Forum Archive: Posts by: mnanda

Hi-

I know this is a site mostly for owners & LLs. Still, I need some advice regarding turning an illegal sublet to a legal one.

I’m illegally subletting an apartment; the person I’m subletting from is not profiting from the situation. The landlord just re-upped the lease, but is suspicious b/c the previous sublettor ratted out the lease-holder due to a dispute over the security deposit. Fortunately the lease-holder had a good relationship with the landlords and had covered her tracks in terms of bills etc., and so and got away with it. This was maybe 8 months ago.

However the leaseholder has learned from the super that the landlords are suspicious. As a result, she wants to formally request to her landlord that she legally sublet the apartment.

My question is this: do you think that a formal request to sublet the apartment after the landlords have been suspicious is in any way a mistake? Could it exacerbate the situation? Could they say “no” b/c they already suspect its no longer her primary residence?

Does anyone have any advice for how to successfully navigate these waters.

The leaseholder is anxious to get the ball moving on the formal sublease, so I’d love to get an answer quickly.

Thanks!

Adam