Q: We thought we only signed a year lease and they Just informed us it automatically renewed for year
There is one sentence stating the lease will automatically renew after year lease but was never told how we had to avoid that. We assumed that our lease was up in September and we told them we were moving and they said we never told them not to renew the lease. How can we get out of this lease. We have a neighbor who harasses is and our kids and he has had the police call on him but they never do anything. Our kids are scared to sleep in their room since the night we heard gunshots outside our house
A: Have an attorney read the lease and see if there is a way out. Leases commonly have automatic renewal provisions and they are generally enforceable. You could have given timely written notice that you were not renewing.
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