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Cancel Lease after lease renewal?

Renee' — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:39:09 +0000

I am losing my job and found one out of state. We were not going to be able to pay rent if I didn’t get a new job anyways. We were made to sign a lease renewal to our lease in February, but it doesn’t actually go into effect until July 16th. Is there any way I can get out of this?

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Cancel Renewal

Tenant — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:11:48 +0000

I moved into my complex almost a year ago. When a friend of mine decided she wanted to stay here, we went to the office and had them move us. They waived the transfer fee since I referrred someone and whe signed her lease for a longer period of time. I decided to renew. Once they movede me to the new apartment and had me fill out one of the damages sheets, I noted that there was a spot on the ceiling. I was told that it was just water damage from a leak they previously fixed. Late into May when it was raining, I noticed a leak. It was reported and I was told it would be fixed. Unfortunately that was not the case. I made a couple more verbal complaints, and they put in work orders. The leak has now apparently been fixed. We also noticed a couple of new leaks in the kitchen that were leaking into light fixtures. I have to wait to see if the leaks are actually fixed when it rains. Now if I hadn’t have renewed my lease, I wouldn’t have to stay here anymore. Now that I’ve experienced such a problem, I don’t really want to live here anymore. I’m wondering if there’s a way to cancel my renewal?

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Unfinished Repairs, lease renewal

FedUpinNY — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:43:59 +0000

Long story short: We’ve been renting a house for two years. It’s in a desirable neighborhood and a good school district. The condition of the property was well disguised when we first moved in, and has been steadily deteriorating. My main issues — which have gone unaddressed for the 2 year tenancy — are: a leaking skylight with crumbling plaster and mold growth, a bathroom with tiles falling off, showing crumbling plaster behind it and sometimes leaking down over the front door. The moisture problems caused a carpenter ant infestation, which we did hire an exterminator to deal with, and she did pay for. The fireplace, which was advertised as usable, and verified as such by the landlord when I inquired about the property, was shown to be unsafe when we had it inspected and unusable. Moreover, the inspector commented that the furnace flue was uncapped and could be dangerous if things fell into the flue and blocked the escape of C02.

There are many, many other “minor” repair issues we’ve chosen to ignore.

My question is this: the lease is due at the end of October. We have two small children, one of whom just started school, and we really, really do not want to move. However, we pay a lot of rent ($1250) and I feel it’s unfair for us to continue to pay this amount with the amount of neglect. I want either the repairs fixed or the rent reduced considerably. Do we have any recourse if she says, “No, if you don’t like it, move?”

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