Sublease
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- qbner
I'm looking at a temporary apartment which has 4 months left on the lease and the guy is looking to sublease until the end. Anyone know what the US law says about taking over the lease when it ends? Am I allowed to continue at a similar rate or do I have to sign a lease after his lease ends if I were to stay and take over?
- cannonball19780
If you have no written lease then you basically only have squatters rights, which says nothing about rates. A savvy landlord/lady would know not to fuck with you as a potential renter seeing as they would be able to forgot a month or two of lost rent and the costs of repairing and reinvigorating the place between tenants. I would approach them and suggest a continuation of services before the current renter runs out of time and they have already made plans.
- ohhhhhsnap0
Sorry to break the news to you, sounds like you're going to have to have a new lease and your rent might jump, but there are laws that should protect you as to HOW MUCH.
Good luck.
- GeorgesIV0
From experience, I can tell you the owner is probably going to raise the price, he has nothing to gain by leaving it at the same rate,
best thing you should do is try to get in touch with him/her and discuss the matter, at least show some interest and even agree to have him raise him for a bit, maybe then he will decides to let you stay, it's better for him though so the apartment doesn't stay empty for a long period of time
- yurimon0
Laws go by state. Some states like NY are more friendly to tenants. But initially in NY you have to stay 30 days somewhere in order to have those laws apply. depends on land lord or if he wants you to take over in the first place. Check the lease n the state. hola back
- monospaced0
I just did this last year. The management company told me to find someone to take over the last 5 months of my lease at the current price, or he could sign an entirely new lease with a higher rent. All I had to do was sign a document that the management company drafted, called a lease break, which stated what was going on. Ultimately I was still responsible for the apartment since I was on the original lease, but the new tenant took over, and he ultimately signed a new lease on the apartment saving me the hassle of any cleanup.
- any 'new' lease will usually have a rent bump, it's just how it is, it's not a US thingmonospaced