Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania
Apartment leases
Can I legally break my apartment lease within 3 business days of signing it without penalty if there are health and safety issues within the building, such as mold and unsafe water? These issues were not visible to the naked eye and I didn't discover them until after I started cleaning the place.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Apartment leases
The three day rule applies to contracts made away from the sellers office, like encyclopedia salesmen. It does not have any application to apartment leases.
First, have you mentioned the problem to your landlord? Is it something he can fix? If not then you need to look at the landlord tenant law. Not just the statute but the case law too.
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