Joe Gahona
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? New York City
Sorry for the convoluted question. Here's the situation;
I'm on a lease that was to end at the end of May. It's a two-bedroom apartment and the rent is $1,950. At the beginning of May I asked my landlord to ask for an additional month, because I found a new apartment (a few miles away) that wouldn't be vacant until July 1. My landlord agreed to grant me the additional month, I paid him, and that was that.
Now, my new apartment isn't going to be available until July 4, which leaves me four days without an apartment. I wrote my current landlord a detailed letter explaining the situation, and asking him whether it was possible to stay four extra days (and pay the rent for those four days, of course). I called him yesterday to follow up on the letter. For some reason, he was angry and rude, and said stuff like, "I'm not playing your game anymore; this is a business, we're not friends; I gave you a month already; I'm now going to charge you for the whole month of July, that's the only way this is going to work." I replied: "I completely understand what you're saying," to which he said: "Good, then I'm putting it in writing, good-bye," and he hung up on me without giving me a change to respond or clarify.
Also, I took in a roommate several months ago. She is not on the lease. Turns out, she really needs this additional month, and she has agreed to foot the entire $1,950 for the month of July. So it seems she and I both win: I get to move out July 4, and she gets the additional month, even if it will cost her.
My questions:
1) When I pay the $1,950 for July, does that guarantee me lodging for the entire month of July, or is the landlord trying to make me pay $1,950 for those four days?
2) Is there any problem with me moving out July 4 and leaving only my roomate there for the remainder of July, even though she's not on the lease. (Let's assume she leaves without problem at the end of July; that's a completely different issue and I'm aware that it's my name on the lease.)
Sorry about the length of this message. Thanks for reading.
Sorry for the convoluted question. Here's the situation;
I'm on a lease that was to end at the end of May. It's a two-bedroom apartment and the rent is $1,950. At the beginning of May I asked my landlord to ask for an additional month, because I found a new apartment (a few miles away) that wouldn't be vacant until July 1. My landlord agreed to grant me the additional month, I paid him, and that was that.
Now, my new apartment isn't going to be available until July 4, which leaves me four days without an apartment. I wrote my current landlord a detailed letter explaining the situation, and asking him whether it was possible to stay four extra days (and pay the rent for those four days, of course). I called him yesterday to follow up on the letter. For some reason, he was angry and rude, and said stuff like, "I'm not playing your game anymore; this is a business, we're not friends; I gave you a month already; I'm now going to charge you for the whole month of July, that's the only way this is going to work." I replied: "I completely understand what you're saying," to which he said: "Good, then I'm putting it in writing, good-bye," and he hung up on me without giving me a change to respond or clarify.
Also, I took in a roommate several months ago. She is not on the lease. Turns out, she really needs this additional month, and she has agreed to foot the entire $1,950 for the month of July. So it seems she and I both win: I get to move out July 4, and she gets the additional month, even if it will cost her.
My questions:
1) When I pay the $1,950 for July, does that guarantee me lodging for the entire month of July, or is the landlord trying to make me pay $1,950 for those four days?
2) Is there any problem with me moving out July 4 and leaving only my roomate there for the remainder of July, even though she's not on the lease. (Let's assume she leaves without problem at the end of July; that's a completely different issue and I'm aware that it's my name on the lease.)
Sorry about the length of this message. Thanks for reading.
