- Aug 10, 2002
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Main points:
1. I moved into an apt by myself. Month later, room-mate joins me, his name added to lease. I paid entire security dep when I moved in, he did not pay me half of it when he moved in.
2. Lease was renewed once (March 2011). We are on second year, with roughly 6 months left of second lease (end/renewal in March 2012).
3. Room-mate is getting married and needs to move out. This is fine with me since when I rented the unit, I wasn't anticipating on having a roommate. I can afford rent by myself without issue.
Issue: I anticipate buying a house and ready to move out of apt in March. Therefore when end of lease comes, the landlord will do a walk through. If he finds damage, I'm liable. I don't feel this is fair since my roommate was living hear nearly the entire terms of both leases.
Therefore I'm going to propose to him the following: His name stays on the lease even though he wants to move out. This way if the landlord has to go after someone, he has 2 people to collect from and not just me. There are some stains to the carpet caused by roommate and some stains caused by me. I don't want to get into a finger pointing game with roommate (we are also friends) over he did what but regardless, I'm prepared to pay up for half of any damages since we both lived there. I feel that by removing his name from the lease, he can escape any damages charged by the landlord and in effect, making me 100% responsible.
Comments? Is this fair?
1. I moved into an apt by myself. Month later, room-mate joins me, his name added to lease. I paid entire security dep when I moved in, he did not pay me half of it when he moved in.
2. Lease was renewed once (March 2011). We are on second year, with roughly 6 months left of second lease (end/renewal in March 2012).
3. Room-mate is getting married and needs to move out. This is fine with me since when I rented the unit, I wasn't anticipating on having a roommate. I can afford rent by myself without issue.
Issue: I anticipate buying a house and ready to move out of apt in March. Therefore when end of lease comes, the landlord will do a walk through. If he finds damage, I'm liable. I don't feel this is fair since my roommate was living hear nearly the entire terms of both leases.
Therefore I'm going to propose to him the following: His name stays on the lease even though he wants to move out. This way if the landlord has to go after someone, he has 2 people to collect from and not just me. There are some stains to the carpet caused by roommate and some stains caused by me. I don't want to get into a finger pointing game with roommate (we are also friends) over he did what but regardless, I'm prepared to pay up for half of any damages since we both lived there. I feel that by removing his name from the lease, he can escape any damages charged by the landlord and in effect, making me 100% responsible.
Comments? Is this fair?