What is the name of your state? Louisiana
Hello, I evacuated New Orleans area after Katrina and signed a lease to rent with an agency in Baton Rouge to rent a single family residence. I HAD to verbally agree under duress for ONE YEAR lease from October 2005 to September 2006. My repeated requests for a six months lease was turned down. Also the rental agency added a clause that I can cancel the lease after six months provided I give a 45 days advance notice and a half-months rent. Theis real estate agency was not alone in ripping off Katrina victims.
When I signed the lease the termination date was noted in the lease as March 31, 2006 (this is what I wanted in the first place!). Apparently this was a clerical error on their part but the owner of the residence caught this mistake and corrected it to read September 2006 and initialled by it. Now th real estate agency is pestering me to co-sign to verify the correction (by initialling) and I have not responded to it so far in a month. Can I continue to ignore this and get out of this lease agreement by March 2006? - provide I give ample advance notice that I will be terminating the lease. I really would like to get out of this lease as amicably as possible.
I am also concerned that the real estate agency has my deposit (equivalent to one months rent). I am hoping that she will return the deposit without fussing after I leave on March 31, 2006.
Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hello, I evacuated New Orleans area after Katrina and signed a lease to rent with an agency in Baton Rouge to rent a single family residence. I HAD to verbally agree under duress for ONE YEAR lease from October 2005 to September 2006. My repeated requests for a six months lease was turned down. Also the rental agency added a clause that I can cancel the lease after six months provided I give a 45 days advance notice and a half-months rent. Theis real estate agency was not alone in ripping off Katrina victims.
When I signed the lease the termination date was noted in the lease as March 31, 2006 (this is what I wanted in the first place!). Apparently this was a clerical error on their part but the owner of the residence caught this mistake and corrected it to read September 2006 and initialled by it. Now th real estate agency is pestering me to co-sign to verify the correction (by initialling) and I have not responded to it so far in a month. Can I continue to ignore this and get out of this lease agreement by March 2006? - provide I give ample advance notice that I will be terminating the lease. I really would like to get out of this lease as amicably as possible.
I am also concerned that the real estate agency has my deposit (equivalent to one months rent). I am hoping that she will return the deposit without fussing after I leave on March 31, 2006.
Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.