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Rental Contracts

We are currently in a 12 month lease that ends on August 15th. We were planning on renewing the lease in August. On June 8th, we received a letter stating that our home was being foreclosed on. We tried to contact the homeowners. After 2 days, they called us back, acted shocked and said they would have to call us right back. 2 days passed and they had not called even after multiple phone calls were made to them on their home phone and cell phones. We assumed it was valid and we were being ignored. We started searching for a new place to rent since we had 3 weeks before the house would be auctioned. After a few more days, we went to their house. No one answered so we left a letter telling them we were leaving and planned on sueing. 10 minutes later they called us and claimed they were out of town with no phone so they couldn't call us. They claimed the house was not being foreclosed but if we still wanted to leave we could as long as we gave 30 days notice. We went over the weekend and signed a new lease and made a deposit. After we contacted them to get everything in writting, they claimed they never told us we could break our lease. Now we have a new lease signed and they are trying to hold us to our current lease


Asked on 6/17/09, 2:43 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

Re: Rental Contracts

What is your question? If you have a lease, read it for the terms. Many provide that changes can only be made in writing. Otherwise, it is your word against theirs. If you signed a lease with someone else (that was not clear), it was a risk you took by not getting any lease modification in writing. The other parts of the story are not relevant.

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Answered on 6/17/09, 6:33 pm


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