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12 month lease leaving earlier

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  • 14-07-2010 9:35am
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    boardfriek
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I would like to seek advice from you guys out there.

    I am on a 12 month lease with a landlord and i would like to leave the place for several reasons in my 11th month.

    The place is a complex with approx. 36 apartments. Due to quick building and not very good maintenance (Agency does almost nothing) this place is very noisy and stressful for me (make it hard to relax). I had mentioned that to my landlord a couple of times.

    I have found something new and i would like to send the termination writing but i don´t wanna loose my deposit. Is there any way to solve this? Can my landlord keep it? My contract does not have any clause stating that.

    Thanks for you help in advance.


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    #2
    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Your landlord will probably keep the deposit.

    Strictly speaking, he's supposed to return it and instead sue you for the remaining rent, but since that would come to the same financial result plus time and stress, he'll probably just try to keep it.


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    bugler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,436 ✭✭✭bugler


    Having served 11 months you may as well go one more if you can bear it. I know you've founds somewhere else but there are plenty of places out there.

    If you leave early the LL can retain the deposit. He may not, so if you're dead set on leaving yo can try and approach him and see how he reacts.


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    #4
    boardfriek
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭boardfriek


    Offcourse one more month would not be the big pain, but the new landlords usually don´t have the patience. So you are screwed one or the other way. There is no such thing as having a smooth transition looks like.


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