- Jurisdiction
- California
Writing on behalf of a friend who is a tenant in a business 3.5 year lease for a multi-million dollar warehouse.
He would like to exit the lease before the term is up in approximately 18 months.
Questions:
1) The lengthy lease contract is unilateral offering full protections and rights to the landlord and apparently no protections or benefit to him as a tenant. Is there any legal requirement for written protections to the tenant in the contract?
2) The landlord used an initial property tax "estimate" (stated as 1.9% by the landlord at the time) as a basis for monthly property tax charges to be paid by the tenant. Actual rates are ~1.2% resulting in a cumulative monthly overage being paid. Leasing agent mentioned that overages would be 'refunded' Can the landlord continue charging excessive rates without providing justification? Could this be used as grounds for exiting the lease early?
3) Tenant has requested documentation from the landlord showing what the basis for the Common Area Maintenance charges are but the landlord refuses to provide any documentation. Is there a requirement for the landlord to do so?
He would like to exit the lease before the term is up in approximately 18 months.
Questions:
1) The lengthy lease contract is unilateral offering full protections and rights to the landlord and apparently no protections or benefit to him as a tenant. Is there any legal requirement for written protections to the tenant in the contract?
2) The landlord used an initial property tax "estimate" (stated as 1.9% by the landlord at the time) as a basis for monthly property tax charges to be paid by the tenant. Actual rates are ~1.2% resulting in a cumulative monthly overage being paid. Leasing agent mentioned that overages would be 'refunded' Can the landlord continue charging excessive rates without providing justification? Could this be used as grounds for exiting the lease early?
3) Tenant has requested documentation from the landlord showing what the basis for the Common Area Maintenance charges are but the landlord refuses to provide any documentation. Is there a requirement for the landlord to do so?