Builder1978
Apr 24, 2010, 03:46 PM
I share a rented apartment with two others in Arlington, VA. We are the middle of an annual lease. All three of us are on the lease together with the rental company - (non of us are subletting from or to one another).
If one housemate wants to move out, the remaining housemates will start looking for a replacement housemate, and obviously if one is found quickly, everything will work out well for everyone.
But if a suitable housemate cannot be found by the time the housemate wants to move out, is that housemate legally obliged to pay their potion of rent for the remainder of the annual lease until a new housemate is brought in?
Or can they give a certain notice (say 60 days) after which the two remaining housemates are legally responsible for paying for the empty room until they have filled it with a new housemate?
If one housemate wants to move out, the remaining housemates will start looking for a replacement housemate, and obviously if one is found quickly, everything will work out well for everyone.
But if a suitable housemate cannot be found by the time the housemate wants to move out, is that housemate legally obliged to pay their potion of rent for the remainder of the annual lease until a new housemate is brought in?
Or can they give a certain notice (say 60 days) after which the two remaining housemates are legally responsible for paying for the empty room until they have filled it with a new housemate?