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Breaking the Lease

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I simultaneously got a job an hour and 20 min away from where I lived AND broke up with the person that I'm on the lease with 4 months after moving in.

The landlords are SUPER-nice people, but I can't afford the place by myself AND i the driving is killing me.

Any suggestions on good ways to tell them? I have to do it tonite or tomorrow when I pay September's rent. I feel bad just handing them the check and saying "it's been a nice 4 months and I love the place, but I'm leaving at the end of the month".

 
You: "Hey landlord."
Landlord: "Yeah?"
You: "I simultaneously got a job an hour and 20 min away from where I lived AND broke up with the person that I'm on the lease with 4 months after moving in AND the driving is killing me."
Landlord: "..."
You: "Profit!"
 
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Write up a formal 30 day notice (or whatever terms in the lease)... telling them you are leaving won't cut it if they want to come after you.
 
If you can't pay, worse they can do is try to take you to court, but it might not be worth it to them. If you give them enough notice they might be able to make a deal with you where you still pay for a few months rent. Or they just take your deposit.

I know in some places, you can legally break the lease with 2 months notice.
 
Read your rental agreement. If it's not one of those hand written nightmares, it should include a stipulation for breaking the lease and what both parties have already agreed to do if such a situation arises.
 
Some of the "advice" given in this thread is truly astounding.

A lease is a legally binding document. When you sign it, all that "legal mumbo-jumbo" in it is legally binding and enforceable. Unless it is a hand-written lease on a napkin or a verbal/handshake agreement, there should be lease-breaking provisions in there. Most places will charge you a penalty for breaking your lease early (customarily at least one month's rent), but you need to check your specific lease to be sure.

No landlord, whether they are "super nice" or not, will just let you break a lease for nothing. It costs them time and money fixing up the place between tenants, finding new tenants to rent the property, etc.
 
Originally posted by: fulltilt39
I simultaneously got a job an hour and 20 min away from where I lived AND broke up with the person that I'm on the lease with 4 months after moving in.

The landlords are SUPER-nice people, but I can't afford the place by myself AND i the driving is killing me.

Any suggestions on good ways to tell them? I have to do it tonite or tomorrow when I pay September's rent. I feel bad just handing them the check and saying "it's been a nice 4 months and I love the place, but I'm leaving at the end of the month".
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If there is no issue with breaking the lease (i.e. The lease is has a provision allowing you to break it or if it is a month-to-month lease) then you simply tell in express terms that you're giving them notice that you will be vacating the premises at the end of September and that this is the last rent payment you intend to make. Most landlords/management companies will require you to put it in writing so that they are covered in case they end up signing a new lease before you actually move out.

If you feel bad, just explain why (i.e. the location and cost simply don't work for you given your current job).

Of course, Its really not clear from the above what sort of lease agreement you have, and I"m not about to start giving answers for every possible scenario. But needless to say, as other people in the threat point out: most leases around for 1 year and they don't always have a lease-breaking provision. My last apartment had a 30 day notice option, but my current apartment does not, so figuring out that part is your first step.
 
Did you say you were on the lease with the other person?

If both names are on it at least you can split the difference.
 
you better kiss their ass so they rent the place asap and you only get stuck with 1-2 mths rent after you move out.
 
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