<p>So I am moving out soon, next week, June 2nd/3rd and will be back in the same apt this August 1st. </p>
<p>But I didn't realize that until today that I had to move all my stuff out because I am not living here for the next two months. The landlord don't have a new tenant or anything, they just want me all my stuff out and then back in August 1st.....</p>
<p>I mean is this "normal"? Can my landlord do this?</p>
<p>It will be a huge hassle to move my stuff in and out again.</p>
<p>If no one is living there, offer the landlord some money to keep your stuff there. Otherwise, they’re in their rights to do whatever they want since you’re not paying for the contract. Its pretty mean of them, but in their rights.</p>
<p>Yes, he can. If you’re not paying and your lease does not extend past when you’re leaving, then s/he can do this.</p>
<p>Even though you’re not physically there, leaving your belongings is the equivalent (to him) of receiving two months worth of free rent.</p>
<p>You might be able to arrange something if you speak with him.</p>
<p>Some apartments offer short-term summer leasing, he might be planning to do that with your apartment (unlikely, but possible.)</p>
<p>One of my friends experienced something similar, except she still has to PAY for the space. She worked last summer in Hawaii, and decided last minute to go back to it for this summer. She had been planning to stay here and take some classes.</p>
<p>Anyway, casual conversation with someone in her property management’s office, mentioned she was going to Hawaii for the rest of summer. That word got back to the landlord. Her roommate is staying here to work and take some classes. Landlord told her if she wasn’t living here that she has to move all of her stuff out before she leaves.</p>
<p>Well she didn’t have time before she left to fight it (her parents currently are, to get the money back), as she had two days to move all her stuff out before leaving for the summer and it was over a weekend. So she’s still paying for the space, but can’t keep her stuff there. The remaining roommate was going to move both of their stuff out at the end of July when their contract was up. Nobody is subleasing it or anything, she just has to pay for the space that she can’t even use.</p>
<p>Oh, and there was a third roommate (moved out in Feb), who STILL has stuff in the apartment. Yeah, she’s still paying for it because she couldn’t find a subleaser, but it’s not fair that one could keep her stuff there and the other couldn’t.</p>
<p>yeah, i moved out b/c i couldnt work out anything with him, he wanted the full rent…</p>
<p>he has no new tenants, does not plan to do anything with the space, and the best part is, he has worked with my dad for almost 6 years…</p>
<p>There is a possibility of someone coming in at any time needing an apartment and he wants to be prepared for it. I understand why he wants you to move your stuff out.</p>
<p>As far as the person paying for the apartment and having to move their stuff out, that is beyond me. If you are paying for it, you should be able to keep your stuff there!</p>
<p>If your lease is up and you are not paying rent for that period of time then of course you have to move your stuff out. Why would he let you keep your stuff in a place you are not paying rent on?</p>
<p>If you still have a lease and are paying rent then you should not have to move your stuff. That’s the reason my daughter and her room mate opted to have a full year lease so they would not have to move out and pay new deposits etc. Though my daughter did end up staying there for the summer, her room mate did not.</p>
<p>2 months is a long time.</p>
<p>If it is in your lease that you are suppose to move out, that includes your belongings. This should be obvious. If you were a good tenant, then perhaps he’ll let you keep stuff there. If you’re like some of my tenants, then he can’t wait to get you out and take your deposit.</p>
<p>It’s completely legal what he’s doing. If he has no new tenants, I wouldn’t see why he’s so adament about you moving your stuff. Perhaps liability?</p>
<p>legal responsibilities</p>
<p>“If he has no new tenants, I wouldn’t see why he’s so adament about you moving your stuff. Perhaps liability?”</p>
<p>He could get new tenants at any time.</p>
<p>If the OP wants a storage space, the OP should pay for storage.</p>
<p>As a landlord, think of it this way: what’s the difference between you and your stuff being in the apartment and your stuff being in the apartment? The difference is merely “you” but you rent the apartment for “you” and “your stuff.” If your stuff is there, you should be paying rent. You could offer to pay something and see how that goes.</p>
<p>I’m surprised this man is letting you leave for two months with the expectation you’ll get the apartment back in august. That is extremely bad business practice- he’s losing out on a full 2 months of income!</p>
<p>Wow. Your landlord wants you to move all your stuff out of the apartment you are not paying rent on. How weird.</p>
<p>I pay for our son’s apartment for the full year. It’s an incredibly convenient place for him and our daughter when school is in session. If we dropped it for the summer, we wouldn’t be guaranteed a place in the fall and these places are in high demand because they are practically on the campus. And yes, we’d have to move everything out because they could rent the place for the next 12 months easily.</p>
<p>When you are involved in a business decision, look at things from the perspective of the other party.</p>
<p>Someone mentioned subleasing-it’s absolutely none of the landlord’s concern if someone is already paying for the lease, subleasing is between the person the apartment is leased to and a third party, hence the “sub.” If you ask the landlord for help subleasing they’d laugh at you (unless they were nice)-why do they care if they’re already making money from you?</p>
<p>In my college town (Ithaca), most leases for apartments are 12-month. So if the summer months are part of your lease the landlord has absolutely no right to kick you out for the summer. Most landlords would drool over tenants who pay and are never there but leave their stuff. It makes absolutely, positively no sense for him to ask you to move your stuff out just because you won’t be there. Money. Money. It’s about money. If you were paying for the summer months, why would he give a **** if you’re there or not?</p>
<p>If the summer months aren’t in your contract then he can ask you to leave-read your contract.</p>
<p>iloveschool, the OP said they weren’t paying rent for the summer.</p>
<p>It’s understandable why the landlord wants your stuff out - but no matter what the reason, he has no obligation to give you free storage on his property after your contract expired/ you’re not paying for the time period.</p>
<p>As to the person who posted about their friend WHO WAS PAYING, yet had to move her stuff out, I am shocked that your friend agreed, although she is probably used to believing/ deffering to authority figures who are older than her. Who the hell cares if you are physically there are not as long as you are paying rent? You friend had every right to leave her crap there. In fact, in many cases the landlord doesn’t even have the right to come into your apartment without your knowledge anyway.</p>
<p>I remember the complex I was living in last semester. The management was generally friendly and benign, although extremely idiotic and lazy in repairs/ money matters. Anyhow, the only time the management made an official complaint to us was concerning this extremely tacky futon we left on our third floor balcony - it didn’t fit anywhere else without crowding things and was quite useful for our philosophical late-night balcony meetings (drinking and smoking, mostly, heh).</p>
<p>Anyway, they left a note saying something about “only patio furniture is allowed on the patio to maintain the ascetic of the place yadda yadda.” By the way this place was an utter dump, but cheap, that’s why we stayed here - ascethics? Give me a break, another resident probably complained about something.</p>
<p>So basically we just sent back the note: “This futon is a patio futon” or something to that regard, lol.</p>
<p>What are they going to do? Break in and move it? Kick us out? Because I don’t believe they can. Don’t be so accomodating, people, when things are in your rights. By the way it was pretty much just a normal blue futon that had turned rustic red from being through several storms. We ended up giving it away for free at the end of the year.</p>
<p>If the landlord lets you store belongings without a contract or paying rent, then he is vicariously liable for theft or damage to those things while you are gone. He doesn’t want to get sued to replace your stuff if there is a fire,tornado,break in,etc.</p>