Unreachable landlord

reverandkenjami

Long story short,

We rented an apartment in September through an agency, signed leases etc. Were told we would receive a copy of the lease in the post! Four months later, still no copy!! Rang the agency numerous times and we were told we need to contact the landlord as they only advertised the property, not managed it

Anyways, got the landlord's number. We had problems with the waterpump(fixed myself eventually) & we needed a copy of the agreement, tried to ring him approx 20 times over the past 3 months, no answer or returned call!!


Now, due to circumstances we need to move out! We have a clause in the contract which requires we give 28 days notice and have to forefeit our deposit if we move out early, that's fair enough, problem is we can't get in touch with him to give notice! Contacted the PRTB by email and i got a reply 3 weeks later requesting details of rented accomodation. Replied, but 3 weeks later still no word back! The agency have said they've done they're bit and i cannot give them the notice...

Anyone any idea's??

Cantab.

reverandkenjami wrote: »

Long story short,

We rented an apartment in September through an agency, signed leases etc. Were told we would receive a copy of the lease in the post! Four months later, still no copy!! Rang the agency numerous times and we were told we need to contact the landlord as they only advertised the property, not managed it

Anyways, got the landlord's number. We had problems with the waterpump(fixed myself eventually) & we needed a copy of the agreement, tried to ring him approx 20 times over the past 3 months, no answer or returned call!!


Now, due to circumstances we need to move out! We have a clause in the contract which requires we give 28 days notice and have to forefeit our deposit if we move out early, that's fair enough, problem is we can't get in touch with him to give notice! Contacted the PRTB by email and i got a reply 3 weeks later requesting details of rented accomodation. Replied, but 3 weeks later still no word back! The agency have said they've done they're bit and i cannot give them the notice...

Anyone any idea's??

Text him and say you think there's a major problem with the water.

Or... You could stop paying the rent and see who "only advertised the property"

reverandkenjami

Cantab. wrote: »

Text him and say you think there's a major problem with the water.

Or... You could stop paying the rent and see who "only advertised the property"

Text him a few times!! Either they gave me a wrong number or he or she is ignorant!! They said that's the number they have for him & they were in touch wit him a few weeks ago!

I'd rather leave stop paying the rent as a last resort!

someuser90

haha, why? stop paying would be my first resort

he probably breached the contract by being uncontactable

dudara

reverandkenjami wrote: »

Now, due to circumstances we need to move out! We have a clause in the contract which requires we give 28 days notice and have to forefeit our deposit if we move out early, that's fair enough, problem is we can't get in touch with him to give notice! Contacted the PRTB by email and i got a reply 3 weeks later requesting details of rented accomodation. Replied, but 3 weeks later still no word back! The agency have said they've done they're bit and i cannot give them the notice..

Forget emailing the PRTB, get on the phone to them on Monday morning and do not get off it until they have answered your question.

reverandkenjami

dudara wrote: »

Forget emailing the PRTB, get on the phone to them on Monday morning and do not get off it until they have answered your question.

Will give it a shot.. Heard they're moving though, and it will affect phones etc

skelliser

i think you will find the landlord will surface fairly lively when you stop paying the rent!

How Strange

why not hold back the last months rent and leave it at that. Phone the landlord at the end of the month's notice and say you are leaving the keys in the house. That way he/she isn't out of pocket for the rent but you don't get stung for a deposit.

soma

This really isnt rocket science.

Assuming you're not trying to vacate the premises right this instant, withhold the last month's rent as your deposit refund. In reality, an absentee/uncontactable landlord would have a very hard time of it persuing you for the balance of the lease.

the_syco

How Strange wrote: »

and say you are leaving the keys in the house

Be warned: if there is damage caused between you leaving, and the LL coming back, it's may still be your fault.

BostonB

the_syco wrote: »

Be warned: if there is damage caused between you leaving, and the LL coming back, it's may still be your fault.

Get the agency to inspect it?

eth0_

We've had a similar problem, moved into a house in September and still haven't received a copy of the lease. We are going through a very well known letting/estate agent in Dublin. Their staff are useless and try to play us off against each other saying "Oh but I told all this to your other housemate" and "I am sure I posted the lease to you months ago, addressed to eth0_" (all lies).

Now she has finally admitted the landlord has the lease (I mean wtf, is there only one copy?) and she is chasing him to send us our copies.

January

It's the same with us, the agency we rented off four months ago still hasn't given us our lease.