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Lease query

  • 30-07-2012 6:25pm
    #1
    Jayob10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,787 ✭✭✭


    Hypothetical situation of course

    If somebody was to sign a 12 month lease to rent a room in a house and they then decided to leave after 3 months, are they liable to lose more than their deposit if they give one months notice?

    Can a landlord insist on the remaining 9 months rent?

    Or is this against the law?


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  • #2
    Farcear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Farcear


    12 month contract = 12 months rent.

    The contract itself would have to provide for "leave at any time on one month's notice" and standard form leases generally do not allow that.

    The one month's notice thing is a bit of a myth really. :(


  • #3
    Gary The Gamer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 179 ✭✭Gary The Gamer


    It depends if you are living as a tenant or a licensee in another persons house.

    If the former then you can reassign the lease to somebody and you will be liable for them paying the rent till the end of the period. The landlord can refuse permission to this in which case you can receive your deposit back.

    If you are a licensee then you have very little rights.


  • #4
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Gary The Gamer wrote: »
    It depends if you are living as a tenant or a licensee in another persons house.

    If the former then you can reassign the lease to somebody and you will be liable for them paying the rent till the end of the period. The landlord can refuse permission to this in which case you can receive your deposit back.

    If you are a licensee then you have very little rights.

    The landlord has an obligation to minimise his loss; if you proffer a reasonable tenant (objective standard), he will lose his right to compensation if he refuses


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