Can you break a lease in VA due to work and buying house and had to relocate?

Based on your reported facts, you appear to have had a written lease for a one year term from 2009 to 2010. Since you remained in the premises...

Landlord will not bring gas water heater up to code.

Your question poses an interesting issue of whether the premises are uninhabitable and what are the landlord's primary maintenance requirements...

Am I responsible for paying rent if another person on the lease said they would pay it?

Generally, the terms of the lease will say that the "Tenant" is jointly and severally liable for paying the rent. This means that if the rent is...

Can my landlord (realtor handling rental property) change the move-out agreement we initially signed without notifying us?

The answer is "it depends." Your rights to an amendment to any part of the lease, including the move-out guidelines that may have been made part...

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Following an eviction can the tenant's property be thrown out without notification if the tenant was trying to contact the LL?

While I do not have experience before the Judges in Dillwyn, VA, I can only provide you with my experience before the Courts in various...

How do I get my deposit back from landlord?

In general, the law in Virginia requires a Landlord to return a security deposit to the Tenant within 30 days of the termination of the tenancy....