legal advice plz

Q: legal advice?

A: read and understand the fine print before you sign no matter how foolish you feel you look

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you signed the contract and say yourself this is included in there so then you have bound yourself to this

your best way out of this is to probably find another renter to replace you and fill up the empty apartment - dunno tho as I've never lived in Tennessee

60 days might be excessive, the only thing I have dealt with is 30 days, so maybe try to get it down to 30 days and only pay 1 extra month?

And yes, this is so standard to have a termination notice.

its how it works here in canada quebec
you need to say you are living like 2-3 months before the end of the lease
you probably can find someone to take the lease tho
im gona quote the civil code of quebec

A lease with an inderterminate term terminates upon resiliation by one of t he parties(yeah its what oyu signed, it wasnt a fixed term)
a party who intentds to resiliate a lease with an indeterminate term shall give the other party notice to that effect
the term of the notice is on the same duration as the term fixed for payment of the rent, but may not be of more than three months.

so anyway you can find someone else to take the lease and you dont have to pay 2 months rent
the 2 months rent is not in the law here its probably just kind of a rule the place you are at did...
but yeah you have a new lease and have to pay till the end(12 months) unless you find someone to take the lease or pay the 2 months they ask for
OR find something with them(try to pay only 1 month) or something like that

btw did they ask you for a bigger $ for the next months?
and they are kinda retarded to not ask you if you stay or move

is it standard even if i had a fixed term lease as opposed to a month to month? why would they not just assume that after the amount of time the lease was for i would be moving out?

just think about it ..
they dont know you are leaving=> they dont find someone else for your appartment=>lose money
its kinda obvious you need to give a notice

you didnt sign a fixed term

They want notice so that they can list the apartment as available by a certain date for future tenants. Anyway there is no way out of this contract, this is a very standard process and you will owe them the 2 months rent, probably at "market rate" which is even more than you normal monthly rent.

I have heard of some states which have laws saying no landlord can impose more than 30 days notice, so you may be able to wave that around and get one month removed, but thats it.

Pay dat man his monies

Well i agree to pay 13 months rent=>last month is nov 2010=>I dont ask to live there longer=>they know im not coming back. I get what your saying, just think its bull shit.

just find someone to take back the lease and dont pay shit to them
tahts all

btw if you do that make sur to do the right thing
you can let the lease to someone but their is 2 things if you do that
one of them(cant remember how its called) yous till have obligation(if he doenst pay, you pay)
the other you dont have any obligations anymore so if the guy dont pay its not your problem
so make sur to get the one wher eyou have no more obligations

On December 07 2010 16:08 HeRoS)eNGagE wrote: just find someone to take back the lease and dont pay shit to them tahts all

There is something in the lease saying I cant do that. This thing really isn't a least its really a dildo that their fucking me in the ass with.

ok, it doesnt mean it takes effect
a law may say that if they put such thing in the lease it doesnt take effect(kinda illegal)
but i dont know if they can or not, try to find some legislation website for your country/states and make some research i guess

On December 07 2010 15:47 tooker wrote: is it standard even if i had a fixed term lease as opposed to a month to month? why would they not just assume that after the amount of time the lease was for i would be moving out?

Because you don't have to sign a new lease AFTER 13months the lease is saying that you will stay a MINIMUM of 13months, understand? Most people don't live in a place for only one year they stay and then prior to their move out 60-day or 30-day notices are standard. Just because it says you will be staying 13months doesn't mean you won't be staying 15 months or 22 months 'NAWMEAN?

what wh00sel said
this has been required every apmt i have lived in

On December 07 2010 17:09 thewh00sel wrote: Show nested quote + On December 07 2010 15:47 tooker wrote: is it standard even if i had a fixed term lease as opposed to a month to month? why would they not just assume that after the amount of time the lease was for i would be moving out? Because you don't have to sign a new lease AFTER 13months the lease is saying that you will stay a MINIMUM of 13months, understand? Most people don't live in a place for only one year they stay and then prior to their move out 60-day or 30-day notices are standard. Just because it says you will be staying 13months doesn't mean you won't be staying 15 months or 22 months 'NAWMEAN?

So what was the point in me agreeing to live there for 13 months if I was going to tell them 2 months before I moved out?
I see what ur saying, just dont like it

Not everything in a contract is as air tight as everyone here would have you believe. Without knowing the exact terms of the contract or any legal precedent set in your part of the world/country it is hard for anyone here to give exact advice. Oh plus I doubt anyone here has any experience in contract law.