How I carefully broke my leasing contract early because of landing my dream job
Written by Julianne Nick
Once settling in NYC with a good apartment in a prime locatio
I thought I would stay in this part of the city for a while.
However this was about to alter when I was offered the perfect job, on the other side of town it was unavoidable that I had to move and more necessarily break my lease.
There are many dangers when breaking a lease, some that can be tricky to avoid, however with help from leaserelief.com, I managed to break my lease efficiently.
When I first settled in New York City, I lived in an apartment in Lower Manhattan which was almost next door to my office. I was grateful that I didn't have far to travel into work, and my apartment was in a good neighbourhood. After working at my job for 12 months I started to browse for new jobs, however I was unsuccessful so agreed to continue my lease for another 6 months.
Just before the holidays in winter last year I was called up by a firm I had applied to and they wanted me to visit to talk about an vacancy, after two long interviews, I got the job and was really happy. However there were some drawbacks, my new office was in Upper East Side the other side of the city and ideally I needed to move.
After looking for apartments in that area of the city, I had my heart set on moving to Upper East Side. The location was perfect, my friends lived there and it was a good neighbourhood with plenty to do. I found my dream apartment that was on the edge of Central Park, however I realised that I couldn't move into it or even put a deposit down on a new apartment without breaking my current leasing contract, but how to do this I didn't know where to start.
I searched the internet relentlessly for solutions, instead I found horror stories and accounts of bad experiences by other tenants that had broken their lease. I started to research the rights available to me, it is vital to know the rights of tenants when breaking lease agreements, as you are aware of what you are or not entitled to. I arranged a meeting with my landlord to speak about matters further.
Because I was a good tenant with up to date payment, my landlord allowed me to be released my from my lease six months early. It paid off to investigate my rights as it made me aware of what I was was available to me to and how I could make the process easier. I helped my landlord find a new tenant and paid my rent fully until then and within two months I had moved into my new apartment.
Lease relief can be difficult and occasionally a landlord can even refuse to break the contract. My best advice is to be a good tenant and to read up on and be aware of your rights.
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