Westover Companies    |    Joan Palestini    |    Willow Grove    ,    Pennsylvania 19090    Landlord Complaint 20-0176

i)On 5/11/08 I informed my lease office about our intent to terminate lease on Oct15,2008. ii)In my response we were given 3 choices verbally , a) $350 for extension b)no fee extend for 6 months c) give notice for 6/9/08 and pay short notice penalty iii) On 5/16/08, in response to this I gave a written letter mentioning our intent to leave on Oct 15. I asked for a waiver since I had plans to leave the country iv) I was told the response might be negative by my manager but she told I would receive a call from Frank, a higher up in the management to discuss this matter. v) I never received a call from Frank, so I went to the lease office to told them since we didnt receive a call from Frank. we are willing to pay the penalty of $350. We were told by our lease office manager that we have to pay the penalty amount with the last month lease. vi) Now when I went to pay our sept rent on aug 30, I tried to verify that all was good and we were shocked to hear my lease office telling us that our previous notice was void because we did not pay the $350 before , when actually we were instructed to pay this with my last month payment. vii) Now we are told that notice will be considered as a short term notice and we will have to pay a penalty for the whole month rent of $935. This I think is unfair and despite all our initial negotiations and timely planning. Kumaran is the lease holder and since he was away he asked me to speak with the lease office.