burgesse09
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In May of 2011 I signed a lease to rent a three bedroom apartment with two other people, from August 2011 to May 2012. My lease was to be 3100$ total, 300$ a month plus a 10$ fee to keep a rabbit. When I signed the lease I paid the security depost and first month's rent. In july I found I wasn't moving in. In August I received a lease, photocopied from my original, where the Landlord whited out and hand wrote over the portion that said I owed first month's rent. She wrote I also owed Last month's rent which I hadn't paid. I paid my rent, even though I was not living in the apartment, for August and September. In January she sent me a letter stating that if I paid 1200$ by May 31, 2012 I would be released from owing 2650$. I sent $300 with the intention of paying the rest when I got my income tax. This week I received a letter stating that I had not paid by January 31, 2011 so now I must pay 1800$ by April or 1500$ by March. She explains that I owe more because another tenant wanted to rent, but could not. She also states that I owe 50$ a month because I kept a dog on the property, I never even lived there or told her I would be bring a dog. I want to know if it's legal, since she changed my original lease without notifiying me and if make sense to fight it.
