How to stop my roommate from bringing all her family in the apartment?

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I signed a lease last august with two other girls. One of them moved out of the apartment within a month. the other one has been living with her sister (whose name is not on the lease). also, her husband keeps coming in the apartment every two or three weeks for 3-4 days and has sometimes even stayed for almost a month. now she is telling me that her parents are also going to come here. her father will leave in 2-3 weeks but her mother will stay till september. the lease ends on aug 31st. i can't live with a big family for over 6 weeks and don't want to stop her parents from moving in. so i decided to quietly move out of the apartment. then, my roommate threatened me that she will drag me to the court if i move out without paying the rent for the rest of the lease period. i don't get it. why should i pay half the rent when she, her sister and her parents are living here (even though she says they will stay in her room only which is very unlikely). what legal situation am i in under these circumstances. if my roommate does try to sue me for the rest of the rent, do i have a point of saying that her whole family was living there??? please help.

G R · Accepted Answer

Go tell your landlord what is going on and for help.  Technically, I think, because your name is on the lease you are in violation too for allowing this to go on.  If you have already moved out, make sure and tell your landlord because she/he can serve the remaining roommate (depending on what state you are in) with a notice of violation of lease and potentially kick them all out, but keep in mind your name is still on the lease.

I would also recommend checking on who's names are on the utilities, if your name is on any of them change them to her name immediately.  Tell the utility company that you had moved out and need to remove your name and put the current resident on file, if they won't,  ask them what to do and or give your roommate a day or two notice that you are going to cancel the utility unless she puts her name on it.  I would also take into account the amount of time and energy (literally) that her family members who have stayed for a long time have used, including cable, phone, water....whatever you pay and make them/your roommate pay that portion, that is only fare.  What your roommate was doing was inconsiderate and selfish.  You might also consider trying to figure out what portion of the rent she and or her family members should contribute since they had multiple extended stays.  I would also suggest reviewing your lease to see where you/she is in violation.

If she tries to sue you, you can tell her that you will involve the landlord because she is in violation of the lease so it could potentially be two against one.  

I would get the land lord involved NOW.

Anonymous · Answer

Move out and tell her to sue you. If she does, get a lawyer and countersue. 

I don't think she will sue when she learns how much a lawyer charges. But if she does, you can sue to recover the cost of your lawyer.

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