Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

Leaving apartment early--What are we liable to pay and/or responsible for?
We have a lease until the end of August. Our neighbors are rude & disrespectful. We've had a few confrontations,one police documented, for noise. We found a place cheaper, on a large lot, secluded & closer to our place of employment. It fell into our hands & we can no longer tolerate the neighbors. We'd like to take it, however, our landlord is a upset stating we signed a year lease & he was counting on that money until Sept. He offered us other rental properties & even offered to work w/ us on price, but it still won't compare. We have given him 30 day notice & offered to stay until mid-May or possibly until he finds someone else, but I'm afraid he won't even try to & we will lose the other place if we wait too long. He basically stated we're responsible for rent until lease is up if no one has moved in. Is this correct? I just knew I'd be losing my security deposit, which I'm not even expecting in this case. He wished we would've told him sooner & he could've documented it & warned them. Then they would've been breaking the lease, not us. I thought we were being fair as long as we were staying for awhile until he found someone. We're moving because of the neighbors he rented to?? Help!

Asked on 4/11/03, 12:49 pm

Maura Yarbrough Maura L. Yarbrough, Attorney at Law

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Re: Leaving apartment early--What are we liable to pay and/or responsible for?

The answers to your questions are larger dependant on the terms of your lease document if there is a written lease.

I would need to review the lease document before I could give you a proper answer.

Please contact me directly if you require additional assistance

Answered on 4/14/03, 8:33 am

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