Hello!
I'm getting out of the military, so I'm leaving my apartment complex this month, and technically my lease would be up starting September 30th, so it played out perfectly, and I wouldn't be breaking the lease regardless due to when terms would be over. The issue is my apartment complex trying to charge me for rent through October. I notified them on the 12th, and was told they "can't start the 30 days until the 1st of the next month, so you'd have to pay through October" even though my lease would have ended in September anyway. Question is, is this how it should go? Or is this wrong? If so, should I have to pay the whole months rent? Or just the equivalent through what that would be if I stayed there through the 12th of October due to that being when I notified my complex?
Appreciate any help.
Posted by CallmeJetLee
4 Comments
Well per SCRA, they are correct. Per your lease, you’ll need to look at if you had to notify them of leaving or not.
BL is read your lease for termination rules.
Even if you intend to leave after a lease is up, you still have to provide notice.
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) allows active duty service members, as well as members of the Reserve and National Guard, to terminate a residential lease 30 days after the next rent payment is due.
Unless you are giving them notice the day before rent is due, you’ll end up having to give more than 30 days notice.
Even did you notify your landlord if your departure?
What does your lease require for notice of termination of agreement?
A 30 day notice is the norm even if you plan on not renewing your lease😕. I know it sucks but I learned this the hard way as well. There was a sewage leak from the unit above that flooded my entire apartment and then another minor sewage leak and I told them I wouldn’t post reviews online about it if they didn’t make me pay an extra month.