Location: Detroit Michigan
At the end of June, I signed a lease with an apartment building for a specific apartment within a building (ie apartment 301). The lease agreement very specifically names apartment 301, and the lease is due to begin in mid August. I chose that apartment because it had an extra window, better view, and was off of street level.
Yesterday, the management company called me and told me that they cannot give me that apartment because they want to renovate it. They would however, offer me an apartment on ground level with fewer windows and a view of a brick wall. I do not want that apartment, and no better options in that building are available for the foreseeable future.
I read the lease and there is a clause for delay of move in. I can get the exact language, but it’s something like “if the tenant’s move in must be delayed for construction, damage, etc they will not be charged for the time they are delayed”. I’m afraid this clause will weaken any case for me.