My 18 month lease was up at the end of Dec 06. I gave my landlord 60 days written notice with our November rent check (delivered in person, not by certified mail as specified in the lease). We decided we wanted to stay a little longer, so I spoke with our landlord and asked if we could extend the lease by 6 months, and he agreed. I asked if we needed to re-sign anything; he said no just give him new written notice. I said I'd give him 60 days notice again with the rent check and he agreed.
May 1, I delivered written notice with the rent check (again, not certified). He came over mid-June and spoke with my husband and I and told us he would return the deposit, that there was no reason to keep it. So after he assured us everything was good, we found a new place, put a deposit down, signed a lease and moved in (within the week).
Now he is saying we violated the lease (there is a clause that says the lease will renew for a similar term if on good standing and neither contacts by certified mail), so we forfeit our deposit and owe an additional month rent. We wouldn't have moved if he had said this in June, that's why we waited to put any money down on a new place. Do we have any recourse since most of this was verbal?
May 1, I delivered written notice with the rent check (again, not certified). He came over mid-June and spoke with my husband and I and told us he would return the deposit, that there was no reason to keep it. So after he assured us everything was good, we found a new place, put a deposit down, signed a lease and moved in (within the week).
Now he is saying we violated the lease (there is a clause that says the lease will renew for a similar term if on good standing and neither contacts by certified mail), so we forfeit our deposit and owe an additional month rent. We wouldn't have moved if he had said this in June, that's why we waited to put any money down on a new place. Do we have any recourse since most of this was verbal?