Posted: 10/15/2013 6:07:55 AM EDT
| My girlfriend and I hate where we live do to many reasons, but we still have sometime on our lease. Does anyone know what our landlord can legally hold us to in WV if we wanted to break our lease? From what I read online and in the state code I can only find that he can only make us pay the next months rent because it does not state in our lease anything about breaking the lease. |
| I can't speak for all landlords but if there isn't more than 3 months left on the lease and the property is not damaged I let them out with the loss of the deposit for breaking the lease. If there is damages I hold them responsible for the remaining months or the cost of repairs depending on the exent. If it is under 9 months then they lose deposit and owe an additional month for vacancy plus any damages. |
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IANA lawyer but my understanding is that it's a contract, so he could charge you through the end of the lease, unless you're on a month-to-month now. What is the term on it? ITs a year lease and we haven't been here a year yet, I'm going to call a friend of mine who works for a real estate lawyer and see if he can help |
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AFAIK you are responsible for the full amount of the lease.
When I was in school at WVU, my friends who rented houses/apartments could not find 9-month leases. They had to rent for a full 12 months. If they were lucky, their lease allowed them to sublet, and they could rent it out to someone else in the summer so that they didn't have to pay 3 months for nothing. Of course, they had to be even luckier to find someone to rent to for only 3 months. Bottom line... from the experiences of my friends, yes, you are liable for the full amount of a lease, and you can be made to pay for the full amount of the contract. Maybe you can cut a deal with the landlord and offer to pay for a couple of months if he lets you out of the contract. Or maybe there is another arrangement that might be worked out. Maybe he'll tear up the contract if you approach him the right way. A lot can depend on where you are located, too, and how much time is left on the lease. |