As you come to an end with your lease for the 2016-2017 lease year, many of you are probably starting to think about the move out process.  As some of you may know who are familiar with JSM's policies, you are going to want to make sure that you take care of the following items:

Your Account:
Pay all remaining rent, including rent payments (July 1st is the final payment for a standard 12 month lease agreement), as well as any outsanding balances such as late chargers or maintenance fees.  All balances for the account must be paid, by all roommates.  If you have ACH set up with JSM then it will terminate after July 1st, therefore you will not have to cancel anything unless you have renewed ACH for the following year either at the same apartment or at a new apartment.  If you have automatic payments set up online via the JSM/Paylease website you will need to log into your account and cancel those automatic payments or else they will continue into the next month.  JSM is not responsible for cancelling your online automatic payments.

Cleaning:
Clean the entire apartment thoroughly, just as it was cleaned prior to you moving in.  Per your lease, costs to clean the apartment, remove trash and repair damages may be charged against your security deposit.

Utilities:
If you are in a building where you pay for your own electricity, leave electricity on until one week after you vacate the apartment.  Turn off all circuit breakers in your breaker box.  If you don’t, the power company may not turn off your power and your account may remain active.  Once breakers are off, leave refrigerator and freezer doors open.  If you pay for your own water service, contact Illinois American Water Company to schedule your water to be turned off one week after you plan to vacate your apartment.  If you have cable television or other services, have your service terminated.

Security Deposit:
Complete a Security Deposit Address Change Form if the address where we’ll send your security deposit refund is not the address you provided to JSM on your lease.  You will need to choose to have the check sent to an address within the US.  Or if you bank with PNC, Chase, or Busey then we can mail your check to them and have them deposit it directly into your bank account.  We will require a deposit slip to complete this, which the office does provide them, however if you have already left you will need to send us your bank account information.

Keys:
Get Key Return Envelope(s) from the JSM leasing office.  Place all apartment keys and fobs inside one envelope and place garage remotes (one per envelope) in another envelope.  Label each envelope with the apartment address and unit number or with the garage address and space number and return the envelopes to our office.  You may use the key drop boxes, but you must put all keys and remotes in labeled envelopes.  Do not return keys and remotes by mail.  If, for any reason, we do not receive all of the keys in our office by the expiration of the lease, locks will be changed and charges will be applied to your account. 

Questions?
Call JSM at 217-359-6108 with any questions.  Thank you for living with JSM.