I live in FLorida and have recieved a seven day notice of non-compliance with opportunity to cure about my apartment dealing with an animal who was not on the signed lease. First off when they state that I am in violation of the terms in my lease agreement "per paragrah 41 which states...." -- they had a typo on which paragrah it was. The real paragraph in which i violated was 27. Along with that, they quoted what the paragraph states in quotation marks, but when you read paragraph 27, it is incorrectly quoted.
Now it states that I have 7 days to remove my pet and that he will not be permitted to be added to the lease agreement, however that is never stated in my lease agreement. The lease agreement says nothing about not ever having the pet added to the lease, so since there was already a few typos in the stated notice, I am wondering if the notice is valid? If it is not valid does that mean that I have a chance to add my pet to the lease agreement?
I know that in the Florida landlord/tenant law, it states that it is illegal for a landlord to put in the lease agreement "A provision stating the tenant will pay the landlord`s attorney`s fees under any circumstances if a dispute goes to court." On my notice it states that if I do end up in court over this issue I will be required to pay their attorney fees and court costs. Is that legal?
I had also found a part in the lease agreement that they never followed how they said they would. My roommates car wasn't registered with the main office because he changed his licence plate after he moved. They put a notice on his car saying that the vehicle would be towed within 24 hours of the notice. He called and said the car was his but never filed and registered it with the office. The car was never towed. In the lease agreement it states that regardless once the will be towed sign is placed on the vehicle -- the vehicle will be towed. This rule is in place for safety and fairness to the people who live in this apartment complex. Since they never followed through with their end of the lease contract on that part, is it possible for them to review my explanation of the pet without paying the pet fee (I was having a trial period with the dog for a week to see if he could adapt to the apartment and me -- I was not going to pay a $300 pet fee if this would not work out, and the office worker who went over my lease with me was not clear on the pet addendum since I did not have a pet at the time of the lease signing to let me know that even temporarily a pet was not allowed on premisis.) I am willing to pay the pet fee and I was not trying to break my lease (I have only been there 3 weeks!) I just want to find a way to keep the dog I have been falling in love with this past week -- and now apparently "I will not be permietted to add the pet to my lease agreement" -- however, it states I cannot add him to my lease agreement on the notice, but on the lease agreement it states that the pet addendum is a completely seperate document, I am just so confused. I just feel like there is a way to keep the pet and it is right under my nose but I have no legal experience, so I don't know what to look for in order to plead my case to the office.
Is there any loophole or way around this so that I can keep my pet without having to end up in court over it? Please Help!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Now it states that I have 7 days to remove my pet and that he will not be permitted to be added to the lease agreement, however that is never stated in my lease agreement. The lease agreement says nothing about not ever having the pet added to the lease, so since there was already a few typos in the stated notice, I am wondering if the notice is valid? If it is not valid does that mean that I have a chance to add my pet to the lease agreement?
I know that in the Florida landlord/tenant law, it states that it is illegal for a landlord to put in the lease agreement "A provision stating the tenant will pay the landlord`s attorney`s fees under any circumstances if a dispute goes to court." On my notice it states that if I do end up in court over this issue I will be required to pay their attorney fees and court costs. Is that legal?
I had also found a part in the lease agreement that they never followed how they said they would. My roommates car wasn't registered with the main office because he changed his licence plate after he moved. They put a notice on his car saying that the vehicle would be towed within 24 hours of the notice. He called and said the car was his but never filed and registered it with the office. The car was never towed. In the lease agreement it states that regardless once the will be towed sign is placed on the vehicle -- the vehicle will be towed. This rule is in place for safety and fairness to the people who live in this apartment complex. Since they never followed through with their end of the lease contract on that part, is it possible for them to review my explanation of the pet without paying the pet fee (I was having a trial period with the dog for a week to see if he could adapt to the apartment and me -- I was not going to pay a $300 pet fee if this would not work out, and the office worker who went over my lease with me was not clear on the pet addendum since I did not have a pet at the time of the lease signing to let me know that even temporarily a pet was not allowed on premisis.) I am willing to pay the pet fee and I was not trying to break my lease (I have only been there 3 weeks!) I just want to find a way to keep the dog I have been falling in love with this past week -- and now apparently "I will not be permietted to add the pet to my lease agreement" -- however, it states I cannot add him to my lease agreement on the notice, but on the lease agreement it states that the pet addendum is a completely seperate document, I am just so confused. I just feel like there is a way to keep the pet and it is right under my nose but I have no legal experience, so I don't know what to look for in order to plead my case to the office.
Is there any loophole or way around this so that I can keep my pet without having to end up in court over it? Please Help!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
