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atp6009
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Friend and I sign a lease together Sept. 1st
I decide to leave the apartment Sept. 15th. I ask him "are you willing to live with someone else?) he says, "yes, as long as they are the right person."
So, i put an ad in the paper and find people willing to take over my part of the lease. I leave on Oct. 1st (after giving him a check for my share of the deposit and sept's rent) with the confidence that someone would take my place. NOTE: i would never have left, nor looked for a replacement had i known that he never wanted to live with someone else.
I receive a phone call Nov. 5th (5 weeks after i left) and he wants me to pay my share for november's rent. I ask him, " You didn't find anyone to take my place?" he said, " I don't feel comfortable living with anyone but you> I signed the lease only to live with you.
I'm not paying him for these reasons:
1. He lied to me about living with someone else. I would not left if i knew that he would be asking me to pay him to live alone!!
2. He did not tell me (until 5 weeks later) that nobody took my place. How can i be expected to pay him after i made a good faith effort to find people to take my place?
3. I looked for replacements under the notion that someone could take my place. He never stopped me from doing that. In fact, after discussing possible replacements, he seemed enthusiastic and pleased.
Please Advise!!!
I decide to leave the apartment Sept. 15th. I ask him "are you willing to live with someone else?) he says, "yes, as long as they are the right person."
So, i put an ad in the paper and find people willing to take over my part of the lease. I leave on Oct. 1st (after giving him a check for my share of the deposit and sept's rent) with the confidence that someone would take my place. NOTE: i would never have left, nor looked for a replacement had i known that he never wanted to live with someone else.
I receive a phone call Nov. 5th (5 weeks after i left) and he wants me to pay my share for november's rent. I ask him, " You didn't find anyone to take my place?" he said, " I don't feel comfortable living with anyone but you> I signed the lease only to live with you.
I'm not paying him for these reasons:
1. He lied to me about living with someone else. I would not left if i knew that he would be asking me to pay him to live alone!!
2. He did not tell me (until 5 weeks later) that nobody took my place. How can i be expected to pay him after i made a good faith effort to find people to take my place?
3. I looked for replacements under the notion that someone could take my place. He never stopped me from doing that. In fact, after discussing possible replacements, he seemed enthusiastic and pleased.
Please Advise!!!