Lease renewal + white out = contract?

[flipsod]

I submitted a lease renewal form to my property manager, which I added notation to. (regarding a lack of full set of keys a full year into residence)

The manager actually berated me for supplying an "unacceptable document" and told me i needed to resubmit it, a new copy was never provided.

I attempted to speak with her during normal business hours, she did not even open the door and demanded i make an apointment. i promptly went back to my unit and dialed her number, no apointment was made. she did not allow it, but i did express a desire to move at the end of next month. she then alerted me i was under a lease and refused to provide details, and that i should contact the parent company to the apartment.

i contacted the parent company, and requested a conversation with her boss.

then i recieve a phone call with details about penatlies for breaking the lease from the property manager, as well as a statement to the effect of "i whited-out that note you added, you cant submit that on an official document." (cleaned up version)

i have since informed the parent company that i do not trust, nor have any willingness to deal with said property manager. i will now correspond directly with them. and have since requested a copy of the lease.

i believe the renewal form is invalid. it was either made invalid IMMEDIATELY when it was added to by me, or later when she added White-out to portions of the document AFTER i signed it.

either way, i dont have any idea what my options even are.
someone please help me.

[AFFA]

I wish to inform you that you can give a notice in writing for termination of lease contract on the ground that both the parties have not agreed to the renewal terms and the said act of whiting clearly shows that landlord does not accept full terms and conditions of lease. Generally the white portion can terminate lease if any condition relating to lease agreement has been provided. Further if any duty under contract is not fulfilled then there is a breach of contract.

AFF

[flipsod]

Thank you for your response, I appriciate it.

[Maryellen]

You should always get a copy of your lease upon signing. Do you have a copy that has both her and your signatures on them?

[Friend In Court]

Marking up, making additions or delineations to a lease or other legal document without signatures or initials all the way around to each of these interlineations invalidates the lease. Having two different versions and whiteout on the original should be enough. You do not have a completed contract. So you are not bound by the altered version and the landlord is up a creek.

Failing to give a full set of keys is failure to give full possession of the premises, too, as required by the lease. So make your move and should he try to hold you to the altered lease, you should have good grounds to defend.

[flipsod]

maryellen- yeah this wasnt even a "lease" i signed, it was a "lease renewal" form so no she didnt sign it in front of me it was to be dropped off in her inbox, since i left it there i have not seen it. i was sketched out by the fact it was just a small renewal document, at other residences i've had i had to re-do the whole proccess to renew a lease.

i've requested a copy of the contract that i am bound by from the management group. if it goes through thier office at all im sure someone will notice it's been edited, and a small s-storm will begin internally. that is my hope, ending of course in them stating that they do not have such a document.