Landlord charging after lease period ends?
549728
CA real estate broker here, and the answer is unless it says otherwise in your lease, you have every right to turn the utilities off at the end of your lease.  \n\nPut that in writing to your landlord, and tell him that you expect not to be charged for this when he returns your security deposit within the 21 day time period he has to do so, and that if he does, you will take him to small claims court for the disputed amount, court costs, and the $600 statutory damages for failing to return a security deposit to a tenant.
16886
Landlord-tenant legislation in the US is governed by state law.  You need to post the state and country that you are talking about because they are all different.  \n\nIF YOU ARE ON A LONG-TERM LEASE:\nIn most states, the landlord is permitted to charge you for the entire lease period, except if the lanlord or an agent of the landlord accepts your move-out notice, which it appears that he did, because he didn't contact you that it was rejected, he advertisted it as available on 12/15, and he accepted your keys.  So, in that case you should be of the hook on the date mentioned in the notice.\n\nIF YOU ARE ON MONTH-TO-MONTH:\nIf you are on a month-to-month lease, most leases&#92;state laws say that that you are required to give at least 20 days written notice prior to the beginning of the next calendar month or the lease renews itself. \n\nSo technically by giving your notice on 11/16 you are freeing yourself from a month-to-month lease as of 1/1.  However if your notice said you would remain 60 days, so the landlord could hold you liable for payment up until 1/15.  If he had your keys on 11/23 and you were on a month to month, I think it's kind of jerky to charge you from 1/1 to 1/15.  \n\nI don't see any way the landlord could collect from you for the period of 1/16-1/31 unless they argue that your notice was improper, or that they did not accept your notice, in which case they should have sent you a letter saying so, shouldn't have taken your keys, and shouldn't have placed an ad in the paper saying that it would be available on 12/15.  \n\nIn short, I think that you would have a tough time PROVING you're not responsible for 1/1 to 1/15, but if you were on a month to month lease you should write a very nice letter asking them not to charge you for this because you moved out in november.\n\nIf they tried to make you pay for 1/15-1/30 you are on pretty solid ground.  They would have a hard time getting a judge to agree you are liable for 1/15-1/30, due to accepting your notice and keys, and the ad in the paper.  So by not paying that I think that the only thing you risk is a bad rental history.\n\nI don't know of any requirement in any state that says the landlord has to advertise or make the apartment available.\n\nPS:  You must verify this with a lawyer before you act on this answer, which is not legal advice.
153527
Go to the RRA... Renters Rights Association. They will handle it! They eat that kinda crap up... I know cuz I have been an apartment manager b4 and the owners where total asses... there was so many things i couldnt do after the tentants were promised things by the owners then went back on em... good luck
1092712
Even if there is a clause that states your landlord can raise the rent see if 72 FULL hours has passed. The fourth day can really mean the fourth day but not 72 whole hours. Most states have a buyer's remorse period where any contract signed can be negated within the first 72 hours. Therefore, check the lease. Most standard leases do not allow a rate increase during the lease term. Also since the terminology in the notice is incorrect, that notice is not binding. The notice stated "...since the lease has renewed...". This is not a lease renewal. This is a new lease. As always, please contact an attorney for professional legal advice. This answer depends a lot on state and local law surrounding the apartment.
661149
You dont. A 30 day notice is a THIRTY day charge. If you move out early, thats your right, but you still have your home for the complete 30 days. Sorry.
1148890
Whether or not you are responsible for rent after eviction depends on the type of eviction.  When someone gets evicted for non-payment of rent they normally get a written notice to pay or vacate but they don't get a "notice terminating lease".  Since their lease hasn't been terminated they are still responsible for future rent after eviction.\n\nWhen a tenant gets evicted for other reasons the landlord sends them a notice terminating their lease due to violating the terms of the lease.  Once this happens the lease has ended and the tenant is no longer responsible for future rent.\n\nYour situation would call for a notice terminating the lease due to failure to obtain renters' insurance so your lease would be ended and you would not be responsible for future rent.  However, as the other posters said, renters' insurance is cheap and you can have it in an hour.  It's not worth being evicted.
215694
What did your lease say about this problem..
1071989
There is usually a grace period, read the lease.
898866
I just took a look at that "free" standard agreement, and there are a boatload of problems with it.  My office gets landlords in all the time who have managed to screw themselves royally with those free forms, Staples leases, landlord.com crap, etc...  \n\nMany clauses in those leases are unenforceable because they go against state or local law.  People can't sign away their rights.  It just doesn't work that way.  Those agreements aren't written with your best interests in mind nor do they protect you or your rights in many instances.   They are like sugar pills ... you feel all secure but in reality it's worthless. \n\nThis lease doesn't include the all important term "right of reentry" which allows you to legally reclaim the unit using the notices and causes for eviction provided by the laws of your state if the tenant fails to abide by the terms of the lease. If you didn't reserve the "right of reentry" in your lease, you have given up your right to evict for anything other than non-payment of rent.   \n\nSome other problems with this lease:\n\n"A finance charge of up to 10% of rent not paid will be automatically charged to the Tenant’s account after the fifth day of the month."   Many places have laws that limit the amount of late fee that can be charged, no matter what the lease says.  This amount may or may not be legal where you are.  And many states have laws (either statutory or case) that protect people who are on pensions and such from being charged late fees at all if their checks are issued on the 5th or whatever.\n\n"If the tenant’s rent is past due and the landlord exercises his legal right to seek a judgment against the tenant in court, a $xxx fee shall apply in addition to court costs, late fees and rent due." That's basically a usury charge, and I'll bet it's unenforceable in almost every state. \n\nAlso this lease doesn't state that the court costs or late fees are considered "additional rent", and as such you probably won't be able to claim them on a non-payment complaint. \n\n"If the tenant abandons the property, the landlord may enter and relet the property. In this case, the landlord may also remove and dispose of any personal property left behind by the tenant."  Want to get sued?  You need to take legal action to regain posession of the apartment, and you must follow the law in your area regarding abandoned property.  You can't just toss it out.  Let's say your tenant disappears.  You think he abandoned the place, dump his stuff and re-rent the unit.  Your tenant shows up in a month or two and guess what?  YOU are the one in trouble.  You didn't regain legal posession of the apartment.  Those people are living in his apartment.  You threw out his stuff.  You are going to pay for this through the nose, and the few hundred dollars he owes you will be deducted from the thousands of dollars you will owe him.   We had one tenant as a client who was wrongfully detained for over a month in a foreign jail while on vacation.  He  came back to find new people in his place and all his stuff gone.  The settlement our office got for him was probably twice what most people reading this make in a year.  The landlord could easily have avoided this by taking the legal steps required to reclaim the unit and by placing the tenants belongings in storage as required under the law. \n\n" will return the balance within 30 days. The tenant must give the landlord written notice of the tenant’s new address or make other arrangements with the landlord for the return of the security deposit."   If state law say you have fewer days, then that's all you have.  In many places, if you don't return the deposit or a written statement why it is not being returned (unpaid rent, damage, etc) within the time frame allowed by law, the tenant is awarded 2 or 3 times the amount of the deposit.
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LOL... sorry but this is really bs.\n\n1. A lease is for a specific period of time, till May 1st.\n2. There are typically(or atleast I've never seen) provisions for automatic renewal(unless month to month) or, and this is laughable, rent that is due after the lease is terminated...\n\nUnless you were on a month to month lease, you would not have to give notice to quit.  There are typically notice periods only for yor wish to renew.\n\nAnother issue that I have with this situation is when did they give you notice of the rent change?  Typically, cause I don't know what state you are in, 30 day notice is required by the landlord to make changes... The door swings both ways here... They CANT raise your rent without providing sufficient notice, either!\n\nFinally, there is an unwritten rule of reason/ability which is what I've come into contact with any time I've had to go to court for a real estate deal.  No court is going to penalize you for giving 22 days notice in a month, even if you were terminating a lease for a set term.\n\nYou have to call the corporate office or talk to this managers supervisor.  Read your lease, then make a stink.
694346
Check your lease terms. I am sure that your landlord and manager would understand. Don't forget to give a proper notice in advance.
1183256
I work in rental property and we only charge a security deposit once upon moving in.  You need to read your lease FULLY.  There should be a clause about your deposit, but under normal conditions you should'nt be charged when renewing.
1172337
Give your tenant written notice that the tenancy has ended, ie "You are hereby notified that your lease/tenancy has ended. Please vacate the property."\n\nOffer your tenant the full return of any security deposit or some other amount of money; it will be less than hiring an attorney to evict your tenant. Then, let your tenant know that if he leaves the property without going through an eviction, he will not have an eviction on his credit report. It is much harder for someone to get an apartment if an eviction is reported on their credit, so let your tenant know that.
708516
Its call a buy out fee.  If you have 11 months remaining, you are breaking your lease.  The 1700 deposit and the buy out fee will fix any damages and cover the rent for the next 3 months.  He expected 11 more months of guaranteed rent from you, so a buy out fee is your price to break the lease.  Its not bad concidering he could have charged you 6 months instead of 3.  Even if it does rent out in 30 or 60 days, its your penalty for breaking the lease, gives him time to clean, repair, and rerent.   It is NOT a reletting fee.  Its a buyout or penalty fee.\n I use a buy out fee of 2 months rent on my 1 year residential leases.
211944
First did you sign that lease ? If you did  you have signed a legal binding contract no matter if you moved in or not .The landlord can carry you to court and charge you for all past due rent plus a cost of a lease break,I would call her (be nice) and ask her where you stand as far as your lease goes at this time trust me I use to be an apartment manager she has the ups on you the cards are in her hands.If she wont talk to you go over her head and call the district manager.good luck
951485
Depends on the contract you signed. I'd suggest you read it again. My feeling is that the landlord is responsible for it. But I don't know for sure.
340233
There will be specific provision in your rental agreement covering this. \n\nBasically under a contract you can only vary it with either the agreement of both parties or specific provision in the Agreement.  \n\nCheck for wording like "break clause"; "termination" and the like.  There is likely to be a payment equal to a few months if you break early.\n\nGood luck.