can i get out of lease before i move in

[qe4thesg]

What is the name of your state? wi

i signed a lease for an apartment in mid feb - the lease showed that i would be going into apartment 209 on march 4th. this information is on every lease document that i have signed. march 1st she emailed me to explain that the apartment would not be available at that date - that it would be an apartment in a different unit - and the date was pushed back by a week.

i have paid no money - including rent/security deposit - and have not picked up the keys or moved in - she says that i am legally responsible to live in this apartment - do i have any options... please help.

[CraigFL]

Does your lease agreement allow for them to change the unit? I would suspect that it doesn't since you would have your personal reasons for choosing the unit you did...

[Zigner]

Did your lease document specify that EXACT unit?
If so, then it seems to me that the LL is the one who breached this agreement.

[Who's Liable?]

Did your lease document specify that EXACT unit?
If so, then it seems to me that the LL is the one who breached this agreement.

X2... It would be a breach of contract if the LL specified a unit that will not be available. Look at your states LL/T laws as some allow a tenant to legally break a lease if a specified unit was not available.

[Hot Topic]

If every document you signed refers to your being a tenant of Apartment #209 effective March 4th, then you have no obligation to move into Apartment #311 March 11th. The landlord might have have an out if it was in writing that she reserved the right to change the unit, but I can't imagine a tenant agreeing to that.

[qe4thesg]

every document i signed had the original apartment listed on the form - i looked at all the forms i signed and it doesnt say anything that they could change the apartment on me. i signed the lease weeks before i moved in - i liked that apartment - and was not even able to see the unit prior to move in -