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So, I moved into an apartment a year ago with two roommates, only one of which had a job. The entire time we remained on our lease and in the apartment, only two of us had steady jobs. Now, said roommates want to move out...however, I do not. With my two jobs and consistent pay, I would like to stay in the apartment and sign the lease again. They do not and quite frankly, will not sign the lease again. My question is, in order for me to resign the lease, will I have to pay for another deposit and application to stay in the apartment? I have read a lot of conflicting answers and desperately need to know how this will work, any advice will help.
I would think you'd need to talk to the property manager. When my daughter had a similar situation the deposit was in the names of both renters and she had to come up with the 'other half' when the roommate left, but there was no second application fee. I would imagine the policy varies from one company to another.
So, I moved into an apartment a year ago with two roommates, only one of which had a job. The entire time we remained on our lease and in the apartment, only two of us had steady jobs. Now, said roommates want to move out...however, I do not. With my two jobs and consistent pay, I would like to stay in the apartment and sign the lease again. They do not and quite frankly, will not sign the lease again. My question is, in order for me to resign the lease, will I have to pay for another deposit and application to stay in the apartment? I have read a lot of conflicting answers and desperately need to know how this will work, any advice will help.
You alone may not qualify by yourself, it depends on your income and the rental rate. Perhaps consider switching to another (smaller) unit, or get new roommates. They would likely treat it like a brand new lease either way since the others don’t want to be on the new contract. So, you may have to pay another deposit (but would get the other back soon enough) but maybe not another app fee. Just talk to the office people and tell them your concerns with enough time to get it handled before your lease is up.
My question is, in order for me to resign the lease, will I have to pay for another deposit and application to stay in the apartment?
The only place to get an answer to that is in the manager's office.
My advice, however, is get into a smaller apartment that you can afford on your own and avoid roommates like the plague. You already see what kind of trouble you get when you all can't agree on something. It only gets worse.
So, I moved into an apartment a year ago with two roommates, only one of which had a job. The entire time we remained on our lease and in the apartment, only two of us had steady jobs. Now, said roommates want to move out...however, I do not. With my two jobs and consistent pay, I would like to stay in the apartment and sign the lease again. They do not and quite frankly, will not sign the lease again. My question is, in order for me to resign the lease, will I have to pay for another deposit and application to stay in the apartment? I have read a lot of conflicting answers and desperately need to know how this will work, any advice will help.
The cleanest way to do this is to have the apartment inspected, have the security deposit returned to the current tenants, and start a new lease in your name with your own new full security deposit. That way, if there are damages or deductions, you won't get left holding the bag, and your departing roommates are out of the lease entirely.
the cleanest way to do this is to have the apartment inspected, have the security deposit returned to the current tenants, and start a new lease in your name with your own new full security deposit. That way, if there are damages or deductions, you won't get left holding the bag, and your departing roommates are out of the lease entirely.
Now, said roommates want to move out... however, I do not.
With my two jobs and consistent pay, I would like to stay in the apartment and sign the lease again.
Okay. Do that. What does the landlord say about it?
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