Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New Jersey
I'm a tenant of a two bedroom apartment in a special situation. My owner is not a "real" owner of the apartment. She is renting the place, and she is giving the rooms to other people, like me. Even though it's a two bedrooms apartment, she built walls in the living room and made another room. I'm actually living in this room.
Now, because of my job, I need to move out this place. I made one year contract with her, and it's until May. But, I really need to move out in December, so I noticed it in October. Now, she is saying if she can't find anyone to fill out my place, I should pay for the rent until May (even though I'm not living here anymore). In our contract, we didn't make clear about early moving situation. I haven't signed in any contracts actually. Everything has been talked by emails.
My questions are: in this situation, can I get back my deposit (I paid 1.5% of my rent for the deposit)? Also, if I move out w/o paying rents by May, can she sue me and it cause my credit for future?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Emails can constitute a written contract because an email is a writilng, but to really answer your question I would need to review all of the subject emails.
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