<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance, my girlfriend and I are living in a moderately sized 1 bedroom apartment, paying 1850 a month. It was originally my apartment and she moved in with me about 1.5 years ago. We were planning on buying a home but we still need to save about another 10k to find something affordable to add to our down payment. Anyways, weve found a few bigger apartments that are about 100 less a month and we gain an additional bedroom, but loose my precious garage parking. Speaking with our current leasing office, to break our current lease we have 5 months left I would end up paying 1.5 months worth of rent as penalty - 2775. Then in order to move into a new apartment, I would be paying 1750 as a security deposit. The total cost for us to move out, break a lease, and the deposit for the new place is now at 4525. Thats 377 a month over 12 months!! Our quality of life at the current apartment fine, we both complain on occasion but its the living conditions arent squalid. ::EDIT: Missing words.Im looking for validation that its the better decision to stay put until the lease term is up and find a new place once our lease naturally ends. Thanks all.  <response>: Why would you pay 377 a month to save 100 a month? 