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senor_trash_wheel t1_j1qsyzk wrote

Typically the lease contract will have a specific penalty for breaking a lease (oftentimes 1-2 months rent)

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Iroshima OP t1_j1qt3qd wrote

Yeah. It’s 3 months rent. Which is a little steep

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6flightsup t1_j1r6uvy wrote

Tuition money for the valuable lesson of getting everything that matters in writing.

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dailysoaphandle t1_j1s4wws wrote

I’m breaking a lease now to move to Baltimore. I need to move in a hurry. Rent is $3800. Penalty is 2 months rent, plus 60 day notice. If the room is not resigned within 60 days, I pay for those 2 months. So that’s 4 months rent in total. My moving expenses will be around $2000.

$17,200 just to move to a new city.

Lesson is, don’t ever break a lease if you don’t have to.

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ishop2buy t1_j1snyq3 wrote

Tell her to talk with the landlord. She needs to ask if she can find someone sooner to rent her room or they find someone sooner to rent the room would she be held to the 90 days. I say this after my experience with breaking a lease. One bedroom apartment in DC. Rent was cheap and it was cleaner than when I moved in. I gave them 30 days notice and they were able to find someone to rent it so I only wound up paying for a week while it was being turned over.

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Iroshima OP t1_j1spx4f wrote

She has spoken to the landlord but he’s not budging on the 3 month thing. She has tried to find a replacement but no luck yet

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