What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia
My partner and I signed our original lease for an apartment in Fulton County GA sometime in 2008. at the signing of the lease an account was also setup on my behalf (with the correct name) with a company that provides billing for water/sewage and trash pickup. At the end of the lease, we decided to renew our lease with the same apartment community, however, we would move into a larger apartment.
The day that we met with the management to sign the new lease, I noticed that my name was printed through out the entire lease, including any addendums, as Jim Elliott instead of the correct name which is John Elliott. I brought this to their [managements'] attention prior to any signing and was assured that the name would be corrected at a later time. So, throughout the entire lease, including addendums, I signed my legal correct name of John Elliott.
About three weeks later I received the first water/sewage/trash billing, noticing that the name on my account had been changed from JOHN ELLIOTT to JIM ELLIOTT, I immediately called to get this corrected. During the call, I am told that the company providing the billing is the same company as the leasing folks, just operating under a different name. Therefore all I needed to do was to contact the leasing office and make them aware and it would be changed.
After repeated written requests to management requesting the name be corrected, both on the lease and the utility bill, here we are 9 months later, still no correction...
My question here is this:
because of the name issue, does this invalidate my lease?
ANY insight would be of GREAT help.
My partner and I signed our original lease for an apartment in Fulton County GA sometime in 2008. at the signing of the lease an account was also setup on my behalf (with the correct name) with a company that provides billing for water/sewage and trash pickup. At the end of the lease, we decided to renew our lease with the same apartment community, however, we would move into a larger apartment.
The day that we met with the management to sign the new lease, I noticed that my name was printed through out the entire lease, including any addendums, as Jim Elliott instead of the correct name which is John Elliott. I brought this to their [managements'] attention prior to any signing and was assured that the name would be corrected at a later time. So, throughout the entire lease, including addendums, I signed my legal correct name of John Elliott.
About three weeks later I received the first water/sewage/trash billing, noticing that the name on my account had been changed from JOHN ELLIOTT to JIM ELLIOTT, I immediately called to get this corrected. During the call, I am told that the company providing the billing is the same company as the leasing folks, just operating under a different name. Therefore all I needed to do was to contact the leasing office and make them aware and it would be changed.
After repeated written requests to management requesting the name be corrected, both on the lease and the utility bill, here we are 9 months later, still no correction...
My question here is this:
because of the name issue, does this invalidate my lease?
ANY insight would be of GREAT help.