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Shared Lease - Partner walking out

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  • 14-11-2014 2:31pm
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    Boldberry
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    My partner is quite depressed and has just packed his stuff to return to his family home. We both signed a lease in mid September to last a year but he is refusing to pay anything for bills and the rent. The rent is too much on my own and I'm terrified. Can I legally force him to pay his half or what is the story. The landlord is a barrister and I don't think he will he will be sympathetic. It's a one bed so I can't sublet.


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    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    Unfortunately you are both jointly liable from what you say. As far as the landlord is quite rightly concerned, he just wants his money. See if he will agree for you to assign the lease?


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    Deenie123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 481 ✭✭Deenie123


    If you're getting nowhere with him, maybe try mentioning it to his family? Not to get them to pay it, but asking if they could maybe make him see reason that he's putting you in a really bad position where he could and should be helping with rent at least, as well has his portion of bills already accrued.

    Working off the assumption that you want to save your relationship, it might be difficult to actually MAKE him pay. Assuming he still has income, he should be still contributing - he signed the lease, too, and he moved in. It's a joint responsibility that he willingly entered into. If you're not setting out to save the relationship, then yeah, ask the LL if you can assign the remainder of the lease to someone else and pursue him for half the rent until you can reassign it and half of any bills already accrued.


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