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Rental Question - please help.?
I am renting an apartment but have found a house and would like to give my land lord 1 month notice from the closing. I am NOT on a "year long lease" I am a month to month contract. I would like to end my rental in the middle of the month as my house closing would be around this date. That would mean giving 1 month notice,
ex - I will give notice on the 9th but will be vacating the property on the 10th of the next month
So, that would mean I have to pay for a partial month's rent (like pro-rating for the actual number of days I stay from the 1st to the 10th of the next month) HOWEVER, when I approached my land lord he said I wold have to pay the FULL month of rent as I can only give a month's notice on the 1st of the month in order to move out??? Does this make sense, can he do that? Is it law since I do not have a written lease, and an simply on a renewing contract month to month?
Amy help would be appreciated
8 Answers
- budhah1Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I will tell you right now, y ou will not close on the date you think as of right now.. give yourself the extra time, You will need it. Have closed on over 120 units of my own, and know it to be a time consuming situation for first time buyers.. I could sign contract on Monday and close of Friday, if I were the buyer, and pay cash in many cases.. Just a title search often got the job done. but you have lots of things to do.
Don't get upset with the LL as he is only following procedure.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, Ll is in the right here. Some Lls would not be quite as hardball but if you pay by the month you should each have to give one another that amt of notice before termination. That's how obligations work, I'm afraid. Sometimes you roll the dice and you lose. Be happy it's so nominal. Besides, you can use the extra time and space to move slowly - a luxury for most of us.
- Classy GrannyLv 71 decade ago
If it's a year's lease or a month to month a landlord is never under any obligation to pro-rate rent. If you move out in the middle of the month you still pay for the full month.
Source(s): I am a landlord - Anonymous1 decade ago
You bought a house and expect to be able to move in on closing day?
My experience is that you'll have cleaning, painting and other prep work to do before moving your furniture and stuff. It's just much easier that way. Two weeks is a good amount of time to get the stink and hidden filth of the previous owners out of your new home.
Move in at the end of the month.
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- ?Lv 71 decade ago
You have to give a month's notice from the day on which your rent is due. If it's due on the 1st, your landlord is right. He would have a hard time renting to someone who needed the apartment on the 10th.
- Rides365Lv 41 decade ago
In most all the U.S., if renting month to month, the landlord is under no obligation to pro-rate your rent if you decide to move, and most, in my experience, won't.
It is purely a nice thing to do for a tenant if a landlord decides to pro-rate, but his bills and mortgage isn't pro-rated, and it isn't their responsibilty to eat the cost of the rental being empty to save you money.
sorry.
- bluegoat114Lv 71 decade ago
Read your lease agreement. Depending upon the wording, yes he can do this. I have a tenant, month to month, but have a written contract.
- 1 decade ago
First read your contract, but yes he is right.
If not we would all leave when ever we wanted, right??
