I signed a lease with a place in Southern Illinois for $300 a month (it was a pod). This was near the end of the semester and the contract was from August 2008 to Aug-July 2009. Now it began August the 1st and I was home for the summer. I wasn't planning on moving in until near when school started which was the 16th. I called the 14th to confirm that everything was going smoothly and I was told that it was and I'd be staying in 8-A. Well when I got there, it was a complete disaster. I had been lied to all along the company that had originally owned the property must have just fled or something and another company was managing the property. Room 8-A literally had nothing in it even the carpet was torn clean off. The manager was a maintenance worker and had no idea what was going on but offered me a room on the third floor which still didn't have the provisions that were stipulated in the contract. The company that had bought the first property had a second property which had residents in it and when I confronted the Vice President with my lease the VP put me and my family in a terrible hotel room with no lights and then said that I could have the same deal in the contracts with the rooms that were there. Now admittedly these rooms are three times the size as the other ones, but when I was reading over the rental agreement I noticed that certain things were different.
Heres where I stand now.
The manager of the 1st property wants me to terminate my contract with the 1st property but I have refused because I haven't signed with the 2nd place yet and as long as I have the violated contract I feel I have leverage.
Also I paid a security deposit and 1-2 months rent when the other company had control of the 1st apartment, but now I'm worried it won't show up in computers. I need advice on what to do, as I can't stay at the 2nd apartment indefinitely without signing the lease, but should I renegotiate the contract for the second apartment? And how do I go about reclaiming my money that I had invested in the 1st property? What my plan is now is to see if I can renegotiate the contract with the 2nd and once I have a contract to then terminate the 1st. Is this advisable course of action?
Heres where I stand now.
The manager of the 1st property wants me to terminate my contract with the 1st property but I have refused because I haven't signed with the 2nd place yet and as long as I have the violated contract I feel I have leverage.
Also I paid a security deposit and 1-2 months rent when the other company had control of the 1st apartment, but now I'm worried it won't show up in computers. I need advice on what to do, as I can't stay at the 2nd apartment indefinitely without signing the lease, but should I renegotiate the contract for the second apartment? And how do I go about reclaiming my money that I had invested in the 1st property? What my plan is now is to see if I can renegotiate the contract with the 2nd and once I have a contract to then terminate the 1st. Is this advisable course of action?