Thank you in advance for any help with this, I rellay appreciate all of you who take your time to assist others with legal issues!
I moved into a warehouse with a friend/business associate early 2014, and I paid all the move-in costs/deposits. Our lease has his name, his company name and my name clearly printed and signed by all parties.
He paid me back in short order and everything was fine until he decided that he is "too OCD" (in his own words) to share a location with someone else and needs full control of everything. I told him I was open to moving, and to make me an offer. He offered me only my half of the security deposit, to which I replied, "thanks but no thanks, it cost me a lot more than that to move in here"
Ever since the second month he has paid the rent to the landlord and I just pay him because I am only at the property maybe once a week while he is there every day. One a couple occasions I have been late a few days on the rent to him and I told him upfront and it was no problem. This last month has been very slow for my business and I told him this, and told him I will have the rent to him ASAP. He made no big deal about it. I contacted him telling him I have the rent money on OCT17th, to which he replied "too late for that, I had you taken off the lease".
Yes the rent is very late, I wish I could have had it sooner.
He then emails me OCT 18th 2014 with a copy of a document "Addendum to lease". This addendum has my name listed as a party to the agreement, and says "landlord hereby accepts XXXXXX's request to remove SDEANL, an additional lessee from the orignal lease agreement"
I have NOT signed this addendum, I DID NOT agree to this, and was not notified of this document ever being drawn up and signed by the other parties.
Furthermore, this Addendum to lease document was dated, signed and witnessed on AUGUST 22nd 2014!
Is this even remotely legal and what should be my next course of action?
Please help, I really appreciate the advice!
SDEANL
I moved into a warehouse with a friend/business associate early 2014, and I paid all the move-in costs/deposits. Our lease has his name, his company name and my name clearly printed and signed by all parties.
He paid me back in short order and everything was fine until he decided that he is "too OCD" (in his own words) to share a location with someone else and needs full control of everything. I told him I was open to moving, and to make me an offer. He offered me only my half of the security deposit, to which I replied, "thanks but no thanks, it cost me a lot more than that to move in here"
Ever since the second month he has paid the rent to the landlord and I just pay him because I am only at the property maybe once a week while he is there every day. One a couple occasions I have been late a few days on the rent to him and I told him upfront and it was no problem. This last month has been very slow for my business and I told him this, and told him I will have the rent to him ASAP. He made no big deal about it. I contacted him telling him I have the rent money on OCT17th, to which he replied "too late for that, I had you taken off the lease".
Yes the rent is very late, I wish I could have had it sooner.
He then emails me OCT 18th 2014 with a copy of a document "Addendum to lease". This addendum has my name listed as a party to the agreement, and says "landlord hereby accepts XXXXXX's request to remove SDEANL, an additional lessee from the orignal lease agreement"
I have NOT signed this addendum, I DID NOT agree to this, and was not notified of this document ever being drawn up and signed by the other parties.
Furthermore, this Addendum to lease document was dated, signed and witnessed on AUGUST 22nd 2014!
Is this even remotely legal and what should be my next course of action?
Please help, I really appreciate the advice!
SDEANL