Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Massachusetts

Tenant will to vacate

The contract is for 60 day notice, their office was closed on the 1st and the 2nd of April was still with in the time allow. Call them and told them and they said it was not with in the time and they owe another month. We wrote a letter of our intent to pay May and be out by May 31st. We dropped it off at 5:30 they left the office at 5:00. They called this morning stating that because they didnt get the letter until the next morning it is no good. Do we have a leg to stand on? They are really being unreal about this


Asked on 4/06/07, 9:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gregory Lee Gregory P. Lee, Attorney at Law

Re: Tenant will to vacate

As a general rule, a 30-day notice suffices to terminate a tenancy at will. This is by statute. In addition, a residential landlord has a duty to mitigate damages, so must look for a tenant based on your letter regardless of the sufficiency of notice as a legal matter.

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Answered on 4/09/07, 3:52 pm


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