Do I have cause to break a home rental lease IL?

Can I break lease because landlored refuses to speak to me concerning minor repairs. sent letter, no response so I called. after 3 weeks and 4 attempts, reached landlord 0 hung up on me and 2 days later received a letter from attorney stating not to do this again. Have since found home never had permits pulled to finish basement , bath and have electrical wires running in closets open?Do I have cause to break a home rental lease IL?
READ your lease, carefully.


Bizarre, your LL's attorney sent you a letter NOT to call him???!!


Give LL notice that he has broken lease agreement between you by failure and refusal to make needed minor repairs, refusing to communicate with you, and problems with plumbing and electrical work. State that due to his failures you will move out at the end of November, 2009.


Be prepared for him to contest this, to sue you for lease term, to hold your security deposit, to having to sue him in small claims court for deposit.Do I have cause to break a home rental lease IL?
This is not a lease breaking situation. However, you can contact the local building inspector relative to the permit and wiring situation. If not in compliance, they will order compliance. However, expect your landlord/tenant relationship to deteriorate even further, possibly resulting in non-renewal.
If the landlord is not making repairs as required by the lease, you would have to take your landlord to court to terminate the lease. Depending on the nature of the repairs the court may just order your landlord to make the repairs.





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