Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Indiana
Breaking a Lease
I lived 8 mos of 12 mos lease. Verbal agreement by agent of company in their home office i could move out since i had so many problems which i had documented. after moving received a demand for 3200.00 for back rent. Are there any legal options? I have pictures, and copies of letters sent to cmpny.
Lease was never signed by agent of company until i had lived there for 5.5 mos, so was that lease valid anyway?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Breaking a Lease
Regardless of the time the leasing agent signed it, the lease is valid. I suspect someone in the office failed to make notes in your file of the agreement that you would owe no further rent, and or that person was overruled by a superior. If the company will not back off after you send a letter explaining the reason for moving out and the agreement made at the time, then you will have to insist they sue you to give you a chance to prove to the judge that you were constructively evicted due to the living conditions there.
However, if the problems were your own personal financial problems, then you will owe the rent. I assume that it was a constructive eviction because you have pictures and copies of the letters you sent them.
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