Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

I am currently living in an apartment complex with a written lease. We have had three occurrences in the past four months that could have caused us bodily harm had we been in the vicinity. For instance, my closet has fallen down two separate times and our kitchen cabinet just fell down yesterday and broke our fridge. It is a very heavy cabinet and had we been underneath it, we could have been seriously injured. We do not feel safe in this dwelling and as tenants we believe that we should not have to pay for breaking our lease in this case. By law, what are our options for vacating the premises? Do we have any options if they repair the damage in a timely matter?


Asked on 4/08/13, 10:22 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Barry Stein De Cardenas, Freixas, Stein & Zachary

Your lease agreement controls. You need to have it reviewed by an attorney. None of the issues you mention make the apartment per se uninhabitable so you have no statutory rights that allow you to terminate the lease.

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Answered on 4/08/13, 10:53 am


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