So I'm in the process of moving, and there is virtually no availability for anything. Finally got a place that said I'd be able to move in today (7/30). I signed the lease via email and sent it back to them, gave them my deposit with prorated rent for the last 2 days of July. Now, it turns out that they made a mistake and the prior tenant was moving out today, and the apartment would be ready for move in in one week from now.

It's very much a renter's market, as nothing else is available for another 1-2 months. Otherwise I would have asked to pull the lease and refund my deposit since they are essentially breaking the lease terms. Am I just out of luck?

In Virginia if that matters at all.

JMac03 said:

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Can they pay for you a hotel for a week since it is their fault?

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I can check, but if they say no, I don't really have many options, other than continue to fork out hotel money till I can find another place. Which could be 2 months away.

They asked me to sign a new lease, with the new move in date, so I wouldn't be paying for the days I'm not in the apartment, but I'm still gonna be out some money that I've had to spend for a hotel.

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I wouldnt sign the new lease until they settle with you on hotel/storage payment. Because right now they are breaking the law (in most states) by charging double rent on the same unit. I've been out of the multi-family industry for over a decade, but doing that in Texas used to be a huge no-no.

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I agree with this 100%.

They should pay your hotel bill and your storage unit bill.

dubi said:

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I wouldnt sign the new lease until they settle with you on hotel/storage payment. Because right now they are breaking the law (in most states) by charging double rent on the same unit. I've been out of the multi-family industry for over a decade, but doing that in Texas used to be a huge no-no.

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I agree with this 100%.

They should pay your hotel bill and your storage unit bill.

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Yeah, I mean technically they want me to sign a new lease so they don't charge me for the days I'm not in the apartment.

I'll try talking with them next time I go Wednesday. I'll push for the differential between what I pay in hotel stay compared with rent. But problem is I don't have leverage unless I lawyer up, but I have no time for that. They can give me my deposit back and say go somewhere else, in which case I'd be out of a place to live for at least a few weeks (there's just nothing available), or they could say if I don't sign the new lease that I forfeit the deposit (I doubt they'd do that, because then I would lawyer up).

I'll see what I can do.

Don't sign it until the day you actually move in.

Save your receipts and submit them.

This happened to my son in San Antonio this week. They pushed his move in out 6 days.

He had rented a 3rd floor unit because he didn't want someone on top of him and they called him 5 days before move in and said "because of the storms, they wouldn't have it ready" but he could have a second floor unit instead. It turns out they screwed up and the tenant was still in there.

They reluctantly provided a garage to store his stuff and waived enough fees to cover the hotel along with adjusting his rent. Still very inconvenient because he has to move twice now.

Sounds like they made it right or close to it.

It is a new management company?