Breaking lease due to slanted floors and resultant dizziness and nausea

[skipper84]

We signed a lease for a second floor of a duplex and went and saw it while the prior tenants were still living there i.e. there was still furniture and stuff on the floors. After signing a lease and moving in this week we noticed that the floors are severely slanted in certain areas of the house (a 3in+ drop over 6 ft) I almost immediately started feeling dizzy and nauseated. Having been there for four days I could not take it anymore and contacted our leasing agent. I said I could not physically live there anymore and that I would like to break our lease. Our landlord agreed however she is unwilling to refund our deposit. I first feel somewhat ill done by them not being as up front about the severity of the slant but also would like to think I have some legal recourse due to inhabitable conditions possibly.

Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated and would save some or all of 1500 bucks. Thanks.

 

[army judge]

We signed a lease for a second floor of a duplex and went and saw it while the prior tenants were still living there i.e. there was still furniture and stuff on the floors. After signing a lease and moving in this week we noticed that the floors are severely slanted in certain areas of the house (a 3in+ drop over 6 ft) I almost immediately started feeling dizzy and nauseated. Having been there for four days I could not take it anymore and contacted our leasing agent. I said I could not physically live there anymore and that I would like to break our lease. Our landlord agreed however she is unwilling to refund our deposit. I first feel somewhat ill done by them not being as up front about the severity of the slant but also would like to think I have some legal recourse due to inhabitable conditions possibly.

Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated and would save some or all of 1500 bucks. Thanks.

Leases can be broken.
But, not for the conditions you described hereinabove.

I suggest you try negotiating with the landlord.
Make her a counteroffer and see what happens.

These sites offer some insite into breaking leases.

http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/how-to-break-a-lease.html

http://rentlaw.com/lease/breaking.htm

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/ask-agent/loopholes-for-breaking-your-lease/640/

 

[MorgansDaddy]

Is this an older structure? It is not abnormal for floors to be like that in older homes.