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Release from 1 year lease

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  • 29-09-2009 10:45am
    #1
    redddbop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    HI,
    I'm just wondering how hard is it to get out of a 1 year lease? We just signed a lease a month ago for a lovely house. The problem is its on a busy road and we are not able to get use to the early morning traffic noise. Its driving us to dementia. We have a nice landlord but the estate agent we went through may not be as understanding. Can we be released from our lease with full deposit refund if we have a doctors note explaining our extreme lack of sleep.
    Thanks


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    #2
    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    In short no! Was the road not there when you signed the lease? Your LL is entitled to keep your deposit and pursue you for the remaining rent owed on the lease, in this case 11 months


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    Paulw
    Registered Users Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    I doubt a doctor's note will carry any weight at all.

    You signed a one year lease, so you can be bound by that.

    But, talk to your landlord. See what agreement you can come to. You should be able to give notice, within the terms of your lease.


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    AARRRGH
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    Best case scenario you give one months notice and they return your deposit.

    More likely is they keep your deposit and ask for the remaining 11 months rent.

    The best situation to reach for is to try to reach a compromise where you give one or two months notice and they keep your deposit.


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    redddbop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭redddbop


    Thanks for all the quick replies. The landlord is a really nice guy so maybe he can help us out. We viewed the property at a quiet time of the day. There was no work traffic. We also didn't realise that up to 8 buses pass by every hour. These are the real problem. I really like the house but this is a problem we couldn't have forseen until we actually slept in the house. Which obviously you cannot do until you sign your lease and move in. Its a small road with just 2 way traffic. You wouldn't expect that level of noise. I suppose we'll just have to be more careful next time. Thanks again for replies.


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    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    maybe if you sub-let the place and had new tennants waiting for him?


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,650 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    redddbop wrote: »
    HI,
    I'm just wondering how hard is it to get out of a 1 year lease? We just signed a lease a month ago for a lovely house. The problem is its on a busy road and we are not able to get use to the early morning traffic noise. Its driving us to dementia. We have a nice landlord but the estate agent we went through may not be as understanding. Can we be released from our lease with full deposit refund if we have a doctors note explaining our extreme lack of sleep.
    Thanks

    Only way out would be if the noise was due to some defect in the house, or the Landland / agent had gone on record stating it was quite


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    whizzbang
    Registered Users Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭whizzbang


    Your best option may be to buy a decent set of ear plugs.


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