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I have just currently entered a year lease with my apartment a week ago. I do not
feel safe at all; you can tell the neighbors are on illegal drugs and they leave their doors open with their kids running around. When I checked it out, she said she didn’t have any complaints about neighbors and that they were good neighbors. I want to break the lease after just a week. If they sue me, could I have a potential of winning if I don’t feel safe?
Asked on April 21, 2016 under Real Estate Law, Missouri
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
No, not feeling safe due to a fear of neighbors, even other tenants, is not a valid reason to terminate a lease. A lease is a contract between you and the landlord; like any other contract, party A can terminate it if party B violates it in a signficant way, but cannot violate it because of the actions of, or a fear of, persons C, D, E, etc. who are not parties to that contract. Your neighbors are not parties to the lease between you and your landlord; unless the landlord is violating its lease obligations in some signficant way, you cannot treat the lease as terminated. That means that if you break the lease and they sue you, they will have a very good chance of winning and forcing you to pay the balance of the rent you would have paid for the rest of the lease term.
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