yes and that it was then their responsibility to have me sign any necessary paperwork, and that the second voice mail was showing me that they had agreed terms to rent it out to someone else. But since they didn't get it rented until 8/28/11 they want me to pay for the month.
Is there anything I can do ? I will schedule an appointment with legal consulting on Monday but until then, SF help me save money
Also, someone hit my new car in a parking lot and I have to pay $500 deductible even though I have full coverage insurance. Useless!
But ultimately, having good health, able to do work, love and support of family and friends, worth more than I can imagine. الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
Edited by the shah - 8/27/11 at 9:47am
I received a phone call on 5/4/11 asking if I'd be willing to move out early by 8/1/11 so I said yeah sure.
Then on 5/11/11 I received anther call saying they were coming to show the apartment to people who would be signing the apartment.
At this point I started looking for other places for beginning of August, and found a spot and even paid pro-rated amount to move in 7/27/11.
I went in on 7/1/11 to pay July rent and said, this is my last check since you asked me to leave early. No mention of anything out of the ordinary, they just told me to leave the keys under the door if the office was closed when I left.
I filed a security deposit refund form and I left the old place clean so they agreed my security deposit could be refunded.
Then I got a letter yesterday saying that I owed the rent minus the security deposit refund amount for August and that I had a late fee for not having paid in time.
I've called to tell them I have voice mail asking me to leave early to which I replied yes and that it was then their responsibility to have me sign any necessary paperwork, and that the second voice mail was showing me that they had agreed terms to rent it out to someone else. But since they didn't get it rented until 8/28/11 they want me to pay for the month.
Is there anything I can do ? I will schedule an appointment with legal consulting on Monday but until then, SF help me save money
Also, someone hit my new car in a parking lot and I have to pay $500 deductible even though I have full coverage insurance. Useless!
But ultimately, having good health, able to do work, love and support of family and friends, worth more than I can imagine. الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
Edited by the shah - 8/27/11 at 9:47am
