Landlord wont give back deposit. Help!!!

crossy

Hi,

I am moving out of a flat next friday and reminded the landlord last Friday incase he forgot since signing the lease..

He is telling me I should have given a months notice.

I didnt think I had to give notice since my lease is up on Friday anyway.

It says nothing in my lease about a months notice
I was also told nothing by him.

My deposit is €520 but he says I am not getting it back if I move out without the months notice.

Have I done anything for him to not give me my lease back?
Is there anything I can do to get the deposit back ?

cheers

GerardKeating

crossy wrote: »

Hi,

I am moving out of a flat next friday and reminded the landlord last Friday incase he forgot since signing the lease..

He is telling me I should have given a months notice.

I didnt think I had to give notice since my lease is up on Friday anyway.

It says nothing in my lease about a months notice
I was also told nothing by him.

My deposit is €520 but he says I am not getting it back if I move out without the months notice.

Have I done anything for him to not give me my lease back?
Is there anything I can do to get the deposit back ?

cheers

Depending on the exact wording, your lease (like a mobile contact) might not be expiring.

You had a minimum term for the lease of one year, and then you move to a rolling lease with a one month notice requirement.

you need to read the lease to check this..

TheDriver

Unless landlord is eejit with crap lease agreement, he is probably right. Check lease as per last poster but landlord is more than likely correct. Imagine if on Fri he turned up to kick you out because lease was up? Or mobile company cuts you off 1 year and day because contract is over?

Grandpa Hassan

Leases generally don't work like that, OP. You'll have to check the wording, but if be very surprised if you do not still have to give notice.

crossy

It was a short term 6 month lease with a guaranteed move out date stated.

Grandpa Hassan

crossy wrote: »

It was a short term 6 month lease with a guaranteed move out date stated.

Was it specifically stated as the date at which you will move out....or just the end date of the lease?

crossy

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

Was it specifically stated as the date at which you will move out....or just the end date of the lease?

It says its a move out date

GerardKeating

crossy wrote: »

It says its a move out date

And there is no option to renew specified ?

crossy

GerardKeating wrote: »

And there is no option to renew specified ?

No there is no option as I clearly agreed at the start that I would only need it for 6 months. he even wrote down the exact day on the lease in which I would be moving out

Graces7

crossy wrote: »

No there is no option as I clearly agreed at the start that I would only need it for 6 months. he even wrote down the exact day on the lease in which I would be moving out

That was clever!

Maybe call Threshold on this one as it is i think unusual.

djimi

It should be absolutely clear cut if the lease defines the moving out date as well as the start date. The only issue might be that the RTA mentions something about not being able to agree to notice periods prior to them being officially given (ie you cant mutually agree to a shorter notice in a lease; you must agree to it when the time comes), but I dont think this would apply here.