If my landlord makes me feel uncomfortable and now I want to move out, is there a legal way to end my lease?
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If my landlord makes me feel uncomfortable and now I want to move out, is there a legal way to end my lease?
My landlord asked me out when I was signing my lease and I said yes so it wouldn’t be weird as we (me and 2friends) signed. I found out he was 32 (I’m 20) and he has been to jail for drug dealing. I was scared to stop seeing him because he has access to where I live and I don’t trust him. Now that I have told him I want to stop seeing him I am scared living in the place and want to move out. My car has been broken in to there, the place is a piece of crap, and he tricked us into signing the lease with a $1000 non-refundable deposit and when we moved in the place was filthy.
Asked on December 23, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Utah
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You made the ultimate mistake of mixing a business situation with a personal one by dating your landlord. Whether or not you have a contractual or legal right to end your lease depends upon whether the landlord has breached the lease in a material way or whether or not he misrepresented material fact to you before you and your two friends signed the lease.
I suggest that you carefully consult with a landlord tenant attorney about your options concerning continuing on with the lease or not. Possibly you can sublet the unit. If you are on a month-to-month lease you can give notice to the landlord that you want to end it.
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