We have to give Lucky away!!!

[BeckyNC]

How horrible! I'm sorry you are going through this..,.

Does your lease have some sort of clause that will allow you to terminate it early? I can't remember all of the leases I had, but in my first apartment, we did term early (I think.......it's been 11+ years!) and I remember we had to pay 1/3 of the remaining balance. We only had one month left on the lease...

 

[sherri0121]

Gosh, I just cannot even fathom the emotions you are going through. I hope your able to find a loophole in your lease agreement or some other solution. Good luck and best wishes.

 

[MeganMK]

First of all, I want to say a great big thank you to everyone who replied. It has been a huge help emotionally to hear others sympathize. A lot of people (jerks) just have the attitude of "well, just get rid of the dog" Uh...NO!?!!??!! He is my child, we would NEVER get rid of him.

We took him to DBF's Mom's house tonight, and they will give him plenty of attention. They said if necessary, they will keep him. We also appealed to some friends of ours who also offered to take him, so things are not hopeless.

At this point, we are still trying to find a solution that will allow us to live WITH him for the next 5 months. Our best hope is that the leasing company (which is HUGE, they have properties in 5 or 6 states) will let us transfer our lease to one of their other local properties that allows dogs. We aren't holding our breath though.

When we got Lucky we cleared it with management, but they never asked us to sign anything. They said no big deal, you aren't going to be here much longer. Well, apparently they have a stipulation that they only allow dogs 15 pounds and under, but it's not in the lease, and they said Lucky was ok, so we assumed he was. I guess they are now enforcing the 15 lb rule, and gave everyone 3 days to comply, or they start charging 50$ a day.

We really want to find a solution that allows us to live with him. He is only 8 months old, and we would be missing out on a fun time, but also important training time that others wouldn't work on with him. My parents are discussing whether or not they will let us live there, but I'm not too hopeful...they are getting ready to sell their house, and an 8 month old boxer isn't exactly going to help keep the place in tip top condition. We are trying to find another apartment that we could afford to live in WHILE paying rent here. Unfortunately, they do not allow for subletting the apartment.

We can terminate the lease for $300-BUT we are still responsible for rent until they rent out the apartment. There are already 2 other empty apts. in our building (out of 6 total) that have been empty for months. Plus DBF has lived here for 8 years!! They have a ton of updating/renovating to do, so it wouldn't even be ready to lease for several months. We'd be paying them for nothing.

All is not hopeless, but I feel like it is until I find a way to be with my baby. I know it could be worse, we could have NOBODY willing to take our baby. But I just cant stomach the idea of being without him. Maybe Im being ridiculous, but I just need to be with him. 5 months seem like an impossibly long time to be away from him, especially when he is learning so much right now.

Hopefully something will work out. I am open to any and all suggestions, and positive vibes and anything else you can throw our way. It about broke my heart to leave him tonight, he tried chasing us out the door, and sat and cried. I feel like the worst Mommy on earth

 

[Macon's Mom]

:( Oh Megan, I'm so sad for you. I was hoping you'd be on here late tonight. I completely understand why you want to find a way to be with Lucky over the next 5 months. It is an important training and bonding time but worst case, you can dedicate time every day/week to training when you visit. I know that sounds just awful having to "visit" your baby :( I hope you don't have to do this. I understand the financial hardship it would cause. My DH and I just moved back to Michigan for his job in August and are renting a house here while we try to sell our house in Indiana.

My prayers are with you and I know it will be a rough night for you, but we're sending lots of <<positive vibes>> that they let you transfer to another property! Goodnight and hope to hear some good news later on today.

 

[Tatertot]

Thats horrible... I think its ridiculous that you cant terminate your lease without having to pay rent until they find somebody else. I have never heard of that, but I've never rented either, so no surprise. I always thought that you just lose your security deposit or something.

I can't understand why they wont just let you pay more. They had told you it is okay. Too bad it isn't in writing, or you could fight this. Of course they wont let you pay more when they can charge $50/day.

How far away is Lucky staying? You can still stop in and see him every day, right?

 

[jen929rr]

So Sorry Megan, They should at least give you an option to get out of your lease that is reasonable. What a shame, thankfully you have many people out here to help you.


Off Topic, Hi Macons Mom, We are neighbors!! I live in Oxford MI

 

[Macon's Mom]

Off Topic, Hi Macons Mom, We are neighbors!! I live in Oxford MI

Woo Hooo! Hi! I'll start a new thread sometime within the next week to get a Boxer Bash going for our babies


Megan, let us know how today goes ok...

 

[KonaKoffe]

We can't break our lease, it will affect our credit too much. So, we have to find another place to live for 5 months until the house is built that will allows dogs. So, we have to pay for rent at two places, and I don't know how we are going to do it, along with two car payments, insurance payments, etc.

I have never heard that breaking a lease effects your credit rating. There is usually a charge to break your lease - like loosing your security depost etc. but that should not effect you credit. I have had to break a lease several times due to moving for work. People have to break leases allthe tie for various reason. Now if you didin't pay your rent and got evicted now that would effect it.

Also, a 3 day notice sounds a little short and I bet you have some legal recourse. They need to give you enough time to find a new place and that is not reasonible. I would get some legal advice if that is in your budget.

 

[hldavis]

I'm so sorry to hear the situation you are in. That is horrible. I offer you as much support as I can. If I were near you I would let your baby stay with me. Have you talked to a lawyer about this? I do not see how they can enforce that with a previous verbal agreement it's worth a shot to at least council. I wish you the best of luck and I'm sending you some famous boxer vibes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've terminated a lease before and all I lost was the security deposit. I agree I do not see how it could effect your credit.

 

[KonaKoffe]

We can terminate the lease for $300-BUT we are still responsible for rent until they rent out the apartment.

OMG!!!! I just read this too. That seems way illegal. Once the lease is broken you are not obligated. What kind of contract are they having people sign. I would definitely contact some housing organization. I have never heard of such a practice and I have lived in a few apartments in my younger years. So what is the point of terminating the lease - doesn't make sense.