Q: There is a discrepency on our lease agreement.
On our lease, the words written are that it is a "6 month lease". Immediately after that, it gives a date which is 24 days longer than 6 months from the start of the lease. We want to end the lease at exactly 6 months but the landlord (a corporation) states that it is "company policy" to extend all leases to the end of a month.Since our 6 months was up on the 4th of the month, they say we have to pay to the last day of the month. Since the lease actually gives a date, even though it also says 6 months, are we obligated to pay for the full month?
A: A court might have to decide that, depending on how it interprets the somewhat ambiguous language in the lease. If you don't pay, landlord could sue you or deduct from your security deposit. Even if landlord does not sue, landlord could make an adverse entry on your credit record, lowering your credit score and making it more difficult to rent from a landlord who checks.
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