Sunday, November 6, 2011

Is it legal for your roommates to turn off the electricity before the lease is up?

Two of my roommates decided to move out before the lease was up, and me and my other roommate were both out of town at the time. They trashed the place before they left: there was a hole in the wall, the carpets were torn up and stained, and I found a city code trash violation in our mailbox. Apparently they covered our driveway in garbage and just left it there; presumably for me and my other roommate to clean up when we got back. Our landlord had to come down and take care of it while we were gone. They also left the door unlocked, and vehicles get broken into on this street fairly often, so we're lucky we didn't get robbed. The thing that makes me the angriest though, is that they turned off the electricity when they left. There was two weeks left on the lease when they did it, and they didn't tell me or my other roommate so all of our food was rotten when I came back. What I really want to know is: is there anything I can do about any of this? Our lease didn't say what we owed each other, only what we owed the landlord, so I'm not sure there's anything I can do about this and I'd really appreciate advice from someone who has been in a similar situation. Thanks!

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