Renter Advice…is There Anything I Can Do Here?
Context: I signed a year-long lease with a private landlord (property owner) back in May. Since then I have HATED living here, but nothing bad enough has come up to warrant me to leave, especially because the lease has an early termination fee.
Yesterday, my landlord texts me and says he wants me to stop parking in the garage when his girlfriend is here (she’s generally here up to 4 of the 7 days of each week, so this is a considerable amount of time). My lease says “Tenant is entitled to garage parking.” I politely told him no, I am entitled to garage parking per the lease and I will continue to exercise that right.
Landlord says if I want to continue parking there, I can pay an extra $100 a month. I also deny that claim. Then, my landlord cites his “Rolling Termination Clause” that gives me 60 days to find a new place, saying that if I do not comply with him the lease will be terminated on that date.
I understand that I can’t really fight the termination clause, but do I have any leverage here? This just seems incredibly like some sort of extorting of our agreement and I’m really upset.
Thanks in advance.
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