Son signed agreement to share student house. He cannot now return to university. He never occupied house and has given at least 6 weeks notice of his situation. Rental agency insists he pays a years rent and keeping deposit.
2006-07-17 20:52:16 · 5 answers · asked by Denn M 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
A fixed term rental agreement is also known as a lease. Fixed in this case means unchangable. So in essance your son signed a 1 year contract, all contracts have "outs" built into them. From expericance the contract will be in favor of the rental agency that holds the lease. Read your lease agreement carefully to see if there is a reason given in the lease for you to break it (fyi i doubt your going to find one). Comon reasons to break leases would be stuff like: no heat, water, electricity, vermin ect ect. If your son does break the lease (dependign on the state) the rental agency must activly seek another renter to abrogate thier loss of rental income.
this is what will happen when you do break lease
1. you will be sued for the remander of the rent that is owed on the lease.
2. you will have to go to court to defend yourself (show that the rental agency did nothing to abrogate the loss)
3. you will sacrifice the deposit (damage/first/last months rent ect.)
4. you will lose in court and end up paying the full amount.
1-4 are all going to happen UNLESS you have a reason to break the lease. (note ** even being dead is not cause to break a lease)
2006-07-17 21:10:49 · answer #1 · answered by zippo 3 · 11⤊ 3⤋
I'd advise that you call Shelter's housing advice line - they are really good. 08088004444. It's 24 hours.
There are different regulations for student lets but rule of thumb normally is, if they can get another tenant , they should be prepared to let your son end the agreement although he still may lose deposit or percentage of it.
I'd think they could find another tenant.
2006-07-17 21:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by Dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lease don't mean that you have to live at the premise for the whole year, it is Doe's and don't may be they can keep the deposit, but they can let him pay for a year it din't work like that, as long as he give thirty day notice of his in tension to quit,
2006-07-17 20:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's unfair, and they know it. He can offer to find someone else to fill his place. If not they have no righ to a years worth, a court will always take your side. Go see Citizens advice then threaten them with court action.
2006-07-17 20:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't get out of the contract. Rent his room out to someone else to cover the debt. (ie. sublet)
2006-07-17 21:01:36 · answer #5 · answered by Bad-Bird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a rat, put it in house, take a photo, end lease.
2006-07-17 23:46:16 · answer #6 · answered by INFOPOTAMUS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋