perryw
Jul 1, 2007, 02:20 PM
I live in Washington State. I moved in with a woman and her family at thr end of last November. I have since transferred all of the utilities into my name and began paying all of the bills including the full amount of the rent. Her 1-yr lease expired in February at which time the landlord asked her to sign a new 1 -yr lease. Because I wasn't sure if I would be staying with her for that long, I told her that she is welcome to re-sign her lease for a year but I could't commit for that long. She and the landlord said nothing further.
At the beginning of June, I decided to end my relationship with this woman and informed her that I was going to move out sometime before the end of June. I paid the rent until June 30th and put earnest money down on a house I am purchasing. In the middle of June, she began moving her things out of the home. She told me she was going to move her things out until I was moved out. The landlord was there that day and I asked him what I needed to do with respect to moving out/final walk-thru. I felt that she was trying to stick me with paying out of pocket for any damages/cleaning/painting, etc. I told him if that was the case, I would move my things out too and we can both do the walk-thru. He said that She would be responsible for it since she was the person listed on the original lease. He said I just need to move out by the 30th.
On the 30th, the landlord came by and asked me when we could schedule the final walk-thru. I reminded him of our conversation and he said that since I was paying month to month, even without a lease, I am responsible. He completely changed our agreement. I asked him if I would get back the original (her) security deposit if I did all the work. He said that there is no deposit. I suspect there is and that he is trying to have me pay for everything and give her full deposit back to her.
What am I legally responsible for? What is She legally responsible for? Thank you.
At the beginning of June, I decided to end my relationship with this woman and informed her that I was going to move out sometime before the end of June. I paid the rent until June 30th and put earnest money down on a house I am purchasing. In the middle of June, she began moving her things out of the home. She told me she was going to move her things out until I was moved out. The landlord was there that day and I asked him what I needed to do with respect to moving out/final walk-thru. I felt that she was trying to stick me with paying out of pocket for any damages/cleaning/painting, etc. I told him if that was the case, I would move my things out too and we can both do the walk-thru. He said that She would be responsible for it since she was the person listed on the original lease. He said I just need to move out by the 30th.
On the 30th, the landlord came by and asked me when we could schedule the final walk-thru. I reminded him of our conversation and he said that since I was paying month to month, even without a lease, I am responsible. He completely changed our agreement. I asked him if I would get back the original (her) security deposit if I did all the work. He said that there is no deposit. I suspect there is and that he is trying to have me pay for everything and give her full deposit back to her.
What am I legally responsible for? What is She legally responsible for? Thank you.