QUESTION
Can I sue for the 2 months that my roommate was not here for?
Asked on Feb 27th, 2013 on Residential Real Estate - Colorado
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Our monthly payments are $900 a month. We agreed when he came out here that he would pay $200 and I would cover the rest. He left 2 months before the lease was over, still owing me $750. I can not get any response from him. Is it possible that I can get the $400 for the 2 months that he was not here for, or anything more than that, since he was not paying his half?
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Phillip,
The short answer to your question is yes.
Do you have a written lease agreement or was this verbal? It sounds like he owes you $750 for unpaid rent while he lived there, even on a verbal contract you are likely to recover this. The other $400 boils down to a breach of contract issue which is not as simple as you may think. Did you reagin use of his vacated space, did you attempt to find a replacement rentor, etc? These are some questions that will need to be answered.
Can you find him to serve notice?
I recommend small claims court.
Answered on Feb 28th, 2013 at 8:35 PM
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