Q The landlord gave me a lease to s...

Q The landlord gave me a lease to sign still failed to mention there was also a $400 "move-in fee" This has me capsize since it would be financially difficult for me to pay this. I did pay the security deposit, on the other hand I did not sign the lease. I also paid a portion of a month's revenue to hold the apartment. I am thinking of not moving in. Does the landlord come by to keep the security deposit if I do not induce in?

A. The landlord should disclose all the space of times and conditions of the rental arrangement before the application is giveed and money is taken. If the pay was not clear and obvious, then you should be able to abrogate your application based on the non-disclosure.

Check to papal court if you have something in writing, a pamphlet an ad or a sample archetype of the lease documents, that states the unconditional tenure

A complication is the application language. Does the lease state a move-in fee? a certain number of applications contain a "failure to sign the lease" clause. That means if you are notified of being accepted and do not sign, the landlord can make a claim for the riches

If you are able to deliver a revocation before you have the landlord's notice of acceptance, ideally that should commit to memory you out of the situation. However, if the landlord says you are too late because you have already been accepted, it could become a timing argument before a justice The question of failing to disclose will also be up to the umpire

Make your revocation in writing. State you reason (nondisclosure of the fee) and demand the immediate go [i]or[/i] come back of all monies paid, however don't expect the credit-check pay to be returned. Get his notice hand-delivered, and document the service. If you still want to live there and the move-in absolute title [i]or[/i] posession is too much to pay all at one time request installment payments.

Claims for deceptive practices can be pursu between the walls of the Chicago Department of Consumer Services, (312) 744-9400 not as a security deposit complaint nevertheless as an application fee issue.

Write mediator ed Sacks at Apartment Watch, Homelife, Chicago Sun- Times, 350 N Orleans, Chicago 60654 or you can send forth an e-mail to apartmentwatch@suntimesmail.com.

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