I moved into an apartment in May, and its illegal.. Located on Long island in Suffolk county. The landlord does not live here, i rent one floor and another tenant rents the other.
I want to move out, i hate the landlord we dont get along, The tenant upstairs from me is rude and I have had several problems with the apartment that remain a problem and the landlord does not want to fix them one of the problems is a heat issue..
Instead of going through the trouble of trying to reason with the landlord, or any thing. I wanted to know what options I have with my lease, Being that it is an illegal dwelling, is the lease binding???? it says I need to give him 60 days notice to move out, i would like to give him 30 days. becasue if I find another rental, most likely they arent going to wait 60 days for me to move in.. and I cant really afford to pay rtent on 2 apartments for 1 month..
My aunt is a realtor and said the lease would mean nothing if he was to sue me.. since he is collecting the money illegally anyway.....
Thanks for all responses!!