My rental lease was until the end of August (August 31, 2009) which I paid full amount on the first day of August. I moved to the new place August 15, 2009.

On August 30th, I was planning to go back and clean up the place in the afternoon. But the owner came with her boyfriend (i guess to ck out the place) without any notification and her boyfriend found out the balcony door is not opening and he tried to open it and broke it.
Apt building was renovating the balcony and they locked the door from outside after we moved out (it was working when we were there on Aug. 15). Apt manager is saying they notified the date of locking the balcony door (written) which we didnt get it. Now owner is saying it was our responsibility to notified her the situation which lead them to break it.

She says she will deduct the estimated amount from our security deposit.

but is this right when the property was ours until the end of August?

Lease Renewal
Your lease expires 7/31/05 and the resident does not sign the renewal yet is still occupying the apartmnet as of 8/1/05 and pays the amount listed on the renewal paperwork. Does the acceptance of the rent payment constitute an agreement of six months or month to month?

I have a tenant that wants to end a lease with 60 day notice that was extended for 6 months. The tenant is an attorney and is arguing the wording is not correct but I think he is wrong.

The original lease says:This Lease shall be extended automatically from month to month upon the same terms and conditions as set forth in this Lease. Prior to the expiration of the initial Lease Term or expiration of any extended Term, either of the parties may give the other at least sixty days written Notice of intention not to extend or to renew this Lease. If this Lease is extended, sixty days prior written Notice by either party shall be required to terminate this Lease. This Notice shall be received no later than the first day of the month and the tenancy shall terminate on the last day of the month. Should tenant fail to vacate as scheduled, the per diem rent rate will double.

The lease extension states:
I write you to request your agreement to renew the Residential Deed of Lease until March 31, 2010. After March 31, 2010 the Lease will be extended automatically on a month to month basis and either party may terminate the Lease with a written notice at least sixty days prior to the termination date.

And the tenant argues:I must admit that I viewed a portion of the proposed August 26, 2009 Lease Addendum as less-than-artful drafting. Nevertheless, I thought the Addendum accomplished what it was intended to do. Consequently, given (the tenant’s) disheartened states of mind resulting from the contemporaneous, and completely unexpected, withdrawal of financing to purchase their first home, I did not ask them to pursue any wordsmithing of the proposed Addendum with you. In particular, although the language of the Addendum addressed an “agreement to renew the Residential Deed of Lease,” it seemed clear that it did nothing more than extend the existing Lease. Moreover, I construed the Addendum’s language about the automatic extension on a month-to-month basis and the requirement for sixty days prior written notice of termination as confirmation that those existing Lease provisions would continue in place after the extended Term. (In addition, while I understood from (another tenant) that the Addendum would apply to six months, it was actually written for seven.)

Upon reading your letter, however, it seems that your expectation was to “renew” the subject Lease and to extinguish the existing provision for sixty days prior written notice of termination. I question whether the subject Addendum could accomplish that. At the expiration of the initial Lease Term, the Lease could have been renewed, or it could have been extended. Clearly it was not renewed at that time; rather, it was extended. Almost seven months later, you offered a document that purported to “renew” the Lease, but that “ship had already sailed.” Aside from executing a new lease, the only option available to us was to continue extension of the initial Lease Term.

In short, simply because you characterized the Addendum as a renewal did not necessarily make it so. I am at a loss in trying to understand how the Addendum could nullify the Lease’s existing provision that states: “If this Lease is extended, sixty days prior written Notice by either party shall be required to terminate the Lease.”

Do I have a fixed term lease until March or does the tenant have the right to terminate the lease with 60 days notice?

Thanks.

How to get a name removed from lease where signer is not a tenant?
My fiance got himself in a bad situation trying to help a couple he knows rent a house. He spoke with a Landlord he was acquainted with on their behalf. The Landlord verbally agreed to rent the house on a month to month basis and they moved in. Three weeks later my fiance visits and they are surprised by the Landlord with a Lease to sign. The Landlord threatens eviction if all 3 parties do not sign. He knew my fiance was not a Tenant, but insisted he sign because he knew him and not the new Tenants. My intimidated fiance signs to avoid his friends’ eviction. No one is provided a copy of the lease. Now the Landlord constantly harasses them all to collect his rent even before it’s due. Is it legal to surprise Tenants with a lease 3 weeks after moving in? What can my fiance do to get his name removed and avoid further liability? Is it legal to force someone to sign a lease knowing one signer was not to be a Tenant, and then not provide anyone with a copy of it? Do they have grounds for a harassment/fraud lawsuit against the Landlord? Please advise about this rental nightmare. Thank you.

sexual harassment by landlord
In your reply to my former question, you stated that my basis to file a claim for sexual harassment depends on part whether my landlord is a bonified owner or manager of the business I work for. He is not, but he is part owner of the building the company I work for rents. In my opinion, my landlord has no business which would bring him over here so often, but he comes into the office where I’m working and follows me out on the shop floor. I feel like he believes he has the power to ”make” me talk to/be nice to him. It feels as though he’s forcing himself on me, not physically, but mentally and emotionally. He is aware I can’t afford to just move out; it seems from what he said to my boss that it’s either be nice to him and he’ll rent to me, or not be nice and he won’t rent to me. I rent on a month to month basis, with signed lease, and no arrears in rent. I have ulcerative colitis, have had it for many years, but with much time in remission. Just dealing with him has caused my ulcers to begin bleeding again. I need some advice, or alternatives to simply living in my car. What can I do?