Apartment manager was asked if a letter of intention to vacate the apartment was due 60 days before the intended date. He said no, just submit it any time. 30 days before moving a letter is submitted, now he says two months rent are due per the lease.

What does the lease say? The lease trumps any unverified verbal commitment.

A written contract (and a lease is a contract) can only be amended by ANOTHER written contract. A written contract cannot legally be amended/changed/modified by an oral agreement.

The written lease stands.

You can always go to Small Claims Court but this is the law and I think you would be wasting your time.

Was your lease up? If it was not his intention was that the notice would be for the last day of your lease? There is not enough information here to answer...

The lease is binding. A written contract cannot be changed by a verbal agreement.

I agree with ScottGem. It is very important what your lease says. If you like you home and you are willing to sign a contract for an offered term it would be difficult for them to kick you out of the home. Go talk to them and get a copy of the lease. Are there other factors? Did you get any other notices? Always secure the promises you get in writing. It may not matter that you have a letter from a property associate per the lease but most management companies try to have good customer service. The rent on your home may be set very low compared to all other homes. Did you get a renewal notice?

I agree with ScottGem. It is very important what your lease says. If you like you home and you are willing to sign a contract for an offered term it would be difficult for them to kick you out of the home. Go talk to them and get a copy of the lease. Are there other factors? Did you get any other notices? Always secure the promises you get in writing. It may not matter that you have a letter from a property associate per the lease but most management companies try to have good customer service. The rent on your home may be set very low compared to all other homes. Did you get a renewal notice?


The OP wants to leave - that's why he/she is questioning the amount of notice he/she must give. I'm reading lease says 60 days, OP gave 30, now is being asked to pay rent for the 60 (2 months).

How are you interpreting this?

I was giving it as an option if they can not come up with the money JUDYKAY. Is that the only sentence you read?

I was giving it as an option if they can not come up with the money JUDYKAY. Is that the only sentence you read?

Lets not be argumentative here. The OP clearly stated they were terminating their tenancy. The question was simply whether the landlord can renege on a verbal statement about the amount of notice.

So any discussion or options involved in the OP staying are not really pertinent to the question.

Khaning - I was giving it as an option if they can not come up with the money JUDYKAY. Is that the only sentence you read?


I have brought this to your attention before in what I thought was a nice way. Please answer the question as it is asked. It is not policy to answer "what if" questions that bounce off what was asked.

So, no, that's not the only sentence that I read.

Your rudeness is unwarranted. I very politely asked you what I missed because that does happen. You did not respond in kind.