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Can we break our lease?

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  • 21-05-2008 1:00pm
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    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    There's a few of us in a house at the moment and our lease still has another 5 months or so left. It's a one year lease.

    We were a little naive when we took the property and the landlord screwed us.

    Is there anyway we can get out of this and still get our deposit? One of the lads want's out now you see.

    I pray for hope here.


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    Afuera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Afuera


    If you can find someone else to assign the lease to then you will be entitled to get your deposit back. You need to ask permission from the landlord to do this, but it does not actually matter whether they agree to it or not, in any case it allows you to get out of the lease. You will have to give a months notice (in writing) before you can leave though.


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    Phaetonman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭Phaetonman


    You can always do the classic,

    Don't pay last months rent. Move out without saying anything.

    This requires you to be largely untraceable but even then they need some sort of address to send out you PTRB summons.


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    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    Afuera wrote: »
    If you can find someone else to assign the lease to then you will be entitled to get your deposit back. You need to ask permission from the landlord to do this, but it does not actually matter whether they agree to it or not, in any case it allows you to get out of the lease. You will have to give a months notice (in writing) before you can leave though.

    Are you sure? My landlord is feckin' dodgy and he has a 2 month deposit off us :eek:

    Don't ask me how he managed it but he did.


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    Afuera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Afuera


    workaccount wrote: »
    Are you sure?
    Yes. Talk to Threshold if you want to make sure.


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