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My wife and I currently have 4 months left in our lease and she is almost 5 months pregnant. The unit we live in is on the 3rd floor and there is no elevator. She is starting to have a hard time getting up and down the stairs. When she explained her symptoms to the doctor, he recommended avoiding the stairs whenever possible. Since my wife does not want to be a hermit for the next 4 months, we got a letter from the doctor and took it to the leasing office in hopes of getting out of the lease at a minimal cost. They gave us a list of charges that would result in breaking our lease early. The charges came to $1,953 (our monthly rent is $919).
I understand that most states have a law preventing landlords from collecting double rent, meaning if we move out and they find someone else to move in, we should be refunded those charges. The problem is that it's a large apartment complex and there are currently a lot of vacancies, so I doubt they'll try very hard to rent our place.
I understand that there are penalties for breaking a lease (for whatever reason), but is there anything I can do to try and reduce these charges given our situation?
Note: The complex did offer us a transfer to a comparable second floor unit but required signing a new 1-year lease if we did transfer (which I don't want to do).
Thanks for the help.
I understand that most states have a law preventing landlords from collecting double rent, meaning if we move out and they find someone else to move in, we should be refunded those charges. The problem is that it's a large apartment complex and there are currently a lot of vacancies, so I doubt they'll try very hard to rent our place.
I understand that there are penalties for breaking a lease (for whatever reason), but is there anything I can do to try and reduce these charges given our situation?
Note: The complex did offer us a transfer to a comparable second floor unit but required signing a new 1-year lease if we did transfer (which I don't want to do).
Thanks for the help.