Q: I live in apartment, requested to do a transfer to a smaller unit, and at the day of move in, they told me to pay 1700

A: While your inquiry does not contain a question, your rights and duties as a tenant depend on the content of the agreement reached between you and your landlord as stated in your lease agreement. If, in your lease agreement, you agreed to pay $1,700, then that is what you committed yourself to pay. If, in your lease agreement, you agreed to only pay a lower amount of rent, then that is what you committed yourself to pay. If your lease is in writing as most are, until a new writing is signed by both you and your landlord, there is no agreement to change what is in the writing that you agreed to.

With respect to additional fees, if you agreed to pay additional fees for some reason, then you must pay those fees. If you did not agree, then you do not have to pay those fees. If those additional fees pertain to additional services that are not expressly included in the rental of the premises (e.g. utilities, internet, cable, extra keys, use of certain common areas like swimming pools, fitness centers, or other recreational areas), then you may not received those additional services for which an additional fee is charged.

Lease agreements are commonly made in writing to ensure that there are no misunderstandings and that neither party is relying on something they were told, or think they were told, that never became part of the agreement ultimately reached between the parties. That includes things that a leasing agent may have said but which the landlord (or the landlord's representative who signs the lease) never agreed to. By putting it in writing, both parties have a clear understanding before the lease begins of what each party's rights and obligations are under the agreement ultimately reached between them concerning the rental of the premises.