Do i have to pay my last 30 days of my lease?

Question

I have lived at my apartment since april 5 2008 and now april is coming up and my manager says we have to stay till april 30th 2009 and i already have a new place and im moving in on April 4th 2009 now i have to pay rent at my old place for another month what a rip off is this right? for a year lease it ends up being 13months?

Update:

Actually i did not assume anything i asked a friend who was a manager of apartments and he told me otherwise that it was a trick but i gave my notice in writing way ahead of time fyi!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

What does your lease say?

Most of the time, a lease that is casually referred to as a "one year lease" actually specifies 12 full months, plus the partial month when you first move in. If that's the case, then your lease runs through the end of April 2009 and therefore you must pay the rent

If your lease actually ends on April 5th 2009, then you can't be forced to pay for the full month. However, even though your lease expires, you're still required to give 30 days written notice of your intent to vacate. This informs the landlord that you won't be renewing your lease so he can begin searching for a new tenant. You have to pay rent for at least 30 days from when you gave this notice even if you move out before then.

I Buy And Sell Houses · Answer

As Smart... says, what does your lease say?

Since you moved in on the 5th, does your lease end on March 31 or April 30? If it ends on April 30, then you owe up until April 30. No rip-off involved.

Anonymous · Answer

No it is not a rip off if it was necessary for you to give 30 days notice and you didn't.  If you did then yes it is wrong.

acermill · Answer

It's not a ripoff.  You stupidly assumed that you didn't need to give notice that you were leaving because your lease was expiring.  It's YOUR error, not theirs.  Pay up.

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Do i have to pay my last 30 days of my lease?

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