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    May 27, 2008, 09:56 AM
    Terminating a lease
    All right, so I moved into an apartment three months ago. These apartments came with 37" flat screen TVs. We waited over 2 months for our TV when we were told it came with the apartment. Last week I get robbed, and that TV, along with a couple other things, is stolen! Besides that, there are always suspicious characters outside at weird hours of the night (I'm a night owl and stay up late.) and what appears to be drug deals going on. I do not feel safe anymore, and want to terminate my lease. My property manager informed me that I'd have to pay the termination fee of a month's rent plus two extra months. Is this right, given the circumstances?
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    May 27, 2008, 10:04 AM
    Sure is. You are lucky they are letting you out that easy. I'm sure, if you check your lease, that early termination penalty is listed there. You saw the neighborhood before you moved it. So its really not an excuse. Unless the magmt company is not providing some security or other service that was promised, you have no grounds to break the lease.
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    May 27, 2008, 01:53 PM
    That's just it. No security. Nothing. Not even the slightest bit of concern.
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    May 27, 2008, 02:33 PM
    Yes and actually you are lucky to get out with just those payments.
    They are not obligated to provide security guards, video camera, now if your lease says there will be those things. But we are responsible for our own safety, I will aslso assume they may hold you liable for the TV if it is now missing, what does the lease say about that.

    But no most apartments do not provide guards, and the such. How may times have you called the management and the police about the drug deals, or the people hanging around?
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    May 27, 2008, 06:00 PM
    But were you promised some security? Unless you were promised something and they aren't providing it, you are still respponsible for the lease.

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