My Addled Brain

I had a feeling.

When the leasing company was bought out, I had a feeling.

When they installed the new fountains, I had a feeling.

When they started installing gates, I had a feeling.

But when I got home today, and found a lovely note on my door, I realized that I was, unfortunately, right.

If I stay where I’m living now, I get kidney punched with a 30$ a month rate increase. This is not something out of my budget - with my car paid off, this is chump change. It’s the way this was handled. Previously, when asked to renew my lease, I got a nice note in the mail, thanking me for being a renter, and offering to renew my lease, just inquire in the office for rates. This time, I got a form letter straight out of Word, complete with hand written blanks and a warning that if I decide to move, that I have to give sixty days written notice, or pay a hefty fine.

My understanding of this is that this is called a penalty, and is unenforceable under Florida law. I’m going to ask a few people about this just to make sure, but as I read it, these written notices only apply when breaking a lease early, not when a lease is scheduled to end.

By the way - my lease is scheduled to end in exactly one month. I’m good and pissed now, and weighing my options.