Can i move furniture ?

[Beowulf]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Minnesota

First off I had to lease this house, my tenancy (one year lease) begins August 1st 2016, I really needed a house to live in and the rental market is slim. So I signed the lease. The rental house is furnished, and I am single so I am wanting to move some of the furniture into an empty bedroom. The furniture if kinda ugly, old, dark wood.

The lease states "The Property is fully furnished. Tenants cannot move or alter any of the furnishing without the Landlords written permission." But the lease also states "Tenant shall be responsible to maintain the carpeting in a clean condition. To insure the life of the carpet and avoid excessive wear in areas, Tenant is required to periodically rearrange the furniture. "

Those two lease clauses seem a bit contradictory to me. It seems unreasonable that a renter not be allowed to e.g. move an end table from the living room to an empty bedroom. But I signed the lease. I just want to better understand what "move" means in the context of the lease. For the lease to say I can not "move" furniture, but then to also say I am supposed to "rearrange" (=move?) furniture seems contradictory. Can the landlord (Real estate property manager) truly enforce my not moving a piece of furniture from the living room to a spare bedroom?

Thank you for any advice/help.
Beowulf

 

[Just Blue]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Minnesota

First off I had to lease this house, my tenancy (one year lease) begins August 1st 2016, I really needed a house to live in and the rental market is slim. So I signed the lease. The rental house is furnished, and I am single so I am wanting to move some of the furniture into an empty bedroom. The furniture if kinda ugly, old, dark wood.

The lease states "The Property is fully furnished. Tenants cannot move or alter any of the furnishing without the Landlords written permission." But the lease also states "Tenant shall be responsible to maintain the carpeting in a clean condition. To insure the life of the carpet and avoid excessive wear in areas, Tenant is required to periodically rearrange the furniture. "

Those two lease clauses seem a bit contradictory to me. It seems unreasonable that a renter not be allowed to e.g. move an end table from the living room to an empty bedroom. But I signed the lease. I just want to better understand what "move" means in the context of the lease. For the lease to say I can not "move" furniture, but then to also say I am supposed to "rearrange" (=move?) furniture seems contradictory. Can the landlord (Real estate property manager) truly enforce my not moving a piece of furniture from the living room to a spare bedroom?

Thank you for any advice/help.
Beowulf

Request WRITTEN clarification from the LL.

 

[FarmerJ]

You cannot dispose of the furniture but telling you that you cant move it in one area of the lease and then later telling you that you should move it around to slow its wear and tear is nonsense, your LL cant stop you from storing the furniture on site, if your going to store it in a empty bedroom then cover every thing with cheap plastic furniture covering plastic. DO take pics of all that stuff they left behind NOW before you move any of it, take pics of the empty room before you move any of it in there and then take pics of it all once its in there and if they try to argue that you cant do that then ask them what part of the lease requires you to use the things they left behind ? ( bottom line is as long as you return the furniture to them in the same general condition minus reasonable wear and tear they wont have any thing to complain to you about when the time comes that you do move. BTW take plenty of pictures of the carpet and every thing else in this house NOW before you settle in because if they later are not fair with your deposit funds like charging you to replace what is clearly OLD carpet that has no depreciation value left to it they aren't being fair. AT some point if they ever decide well since your not using abc and have it stored we might as well then insist on them giving you a receipt that says they removed it from the house. this landlord hasn't ever rented out this house before have they ? its time to get to bed since I work overnights