Questions tagged [residential-lease]
Leases for residential living purposes.
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Can a tenancy be invalid if guarantor changes their mind before being legally bound
I signed a tenancy 3 days ago: I went into the agent's office and they sent me an email with an online form which contained the tenancy agreement. The form asked for a guarantor; I phoned one of my ...
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Terminating the contract early (before tenant moves in) [closed]
I live in the UK and am renting out a flat in Netherlands, my tenant gave me the deposit but the agreement states he has to pay one month in advance. Two weeks have passed since we signed contract ...
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Tenancy Renewal Fees
As a tenant I am served up a new "Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement" every 6 months where I live by the Letting agent my landlord uses.
I have previously debated the renewal fees and their fairness ...
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Can landlord require me to pay rent through ACH?
I'm undecided as to whether this question belongs here on in the Money & Personal Finance SE, so apologies in advance if it should be migrated.
I'm facing a situation where my landlord had ...
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End of lease period, landlord hasn't provided way to renew lease
My lease is up in about 45 days. My landlord hasn't provided any way for me to renew the lease. They do online lease signing. I've been unable to login for over a month now. They can't figure out what ...
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Wisconsin Tenant Right to Vacate by Month-to-Month After Lease Expires (Wis. Stat. Ann. § 704.19)
Greetings to all who are far more in tune with Law-speak than myself! I appreciate your taking the time to look at this important issue I am trying to find a solution to.
In summary, I signed a 1 ...
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Is lack of internet support in new apartment cause for damages?
I have recently moved into a new apartment. The lease is a private one between me and the owner (not a larger corporation). I viewed the unit in May and, come the end of the summer and a series of ...
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What if my roommate doesn't pay his rent
I'm a student and I've co-leased an apartment with another person. It is a shared lease like students do all the time. My roommate leased another place and apparently he is not showing up for this ...
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Apartment leaser refuses to fix or acknowledge broken phone jack/lines
I've got broken phone lines coming into my apartment, which four technicians have confirmed (when trying to hook up DSL for my internet service). My apartment lessor refuses to acknowledge the issue ...
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Is it legal for a landlord to prorate additional days of rent without mentioning price?
My friends and I entered a year-long lease agreement where we each paid $600 per month to stay in an apartment. The original contract we signed stated we were to move out on May 26. However, as that ...
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What should i do when my landlord breaks an agreement, and later invokes the 60 days tenant notice in Ontario
My landlord refused to repair a big mold problem in my former apartment, when i told to the superintendent the mold in the apartment was making me and my kids sick, he yelled i should move out if i ...
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Are my tenants entitled to stay beyond their lease period on a month-to-month basis or are they required to leave by the last day in their lease term?
This is for the state of Colorado.
My current tenants' lease expires on 6/30/2016. I informed them on 4/20/2016 that I was planning to sell the house, but that the terms of their lease would not be ...
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Fraudulent Lease
I live at an apartment complex in Texas that has cut and pasted the Texas Apartment Association's logo onto their leases, but are not now or possibly never was a member. I was always suspicious by the ...
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Can my landlord prohibit me from having visitors with dogs?
My apartment manager has suddenly told us that we can't have friends with dogs visiting (not overnight visits, just for an hour or two). Is this legal?
This is in California, USA. There's nothing ...
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Apartment Complex REQUIRES you to Friend Them on Facebook
This one caught my eye today and I thought it would be a good topic for a question. Click here for the full story.
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City Park Apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah put a lease addendum on ...
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Legal to restrict tenant parking to leaseholders with valid driver license?
So I must begin with saying that the parking at my apartment is first come first serve, free for all kind of parking (as long as you're a tenant). There is no off-site parking.
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I already signed a lease that may violate the BC Landlord Tenant Act. What are my options?
My husband and I live in Vancouver, British Colombia. When renewal time for our lease came up my landlord, of 2 years, increased our rent by 7.5%. He said that the was forced to by the bank. My ...
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What restrictions/limitations can take place to apartment parking mid-lease?
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I had moved into a new apartment back in February, 2015. The building was brand new, but the business running it doesn't seem to be. In the Summer of 2015, a music festival started taking ...
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Landlord charging fee for delivery of rent statement
Tenant John Doe signed a lease in 10/2015 to rent an apartment for a year in Texas. The balance due each month consisted of the apartment rent ($1000) and a monthly fee for water/sewer/garbage ...
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If a resolution to a dispute may involve breaking a previous contract, what should be signed to agree not to take legal action?
Disclaimer: I'm not looking for legal advice.
This is a bit of a follow up to this question. I had signed a lease that automatically switches to month to month but the landlord had admitted he made a ...
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Applicability of Fair Housing Act to cooperative housing
In Fair Housing Council v. Roommate.com, the 9th circuit held that the Fair Housing Act did not apply to the selection of roommates. The gist, if I read correctly, is that FHA was not intended to ...
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Resident tenants fined for parking in residents' parking area
A magement company owns a block of flats and the surrounding plot of land.
Flat "owners"/leaseholders take out a mortgage to lease the flats for a number of years.
They sublet to tenants (with ...
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Are tenants responsible for ensuring their guests follow the terms?
Are tenants responsible for their guests violating terms in the lease? For example if a lease says "no smoking in the building" and an invited guest smokes, could the tenant be held responsible?
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Can I sublet my apartment for the full lease amount and then live there effectively for free?
If I'm leasing a 2 bedroom apartment, can I sublet for the full amount of the lease, then live in the other room for free? Can the person I'm subletting to have a legal right to kick me out, even ...
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When must I pay first month's and the deposit on a new lease?
I'm signing a lease on an apartment in another city, about three hours away. I've seen the place, but I'm not able to trek out there to sign the lease in person before our rental period begins (May 1)....
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What rights do I have if my apartment neighbor is smoking marijuana and the smell is entering my apartment?
To preface this, I'm looking specifically for California Law. I'm aware that medical marijuana is legal in the state of California, and am wondering if any other laws apply, similarly to tobacco laws.
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Damage, or normal wear and tear on a rental?
Our landlord is claiming damage on some cabinet doors, and wants to completely replace them. We're trying to figure out if we can challenge him on it.
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Mold and Tenant Rights
I am currently living in an apartment with 3 other people, and we have been having a consistent mold problem. We have cleaned it multiple times and yet it returns in both bedrooms and the bathroom.
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Why are residential leases so much in favor of the landlord in the US?
I've been reading example leases and was surprised to see how much power the landlord has in the US, at least compared to Canada. For example, at least in BC, landlords must allow tenants to sublet or ...
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UK Buying house with lease on car port. Solicitor won't proceed
I am buying a freehold house with two parking spaces. One is under a coach house so I'm getting a 999 years lease for that.
My solicitor affirms we cannot proceed with the purchase because the ...
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Does Rent Increases Have Any Impact On Requirement To Provide Notice To Vacate?
In the state of Illinois - I've signed a lease with a property management company. The lease says I need to give 60 days notice to vacate before the end of my lease. My lease was a 6 month lease and ...
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What are my legal rights as a landlord in Ontario? My tenants want to end fixed term lease early
I am a landlord in the province of Ontario, Canada. I currently have a fixed term lease of one year with my current tenants. The lease ends May 31, 2016.They sent me an email yesterday stating they ...
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Break lease after murder
About 5 minutes after I came home tonight two neighbors were shot and murdered in front of their apartment. My unit is close enough that it's within the evidence zone.
My heart goes out to the ...
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Can my landlord legally say no to installing a security chain on my apartment door?
I live in a rental apartment in Florida. This apartment is located in a 7-story building with an attached 7-story garage. Main entry points on each floor have closed-circuit cameras monitored by ...
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Can I electronically "sign" a lease agreement?
My landlord emailed me a copy of our new lease as a PDF document. I am to print it out, initial each page and then sign and date the last page, scan it, and email it back to him.
Can't I simply ...
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Landlord won't contact me regarding deposit
I recently moved from an apartment complex. Well past 30 days after my move-out we have received no contact from the property management of any sort. They had been provided phone, email and forwarding ...
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60 days tenant notice in Ontario
I've rented an apartment for 1 year, now I already lived here for 11 month and I have one more month left.
I called my landlord yesterday to give a 60 days notice and said that I will be moving out ...
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Can my lease co-signer sublet to someone without my consent?
I live in an apartment in Austin, TX, with a roommate. We're both co-signed on the lease and the lease doesn't expire until next year. My roommate told me this morning that he is moving out and ...
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Disputing Tenancy Deposit Scheme Adjudication Decisions
After years of complaining about the lack of care the landlord had for the property I was renting from them I finally got served an eviction notice.
I moved out, and 2 weeks later because of terms in ...
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Lease ends at the end of the month. Verbally agreed to pay monthly moving forward, with 30 days notice. Am I under legal obligation?
My current one year lease ends at the end of this month (i.e., in 3 days). Because I was having trouble finding a new place I called the owners and asked if it would be possible to stay on with my ...
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Can leasehold contracts be amended, and is this a common practice in UK?
I have recently asked following question around leasehold contract in property I am in the process of buying. It states that I am not allowed to sublet parts of building I can only sublet it as a ...
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Assignment and subletting of leasehold in UK
I am planning on buying a worn down property that has 4 big rooms to fix it up, and then rent out 2 out of 4 rooms - room by room. I would live with my family in the other two (at least for the ...
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Can a landlord dictate where I can park when moving in/out of an apartment?
I recently moved out of a room that I rented in a house in Oakland, California. In my lease it under terms of vacating the premise my landlord added a clause stating:
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Mistake in contract in my favor
Several months ago I signed a contract to lease an apartment in Utah, USA and took up residence in the said apartment. The contract was stated explicitly to run through August 25th. This is clearly ...
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Can unlicensed real estate agent sign a lease in Texas? [closed]
I signed a contract with a apartment complex with 3 months and this agent misinformed me on many things and now I want to get released out of my contract. There was a typo on pre-populated contract he ...
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End of lease - carpet cleaning almost 3x the 'minimum' amount in my lease
We recently moved out of a home that we were leasing for 12 months. When moving out, we called to ask how much carpet cleaning would be so we could determine if we wanted to hire our own company or ...
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Can a Texas landlord have the rental contract microscopic / unreadable?
My landlord in Texas has the whole residential lease contract formatted for Legal paper, but, for whichever reason, they instead print the PDF as zoomed out on Letter, and the whole thing becomes ...
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How is Texas eviction process different from California's?
For people moving from California to Texas (the direction of the migration is paramount and hard to dispute), and who may be familiar with the eviction process in California, what would be the ...
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Can California landlords protect against tenants paying retainer instead of rent?
I've heard that in San Francisco, with a landlord that's not on top of his things, and a tenant who doesn't care about his credit report, it would be cheaper to withhold rent and pay a retainer ...
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In a three-party exchange, can one plaintiff represent both plaintiffs against a defendant, in small claims court?
As a follow-up to https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/917/can-texas-landlords-charge-administrative-fee-twice-thrice, suppose there's a high chance that a court would accept that it was NOT ...
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