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Old 08-27-2014, 01:42 PM
 
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I moved out of a great apartment complex in California and am still obligated to pay the rent until mid-September. I want to use the gym and pool as long as I'm paying rent, but the management cites company policy as not allowing me to do that after I turned-in my keys. The lease doesn't say anything about that or even that such a policy exists.

Do I have a right under the lease agreement to access the property, or do I have to go along with their policy? I haven't seen anything about this on any Internet site, and landlord-tenant disputes are more about evictions and security deposits. Thanks for anyone's ideas.
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Old 08-27-2014, 01:48 PM
 
Location: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Once you turn in keys the LL has regained possession of the property so no, you can't go back in there. Had you not turned over possession and retained the keys until your lease was up then it would be a different situation.
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Old 08-27-2014, 02:53 PM
 
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Once you turn in keys the LL has regained possession of the property so no, you can't go back in there. Had you not turned over possession and retained the keys until your lease was up then it would be a different situation.
Thanks for your quick reply. I've figured a work-around: My friends there can have me as their guest at the pool, so that's good enough.
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Old 08-27-2014, 02:57 PM
 
Location: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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With deference to my feline friends, there's more than one way to skin a cat!
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Old 08-27-2014, 05:13 PM
 
Location: Riverside Ca
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With deference to my feline friends, there's more than one way to skin a cat!

And 1200 ways to cook one
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:44 PM
 
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I moved out of a great apartment complex in California and am still obligated to pay the rent until mid-September. I want to use the gym and pool as long as I'm paying rent, but the management cites company policy as not allowing me to do that after I turned-in my keys. The lease doesn't say anything about that or even that such a policy exists.

Do I have a right under the lease agreement to access the property, or do I have to go along with their policy? I haven't seen anything about this on any Internet site, and landlord-tenant disputes are more about evictions and security deposits. Thanks for anyone's ideas.
If I was responsible for the rent payment until a certain date, I'd never turn my keys in earlier.
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:46 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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I would not turn in my keys as long as I was paying rent. They could rent out that same apartment and get double income on it. If you don't turn in the keys you should be able to access the facilities.

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Old 08-27-2014, 11:12 PM
 
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If I was responsible for the rent payment until a certain date, I'd never turn my keys in earlier.
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I would not turn in my keys as long as I was paying rent. They could rent out that same apartment and get double income on it. If you don't turn in the keys you should be able to access the facilities.

In CA, once possession is returned to the landlord, unless the tenant was in violation of a notice period, if the landlord rents the place, the previous tenant's obligation to continue paying terminates and the landlord must refund any pro-rated rent collected. Under a return of possession, the landlord has a duty to mitigate if they are continuing to collect rent from the departing tenant.

If the tenant followed the advice to retain the keys (keep possession), the landlord has no duty to mitigate and the tenant is absolutely on the hook for the rent.
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