What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MARYLAND
I live in Maryland and this is regarding an apartment in the South Campus Commons(SCC) at the University of Maryland, College Park. I have been in talks with a potential sub-leaser about subleasing my room in an apartment for the months of June and July until my lease ends on July 31st. The conversations began May 4th through text messages. In our conversations, we agreed that he would sublease my apartment at $640/month out of my original $801/month lease. I would pay for the remainder of the rent. We scheduled a sub-leasing appointment, through the South Campus Commons website, for the date of June 4th at 2pm. He contacted me at 1:08 PM to tell me that he wouldn't be able to make the appointment. I canceled the appointment and waited for him inform me when he would be available for a new appointment. At around 2PM he informed me that his research position was no longer offering payment, so his parents want him to just stay at home in Pennsylvania. I had already moved out of the apartment on May 31st, the inspection of my room was completed, and he was scheduled to move in after our appointment, on June 4th (So he would have only paid a portion of the $640 we agreed upon for the month of June). Now I am stuck with no sub-leaser and we are already into the month of June.
I am already moved into a new house, so this predicament would be causing me to pay two rents simultaneously, which I cannot afford. I have records of our text messages with everything we agreed upon, as well as the fact that we had a scheduled sub-leasing appointment, and I have been in frequent communication with the SCC leasing office. At this point, I don't think there is any chance I can find a new sub-leaser, especially not for the month of June.
I would like to know if the information I have provided seems like it would be enough to take to a small claims court. I would like to know if there is enough information in our correspondence to constitute that we had a legal agreement for the sub-leaser to take over my lease. Since we had to cancel our sub-leasing appointment, I do not have any signed contracts or anything of the sort to bring in as evidence.
I live in Maryland and this is regarding an apartment in the South Campus Commons(SCC) at the University of Maryland, College Park. I have been in talks with a potential sub-leaser about subleasing my room in an apartment for the months of June and July until my lease ends on July 31st. The conversations began May 4th through text messages. In our conversations, we agreed that he would sublease my apartment at $640/month out of my original $801/month lease. I would pay for the remainder of the rent. We scheduled a sub-leasing appointment, through the South Campus Commons website, for the date of June 4th at 2pm. He contacted me at 1:08 PM to tell me that he wouldn't be able to make the appointment. I canceled the appointment and waited for him inform me when he would be available for a new appointment. At around 2PM he informed me that his research position was no longer offering payment, so his parents want him to just stay at home in Pennsylvania. I had already moved out of the apartment on May 31st, the inspection of my room was completed, and he was scheduled to move in after our appointment, on June 4th (So he would have only paid a portion of the $640 we agreed upon for the month of June). Now I am stuck with no sub-leaser and we are already into the month of June.
I am already moved into a new house, so this predicament would be causing me to pay two rents simultaneously, which I cannot afford. I have records of our text messages with everything we agreed upon, as well as the fact that we had a scheduled sub-leasing appointment, and I have been in frequent communication with the SCC leasing office. At this point, I don't think there is any chance I can find a new sub-leaser, especially not for the month of June.
I would like to know if the information I have provided seems like it would be enough to take to a small claims court. I would like to know if there is enough information in our correspondence to constitute that we had a legal agreement for the sub-leaser to take over my lease. Since we had to cancel our sub-leasing appointment, I do not have any signed contracts or anything of the sort to bring in as evidence.