30 Day Notice Problem

[CottonPuff]

What is the name of your state? Texas

I am having a problem with with my management company that I think could be serious.

My husband who immigrated from Holland last September, finally got his work permit in May ((07) and started a job ( his regular profession )one hour away from our home.

The 1 hour commute is not going to work out for us.

So we have been looking at homes closer to work which I thought was going to be no problem until now.

My landlord (the actual owner of the park I live in ) just came to my home and told me the receptionist from the management company (that actually manages the trailer park for the owner)called him and told him I was leaving AND that I was doing so without giving my 30 day notice and was he aware of this.We assured the owner we were not doing anything like that .

The receptionist is assuming this based on people calling for my rent history .

These are only applications I have filled out and have made no decisions yet .My rent history is excellent but is going to look very bad if she is telling different managers calling that I am leaving without giving my 30 days.
What can I say to this maganement company ?

I was going to make my final decisions by July 1 then give her my 30 day notice as I payed my rent , but apparently I needed her permission to do this .

This could really ruin my chances at several nice places I have looked at .
Thanks for any help,
CottonPuff

[Hot Topic]

The fault for this situation lies squarely on your shoulders. It's hard to believe that you didn't know that when you filled out applications, people would call your current management company to see what kind of a tenant they might be getting.

The receptionist did exactly what she should have done.

[ADBunting]

You know, I'm getting kind of tired of people with all of their "advise" jumping the gun and pretty much jumping down the throats of people who are looking for an honest discussion and looking at situations from different points of view that can potentially HELP them? (the negativity from the good ol' boy club here is making me nuts)

I don't see where Cottonpuff has done anything that is out of line. You certainly can't give a bad reference when there has been nothing wrong done.

Seems like 30 days to find alternative housing and using your current landlord as a ref is perfectly within reason. 4 weeks is NOT that long a period of time. If you haven't breached any of the rental agreement then there shouldn't be a problem.

Are you paying on time? Are you a good tenant? What does your rental agreement say? That's the bottom line. If they had a 2 year lease then yeah. Totally different. But month to month?

I don't believe the receptionist had any place to state that you were leaving without giving your notice since it was all speculation on their part. You hadn't DONE it yet. I certainly understand the "loyalty" aspect of it, but they were totally out of line.

I personally would speak with my prospective landlords and explain the situation. I would also have a sitdown with your current landlord and express your concerns about the receptionist, what your intent is and the reasons behind your need to move.

Personally I have never heard of a rental or lease agreement that stated that you had to clear looking for another apartment or house with your current landlord.

Yours might be different. You'll have to read what it states. Of course I'm assuming it's a standard month to month.

Good luck with this. Hope this helps.

Sue

[CottonPuff]

Thanks for the encouragement, of course I knew they would be calling ,, but like the last poster said ,, only for my history ....
Where I live there is an extreme housing shortage ,,,,extreme..... you'd better be sure you have a place to go before you give 30 days or you will find yurself living under a bridge , some places take over three weeks to get approved.
She could have easily called me if she were that concerned,,,I started out with a 6 month lease which I completed with no problem and have been on month to month ever since (about 6 more months) all I have to do is give the 30 days notice .

Once I had to go help my sister a very long distance away ,I HAD to do a short term rental while I was with her, however ,, to be able to come home here I also had to keep the rent up at the house in This town ,,,, how did she know that , that might not be the case ?
Lots of different situations could have come up .
Thanks ,, I will tell the new prospective landlord that I think she talked to this week, as I was recently turned down after waiing over 2 weeks for a great apartment that all of the sudden I was not approved, for ,when I met all qualifications and had good credit ,

I shudder to think what would have happened if I had given my 30 days before I applied there ,, I would have had maybe one week to find some sort of housing **************.

Thank you again ,
CottonPuff

[Alaska landlord]

CP to these other managers, send a letter explaining the situation along with a copy of your 30 day notice that you gave your current LL. Include at least 3 different references of past LL’s that will back up your claims of being a good tenant. Most people don’t trust anything a current LL has to say because they may have an agenda.

whoops! I see you have not given a notice yet. But it matters not. just give other references.

[CottonPuff]

I forgot to state also ,, that I have never been late in paying the rent ,, and have always been on good terms with everyone here ,,,and most everyone in the area is very aware of the housing shortage situation to the point that your deposit almost always will hold your Home for 30 days just so you can give your 30 days notice and leave your present situation on good terms****************************.
CottonPuff

[LindaP777]

About have the time a tenant leaves, I find out through another landlord calling for references. I just had one call the other day. Tenant is wonderful, pays on time, takes care of the house, but still under the lease. I told this all to the other landlord and she responded, "yes, i know she is still under a lease, this is for when her lease is over". In an ideal world, landlords like to have someone approved and ready to go as soon as the old tenant vacates.

There is no need for your landlord to be upset, until (if or when) you do break the lease. If you have every intentions of fulfilling your lease, tell your landlord. Ask them to give honest answers to anyone inquiring about you, and in turn, you will keep your home "showroom" ready so they can quickly find a new tenant.

[CottonPuff]

Thanks ,, I am going to do this ,,I will call them and tel them what is going on ,, my lease actually ended in March ,, they asked If I wanted to sign again and I said no that I would stay month to month because I was afraid we would have to move due to my husbands work ,, so they had been made aware of this possibility .

I am embarrassed to call the prospective landlord that I think phoned this week , but I am going to have to and try to explain as gracefully that I can .

[Hot Topic]

I apologize. I misread part of your post. Obviously, I need to evict some bats from my belfry. Do I need to give them 30 days notice?

[CottonPuff]

Not a problem ,,, I am going to be talking to them first thing tomorrow about this ,,