Q: My apartment is charging us $1099 a month for rent even though our lease states we agree to pay $970
In the lease it states "The Resident agrees to pay the Manager the total of $970.00 rent plus additional charges stated below:
$1,164.00 ($1,099.00 Rent +$55.00 Flat-rate Utility +$10.00 Carport Fee)".
When trying to contact management they state that they're under new management and still implementing new systems and pricing. In addition, they are still listing apartments at the $970 rent rate
A: Have you already paid the higher rate? The discrepancy could simply be a scribner's error; either the $970 rate is right or the $1,164 amount is. What is the management saying about it? Unless the management company concedes an error in your favor, I think a court is likely to determine that the $970 is a mistaken given that they otherwise spell out the calculation in the lease.
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