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I'd give her the prorated rent and call it a day. Since you offered to do that already. It isn't her fault the new tenant didn't rent it the day after she gave you keys back. But I would not allow her to be back on property, done is done.
She gave you the keys so that tells me that she gave up access to the room for any reason. She can do the laundry at her new place no matter when she moved out of the old place. She knew she would be charged the rent until the last day unless someone else was going to move in as soon as she moved out. I would not give her anything but a thank you for being a good tennant (if she was one).
The tenant won't win in court. She turned in the keys which ended her residency in the room.
There is now a deposit on that room for a new tenant, the old tenant, who turned in the keys, no longer has rights to the property.
You are correct, but the LL has to return prorated rent then.
The tenant moved in good faith that the LL had someone already lined up to move in it's NOT the tenant's fault that the new person didn't move in.
LL, either give her the prorated rent back, or let her do laundry there till the 30 days are up. That's the fair and proper thing to do, IMO.
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Originally Posted by JanND
I'd give her the prorated rent and call it a day. Since you offered to do that already. It isn't her fault the new tenant didn't rent it the day after she gave you keys back. But I would not allow her to be back on property, done is done.
You are correct, but the LL has to return prorated rent then.
The tenant moved in good faith that the LL had someone already lined up to move in it's NOT the tenant's fault that the new person didn't move in.
LL, either give her the prorated rent back, or let her do laundry there till the 30 days are up. That's the fair and proper thing to do, IMO.
Sorry, but wrong on all counts. In the first post it's obvious that even the tenant who left didn't expect any pro rated rent to be returned. Her question was could she come and do her laundry not could she get some rent money back. For all the reasons already stated in this thread, the previous tenant has no legal right to anything. If the LL chooses to do something for her then that's a whole different matter.
If the tenant turned in the keys, they are giving up all rights to the place, even if they paid for the rest of the month. I checked out of my hotel at 4:30 AM yesterday, even though I had until 11:00 to do so. Should the hotel manager let me go back into my room at 10:30 and take a shower?
Since your old tenant already move out and your new tenant move in, the old one cannot go back on the apartment even though they already paid the rent for that month. When he move out before her 30 days that only means that he is not legally dweller of the place.
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