OT: How to handle my current lease if by chance I close this month?

[SD Transplant]

Back to piggs for advice & a little background.
I’ve been living in the same complex for close to 7 years now, and my current 6 month lease expires Jan 30, 2011.

Now, I’ve been in a long escrow (too many details to list) and my deal might happen sometimes in the next two weeks. Hence, I’ll most likely pay and live in my current place most of December (no issues). What’s the best way to approach my complex w/ the news that I might be leaving earlier by 1 month?

My inclination is to give them the heads up and tell them there is a 50% possibility to close in December & move(the truth). I would hate to pay 1 extra month of rent if I close on the house..any ideas?

[beanmaestro]

I’ll let the lawyers & landlords give opinions on how to break a lease, but you might decide that paying an extra month’s rent isn’t so bad. Especially if your closing slips past Dec 15ish.

I think you’d be doing really well if you manage to close around the 15th and be completely moved in by Dec 31. It took us 3 weeks and a bunch of help from our friends to do some small upgrades (new furnace, new bathroom fans, hot tub wiring, some drywall work), paint the house, move everything in, and clean out the old place. We made good time, but we really needed another week. So, while your specifics may be different, think through exactly what you want done before you move your shit in, and allow one more week than you think you need.

[beanmaestro]

I’ll let the lawyers & landlords give opinions on how to break a lease, but you might decide that paying an extra month’s rent isn’t so bad. Especially if your closing slips past Dec 15ish.

I think you’d be doing really well if you manage to close around the 15th and be completely moved in by Dec 31. It took us 3 weeks and a bunch of help from our friends to do some small upgrades (new furnace, new bathroom fans, hot tub wiring, some drywall work), paint the house, move everything in, and clean out the old place. We made good time, but we really needed another week. So, while your specifics may be different, think through exactly what you want done before you move your shit in, and allow one more week than you think you need.

[beanmaestro]

I’ll let the lawyers & landlords give opinions on how to break a lease, but you might decide that paying an extra month’s rent isn’t so bad. Especially if your closing slips past Dec 15ish.

I think you’d be doing really well if you manage to close around the 15th and be completely moved in by Dec 31. It took us 3 weeks and a bunch of help from our friends to do some small upgrades (new furnace, new bathroom fans, hot tub wiring, some drywall work), paint the house, move everything in, and clean out the old place. We made good time, but we really needed another week. So, while your specifics may be different, think through exactly what you want done before you move your shit in, and allow one more week than you think you need.

[beanmaestro]

I’ll let the lawyers & landlords give opinions on how to break a lease, but you might decide that paying an extra month’s rent isn’t so bad. Especially if your closing slips past Dec 15ish.

I think you’d be doing really well if you manage to close around the 15th and be completely moved in by Dec 31. It took us 3 weeks and a bunch of help from our friends to do some small upgrades (new furnace, new bathroom fans, hot tub wiring, some drywall work), paint the house, move everything in, and clean out the old place. We made good time, but we really needed another week. So, while your specifics may be different, think through exactly what you want done before you move your shit in, and allow one more week than you think you need.

[beanmaestro]

I’ll let the lawyers & landlords give opinions on how to break a lease, but you might decide that paying an extra month’s rent isn’t so bad. Especially if your closing slips past Dec 15ish.

I think you’d be doing really well if you manage to close around the 15th and be completely moved in by Dec 31. It took us 3 weeks and a bunch of help from our friends to do some small upgrades (new furnace, new bathroom fans, hot tub wiring, some drywall work), paint the house, move everything in, and clean out the old place. We made good time, but we really needed another week. So, while your specifics may be different, think through exactly what you want done before you move your shit in, and allow one more week than you think you need.

[CA renter]

Agree with beanmaestro.

Having the rental for that extra month gives you the opportunity to get everything ready in your new home before moving in.

Congratulations (hopefully) on your new home!

[CA renter]

Agree with beanmaestro.

Having the rental for that extra month gives you the opportunity to get everything ready in your new home before moving in.

Congratulations (hopefully) on your new home!

[CA renter]

Agree with beanmaestro.

Having the rental for that extra month gives you the opportunity to get everything ready in your new home before moving in.

Congratulations (hopefully) on your new home!

[CA renter]

Agree with beanmaestro.

Having the rental for that extra month gives you the opportunity to get everything ready in your new home before moving in.

Congratulations (hopefully) on your new home!

[CA renter]

Agree with beanmaestro.

Having the rental for that extra month gives you the opportunity to get everything ready in your new home before moving in.

Congratulations (hopefully) on your new home!

[abell]

Legal ways to break your lease and not have to pay the remainder of it:
1. Figure out something in your place makes the place uninhabitable (but considering you’ve been there a long time, unless something recently broke and wasn’t fixed, that may not be a valid option). A list of uninhabitable things and other ways to want your landlord to get you out is at this site:

http://www.caltenantlaw.com/breaklease.htm

2. Find a new renter for the month of January (talk to your landlord about it, figure out what the rent will be and if it will be transfer of the current lease or if it will be a new one, then post it on Criaglist, the San Diego Reader, UT, and start showing the place). You will still probably have to pay some turnover fees, but it shouldn’t be a whole months rent (assuming you find someone that had decent credit and the landlord approves).

I am not a lawyer, I am a renter and have taken over someone else’s lease.

[abell]

Legal ways to break your lease and not have to pay the remainder of it:
1. Figure out something in your place makes the place uninhabitable (but considering you’ve been there a long time, unless something recently broke and wasn’t fixed, that may not be a valid option). A list of uninhabitable things and other ways to want your landlord to get you out is at this site:

http://www.caltenantlaw.com/breaklease.htm

2. Find a new renter for the month of January (talk to your landlord about it, figure out what the rent will be and if it will be transfer of the current lease or if it will be a new one, then post it on Criaglist, the San Diego Reader, UT, and start showing the place). You will still probably have to pay some turnover fees, but it shouldn’t be a whole months rent (assuming you find someone that had decent credit and the landlord approves).

I am not a lawyer, I am a renter and have taken over someone else’s lease.

[abell]

Legal ways to break your lease and not have to pay the remainder of it:
1. Figure out something in your place makes the place uninhabitable (but considering you’ve been there a long time, unless something recently broke and wasn’t fixed, that may not be a valid option). A list of uninhabitable things and other ways to want your landlord to get you out is at this site:

http://www.caltenantlaw.com/breaklease.htm

2. Find a new renter for the month of January (talk to your landlord about it, figure out what the rent will be and if it will be transfer of the current lease or if it will be a new one, then post it on Criaglist, the San Diego Reader, UT, and start showing the place). You will still probably have to pay some turnover fees, but it shouldn’t be a whole months rent (assuming you find someone that had decent credit and the landlord approves).

I am not a lawyer, I am a renter and have taken over someone else’s lease.

[abell]

Legal ways to break your lease and not have to pay the remainder of it:
1. Figure out something in your place makes the place uninhabitable (but considering you’ve been there a long time, unless something recently broke and wasn’t fixed, that may not be a valid option). A list of uninhabitable things and other ways to want your landlord to get you out is at this site:

http://www.caltenantlaw.com/breaklease.htm

2. Find a new renter for the month of January (talk to your landlord about it, figure out what the rent will be and if it will be transfer of the current lease or if it will be a new one, then post it on Criaglist, the San Diego Reader, UT, and start showing the place). You will still probably have to pay some turnover fees, but it shouldn’t be a whole months rent (assuming you find someone that had decent credit and the landlord approves).

I am not a lawyer, I am a renter and have taken over someone else’s lease.

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