If I asked the woman who showed me the apartment if they had bed bugs and she told me no, if that was a lie can I brake my lease?
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If I asked the woman who showed me the apartment if they had bed bugs and she told me no, if that was a lie can I brake my lease?
She told me that the place was free of bed bugs for the last 6 months. I signed the lease. A few days later I texted her asking when the last tennant complained about bed bugs she then texted me back “When we took over the building there were a few units that had bug problems. Your unit is not one of them. Since then we have significantly decreased the bug problem and intend to keep aggressively attacking the one small pocket that is a problem. There are no pest issues in or near your unit”. After that I was told that I can’t get out of lease unless I pay $1200.
Asked on December 6, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Colorado
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
From what you write, she may not have lied to you: she wrote back, after all, that your unit did not have bed bug problems, so orally stating to you that "the place"--i.e. the unit you were renting--was free from bed bugs would appear to not be a fraudulent misrepresentation. If it was not, then you most likely cannot legally break the lease on that ground.
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