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Dear Apartments.com,
My ex-boyfriend and I were never really living together but he has a ton of stuff sitting at my place taking up room. We broke up about 6 months ago and I haven’t been able to get a hold of him so he can come get his stuff. I’m really not a mean person and I really don’t want to throw this stuff out, but I’ve got a small place and it’s taking up a lot of room. Do you have any advice on what I should do with it?
Crowded in Cleveland, OH

Dear Crowded,
You may be nice but you don’t have to be a doormat. If your ex-boyfriend hasn’t responded to your attempts to reach him, give him one last chance and then either throw his things out or donate them. Make sure you are clear that you aren’t trying to get back together with him, you only want to give him his things back. If you have been clear, it is possible he is avoiding it because he really doesn’t want the relationship to be over. Email him or leave him a message and state that on a certain date, you are going to be getting rid of his things. That way, he has a deadline and it will hit home that he must tie up the end of your relationship.


Dear Apartments.com,
I’m thinking about breaking up with my girlfriend, I haven’t done it yet, but I don’t want to lose my apartment. When we moved in together, we needed to use her credit to secure the lease. Both of our names are on the lease but my credit is so bad, I doubt the landlord will allow me to stay here by myself. I’m not sure my soon to be ex will be that happy about it either. What should I do? I need to get out of this relationship because I’m just not happy but I don’t want to leave this place, it’s the coolest apartment ever.
Not Gonna Move in Nottingham, NJ

Dear Not Gonna Move,
What makes you think your girlfriend will move out just because you break up? If you want to leave her, perhaps you should leave the apartment as well. As for the credit check, the lease has already been signed so you and your girlfriend are responsible for the rent until the lease is up. Your landlord won’t likely care who moves out as long as the rent gets paid. The bigger question is why you do think you have dibs on the apartment? I suggest you discuss the situation with your soon-to-be-ex and offer to pay all the rent if you are going to live there alone.

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Brandon


My girlfriend and i have recently broken up and i was the one who left the place. I dont want to pay my half of the rent anymore but she wants me to til its over with both of our names are on the lease and she will not agree to have mine off because she cant afford it but i have to find another place what do i do

aq


It doesn’t matter that you left the apt. Your name is on the lease, so you have to pay. You left by choice, you should have subleased the place or don’t just leave to reap the benefits. But the two of you are jointly and severally liable, which means that the landlord can get either one of you or both for the full amt of rent. If you find urself coughing up the whole mula for the apt, u can then sue for the half. Goodluck

 
 
Ellen


I rent in a four plex building. I signed a one year lease which is up May ‘07. My landlord stated he does not tolerate anything. I am the only one in this building to pay my rent on time monthly. Everybody else he allows to pay rent late, skip or allows free loaders to stay with other tenants. He also told me when I moved here if I smoked, which I don’t as I am highly allergic to it and he knew it at the time I moved in and he stated that I would have to smoke outside. Now all the present new renters renting smoke and he allows it inside. I have had one drug addict rent above me and he kicked in my bedroom window and broke a door frame out twice. I have had other renters here that don’t pay at all. My landlord is going out of town for two months and wanted me to take over management. I said no thank you as I am finishing a double major in court reporting and will be finished in August of this year and I don’t have time. The freeloaders are noise makers and disruptive and I have even smelled marijuana smoked at times as the smell comes us through the heating vents. Everybody says I have rights, but I feel I will get railroaded. I am tired and frustrated and do not know where to turn for help. My landlord never checks references or anything and wonders why he can’t keep good tenants and why they trash his properties. I am planning on moving as soon as something becomes available as I do not feel safe here, but I do not know what to do in the meantime especially with my landlords going to FL for the next two winter months. Is this fair for him to rent to only one tenant and then allow free loaders to move in with them and leave when they feel like it? Is there anything you could recommend me to do until I can find another safe place to rent or becomes available? Thank you. Ellen, KY

 
Connie


Hello,

I just recently got married and my husband and I are relocating to a different state. We are in the process of finding an apartment, however, my husband REALLY bad credit but he meets the financial requirement to rent an apartment/home. I have good credit but no income. My question to you is, will we have problems getting approved for an apartment? Due to my lack of income and my husband’s poor credit?

Worried one,

Connie

 
Tricia


Sleeping Single in Sarasota sounds like a real jerk. If you are reading this, man, get a clue. If you told your new girl that you were kicking your ex (who is still paying half your rent, by the way) she has to sleep on the couch, I’m sure the new girl would think you were a total jerk. Can’t you just go to her place? Like the advice giver said, you are one BRAVE man.

 
Dee


Ellen I think the best thing to do is find a lawyer and present your case and everything you said on here to him/her. That doesn’t sound so fair or hot. Anyways I wish you the best of luck.

 
JANET


My boyfriend moved out we are both on the lease,does he still have to pay his half of the rent.What resourse can I take if he doesn’t pay his half.

Aq


Yes he does, if your name is on the lease, you are responsible actually for the payment (the full pmt) (the two of you are jointly and severally liable). So he has to bring his part, if you pay for all of it, you can sue him for half of it (its called contribution).
Good luck

Kim


but what if the ex that still lives there has a girl living there and is hiding the fact and nobody can prove it or what if the ex makes harrasing phone calls at work to you and home and if there was a domestic call on him when you were trying to get your things and leave??? and what if you try to tell your landlord this and she does nothing?????

 
 
 
chris


my roommates just kicked me out i wasnt on a lease but i have been paying for them for 2 months i told them i was tired of it and i wasnt going to pay for them any longer i am out on the streets for that and it is dead winter i am trying to find a place but have no money or family or friends what do i do?

aq


tough one. U r not on the lease, so u paying for 2 months means that you were subletting on a month to month basis. They had to at least give you a reasonable time to vacate, mayble like 30 days (depends on your state law). You can try and reason with them to give you the 30 days so u can find a place, but you have to pay for those 30days you stay there. By law u get the reasonable number of days before they can kick u out. Just show that you paid and they’ve been accepting past payments. Goodluck!!

 
 
mike


I have been living in my apt for 10yrs and the only name on the lease is mine. 3 yrs ago my girl friend and her 3 kids moved in with me, things are not working out it is clear that we dont want to be in this relationship any more all she cares about is clubing with her friends and my money. I asked her to leave and she refuses she wants me to move out continue to support her and pay the rent. I dont want to lose my apt I just want her out what can I do, please help

Aq


Is this really a real question? I mean it sounds more like you are too scared to do what needs to be done. She is not paying rent, her name is not on the lease. ummm….Mike, fine, I will pretend like u don’t really know what to do. Kick her manipulating, selfish a** out. Immediately or else you will never get out of it.

 
Ricky


If your Ex-Girlfirend refused to leave the apt. I suggest you go talk to Landlord They can Evict your Ex-Girlfirend out. Hope this help.

 
 
new single mom


i have been living with my boyfriend for over 2 years now and we have a 7 month old together and the other night he came home from work and broke up with me. I have horrible credit but our lease is up in april 07 so the baby and i are on our own…how do i go about finding an affordable place with bad credit?? i have the cash for 1st last and security because of my taxes and i can pay the rent i just made stupid decisions as a kid that are following me now as a parent.. any advice??

Aq


Sorry about that single mom. Hmm..sad situation there. If you don’t have a job, get one. U should consider moving back home with mom and dad if possible. Or move in with a family member like siblings. Sue the dad for child support so he can at least contribute and the explain to the judge your situation. Goodluck.

 
 
sol


Hi this is for Mike
If I were you, I would tell your exgirlfriend to get the hell out of the apartment, if all she cares about is partying, let her but, not with your money and not in your apartment. Get a clue, and leave that good for nothing… good luck

 
Andi


Sleeping Single in Sarasota will deserve everything he gets from his roommate if he even tries anything of the kind, and I wouldn’t lift a finger to stop her. Go get it on with your new girl somewhere else, like her place.

 
Marlene


In Feb.1st of this year I had 3 days left to secure an apartment, after giving my landlord the 30 day notice. I found a small apt, in a 3 family house, the landlord seemed nice enough. Except that there were issues with the lease. I have yet to sign a Lease Agreement. We have been negotiaing the lease because there were questionable issues in the lease. 2 days ago I see a ‘For Sale’ on the front lawn. Now I have the real estate agent calling me on my cell to set up appointments to show the prosepective buyers my rental. I am furious. I would have never rented this apt knowing not only that it was going on the market but having strangers walking through my apartment and in and out the rooms, is so invasive. What should and can I do??
Concerned in Lyndhurst, NJ

aq


Hi Concerned in Lyndhurst…. if you have time left on the lease, then u don’t have to show the apartment. They can wait till you move out. In fact, you don’t have to show until you move out or kicked out from there, frankly. Just be nice about it and explain that you are uncomfortable with the situation.

 
 
Julia


I have been living with my current roommate for a little under two years. Over the course of the last 8 months, she has started going a little OCD on me and started complaining about the littlest things (wet shoes left in the foyer, brita filter on the counter, piles of laundry in my room, etc). I don’t consider myself a messy person (I keep the common area clean, but have my piles of laundry in my closet that need cleaning). She recently told me that she doesn’t like our living arrangement and wants me to move out when our lease ends in 4 months. I really like my apartment complex and was the one who found it two years ago. Should I ask her to move out even though (as she says) she has more stuff? I’m afraid she’ll refuse and start yelling at me like she does whenever she brings up something that bothers her.

 
Leigha Hardy


Dear apartments.com me and my friend live in an apartment together ever since we have moved in together we cant seem to get along what should we do?

Nfarr67291


Should find a new roommate to sup less the place or find one for them. Sorry tha happen.

 
 
Patti


My daughter was living with her boyfriend for almost a year. Their lease is up in May. Her boyfriend and her broke up but agreed to stay together until the lease was up. Unfortunately he has become unbearable and fights with her constantly. She doesn’t go home at times just to get away from him. Well it has gotten so bad she had to move out and he thinks she should pay her part of the rent when he is the one going to be living there. I don’t think thats fair, she will have to pay 500 a month for something she isn’t living in. He is also seeing someone else so I know he did this on purpose so she would leave because he has no place else to go. HELP

Aq


Sorry Patti, but she has to pay if her name is on the lease. If her name is not on the lease, then she does not have to pay. Goodluck.

 
 
ann


how can i get my mate out of my apartment we are no longer together and i am not they because she always harassemnt me so i am not trying to getin any conflict with her. she wants to leave ny she keeps calling my phone talking about she moving and taking my stuff to i just want her out and how am i going to get her out her name is not on the lease

 
johnathan gilmer


me and my girlfriend has been dating for 3 years now, and thinking about getting a place! the only problem is , now dat i think about it, i’m not sure if i want her to move in wid me because this is going to be my first place by myself, and i’m very excited, and i know i am going to want to do alot of stuff that i want be able to do because she is there! my question is.. how do i tell my girlfriend i dont want her to move in wid me?? (atleast for the first 3 months anyway)

HLW


Maybe spell a little better? I had a hard time understanding what you were writing. It’s “with” not “wid”. At first I thought it was a typo…then I realized you did that twice. Same goes for “That” not “dat”.

but to answer the question…
If there’s things you do alone that you know she wouldn’t let you do when she was there….maybe you shouldn’t be dating. It’s not a question of should you move in together…it’s are you right for each other.

Sadly it sounds like you two just should break up, avoid becoming alcoholics and get nice enlightening jobs.

 
 
Dionne


Hello,
I am needing to find out what to do about not having signed a lease and the landlord wanting to evict me! What are my rights and what are theirs?

Signed,

A little concerned…..?

 
Morons


Wow, you guys are really stupid. This section is for COMMENTS, not for you to ask more retarded questions.

If you cant even figure out how to use the internet then I dont think you should even have an apartment.

Dumb

 

 
Lettey


I’m having a big problem with my living situation right now. My ex and I moved into an apt November of 2006. The sec deposit was $1000.00 with first months rent of $875.00. At the time we were still together. I put up $1350.00 for the move in and all he put up was $525.00. Since the move in all he has ever paid was $300.00 a month I have been paying $575.00 plus all of the utilties. I never agreed to pay more he wouldn’t pay his fair share and being that I just moved to Cali from hawaii and have nowhere else to go I did not want to get evicted so I paid what I paid so that I wouldn’t get evicted. We broke up about a month ago and he refuses to get out of the apartment. He is a true sorry case he is 20 years older then me and yet I am the one pulling all the weight around here. We been gettin into more and more frequent arguments and I want him out but don’t know how to go about getting him out can anyone help me please

aq


Lettey,
You can sue him for all the parts he did not pay, if his name is on the lease. If not on the lease, you cant do anything. Goodluck

 
 
Satan


OK YOU PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO LEARN THE LAW , you also need to grow some balls, if you dont have a place to stay, then get off your high horse and get in a shelter you lazy fux, also if you are homeless its your own damn fault.

 
Person


I had big problem.
I am living in apartment. one day million and million termites came
out in my living room from window-columns. my family and I were really surprise too much. APT worker killed with insect chemical to them around us. we can’t live anymore, but rent contract will expire on July 2007.
If We move out, still We need to pay the breaking of leaseing contract.
I have babies and kids. they hate this situation a lot.
Please help us.
Thank you.
P

 
JUDY


my girlfriend and I never marry, but just live together for six years.. I’m frustrated with her, but I couldn’t get rid of her since she is good to me, she is innocent if I want her to move out, and on medicines.. What best words I tell her?.. Too softyhearted..

 


can you help us with are fighting all the time about him want me to move to passaviona with him so what shuold i do

 
S


Dear apartments.com
My boyfriend and i signed a lease at the beginning of the year. We each paid half of the sec. deposit, first mo. rent and utilities but he hasn’t paid anything else since. He moved out and changed his address but he is still on the lease. I want to stay in the apt. without him but i don’t want to be responsible for the property damages he has caused. I also feel that he should at least pay me half of the rent for the past 4 months he was living there. Did i just get myself in an unfortunate situation or is there something i should do?
-S from Ohio

Aq


Sue his a** is what you can do. His name is on the lease, he is responsible for half of it by law. Sue him, can even take him to Judge Judy, put on a good show and get all your money back. Oh yea, make sure you bring proof that you and you alone paid all the rent. He is responsible not only for the 4months he stayed there, but for the full lease term and go ahead and tag on the damage he caused, just have proof. Goodluck.

 
 
HLW


Okay…

People need to either break up less or shack up less.

Always assume something could go wrong. Have a plan BEFOREHAND!

 
dani


my boyfriend and i have had an apartment for 2 years i am on section 8. i want him to move out of the apartment but he will not. he has a lot of places to go i do not my mom shares a house with 2 other people so there is no room there for me. he does not work i go to college full time and work. he stays home and plays with his playstation all day and takes my work money when i am sleeping we are in the process of being evicted also how do i get him out and still keep the apartment i can keep the apartment by myself he is on the lease

dana


Hey girl I feel I’ve been with mind for 6yrs on section 8 I just want him gone all he wants to do is get drunk I stop drinking about 8-9 mths ago and he’s gotting worse and is totally disrespectful I need help too cause I can’t take it anymore! Go to the local police department get a no tranpassing and then go to some of the local organization they will help with the rent this month but you got to go out there and ask for the help

 
 
SHANNON


I have a question…i moved into an apartment with my son without my husband,i was the only one who signed the lease in mya and in june he moved in with me.The landlord now says that he has to be added to the lease so we complied and filled out the paperwork but he was denied because of his credit and now I was given a 3-day comply or quit so my question is how can they do this and is it legal? He is a stay at home dad with no income so i was soley responsible for the rent which i signed a six month lease(may-nov). The management is saying he can’t even stay there to provide daycare for our son who is 4.

 
sarajane


A nightmare - you live in a 4-plex. 1 of the 4 goes on vacation, leaving their techno stereo on HIGH and on a timer that goes off each night at midnight. THe manager posts notes to their door, ignoring your comment that there are no humans inside right now. They claim that - legally - they can not enter and unplug the annoying stereo. So for a week to 10 days, 3 rent payers are left sleepless because of one inconsiderate moron.

 
rita white


my landlord died. The property was sold. My new landlord has come in and raised the rent.Iwent from 425.00 a month to 450.00 a month.Now he is talking about moving the trailer that i live in to build townhouses.I am disable and on a fixed income. Can he do this. Please send me some laws on this

 
Denise


I need information as to what i should do about trying to get into an apartment after been evicted and filing bankruptcy. Please help

 
andy c


me and my girlfriend broke up about 2 weeks ago and she asked me to move out so i did and i took my name off of the lease.now she quit her job and has no money for rent and the landlord wants to evict her and she is really mad at me because i won’t help her pay any of the rent even though i am not on the lease and i am not her boyfriend anymore.what should i do?

 
Confused in Jersey


Hi. My ex fiance and I moved in to an apartment in August both of our names are on the lease. I caught him cheating told him to get out. It is a 2 bdrm apt. Does he still have to pay the rent until our lease is up? I asked him to be roomamates & he still won’t respond to any of my phone calls? I don’t know what to do! Please Help!

 
 

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