What to do if my boyfriend and I moved into a basement studio 4 or 5 months ago and have decided to relocate with a 30-day notice?

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What to do if my boyfriend and I moved into a basement studio 4 or 5 months ago and have decided to relocate with a 30-day notice?

The landlord told us it was a month-to-month rental, then a month or so into living there, required us to sign a rental agreement (for banking purposes). He said we must give a 60-day termination notice if we were to leave and would not budge when we tried to argue for a 30-day notice. We found a new place we really like but have to move in a month. What would the consequences be to giving only a 30 day notice?

Asked on December 14, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Pennsylvania

Answers:

S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

If a sixty day notice is required and you only give a thirty day notice of moving, you will remain liable for the rent for the additional month which would have provided sixty days notice.  If the place is rented before that additional month elapses, your obligation to pay rent ends.  If the place is rented during that extra month for which you didn't give notice, the amount of rent you owe is prorated and you would only owe rent for that portion of the month before the place had been re-rented.  For example, if the place is re-rented on the fifteenth of the month, you would only owe half the rent for that month.


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