AboutJonathan Dever, Esq Expertise Real Estate Law, Buying Selling, Investor, all types of acquiring property through "creative techniques" and fraud avoidance
Experience Super Lawyer by Law and Politics for the last three years, part of over 900 transactions in the last 6 years
Organizations Ohio Bar Assn
Greene County Bar Assn
Champaign County Bar Assn
Publications Personal web site and web articles
Education/Credentials JD - Capital University
MA - IU of Penn
BA - U of Cincinnati
Awards and Honors Super Lawyer 2005, 2006, 2007
Who is Who, Lawyers 2006, 2007
Question I am renting a house with 2 other roommates, we are binded with a 2 year lease. One of my roommates wants to break the lease and leave after the first year is over (in 2 months). My other roommate (my fiance) and myself do not want to break our lease. What can we do to protect ourselves? He claims that he wants to move closer to his job. This decision he has made, is going to put my fiance and I in a bad situation financially. Can we do anything to stop him from breaking the lease?
thank you for your time.
Answer Other than tie him up to a fence post? No. You can't stop him. But he is contractually responsible for his share of the rent. But since you have notice, you have a duty to mitigate your losses.
Bottom line, talk with the landlord, let him know that the roommate is leaving, and find another person to share the rent.
