Anyone Know An Easy Way To Void A Lease In Ga?

[Klevon]

I know if the Landlord does not provide notice of the possibility of lead in older homes, that can do it.
Any other ideas? I have a dispute and it would just be easiest to get out of the lease.Also, does anyone know if a month to month lease in Georiga counts as a tenancy at will?

[Jooseppi]

Thanks for your help.
Here is the dispute:I am moving out of my apartment on May 30th 2007.
I started renting a year ago on a one year lease starting last June 1 2006.
I gave notice I would not renew today. Every other lease I had in Georgia has usually been 30 days notice.
(Also, my other leases simply had losing the security deposit as the penalty for not giving proper notice, which actually would be fine with me in this case.)Well, this lease says 60 days notice is required and if notice is not recieved then (and this is the exact language): " then this lease will be extended on a month to month basis until either party gives proper 60 day notice."I am moving and really don't feel like paying for a whole month I will not be living there.It would be easiest just to void the thing somehow, but my other thought was the following: if 60 days notice is not given in this case, then an automatic "month to month" relationship starts at the end of the lease term.
That would seem to be a tenancy at will.
That tenancy at will has been triggered to start on June 1.
If I give 30 days notice before June 1, can't I get out of that tenancy at will?

[Ronny]

Some LL's are sticklers and will go to the ends of the earth to get every last penny they can get; others, are pretty understanding and agreeable. How about you try to work a deal with LL, give the 60-day notice to the clock ticking then offer him a cash "Penalty" to terminate your lease as of midnight on May 31st. I would start at $100.

[Whitfield]

>Gee, I'm sure no one ever voids a contract they enter into at a later date because it becomes unfavorable to them.Nope, not honorable people, anyway.

[chokichi]

"I've been a good tenant, don't screw me over at the end like this."It is better not to accuse your LL trying to screw you. I would be real calm, and just try to reason with him that you are moving for a good reason and that your are sorry for the inconvenience at the last minute, but ask that he cut you some slack....and in return you will give him $100 for his trouble."I plan on throwing in every argument including the kitchen sink and then seeking a settlement. "Again; dont be accusatory, you are trying to terminate your lease a month early, not prosecute Al Capone.
"I have an issue or two that are jury issues.
Most likely they will settle for something after that"....and all this to save 1 month in rent? How much is your time and energy worth and in the end, you broke your lease terms, you likely will have to pay anyway despite all the other injustices he has perped.

[Nestor]

>I've been a good tenant, don't screw me over at the end like this.On the contrary, it seems that you are the one that wants to screw over the landlord at the end, by not doing what you agreed to do in the lease. You might want to double-check your lease as to how it treats court costs and attorney fees, if it says that the loser will pay the winners' attorney fees/costs, you could be going someplace you don't want to be.

[Lysander]

> Any landlord that would accept $100 instead of two months' rent...It's not exactly like that, if I get it right. It is two months' rent vs $100 *and* a chance to re-rent it earlier.Though I agree, $100 is awfully low. If I were a tenant, I'd offer $100 plus full re-renting expenses. And, if I were a tenant with a landlord greedy or stupid enough to refuse the above, I'd stay for those 2 months and make sure the said landlord regrets his greed/stupidity.

[Dryden]

"As it goes along I plan on throwing in every argument including the kitchen sink and then seeking a settlement."Like ...? Your remedies to deal with "issues" tend to involve doing something about them while you are there, not as a countersuit/defense to the landlord suing you for two months' rent.
We might be able to help you avoid wasting your time if you elaborate.Any landlord that would accept $100 instead of two months' rent wouldn't care about holding you to your end of the deal in the first place.
They have no reason to make any deals.
I also don't understand the remark to Dennis about the terms becoming "unfavorable" to you.
The terms have not changed.
If you didn't read the lease before you signed it, that's not the landlord's fault.
If you didn't want to provide 60 days' notice before you terminated your tenancy, you should have negotiated a 30-day notice if possible (landlord wouldn't have to agree).

[Bradyn]

What your other leases have said is irrelevant."Well, this lease says 60 days notice is required and if notice is not recieved then (and this is the exact language): " then this lease will be extended on a month to month basis until either party gives proper 60 day notice."So give the proper notice.
You're on the hook through the end of June if you do it between now and the end of this month.
(I'd also make sure that the notice requirements don't mention *calendar months* -- if they do, if you don't give notice by the end of the month, you'll be on the hook for July as well."I am moving and really don't feel like paying for a whole month I will not be living there."Too bad.
That's what you agreed to when you signed the lease."It would be easiest just to void the thing somehow...."Not going to happen."... if 60 days notice is not given in this case, then an automatic "month to month" relationship starts at the end of the lease term. That would seem to be a tenancy at will."Yes, but unless the lease mentions that once this happens you're only on the hook for 30 days' notice, you still have to give 60 days' notice.

[Winthrop]

>It would be easiest just to void the thing somehowDon't be silly, you signed it and agreed to it last year, why would it be "void" now?>then an automatic "month to month" relationship starts at the end of the lease term.
That would seem to be a tenancy at will.
That tenancy at will has been triggered to start on June 1.
If I give 30 days notice before June 1, can't I get out of that tenancy at will?It sounds like you went to a legal site that you took out of context. Your lease says that it is a month-to-month basis, which is, in most cases, a tenancy-at-will. But, it sounds like you want to go with what the statute probably says as to termination of such a tenancy. The problem here, is that your lease specifically mentions that:>(and this is the exact language): " then this lease will be extended on a month to month basis until either party gives proper 60 day notice."So, you agreed to a 60 day notice in any month-to-month relationship that arose from the original lease, so the statute won't apply.Sounds like you're grasping at straws to avoid doing what you agreed to do in your lease contract.