Lease interpretation help
Apr. 15th, 2011 08:11 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Hi All, I am in a tenancy at will and the lease states the following: "The Tenants will occupy the premises as TENANTS AT WILL. The tenancy will terminate when either the Landlord or Tenants gives the other written notice at least one full month in advance."
To me this means 30 days is 30 days. So I informed them that I will be moving out on May 15th (mid-month) & gave them more than 30 days. Now the landlord sends me an email that says: " Note that because the tenancy begins on the first of every month the notice period must be 30 days from the 1st."
Shouldn't that have been spelled out in the lease I signed? I feel like he's trying to slip one in on me. They asked us to move in mid-month & previous tenants moved out mid-month so considering that I know they've been willing to do half a month rent in the past.
To me this means 30 days is 30 days. So I informed them that I will be moving out on May 15th (mid-month) & gave them more than 30 days. Now the landlord sends me an email that says: " Note that because the tenancy begins on the first of every month the notice period must be 30 days from the 1st."
Shouldn't that have been spelled out in the lease I signed? I feel like he's trying to slip one in on me. They asked us to move in mid-month & previous tenants moved out mid-month so considering that I know they've been willing to do half a month rent in the past.