My jurisdiction is: Illinois
Hello, Early last year I moved into a friend's apartment. He was the only one on the lease, and I paid him monthly rent. His landlord was unaware that I was there, and I paid no deposit. One day my friend announced that he had told the landlord that he was moving out, and so I needed to get out by a certain date. He never put this in writing to me, and I only had 9 days to vacate the property. I moved out before on the 14th of the month (before his deadline) incurring considerable expense, and he moved out a few days later, even though his lease wasn't up until the end of the month.
As I paid rent in arrears, on the day I left I paid him for rent up to the 14th. He insisted that I needed to pay to the end of the month, and an angry scene followed. Even 2 months later is still insisting that I owe the remainder of the months rent as he had to pay the full amount to his landlord. He is now saying is going to sue me for that money.
Does he have a just claim? If I do owe him the money, I will gladly give it to him.
I now know that he should have given me 30 days written notice if he wanted me to leave as I was classed as a month-to-month tenant. I have learnt a lot from my mistake of moving in with him in the first place.
Any advice would be welcome.
Hello, Early last year I moved into a friend's apartment. He was the only one on the lease, and I paid him monthly rent. His landlord was unaware that I was there, and I paid no deposit. One day my friend announced that he had told the landlord that he was moving out, and so I needed to get out by a certain date. He never put this in writing to me, and I only had 9 days to vacate the property. I moved out before on the 14th of the month (before his deadline) incurring considerable expense, and he moved out a few days later, even though his lease wasn't up until the end of the month.
As I paid rent in arrears, on the day I left I paid him for rent up to the 14th. He insisted that I needed to pay to the end of the month, and an angry scene followed. Even 2 months later is still insisting that I owe the remainder of the months rent as he had to pay the full amount to his landlord. He is now saying is going to sue me for that money.
Does he have a just claim? If I do owe him the money, I will gladly give it to him.
I now know that he should have given me 30 days written notice if he wanted me to leave as I was classed as a month-to-month tenant. I have learnt a lot from my mistake of moving in with him in the first place.
Any advice would be welcome.
