We’ve been in this unit for almost 3 years. My parents are on the lease (my dad is the guarantor) and myself (they would stay with me for a few weeks at a time during the first year so they needed to be on the lease) my boyfriend has been living with me now for about 1.5 years and was added last year as an occupant. We notified the management and landlord that we would be renewing the lease but getting my parents to sign is like herding cats. My dad then decided that he didn’t want to renew and that we should find a different apartment. So I started preparing to find a new place, and then tonight we discussed further and he agreed to renewing instead. I hadn’t mentioned to my landlord that we were not going to renew, so he still thinks we are going to be renewing- which is the plan.
The issue is that since we were going back and forth deciding if we should renew or not, we are now only 3 days away from the renewal offer expiring. I did tell my landlord that we would be signing the renewal in the last week of this month and he said that was okay. We’re planning on everyone signing tomorrow, but my boyfriend said he would like to be on the lease as a tenant rather than an occupant. Does this mean we have to make an entirely new lease? We’ve also been getting many emails from management reminding us to sign the renewal. I’m worried that since we waited so long they will withdraw the offer- even though we technically have 3 days to get it signed and plan on doing it tomorrow. My boyfriend being on the lease isn’t a huge issue- but it is something we all would want. I guess what I’m most anxious about is just the timing. I’m worried for whatever reason the management company and landlord don’t receive the renewal in the next 3 days, they will not let us sign a new lease. I don’t think there will be any issues and we will be able to sign the renewal, but I’m just scared maybe irrationally that they’ll end up revoking it. We pay rent fully on time each month, and the landlord seems like a nice guy. Is it possible to add a new tenant to a renewal offer? Would it have to be just a new lease and not the same renewal? I would email my landlord but it’s late at night and I’m just kind of spiraling thinking that they’ll email me tomorrow being like “we actually are rescinding the renewal offer, you have to leave, bye!” I guess I’m looking for reassurance that we legally have until 4/30/26 (61 days before the lease ends) to sign and complete the renewal agreement without penalty. (If you can’t tell yes I’m a very anxious overthinker lol)