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Signed Contract but can't move in

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  • 19-09-2008 11:12pm
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    Nullandvoid
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭


    Hi,
    Myself and friends signed a contract and paid deposit and were due to move into a house tomorrow. We received word today that the current tenants are refusing to leave. Turns out the current tenants' lease runs till December but they had asked the landlord if they could move out mid contract as they were moving down the country. They're no longer going though apparently. We had been told by the letting agent that their lease was up last week but they requested an extra week which we agreed was ok. It seems to me as though the landlady and letting agent have messed up but is there anything we can do? Are the current tenants obliged to leave having verbally agreed to or are they as entitled to be there as we are?


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    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    Nullandvoid wrote: »
    Hi,
    Myself and friends signed a contract and paid deposit and were due to move into a house tomorrow. We received word today that the current tenants are refusing to leave. Turns out the current tenants' lease runs till December but they had asked the landlord if they could move out mid contract as they were moving down the country. They're no longer going though apparently. We had been told by the letting agent that their lease was up last week but they requested an extra week which we agreed was ok. It seems to me as though the landlady and letting agent have messed up but is there anything we can do? Are the current tenants obliged to leave having verbally agreed to or are they as entitled to be there as we are?

    What date does your "new" lease start at?

    I would presume that you should be compensated as the landlord is not able to meet the terms of the lease....


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    Nullandvoid
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Nullandvoid


    It was supposed to start this morning.What kind of compensation do you reckon?


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,549 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Nullandvoid wrote: »
    Are the current tenants obliged to leave having verbally agreed to or are they as entitled to be there as we are?

    They gave notice to leave, but it might be verbal...

    Sadly, the rights and wrongs don't matter, it would take month to force them out legally.


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