Rejecting a lease after signing?

[MattMag]

I am from Boston, MA and moving to Atlanta, GA. I flew down to search for apartments for 5 days this past week. I found one with my girlfriend, talked everything through with the landlord, and put down my deposit, my girlfriend put down her deposit, we paid a full month's security, we paid a refundable dog deposit. The checks have not been cashed as far as I know.

We SIGNED the lease and have a copy. We have the keys. We have passed any kind of credit check and the landlord called our housing references (I asked them). We have since left Atlanta assuming we had a place to live with everything settled and we're worried because we've since told all of our backups that we found a place!

Today she told me that contrary to our agreement (verbal, it's not written on the lease) she is not going to take it off the market and that it will still be for sale, even though we are renting it. She will honor our 6 month lease with a chance to renew, but wants to show the house while we're living there. I voiced my concerns of privacy and noted that she said it would be off the market while we were living there and that if she wanted to show it, we'd need to amend the lease saying that it would be certain times or we'd have discounted rent (our rent is above the going rate for the complex). She replied saying that she had already accommodated me enough by going for 6 months instead of 9 and by allowing me a refundable dog deposit. These are all things we agreed upon and the reason we chose not to pick another apartment!

We are in a VERY precarious position here because she seems to be violating our lease by saying she now wants to have it sale-ready for showings at her convenience all through our rental, and she's suggesting that she'll raise the lease term to 9 months or charge me for my dog. I signed with her when I could have had a day more to sign somewhere else and now she's going back...I can't afford to fly down again and do a second search. Where do I stand? Do I have to agree to new terms now? Do I stand a chance of being homeless? What do I do?

Please help ASAP!

Matt

[moburkes]

duplicate post.

[MattMag]

I can't find my original post...it was back to back. Am I missing something? Obviously, I am new.

Matt

[moburkes]

Click on the green dot next to your name in your 1st post. There is an option to see all of your posts. You will see the other one. Otherwise, click on new posts at the top of the screen. Scroll until you find the other one.