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Rent renewal with new flatmate

adlerhn · 2018-01-18 11:19:02

I am a few months away from finishing my 1-year lease. My flatmate and I are both in the lease contract. I want to renew the contract to continue the lease, but my flatmate is moving out. What should be the best way for me to proceed? Should I tell the agency or the landlord that I want to renew but we need to change my…

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#32 25-01-2018 4:24pm
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davo10 wrote: »

No, you do not need to sign a new lease, you have part 4 tenancy rights.

In regard to previous posts regarding the LL not allowing the tenant leaving to assign the lease, an important fact here is that the op wants to stay, he does not want to exercise his right to terminate the lease due to the LLs refusal to assign. Op, if the rent is being paid out of your account, just get a new tenant, and stay quiet, the LL won't know.

This tenant didn't. Look at what the Tribunal examined.
https://www.rtb.ie/docs/default-source/tribunal-reports/tr0217-002188-dr0117-31411-report.pdf?sfvrsn=0

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