Legal advice for unofficial subletting

Meth

Dear all,

First I realize that I made a terrible mistake. I started a 1-year lease with a landlord 20 month ago. I subletted one room out a few month later without asking the landlord's permission (just now I checked the contract and the sublet is not allowed without consent of the landlord). Honestly I did not know the possible consequence of the unofficial subletting but I knew it was not a good thing to do. I did it because my family in my country needed cash for desperate health problem...

The landlord found the subletting two month ago and he increased the rent by 200 Euro per a month. Now I moved out with 45 days notice to the landlord. I was very cooperative when the landlord organizes people to view the house; and the rent was never delayed.

I cleaned the house the best I could but there were two 'dead corners' I was not aware of. One is a glass cover of a table which had stain from the spongy I used for cleaning; another is some dust under a radiator. There are also some stains on the wall, mattress and cupboard.

The landlord want to hold all my 900 Euro deposit; and, he need my current address for billing me further costs of replacement for the mattress/cupboard/wall painting. On the day I left he shouted on me with insulting/abusive words so I left without reaching an agreement.

I know I am responsible for reconditioning the house. And I deserve some punishment for the unofficial subletting. But I was so stressed for the threaten reaction and do not know where is the end for paying the 'fine'.

So I guess my question is, in my situation, what would be the maximum I would be paying? People say that PRTB is the place to go but the landlord is not registered.

Thank you very much for your advice. Can I ask please do not quote as I may want to delete this later...

MagicSean

Tell the landlord you will be reporting him to the PRTB. They take a dim view of unregistered landlords.

FreudianSlippers

Charter.