Comments on: Lease cancellation question

By: Shannan

Shannan — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:31:23 +0000

I’m having the same problem. I have two very little kids (2 year old, and 1 year old), so I can’t really put chemicals around the place. I’ve also had a hard time getting my apartment complex to help me. They keep saying they will send someone out and never do. Or say that they’ll call me back, and never do. I’ve told them I’m getting to the point of breaking my lease and they said “breaking your lease over something as little as silverfish is just plain silly”. I want to break my lease, but I WILL not pay the fees. I’ve been there for four months, and had to bomb twice, pest control came out three times and told me there was no problem. I beg to differ because they are in my bed. They crawl on me when I’m sleeping. I’ve found one crawling on my one year old son yesterday. I’ve been paying my rent, but I haven’t been able to sleep there. The only reason I was there yesterday was because they told me a new pest control guy was coming out to talk to me. Ha yeah he never showed. If you get answers on breaking your lease without having to pay the termination fee, please by all means, let me know! I can deal with them crawling on me, but once you get on my boys, all hell is going to break loose.

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:01:06 +0000

I am having a silverfish issue too and I don’t feel like I should have to pay this buyout fee because the issue has not been resolved. What was your outsomce to this issue? I need any advice I can get.

By: silver fish infested renter

silver fish infested renter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:50:27 +0000

Hi Ben,

Thank you so much for your comment to my post on silver fish infestation. When you say “formal complaint” do you mean with the local courts? Also, I have been keeping a video diary of my experiences, (ie. I took video showing my move in walk through, as well as all the steps I have taken to resolve the problem and of the actual insect activity in my apartment) and I am wondering if I can post it online in my blog or this not legal? I also thought about contacting local news stations and submitting the video’s to them to see I can get them to help me. I just am really shocked by their lack of communication or concern over my living conditions. Also, what about the health department? I appreciate your thoughts!
Thanks!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:45:17 +0000

They’re not exactly providing you the quality living they had promised, thats for sure. Quite the infestation if it is causing your smoke alarms to go off.

Being a landlord myself, I would agree that you seem to be a reasonable person. But, how much more reasonable do you need to be?

If you go to management I can almost guarantee they will force you to pay for the lease termination fee. (Lease cancellation fee) It won’t make sense to hire legal counsel, due to the high cost… so, that really leaves you with the option to file a formal complaint. It will run you $35 to have the RPA mediate this for you; but if your complex is really that concerned about being a high class property– it will bend over backwards to take care of a complaint.