I recently signed a lease agreement in Austin without my roommate, but now we both want to get out of it. We were told that they would take our deposit as well as a reletting charge.

Since we haven't moved in yet and both of us haven't signed, can they still charge us for the reletting? I feel like if there's two names on the contract and only one signature, then it shouldn't be a completed transaction.

The landlord has not yet signed, but they own the original contract so they could sign it whenever they want. There's no way to prevent something like that right?

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Originally Posted by TXRenter01

I recently signed a lease agreement in Austin without my roommate, but now we both want to get out of it. We were told that they would take our deposit as well as a reletting charge.

Since we haven't moved in yet and both of us haven't signed, can they still charge us for the reletting? I feel like if there's two names on the contract and only one signature, then it shouldn't be a completed transaction.

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You signed a contract; your roommate did not.

They've got you to look to for reletting charges and so forth. Your roommate has no liability.

Did the landlord sign? If not, it is not a contract.

You could always fight this in Small Claims Court but I believe you will lose.

Judy is correct.

Assuming the LL signed, YOU are on the hook.

Do you have a copy of the lease? Is it a TAA lease? If so, you're sunk. It's air tight. You're actually lucky that's all they're requesting you pay.

You can NOT pay the reletting charge, let them keep the deposit and hope they let it go at that. But legally they could file suit against you and win.