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Grounds to break lease without penalty?

My partner and I are planning on moving, and potentially buying a house (our first home!)

Due to some unexpected events in our lives, we’re hoping to move out of our current apartment (in California, USA) sooner rather than later. We have a bit under 6 months left on our lease, but we would like to break it because it would allow us to move a lot faster and in turn, handle those previously mentioned events a lot better as they require immediate adjustments to our daily lives.

Here’s where I think I could potentially break my lease without penalty - our building has A LOT of issues:

  • They don’t handle packages very well (we even had a whole “heist” of sorts from our package room a few months ago)

  • We have a massive issue in the building with fire alarms. The fire alarms in the hallways/breezeways will go off for seemingly no reason at all. It’s gotten to the point where we cannot tell if we should even bother leaving our apartment to get to safety, because it’s always a false alarm, or someone pulling the alarm for whatever reason. They keep saying they will fix this, but they never do, and this has been an issue for YEARS.

  • The elevators are overdue for inspection, and break down at least once per month

  • The front desk is rarely available to take phone calls

  • Maintenance requests often take months to fulfill

Is any of this grounds to break our lease without penalty?

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