Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida
My college student daughter signed a lease a week ago for an apartment to lease starting August 2014. She did not pay any deposit. She found out today that she did not get into the program the applied to and will have to leave the university (and city). She also had a call telling her to pay the deposit because the lease will not be finalized without her deposit.
When she spoke to the landlord she was told she could not break her lease/or get it cancelled. She is responsible for a year's rent. Is that true? The lease does not address this specifically.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You need the lease to be reviewed by an attorney. I would make sure to send written notice that she is no longer interested in leasing the property AND since the deposit was required to finalize the deal she will not be finalizing. I would not send that letter until you have the lease reviewed by an attorney.
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