What to do if I’m in the process moving in with some friends and their roommate but now that I’m just about in the roommate is refusing to sign a new lease so I can become an official tenant?
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What to do if I’m in the process moving in with some friends and their roommate but now that I’m just about in the roommate is refusing to sign a new lease so I can become an official tenant?
This even though the landlord approved me. Is there anything myself or my friends can do other then subletting because that’s against their lease agreement?
Asked on October 18, 2012 under Real Estate Law, California
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Assuming the actual landlord has approved you to be a tenant of the unit where you want to live but one roommate refuses to sign a document allowing you to move in, you should simply sign a lease agreement with the landlord and your friend on it carving out the one roommate that is creating issues for you.
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