LANDLORD V TENANT DISPUTE

aleca

Hi, Maybe someone could help me.I have rent a small commercial place.On teh lease there is no break clause( as if I dont stay 12 months I dont get y my deposti back).WhenI lease the space I bought equipment from landlord.Found out that ( over the period I was trading) the landlord got the equipment from previous tenants with the promise that he will pay it.We have been harrased by the previous tenants , and threaten that they will bring a truck and load all equipment.We did contact the ladnlord and he said he will sort it. When we decide that we cannot aford to rent the place anymore,we did meet the landlord,and at the meeting we had we asked the previous tenants to atend as well.The landlord did pay the previous tenants what he owed( they did come with a truck to load the equipment if they would not get the money), and the landlord told us that he will keep the equipment and not paying us nothing( I forgot to say that at the very begining the landlord said that in the moment we want to leave he will buy the equipment).We had to leave( the estate agent who did assist and hand the lease at the begining did attend this meeting).So, I have lost € 2,500 .I would like now to go to a solicitor ,because the equipment has nothing to do with the lease, and is my property now and is illegaly kept by the landlord.Does anyone now a solicitor who deal ,or what shoud I do next?many thanks in advance.NH

aleca

HI, did I post this under the wrong topic?

nuac

Might help if you improved the layout of your query. Shorter sentences, two or three separate paras etc

Procrastastudy

aleca wrote: »

Hi, Maybe someone could help me.I have rent a small commercial place.On teh lease there is no break clause( as if I dont stay 12 months I dont get y my deposti back).WhenI lease the space I bought equipment from landlord.Found out that ( over the period I was trading) the landlord got the equipment from previous tenants with the promise that he will pay it.We have been harrased by the previous tenants , and threaten that they will bring a truck and load all equipment.We did contact the ladnlord and he said he will sort it. When we decide that we cannot aford to rent the place anymore,we did meet the landlord,and at the meeting we had we asked the previous tenants to atend as well.The landlord did pay the previous tenants what he owed( they did come with a truck to load the equipment if they would not get the money), and the landlord told us that he will keep the equipment and not paying us nothing( I forgot to say that at the very begining the landlord said that in the moment we want to leave he will buy the equipment).We had to leave( the estate agent who did assist and hand the lease at the begining did attend this meeting).So, I have lost € 2,500 .I would like now to go to a solicitor ,because the equipment has nothing to do with the lease, and is my property now and is illegaly kept by the landlord.Does anyone now a solicitor who deal ,or what shoud I do next?many thanks in advance.NH

My translation is:

Hi, maybe someone could please help me. I rented a small commercial place and on the lease there is a clause that if I dont stay 12 months I dont get my deposit back.

When I leased the space I bought equipment from landlord. I found out that (over the period I was trading) the landlord got the equipment from previous tenants with the promise that he would pay them for it. We have been harrased by the previous tenants and threatened by them that they will bring a truck and load all equipment. We contacted the landlord and he said he will sort it out.

We decided that we can not aford to rent the place anymore. We met with the landlord and we asked the previous tenants to attend as well. The landlord did pay the previous tenants what he owed (they did come with a truck to load the equipment incase he didn't).

The landlord told us that he will keep the equipment and not paying us anything. (I forgot to say that at the very begining the landlord said that in the moment we want to leave he will buy the equipment).

We had to leave, the estate agent who provided the lease was also at the meeting). So I have lost € 2,500. I would like now to go to a solicitor, because the equipment has nothing to do with the lease, and is my property now and is illegaly kept by the landlord. Does anyone know a solicitor or what I shoud do next? Many thanks in advance.NH

Well if you were not there for 12 months he's entitled to keep your deposit. I suggest you turn up with a van to collect the equipment - seems to have worked for the last guys!

Marcusm

No legal advice to be provided etc etc....

You're breaking the contract; did it have a specific penalty clause. If not, your liability is for any loss he suffers until he finds new tenants up to the total amount of rent payable for the remaining period of the lease. I.e. it could be substantially more than the deposit.