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Breaking Rental Lease

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  • 09-04-2009 2:38pm
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    fonda
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭


    Renting an apartment at the moment and got offered a relations house (its up for sale, but sitting empty the last couple of months) for a lot cheaper than I'm paying at the moment!

    Thing is, what will happen if I try get out of the lease? Will they just keep my deposit?

    By the way lease is up in August so 4 months left to pay!


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    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Will they just keep my deposit

    Probably.
    At least they will then have 1 months rent.


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    Newaglish
    Registered Users Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭Newaglish


    If the saving in rent over 4 months is more than your deposit, you might as well move immediately - you'll still save money


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    karen3212
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭karen3212


    In theory they could force you to pay rent for the duration of the lease, ie the months that are left.

    However you should speak to the landlord or agency and ask them what they want you to do. They may ask you to find tenants to take over your lease or they may just let you go and keep your deposit.

    This question has been asked recently here and you should check the replies, also check prtb.ie


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    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    karen, enforcing the duration of the lease re rent will never work as in reality most domestic leases are rental agreements as against leases which if to go by the letter of the law, they have to be stamped.

    tenant leaves pre term, deposit lost seems to be the norm.


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    MysticalSoul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭MysticalSoul


    Is there a break clause on your Lease? If not, the landlord could chase you for the remaining four months of the Lease. Whether they do or not depends on the Landlord.


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    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    guys , just look if you have a rental agreement or have a stamped lease. Rental agreement isnt worth the paper its written on re breaking same. If you entered a lease which was stamped in the stamping office, then if you break lease you are legally entitled to pay the remainder of the lease. I would say 99% of leases are agreements as againsts leases.

    Morning mods!!!!:D


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