Mountainlife
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Colorado
I posted our condo for a one year lease. We had immediate response from several people and I showed it to the first person who responded (tuesday). She said she was 90% sure she wanted it. I told her to think about it and get back to us in a day. She did, and signed the one year lease the following Saturday along with a $500 security deposit. I encouraged her to thoroughly read the leaset. She signed and left deposit. I mailed her a copy of the lease the next business day.
The following Tuesday, she wanted her boyfriend to see the condo, so I changed my schedule to meet them after work. She was on time, boyfriend was :45 late.
Thursday she called me at work to ask if we could lower the rent. Seemed like a strange thing to request if you already signed the lease. I explained that with one month free, she was actually paying less than $650/month. She left me a voice mail at 5:30pm that night stating her deep regret that she was not moving in. She requested her $500 deposit returned. Our lease agreement is worded at such: "Tenant shall pay a security deposit of $500.00 (or $650.00 with pet deposit) to be returned upon termination of this Lease and the payment of all rents due and performance of all other obligations."
I called her back to tell her that we did not feel right obligating her to fulfill the entire $7100 for the year lease but that we were keeping the security deposit. To no surprise, she was not happy and then left another voicemail stating, "if you are going to keep my $500 deposit, I might as well move in."
2 questions:
1. Verify that we can keep the $500 deposit for her breaking year lease one week after signing;
2. Would the saved voicemail be sufficient enough to not let her move in? Or do I need her to sign another document stating she is not going to move in?
It's been 3 days since I've heard from her and I have tried to contact her. I do not want April 1 to arrive and her to expect to move in.
I would like to advertise soon to actually find someone who meant to sign a year lease...
Thanks.
I posted our condo for a one year lease. We had immediate response from several people and I showed it to the first person who responded (tuesday). She said she was 90% sure she wanted it. I told her to think about it and get back to us in a day. She did, and signed the one year lease the following Saturday along with a $500 security deposit. I encouraged her to thoroughly read the leaset. She signed and left deposit. I mailed her a copy of the lease the next business day.
The following Tuesday, she wanted her boyfriend to see the condo, so I changed my schedule to meet them after work. She was on time, boyfriend was :45 late.
Thursday she called me at work to ask if we could lower the rent. Seemed like a strange thing to request if you already signed the lease. I explained that with one month free, she was actually paying less than $650/month. She left me a voice mail at 5:30pm that night stating her deep regret that she was not moving in. She requested her $500 deposit returned. Our lease agreement is worded at such: "Tenant shall pay a security deposit of $500.00 (or $650.00 with pet deposit) to be returned upon termination of this Lease and the payment of all rents due and performance of all other obligations."
I called her back to tell her that we did not feel right obligating her to fulfill the entire $7100 for the year lease but that we were keeping the security deposit. To no surprise, she was not happy and then left another voicemail stating, "if you are going to keep my $500 deposit, I might as well move in."
2 questions:
1. Verify that we can keep the $500 deposit for her breaking year lease one week after signing;
2. Would the saved voicemail be sufficient enough to not let her move in? Or do I need her to sign another document stating she is not going to move in?
It's been 3 days since I've heard from her and I have tried to contact her. I do not want April 1 to arrive and her to expect to move in.
I would like to advertise soon to actually find someone who meant to sign a year lease...
Thanks.
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