STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
stylethread site home page -> stylethread forum -> general chat -> Lease question
Post Info TOPIC: Lease question
wetbandit42


Marc Jacobs

Status: Offline
Posts: 2255
Date:
Lease question
Permalink Closed

I have a lease question - my roommate is moving out in mid-May. She says that, because I told her not to find a subleaser (she was going to look on Craigslist and I don't trust her judgment, plus I'd really like to live alone) that I will have to sublease from her. This doesn't make any sense to me as I am already on the lease. Is she correct?

Also, she told me she is only going to pay 1/3rd of the rent because she's moving out on like the 10th. If she were living alone and her lease ended in May, she'd have to pay the whole month's rent, right? I don't see why she should be able to pro-rate her rent because she needs to move out early.

I also think my roommare thinks that I'll forget about the cable/utility bills for May. Would it be fair for me to make her pay a portion of the bills for May? I mean, she'll be here for one third of the month, and it seems fair to me.

Thanks!

-- Edited by wetbandit42 on Sunday 29th of March 2009 09:16:08 PM

__________________
Know first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. - Epictetus
Suasoria


Chanel

Status: Offline
Posts: 3120
Date:
Permalink Closed

Prorated rent is generally acceptable in CA if someone is moving in or moving out mid-month.

It sounds fair for her to pay a portion of the utilities.

No idea about the sublease issue - that sounds odd to me. Won't you be paying the full rent directly to the LL?

__________________
wetbandit42


Marc Jacobs

Status: Offline
Posts: 2255
Date:
Permalink Closed

Suasoria wrote:

Prorated rent is generally acceptable in CA if someone is moving in or moving out mid-month.

It sounds fair for her to pay a portion of the utilities.

No idea about the sublease issue - that sounds odd to me. Won't you be paying the full rent directly to the LL?


Thanks Suasoria! I guess her paying 1/3 of the rent for May is fine.

I qill be paying the full rent directly to the LL which is why it sounded weird to me too. I guess she'll have to go talk to the leasing office and see what they say.

 



__________________
Know first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. - Epictetus
relrel


Marc Jacobs

Status: Offline
Posts: 2065
Date:
Permalink Closed

1. Prorated rent is an established norm. It sucks, but think about it from her position. I've had it swing both ways, I've both left a lease early and paid the prorated rent amount and I've also had people leave early and I've had to suck up the difference. It's only fair, especially since she is giving you warning.

2. Subleasing from her? WTF is that? Unless you're under some weird primary and secondary leasee arrangement with the landlord, you're cool.

However...I would get a new lease written up as soon as she leaves. That way, any damage that she might have done can be deducted from her part of the security deposit. I think it's also just safer in general to have a new lease established with the landlord that doesn't include her in the slightest.

__________________
"But I want you to remember, I intend this breast satirically." Susan from Coupling

http://qtipsandmammoths.blogspot.com/
luckyclover


Dooney & Bourke

Status: Offline
Posts: 702
Date:
Permalink Closed


I qill be paying the full rent directly to the LL which is why it sounded weird to me too. I guess she'll have to go talk to the leasing office and see what they say.

 


That's what I would do...that doesn't sound like subleasing to me either. If your name is on the lease you are leasing from the LL

 



__________________
"Thanks to Stephenie Meyer everytime I hear thunder, I imagine vampires playing baseball."
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
stylethread site home page -> stylethread forum -> general chat -> Lease question
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard