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We broke a lease because we were moving cross country. I hated having to pay all the fees, but we managed.

I've broken a lease twice, once because a better deal came up and again because I moved in with DH. Neither time i got penalized, but I also took to Craigslist to find someone to take over the lease from me so the landlord didn't lose any money. That took time, though.

We've broken a lease twice, and we are about to do it again to move to a bigger place before baby gets here.

In my opinion, you have to consider what you can afford (in fees, etc.) vs. your quality of daily life. For us, the extra money has never stopped us. Sounds like the commute issue is the biggest drawback.

Good luck!

I think it all depends on your apartment that you're leaving. We broke our lease, but didn't end up losing anything. We had to pay upfront for the last month's rent, but our landlord was able to find a new tenant immediately and so reimbursed us almost the full month PLUS our security deposit, so it was definitely worth it for us.

We broke the lease on our apartment a month and a half early when we bought our first house. We had to pay the last full month's rent (which was okay, since we had a month before our mortgage payments started), but somehow got out of having to pay the early cancellation fee, which was equivalent to one month's rent, and got our security deposit back. I think it's because the management office liked us.

I did once. I was offered a job an hour away from where I lived and it was my second job out of college so it was a big and necessary step up for me, so I had to take it. I think I had three months left on my lease and couldn't afford to carry both, so I broke it.

In my opinion, your pros outweigh your cons. If there's a lot of interest in the new house, that's not really a con because it's not like you're breaking your lease THEN applying. You look and apply, and if you don't get it then you're back where you started. Everything else on the cons list is doable if you really think it would be a better position for you.

I have. It was a similar situation, I was renting an apartment and a house down the street from a few friends of ours came up for rent. I went and looked at it and decided it was great for us. So I had to pay the fees, but I did end up getting my security deposit back. My fees were just to pay an extra month rent I think, I don't really remember now.

Then a few years later we ended up buying a house on the same street as the rental house, but our landlords were great to work with and didn't make us pay any fees since we gave them great notice.

If it were me, I'd move to the house. I will always chose a house over an apartment though.

I've broken a lease. We negotiated a fee of two months' rent. It was worth it for us b/c we got a great deal on the house we were buying.

@FutureMrsMcK: wow that's awesome it totally worked out!!! It sounds like you will genuinely be much happier in your old area.

BTW I drive 45 minutes to see our pedi because a quality doctor is not something to trifle with!! I would drive any distance for a great dr. Seriously. I drove 45 minutes for my prenatal care and now a similar distance for DS's care. It's priceless in my mind.