My boyfriend and I found an apartment to rent, and we filled out the according application and went through the motions for move-in. The leasing agent told us the same day we signed the application that the apartment was not ready yet because the current tenant's lease wasn't up, but he had given notice to leave by August 1st (the last day of his lease). So we were approved for the application and set the move-in date for Aug. 15th. A week before we moved in, the same agent called and said he was staying yet another month, and he was supposed to be out by Sept. 1st. She then told us specifically he could only stay up to 90 days after his lease was up, in case he was having trouble finding another apartment. We didn't know this, but we were assured that he had to leave by Nov. 1st because by that date his 90 days were up. We agreed and signed the lease, which contained no special situation for us. When I brought this to the leasing agent's attention, she said not to worry, that it was on file already. For the time being they placed us in a temporary apartment (same setup, different floor of a different building) with a verbal promise that if we couldn't get into the apartment we signed the application for, then we could leave with our security deposit.
We found another apartment across town and expressed our wish to leave within the past week, and at that point we were told this was impossible. The property manager "gethered information" and told us we could not be let out of our lease because he and his associates have done nothing wrong. He said "all putting an application in does is put you on the waiting list for whenever such-and-such moves out." We were not told this on any occasion! Personally, I feel as though we were intentionally lied to in order to sign the lease, and then the leasing agent said whatever popped into her head to keep us happy. According to the property manager, the leasing agent told us there were "no guarantees" as to when this guy would move out. Do we have a leg to stand on?
We found another apartment across town and expressed our wish to leave within the past week, and at that point we were told this was impossible. The property manager "gethered information" and told us we could not be let out of our lease because he and his associates have done nothing wrong. He said "all putting an application in does is put you on the waiting list for whenever such-and-such moves out." We were not told this on any occasion! Personally, I feel as though we were intentionally lied to in order to sign the lease, and then the leasing agent said whatever popped into her head to keep us happy. According to the property manager, the leasing agent told us there were "no guarantees" as to when this guy would move out. Do we have a leg to stand on?