Hello,
I first made an agreement with a former landlord family about one year ago, however, the former landlor moved out and told us the new landlord family is a quite family made up of 2 highschool children with a signle mom. Since I was 17 at that time, my mom extended our lease over the phone without a chance to actually see the new landlord family.
After the new landlord family moved in, it turned out the new landlord was not a single mom (had a husband) and had three children, 1,5,10-year-olds.
At first I thought all the noises those children generated (running, screaming, crying, etc) were because they are not used to the new environment, so I just didnt complain. However, the nosie they made became worse to the extent where my life cycle was disturbed. I am a student so I study at home (the advantage of living alone) but with those children running and crying, it was very hard, if not impossible, to study. My misery did not end there; I could not sleep and was often waken by these children in the middle of night. I started taking sleeping pills after consulted with my doctor. During my exam periods, I actually asked my landlord if she could tell children to run less (I couldnt complain about crying because I knew it was not something they could control but I thought running was controllable) at least during my exam period. She just said okay but the children ran more. I was VERY annoyed but couldnt do anything because my parents were not with me so there was nothing I could do.
I was sleep-deprived (I gained 20 pounds and trust me it was not freshman 15), stressed out, and started to develop suicidal thoughts so I stopped taking sleeping pills. I could not study because of the noise. In fact, I could not do anything. So my mom actually flew to Canada to deal with the situation. Because we all knew that this place was not habitable, we had to give her a written notice of moving out. Then she told us we had to pay her the remaining rent even if we move out (of course no deposit back).
Our leagal contract ends on July 15th but I was wondering if we could break our lease under nuisance law or any other law.
Thank you for reading my long post and please help us. We are getting out of options.
The gist:
despite multiple complaints, continued crying, running, and screaming. (I have several recordings of such incidents after 10 pm)
The landlord's defense
-children cannot behave like adults (which was why I asked her nicely to just tell children run less at least only during my exam period)
-it is not like they run, scream 24/7
-we have to pay her the remaining rent even if we don't live here
(I rather sleep in the park)
Please help us
Thank you
I first made an agreement with a former landlord family about one year ago, however, the former landlor moved out and told us the new landlord family is a quite family made up of 2 highschool children with a signle mom. Since I was 17 at that time, my mom extended our lease over the phone without a chance to actually see the new landlord family.
After the new landlord family moved in, it turned out the new landlord was not a single mom (had a husband) and had three children, 1,5,10-year-olds.
At first I thought all the noises those children generated (running, screaming, crying, etc) were because they are not used to the new environment, so I just didnt complain. However, the nosie they made became worse to the extent where my life cycle was disturbed. I am a student so I study at home (the advantage of living alone) but with those children running and crying, it was very hard, if not impossible, to study. My misery did not end there; I could not sleep and was often waken by these children in the middle of night. I started taking sleeping pills after consulted with my doctor. During my exam periods, I actually asked my landlord if she could tell children to run less (I couldnt complain about crying because I knew it was not something they could control but I thought running was controllable) at least during my exam period. She just said okay but the children ran more. I was VERY annoyed but couldnt do anything because my parents were not with me so there was nothing I could do.
I was sleep-deprived (I gained 20 pounds and trust me it was not freshman 15), stressed out, and started to develop suicidal thoughts so I stopped taking sleeping pills. I could not study because of the noise. In fact, I could not do anything. So my mom actually flew to Canada to deal with the situation. Because we all knew that this place was not habitable, we had to give her a written notice of moving out. Then she told us we had to pay her the remaining rent even if we move out (of course no deposit back).
Our leagal contract ends on July 15th but I was wondering if we could break our lease under nuisance law or any other law.
Thank you for reading my long post and please help us. We are getting out of options.
The gist:
despite multiple complaints, continued crying, running, and screaming. (I have several recordings of such incidents after 10 pm)
The landlord's defense
-children cannot behave like adults (which was why I asked her nicely to just tell children run less at least only during my exam period)
-it is not like they run, scream 24/7
-we have to pay her the remaining rent even if we don't live here
(I rather sleep in the park)
Please help us
Thank you
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