QUESTION
My roomate tried to taise rent on me because her boyfriend left her and she cant afford her share of the rent. I want to move out but she says i cant
Asked on Sep 18th, 2017 on Real Estate - California
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So when i originally moved im we had an agreement (verbally) that i would pay 550 for the room her and her boyfriend are the ones on the lease.. i was never put in it, her boyfriend left her and now she says i have to pay more rent. When i said that it wasnt out agreement she said she didn't care it needed to happen, so i told her i couldnt afford that. So i told her i would move out before the end of the month. And now she is saying i need to pay for next month too because i didnt give her a 30 day notice. But i told her she told me this mid month (Sep13) so i even offered to give her my 30 days now and pay her half the month even tho i would no longer be there. She refused that too. She is demanding i stay another month or she says shes gonna take me to court. Can she do that? There is written paper that says i had to stay or that says she can charge more rent.. so when i couldnt comply to what she was asking i told her i would leave before my current month that i paid would end.
1 ANSWER
No. The most notice the law requires you to give her is 30 days, and that's 30 days from the date you give notice. It does not have to be effective as of the first or last day of a calendar month. She also must give you 30 days notice of any rent increase.
The worst she can due is sue you in small claims court. No lawyers. She tells her side. You tell your side. The worst that happens is you owe her an extra $275.00, plus the $80 filing fee and maybe a $75 process server fee. More likely, she won't bother.
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Answered on Sep 19th, 2017 at 9:57 AM