last months rent

milesjo · March 2010

moved into my place a couple years ago, and moving out shortly. when i moved in I paid 1st and last months rent. rent has increased since then. do i have any obligation to top up last months rent to the new amount, or is that not necessary?

thanks!

MOD · March 2010

Yes, plus you probably will owe some cleaning deposit.

Edit to add: I have yet to move out of my place, so I maybe wrong :-k #-o

mg · March 2010

No, that month of rent is bought and paid for. You paid a lower price for that month because you paid in advance.

milesjo · March 2010

thanks for your replies, both of you. conflicting information here.......

sweet tea · March 2010

my understanding is that if you paid first/last/security, then you'd be asked to kick a bit more in for security every time your rent goes up, so that your security deposit remains equal to your current rent.

last month is just last month, as mg said.

milesjo · March 2010

sweet tea wrote: my understanding is that if you paid first/last/security, then you'd be asked to kick a bit more in for security every time your rent goes up, so that your security deposit remains equal to your current rent.

last month is just last month, as mg said.

Thanks. I paid last months rent, not security. The only thing I paid was first and last months rent.

konakazi · March 2010

Yeah your last month's rent is just squared away no matter what your rent is now.

Pretty standard.

xlizellx · March 2010

Regardless of what your current rent is you have already paid the last month's rent so it is paid. The fact that you didn't pay security though....that could mean that you owe if they need to do anything that normally would have been deducted from a security.

milesjo · March 2010

xlizellx wrote: Regardless of what your current rent is you have already paid the last month's rent so it is paid. The fact that you didn't pay security though....that could mean that you owe if they need to do anything that normally would have been deducted from a security.

Lucky for them, I'm a good renter. Place is in same condition as it was when I got it.

tybur6 · March 2010

This is a tricky one... you paid last month's rent of your INITIAL lease... but you continued on. You paid the last month -- and pushed the "last month" prepayment into the new terms. Did you resign a new lease? The new lease should have stated the same thing that you agreed to in the first lease. And, to keep bookkeeping tidy, your landlord should have asked you to pay the first months rent (of the new lease) AND an additional amt to make the last month whole.

If you went month-to-month... well, the same thing applies. When it comes to the last month, your landlord has the right to ask for the additional amount. Simple as that. You're not legally "square" as folks above said. However, if your landlord is a nice person he/she may not worry about it. Though I doubt that... why would he/she have increased your rent in the first place if he/she didn't expect to collect it?

milesjo · March 2010

tybur6 wrote: This is a tricky one... you paid last month's rent of your INITIAL lease... but you continued on. You paid the last month -- and pushed the "last month" prepayment into the new terms. Did you resign a new lease? The new lease should have stated the same thing that you agreed to in the first lease. And, to keep bookkeeping tidy, your landlord should have asked you to pay the first months rent (of the new lease) AND an additional amt to make the last month whole.

If you went month-to-month... well, the same thing applies. When it comes to the last month, your landlord has the right to ask for the additional amount. Simple as that. You're not legally "square" as folks above said. However, if your landlord is a nice person he/she may not worry about it. Though I doubt that... why would he/she have increased your rent in the first place if he/she didn't expect to collect it?

i actually never signed a lease. truth is it's not a lot of money, and I think i'll just pay it to be nice, as it's not a bad thing to be on their good side, especially if the next place we rent/buy wants a good reference. thanks all for your advice!

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