Breaking a Lease

Mar 20, 2017

Good evening all. Anyone have any experience with breaking a lease due to a job offer from DoDEA? I am currently in this predicament and am unsure of what I need to do. I know that there are provisions for that for people who are actually active duty, but are there any such provisions for civilian workers. What would be the best angle to approach this? Any suggestions/insight is greatly appreciated.

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Gary I know this won't help you now but perhaps others will benefit. I demanded that my apartment complex let me sign the "service member addendum" which states that if I get DoD travel orders, I may terminate my lease with 30 days notice. They didn't want to let me sign the addendum at my lease renewal, but it was either that or they'd have another vac...See More

Mar 20, 2017

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haha I don't believe that there is an official provision that you can call on. In many local merchants near the base/post (overseas locations) we get the same provision as active duty as long as you can show orders. Also, any landlord that works through the housing office must agree that orders trump lease.

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Mar 20, 2017

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infiniti4 Thank you all for your responses! Your answers have been super helpful. At least now I have an idea of what I want to do. Kinda stressful, but this too shall pass. Just a little overwhelmed at the moment.

Mar 21, 2017

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kgteach Hi infinit! I got moved into a new apartment September 2016 and got an offer from DDESS in October 2017. I spoke to the land lord and told her that I needed to break my lease because of a government job offer. I forfeited my security deposit and had to pay 1 month's rent. Just be honest with your landlord. Everything worked out great! Don't worry.

Mar 21, 2017

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infiniti4 Thank you dannid. I was kind of thinking along the same lines. I just don't see any other way around it. Going to be honest and hope for the best...

Mar 21, 2017

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