Here's the scenario:
3 weeks before the end of the lease, I talked with the leasing office about possibly leasing another apartment. I asked them if I needed to give them a notice of leave since I was considering leasing another apartment. They told me no, that if I decide not to rent from them it's no big deal. After two weeks (a week before the end of the lease) I decided to rent a house with a roommate (a new roommate). I went to the complex and they gave me papers for my old roommate and I to sign. I didn't read them well, I signed them and left them with a note for her to sign them. Afterwards I gave to the apt people. She called the apt complex 3 days (1/28) before the end of the lease and asked when she needed to leave. They told her we need to be out by the first of the month. On the 1st, she went to turn her keys in, and they told her she "hasn't given a 30 days notice, and you still have 30 days left to pay (as in, another month past the lease date..) She was all ticked off, but signed a 30 day notice (agreeing to pay 30 days more rent, even though someone from the apt complex TOLD her to be out by the first). They also told her that those papers we signed weren't any kind of notice, that they released ME of all liability (roommate release forms) and that I wasn't liable for the rent anymore, nor the 30 day notice.
So, she calls me FURIOUS wanting me to pay ALL of the rent for the next 30 days because I didn't tell her what she was signing. I told her to fsck off. She wants me to pay at least half.
What do you think? Am I responsible? I talked to them in advance about what to do about leaving, she waited until 3 days before the end of the lease. She assumed those papers were releasing HER from the lease as well, and didn't read them (granted, neither did I)
No pics, she's not hot, etc. etc.
Cliff notes:
Roommate signed papers to release me from the lease without either of us reading them, now she is being forced to pay another months rent and wants me to pay half.
3 weeks before the end of the lease, I talked with the leasing office about possibly leasing another apartment. I asked them if I needed to give them a notice of leave since I was considering leasing another apartment. They told me no, that if I decide not to rent from them it's no big deal. After two weeks (a week before the end of the lease) I decided to rent a house with a roommate (a new roommate). I went to the complex and they gave me papers for my old roommate and I to sign. I didn't read them well, I signed them and left them with a note for her to sign them. Afterwards I gave to the apt people. She called the apt complex 3 days (1/28) before the end of the lease and asked when she needed to leave. They told her we need to be out by the first of the month. On the 1st, she went to turn her keys in, and they told her she "hasn't given a 30 days notice, and you still have 30 days left to pay (as in, another month past the lease date..) She was all ticked off, but signed a 30 day notice (agreeing to pay 30 days more rent, even though someone from the apt complex TOLD her to be out by the first). They also told her that those papers we signed weren't any kind of notice, that they released ME of all liability (roommate release forms) and that I wasn't liable for the rent anymore, nor the 30 day notice.
So, she calls me FURIOUS wanting me to pay ALL of the rent for the next 30 days because I didn't tell her what she was signing. I told her to fsck off. She wants me to pay at least half.
What do you think? Am I responsible? I talked to them in advance about what to do about leaving, she waited until 3 days before the end of the lease. She assumed those papers were releasing HER from the lease as well, and didn't read them (granted, neither did I)
No pics, she's not hot, etc. etc.
Cliff notes:
Roommate signed papers to release me from the lease without either of us reading them, now she is being forced to pay another months rent and wants me to pay half.