Roommate Lease Agreement

Muggsy's bar in South Baltimore to close for good Thursday

Muggsys's in South Baltimore will close Thursday, after its owners couldn't agree on a new lease with their landlord.

Danny Young, co-owner, said the disagreement with the landlord was amicable. 

"It was the best possible thing that could have happened," he said. 

Young denied a rumor that he or co-owner Brent Putman would take over Don't Know Tavern, which owner Jason Zink is selling . News of Muggsys's passing was first reported at Beer in Baltimore .

Young and Putman opened Muggsy's three and a half years ago as a Federal Hill haven for beer snobs.

But competition followed.

"When we opened, between us and Metropolitan, we were the only good draft beer bar in the neighborhood," Young said. "Then The Abbey opened. Row House opened and they have good rotating draft beers. Bluegrass opened and they have rotating beers and really amazing food."

Young said their investment capital went into their lease, and there was little left over for "marketing and things that needed to get done."

For the past year, he's been bartending without any other full time employees. His roommate would sometimes help out on weekends. 

When it came time to renew the bar's lease, which still had another year and a half left, Young couldn't agree on a number with the landlord. The building at

Young and Putnam decided to end their agreement and the landlord nullified their financial agreements. "He could have taken us too the cleaners and he didn't. He's a decent guy," Young said.

The bar will close with a quiet celebration for regulars and friends on Thursday.

Young denied a rumor that he and Putnam would take over Don't Know Tavern, which has already been sold, he said. "We are not moving anywhere," he said. "I have nothing to do with the Don't Know deal."

(Beer in Baltimore is also reporting the Don't Know deal has been finalized. Its new managers said on Facebook they'll re-open on Wednesday with samples of new menu items.)

There might be a time to take the Muggsys's name elsewhere, he said, but "probably not  soon." "I learned a lot from the experience but it's nice to have a stretch where I can clock out at the end of the day," he said.

Young, who worked at Ropewalk Tavern for four years before opening Muggsys's, is going back to bartending for the McFaul family. He'll be bartending at Delia Foley's on Saturdays.

Roommate breaking lease agreement. - Landlord Forum thread

I have three roommates living in a four bedroom apartment.
They were getting along fine for six months. They have all signed a one year lease. One of them has acused the other of stealing, he was away on business and when he came back some of his belongings were missing. The saga goes on and on. The roommate who was accused moved out on the first of the month without my knowledege, no 30 day notice. No commication of any kind. I just found this out today. I need his portion of the rent.
What now ? Check your lease. If it says "individually and jointly responsible" the rest of you *are* responsible for payment, and a 30-day notice when the remaining party is still in the house may *not* be relevent. It will be up to *you* to do whatever process is necessary to recover damages, as well as find a new roommate.

Hey, look. I'm not entirely right. :P Here's what Nolo has to say: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/when-roommate-moves-out-29520.html Are you a tenant or LL? Not clear from your post.

If you are just the tenants (roommates) ... then you need to figure out how to get the total rent covered this month and find a new roommate if the 3 of you cannot pay the rent.

If you are the LL... you probably need to post a 3 day notice in order to preserve your right to proceed with eviction. Then try to work something out if they can do it.

If you are the LL and are renting out rooms individually, you can file for $$ damages against the person who skipped without notice.

If you are the LL and you are renting out the house as a whole to 3 people on a single lease, you can file a p/q notice on all of them and attempt to collect the rent from any or all of them. Failing that, you will need to proceed with eviction.

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