Lease Ends 8/31 New Lease Starts 9/1 Where Do We Sleep and Store Stuff 8/31? - Philadelphia,PA

When we rented, we moved on the 1st of the month in the morning, and new tenant moved in in the afternoon. They moved out of their old apartment in the morning. We have had tenants and the same thing, they moved the 1st and new one moved in on the 1st. If we had to do repairs or anything (always walked through when they tenant first told us they were moving), we made the new tenant move in date later so we had time to repaint or fix.

We J. moved, so I dealt with the same issue recently. We ended up moving a few days early. Solved that problem.

J. ask either landlord to give you an extra day or two. :)

This is pretty unusual. Usually there is a week or so between renters so that the landlord can clean the place and freshen things up. Are you sure the old tenant won't be out?

I would rent the U-Haul by the "mile" if possible. Call around and get different quotes. Some places will rent for the "day"- some will rent by the "mile" for a 24 hour period. If you can find one that is the latter you could have everything boxed up and ready to go with an afternoon "pick up" time. Spend the night in a hotel or with a friend, unload the boxes (don't unpack them immediately) and go return the U-haul all within a 24 hour period.

It will be exhausting, but you don't have many other options unless you have a friend or family member who will let you store things in their garage/house overnight.

Have you talked with your current landlord to be sure that you can't stay until 9/1?

If you talk to your landlord now, they might be able to pro- rate a few days for you. Meaning they might allow you to stay in your current place a few more days and J. charge you by day. I've had one place do this for us once.

Very strange that the people in your new place aren't out yet. Generally the people should be out, and then cleaned professionally and then you move in.

Talk to your landlord and see if they can do anything for you.

Great question! I would think your lease ends at midnight 8/31 ,and starts at 12:01am 9/1. Middle of the night move? JK! I think thats a good question for the landlords. The tenants of the new place should be out by end of day 8/31 so you can actually move on 9/1. Ask landlord of current place if you can get out on 9/1 I guess? This must happen all the time but it does seem strange doesn't it!!! HOpefully someone smarter will have a better answer for you ;0)

Talk to both landlords for an extra day either way. Most moves aren't that finely choreographed! Lol
Pay an extra day either place if you have to.
Or there's always a relative, friend or motel.
Uhauls rent by the day--24 hour periods.

I'd be concerned that the old tenants won't be out in time -- the landlord should have at least a couple days to get things freshened up for you. A basic cleaning at the very least and fix other things that might be damaged.

You should have until 11:59 p.m. on 8/31 to get your stuff out. And, considering your landlord will likely be asleep at that time, you probably really have until the morning of 9/1 to get your things out. I would ask your current landlord what their expectations are in terms of getting the keys back, etc.

Your lease begins 9/1 -- that means at midnight -- so you should be good to go there. Double check with the new landlord. If they are hesitant to let you move in early, maybe offer to do the cleaning yourself if that's the holdup.

When I rented, I used to overlap my leases by a week or a few days to have more flexibility during that moving week.

I rented a U-haul. It was a crazy day and evening, but it worked. I can't even remember what it cost us. We were going to have to have one anyway to get everything to the new house and having it over night wasn't any big deal. I think we used it for a full 24 hours.

we are renters and we have always made sure to over lap the leases. When we moved into our current house, we signed our new lease on Nov. 15th. We had until the 31st to be out of our last house, so that way we make sure that everything was fine. I have never heard of someone moving out the same day someone will be moving in. How does the landlord clean and make repairs? I would J. move into the new place on the 31st when you are moving out. If you can't do that, then I guess keep everything in the moving truck and get a hotel for 1 night?

Uhaul in my area charges a flat rate for the day as well as a per mile fee. Their flat rate fee begins at $19.99 and a day consists of any 24 hour period. Our last move consisted of moving the heavy items 9 blocks. It took us less than 2 hours to completely move. It was the best move I've ever done. The guy was surprised when I actually kept my commitment of getting the truck back to him before his 12:30pm closing time. He was also grateful because he was able to rent that truck out twice in 1 day.

I usually calculate overlap time and pay for a few extra days at my old place. Ask your current landlord how much it would be to stay for an extra day and be prepared to pay him that amount which should equal 1 day of rent.

I would talk to the landlord and ask him if you can have Labor Day weekend to finish up the move and then take all day Monday to clean the one you're moving out of. He may not have anyone moving in since he's not done repairs, cleaned the carpets, or painted. If he has someone ready to move in that week end you are out of luck. You may have to rent a storage unit for the month of September or hire a moving company to come in and take the stuff on Thursday then deliver it the next Tuesday> live in a hotel for the weekend or go to a friends house for a few days.

Then move in on the 4th.

Can you J. ask your current landlord to pro-rate you for one day? If you talk to them in advance, they may not have any issue with it.
As for what I did in the past... it was always to make sure they had the SAME date. If one lease ended on 8/31, the new one started on 8/31 so that stuff could be moved directly from one to the other. If your unit (apartment?) is vacant (the one you are moving INTO) they will often let you pro-rate a day on the front end.
It sounds like your new place is NOT vacant. So I would have a) either asked for a different unit --that is/was vacant on the 8/31 date), or b) asked for an extra prorated day on the back end of my current lease. Sounds like maybe you don't have time enough to get that arrangement done at this point.

So, maybe rent a moving truck for 24 hours?
Not a pod, J. a rental truck. Load it up on 8/31, sleep in a hotel, and unload the next morning. Turn the truck back in, in under 24 hours.

I'd ask your current landlord if they would let you stay a little longer.

See of there is a Door To Door storage in the area. They have a 1 day lag time for processing the containers, so that would work to your benefit, and 2 weeks of storage are included as part of the move, I believe. The pods are smaller, but you only pay for what you use. We used them in 2007 to move from CA to TX and were happy with them.

ask if you can stay another day or two to move, if your J. moving apartments but in the same building im sure you will be able to, a lot of times apartments have to clean before they can allow tennets to move in