When is the effective date of the termination of an apt. lease?
I signed a 6 month lease with a June 30th termination date. At my choosing, I could continue the lease on a month to month basis. Early in the month of June I advised them that I did not need to hold over. I was told that I had to give 30 days notice of my desire to terminate and that my lease now extended until July 31st. There was a totally ambiguous statement about notification in the lease, but it was never pointed out to me or required that I initial to acknowledge the consequences. When I said that this was material to the contract and should have been pointed out, they said that it was too bad and that they were within their rights to charge the money. It seems to me that this is totally to the benefit of the landlord. The lease had a clear termination date, why was it not honored? What’s the point of having it if it isn’t honored? It should be that it terminates unless I advise otherwise. This is that it continues unless notified. The landlord is trying to catch people. I vacated at the end of June and they had all of July to refurbish and get it ready for rental. I received a bill for the month. What is the law on the subject? Thank you.