desh | (no subject)

but there should be laws in your city that restrict this. and there should be something in your lease that indicates it.

Naah, no laws about it. They could require a year notice if they wanted to, I think. (The law does protect tenants with a minimum notice for terminating the lease, but that's different.)

It's in my lease. I'm just trying to figure out how normal my lease is.

I averaged. About 50% of the apartments I've lived in wanted 30, about 50% wanted 60, thus 45 as the average.

I'd consider 90 days the max "reasonable," where reasonable is incredibly loosely defined. And say in actual practice 2 months is the most anyone can actually expect.

I'm assuming because of the economy right now, and the real estate market, they might want a little more notice than usual.

Also I'm kind of taking into account how leases on my campus work. Most leases are signed about 8-6 months in advance to your move-in date. Atrocious.

So how many days is your landlord asking for?

90, which seems to be probably within the realm of reasonable but certainly more than average.

the lease i have now is 90, previous leases have also been. i agree with your above assessment.

also, brief story:
on tuesday i saw eli on the unit. i said, "hey, i don't think i have your number anymore." he gave it to me, and then he asked "do you have any of my people?" i was all "yeah, i have desh's number and dov's." he stared at me blankly for a moment before i realized he was asking if i had [as patients] any of his patients.

[i'm not sure how funny that is if you're not completely sleep-deprived or if you had to be there or something. that's all i've got.]

Mine's 90 too. I think that'd be pretty tough, especially since during the apartment hunt I found it pretty tough to find apartment listings for 3 months or even 2 months in advance, most apartment listings were very quick turnaround between lease signing and move-in date.

granted i live in a place where the rental market is fast-moving, but from where i sit, if your lease is set to expire in 30 days, your landlord should call and ask about your plans. its way cheaper and easier for him to sign you back in to your lease than to find a new renter, especially since you already have a relationship. if you say "give me a week to think about it," he should say "ok."

if i had a landlord tell me 60 days out that i had to commit, i'd think he was crazy.

but things move fast here. it's pretty much out of the question to start looking to rent more than a month before you intend to move in.