Hello,
I've just been living in my apartment for not even two weeks. This morning, landlord yelled at me because I am apparently breaking my lease by having my boyfriend spend the night (he has about 4 times). I looked to my lease, which states:
"Only a party signing this lease and the spouse or children of that party may use the apartment."
Does this mean that I am never allowed to have overnight guests? Do I have to marry my boyfriend in order for him to legally stay the night? I had no idea this was going to cause such a problem for him; I wasn't trying to hide the boyfriend or sneak around, and in fact had introduced him to the landlord.
He seemed to be mostly concerned with the added utilities of an extra person, but I also stay away some nights, so it seems to me like it would even out. I can't imagine what else, besides noise or a moral issue, could be the problem.
He also said that the real estate broker must have told me about ‘what happened last time,’ which he did not. Could the broker be held accountable for withholding information from a renter?
We've only had one exchange, this morning, he was very upset and yelling, and I'm hoping that we will be able to have a reasonable discussion and work something out, but I just wanted to see what someone else’s opinion is on the matter.
Thanks in advance!