Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Massachusetts

wanting out of a lease

We live in an apartment complex and signed a one year lease. The school year is done and we are not living up here during the summer. We had four girls ready to sign a transfer of lease paper (they had notorised forms in). They went into the rental office with three of their four people who were going to sign on. The rental office said they could not sign with out all four and then suggested they take another vacant apartment. They put a down payment on the other apartment after saying they would take ours. Finals end on the 18th so there is no time to find anyone else. None of us will be living here this summer. Do we still have to pay rent? Is there any breach of verbal contract from those girls? Is the rental office allowed to undermine us like that? What are our rights in this situation?


Asked on 5/15/00, 6:49 pm

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Stuart Williams

Re: wanting out of a lease

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Posted: 7/3/2000

Sorry! I think the lawguru BBS administrators got behind or something.

You have an excellent case for not paying the rent. You will need to use a lawyer, though, who needs to explain things to the realty company and then to their lawyer if they have one. They did the wrong thing as far as using the law to collect from you is concerned. I hope this advice isn't too late. Call me at (617) 527-0050. I do this very thing quite often.

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Answered on 7/04/00, 1:55 am


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