Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

Broken Lease
I signed a 1 year lease effective June 1 but, as my company had plans to open another office in a different part of the state within the year & I would transfer, I asked the landlady if she would do month to month or 6 months with a month to month renewal thereafter. She has hand written at the bottom of the lease ''*Lease can be broken with 30 days notice'' although she did not initial or date the clause. I lost my job in August but found another out of state and notified her on 8/15 that I would be leaving 9/15. She feels I owe her at least 6 months rent & it will be a hardship for her to find another tenant. I plan on paying her for the entire month of September & she has a month's security. She is trying to refinance the property and I know she has been turned down by at least one company. I feel she is just trying to get extra money from me although she has not made any attempt to advertise the property that I am aware of.

Asked on 8/22/07, 9:30 pm

John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

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Re: Broken Lease

If the lease can be broken on 30 days notice then you should only be responsible for 1 months rent.

Based on the dates you've given you would owe her for the month of September.

Unless the lease has another clause that allows for something different.

The answer is somewhere in the lease.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me. The initial consultation is free.

{John}

Answered on 8/23/07, 8:28 am

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