Lease Finished - Potential conflict

applehunter

There are 5 of us sharing a house.

- Lease is up at start of June
- We have asked for a reduction in the rent last week if we were to continue the lease, however the landlord could not meet our demands so we have found a house nearby that does.
- Landlord is now saying that we should have given him 1 month's notice regarding not renewing the lease.

Are we now not entitled to our deposit back?

doctor evil

Was it written into the lease that you had to give one months notice?

The_Conductor

A simple expiration of the term of occupancy specified in the lease, does not infer the lack of existance of a lease- and if you are not in keeping with the terms of the lease (re: notification etc), then you are obliged to adhere to the notification periods specified in Part 5 of the 2004 Residential Tenancies Act.

If you have been there a year- the notice period is 35 calendar days.

Details of Notice Periods:

28 days Less than 6 months

35 days 6 months or more but less than 1 year

42 days 1 year or more but less than 2 years

56 days 2 years or more but less than 3 years

84 days 3 years or more but less than 4 years

112 days 4 or more years

You are fully entitled to pay rent in lieu of notice, should you so wish (with the concurrence of the landlord).