I signed a new lease agreement for my apartment and was wondering if I could be held to addendums on the old?

Question

I started a new lease on my apartment two months ago and now have military orders to move. I've given the landlord the 30 days notice to break the lease and was wondering about addendums from the old lease, specifically the one about cleaning fees. Can they hold me to an addendum from my previous lease if that addendum doesn't say it carries on if the lease is renewed like the other addendums do? The final line in the new lease reads: "This is a legally binding document. Resident acknowledges reading all of this agreement and any addendums carefully before signing." That being said the only addendums that would carry over from the old lease would be those that specically say they do. Am I right?

I'm concerned since they changed the cleaning fees but I signed no agreement to the new fees.

I rent in Utah.

Answer 1

Read the new lease again.  My new leases state that the renewal is based upon the old leases and addendums with the exceptions noted in the new, like if the rent changed or any rules changed.  

But, you are always responsible for cleaning.  You give back the apt in the same clean condition you get it in.  That is probably in the lease too.  and if it is and you leave it dirty, they can take it out of your deposit as damages.

Answer 2

They can't hold you to addendums in a prior lease unless the new lease specifically mentions those addendums.

Answer 3

They raised the cleaning fees because they want more money to clean. They will want more money to clean yours, too. /

Answer 4

If you PHYSICALLY signed a NEW document, then nothing in the old one is legally enforceable anymore.  I sure hope you were smart enough to keep a copy of it.

The addendums, in order to be legal, MUST be dated the SAME DAY or AFTER the date of the current lease that is in force, NOT before.

There are no addendums that are being "carried over".  That is not real estate contract law.  If they were, then they would have been in the new lease, or your old one would have simply been renewed.  The LL had you signed a new one for a reason.

Keep in mind that the LL is required to allow you to break your lease if you have received military orders to vacate, but you still must pay the expenses in doing so, but not more than 30 days and also, it doesn't have to be prorated.

In other words, if you gave him a notice on July 15th, then you have to pay him through September 1st.