In November, Mrs. Ionescu called Andrei. Her voice was hesitant. “Mr. Andrei, we have a problem. My mother-in-law is coming to live with us. She’s 72, she has nowhere else to go. Can we add her to the lease?”
Andrei, now seeing the bigger picture, drafted a new act adițional : act aditional la contractul de inchiriere
Andrei hesitated again. Pets meant scratched doors, smells, allergies. But the lawyer in his building told him: “You can allow it conditionally. Add a clause for a ‘pet deposit’ and a professional cleaning fee at move-out.” In November, Mrs
The original contract had a “force majeure” clause, but medical emergency wasn’t listed. Without an act adițional explicitly stating that a family health crisis allowed early termination, the Ionescus would lose their deposit (€900) and owe two months’ rent. She’s 72, she has nowhere else to go
Three months later, the mother-in-law fell and broke her hip. She needed a wheelchair ramp at the building entrance. The building association refused. The Ionescus asked Andrei to modify the contract to allow them to break it without penalty.
Andrei owned a two-bedroom apartment in Bucharest’s Drumul Taberei neighborhood. For three years, he had rented it to the Ionescu family—mother, father, and a little girl named Sofia. The contract was standard: €450 per month, utilities separate, no pets, no subletting. Both parties had signed it with a handshake and a photocopy of their IDs.
