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Topic: How To Get Out Of A Lease
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| sk268506 | Posted – 2/14/2008 6:13:00 PM | show profile This sounds weird, but... I have a substance abuse problem. My landlord knows it. She's nosy, to be honest, and thats how she knows. She said that I should go back to Kansas. Because I'm going to get myself killed. I lost my job, and started drinking more. The police were saying it... Bottom line is I know that I need to go home. This lady knows that I don't have a job, and she's 10 years older than my parents , and she's been a landlord for about that long. The things that I might have on her are: there are mice in my apartment. landlord was supposed to come over today. there are no bars on my windows. i'm on the first floor. the lease says 'this lease will not be valid (or whatever) until the tenant and the landlord have a signed copy of the lease. she never gave me the copy with her signature. how do i prove that i never got it? sorry for the long post, but i need to go home. my parents should not have to pay for it. |
| foodlit | Posted – 2/14/2008 6:15:16 PM | show profile If your landlord is telling you to go home....she knows you're going to break the lease. Do the decent thing and give her a month or two notice...and go. Don't try to weasel out of it because there's mice or no bars....there's mice everywhere and you don't have to have bars on your window. Just go talk to her and make an arrangement that works for both of you and go home and get help. |
| sk268506 | Posted – 2/14/2008 6:28:44 PM | show profile i did give her a month notice-i told her yesterday and i don't plan to leave until march 14th |
| sk268506 | Posted – 2/14/2008 6:31:30 PM | show profile and i told her that i would find someone else to rent the apartment. bang! she calls my parents who co-signed for me. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 2/14/2008 9:02:41 PM | show profile Here's an article on breaking a lease: http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/how-to-break-a-lease.html |
| catlondon | Posted – 2/14/2008 10:07:33 PM | show profile Wow, you are really having a shitty time right now and I feel for you. Did your landlady call your parents and tell them they have to pay up or did she call and tell them you've given notice? The motivations could be very different and she may still let you out if she was just raising the alarm rather than trying to get her money. Also, do you have any support in NYC? A church or good friend or relative? Anywhere or one that can give you some guidance and a shoulder to lean on? In any case, you should look into AA or some other group to help you start to get handle on your drinking. You don't have to wait until you get back to Kansas for that. Bottom line, the money is less important than your wellbeing. If you've been drinking for awhile, could it have played into your work problems? You're young, talented and smart, but far from home in a city that's just not for everyone. Please take care of yourself first and the rent second. |
| sk268506 | Posted – 2/18/2008 12:44:32 PM | show profile OK, I found someone who wants to take the place. I am quite literally dying here, and the landlord tells me that I have to get a W2 from them. What? I have never heard of requiring a W2. She wants them to provide all of 2008's paystubs. Is this necessary? I don't think that she wants me to get out of this lease. She never mentioned needing a W2 before, even when I emailed and asked her specifically what she would be needing. I have to get out of here. |
| sk268506 | Posted – 2/18/2008 12:47:41 PM | show profile cat- I don't know what she told my parents, but she is in California now, so that is the only possible reasoning that I can think of for all the extra crap I'm getting. I don't know anyone in NYC. Nobody, and she knows this. (Wow, you are really having a shitty time right now and I feel for you. Did your landlady call your parents and tell them they have to pay up or did she call and tell them you've given notice? The motivations could be very different and she may still let you out if she was just raising the alarm rather than trying to get her money. Also, do you have any support in NYC? A church or good friend or relative? Anywhere or one that can give you some guidance and a shoulder to lean on? In any case, you should look into AA or some other group to help you start to get handle on your drinking. You don't have to wait until you get back to Kansas for that. Bottom line, the money is less important than your wellbeing. If you've been drinking for awhile, could it have played into your work problems? You're young, talented and smart, but far from home in a city that's just not for everyone. Please take care of yourself first and the rent second.) |
| sk268506 | Posted – 2/20/2008 7:04:35 PM | show profile i'm really not just trying to get out of the lease i lost my keys a couple of nights ago, and the manager charged me $85.00 to let me back into my place. |
| foodlit | Posted – 2/21/2008 10:27:28 AM | show profile I don't blame her a bit for requiring the W-2s. She doesn't want to be in this position again and needs to make sure the person can afford to pay the rent. Keep in mind that it's not her fault that you have a substance abuse problem, you did sign a lease. I hope it works out for you. |
| katestarrr | Posted – 3/9/2008 10:24:39 AM | show profile Does anyone know a good place to list housing? I've been trying to get rid of this place for a month, and craigslist is turning up blanks. I've gotten more responses from Facebook, but still no dice. |
| Marie | Posted – 3/9/2008 5:22:55 PM | show profile Most NYC landlords aren't that perturbed over broken leases, as they can then raise the rent. Her request for a W2 is not at all unusual. Most landlords require something like that--often it's a letter form one's employer stating salary and how long person has been with the company. Regarding your $85 charge, consider yourself lucky there. Had you needed to call a locksmith to break into your apartment, it would have likely cost $300. You were probably charged for someone's time to come down and open your apt. On the other hand, I don't think it's your responsibility to find this woman a suitable tenant. You've given notice, and I'm sure she has a security deposit to carry over at least a month's rent after you're gone. Just make sure she's agreeing to your breaking the lease, and isn't going to sue you or your parents for breach of whatever. What some people do in these cases is find a subtenant, but if she is agreeing to let you out of the lease (get this in writing, or have your parents get it in writing), that's probably best for you. If you sublease, you're still responsible for the apartment. Good luck. It will work out. |
| katestarrr | Posted – 3/9/2008 7:07:02 PM | show profile I don't know if you were replying to me- I'm not in the same situation as the original poster-I just found something cheaper and looked up this older topic. I don't have to move immediately, but am hoping the new place doesn't get snatched up before I can. No mice or anything. |
