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Would I use 28 days or the standard 30 days? I'm sure that they expect the whole month's rent even though I'm moving out on the 12th, but I don't want to give them the whole month's worth of rent to deduct for petty cleaning/repair fees that should be considered "normal wear and tear".
Why are you trying to figure out pro-rating? On a month to month tenancy you give your notice as proscribed in your rental agreement and it's irrelevant whether you move out on the 2nd of the final month or the 30th or 31st of that month - you pay for the month period. Same difference if you're on a lease agreement.
Your lease agreement will tell you everything you need to know about what you actually owe. You don't get to arbitrarily choose how much to pay. Most rental contracts don't allow for partial payments.
Rent divided by 30 times 12. However, your LL will tell you the rent not the other way around depending on their policy. But that's how we do all prorations - every month has 30 days in it regardless of actual days.
I've always heard it's a standard 30 days - whether there are 28, 30, or 31 days in that particular month.
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Why are you trying to figure out pro-rating? On a month to month tenancy you give your notice as proscribed in your rental agreement and it's irrelevant whether you move out on the 2nd of the final month or the 30th or 31st of that month - you pay for the month period. Same difference if you're on a lease agreement.
In California you can give 30 days notice on any day of the month, and be free exactly 30 days later. You don't have to stick to a calendar month period. So perhaps the OP lives in a place with similar regulations?
In California you can give 30 days notice on any day of the month, and be free exactly 30 days later. You don't have to stick to a calendar month period. So perhaps the OP lives in a place with similar regulations?
He's in Texas where I believe the same situation exists although they call for "one month" notice on a month to month tenancy which I suppose is the same thing. In this particular case I don't this is what the OP is thinking of as his comment, " ...but I don't want to give them the whole month's worth of rent to deduct for petty cleaning/repair fees that should be considered 'normal wear and tear'" rather indicates that he's arbitrarily planning on a quick skip! Guess he didn't pay a security deposit either ...
I've always heard it's a standard 30 days - whether there are 28, 30, or 31 days in that particular month.
In California you can give 30 days notice on any day of the month, and be free exactly 30 days later. You don't have to stick to a calendar month period. So perhaps the OP lives in a place with similar regulations?
I REALLY doubt it. I lived in Calif for 15 years and really now see the differences in how pro-consumer it really is. In Tex, the employer, business owner seems to hold all of the cards. Ppl rag on calif quite a bit, but you don't appreciate all of the protections until you move to a state that doesn't have any of those protections.
He's in Texas where I believe the same situation exists although they call for "one month" notice on a month to month tenancy which I suppose is the same thing. In this particular case I don't this is what the OP is thinking of as his comment, " ...but I don't want to give them the whole month's worth of rent to deduct for petty cleaning/repair fees that should be considered 'normal wear and tear'" rather indicates that he's arbitrarily planning on a quick skip! Guess he didn't pay a security deposit either ...
Wrong! I gave them the entire 60-day notice that they required. That was a first since every other apartment only required a 30-day moveout notice. I've lived in my share of apartments and know that at least some charge for carpet cleaning, etc despite the fact that I've lived there 2 years already. That is normal wear and tear and should be a cost borne by the apartment owner, not by me. My security deposit was $75.
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