Hi, A friend of mine signed a 15 months Fixed Term lease in Jan 2014 but has recently found a cheaper property closer to work and her hours have been cut so she cannot afford the more expensive property any-more .
She gave the Landlord 35 days’ notice to leave which is over the stated 28 days required as per PRTB website. Unfortunately the Landlord is keeping the Deposit to offset any costs in re-letting the property and loss of rent. My friend has removed the Hi-Fi system from the house to force the Landlord to return the Deposit as she did not do any damage to the property and has told the Landlord she has no problem returning the Hifi once he gives the deposit back .
The Landlord has asked if she would assign the rest of the Lease and has also asked why she is leaving, but she is not interested in getting another tenant and wished to keep her reasons for leaving to herself.
The Landlord has already had people into see the property
She believes that this is unfair of the Landlord to keep the Deposit as the property is in the same state as when she moved in and has always paid her rent on time. Also she does not understand why she has to pay to advertise the property as the Landlord would have to re advertise the property again in 8 months anyway.
She was thinking of going to the PRTB to get her Deposit back , would this be the way to go, any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
She gave the Landlord 35 days’ notice to leave which is over the stated 28 days required as per PRTB website. Unfortunately the Landlord is keeping the Deposit to offset any costs in re-letting the property and loss of rent. My friend has removed the Hi-Fi system from the house to force the Landlord to return the Deposit as she did not do any damage to the property and has told the Landlord she has no problem returning the Hifi once he gives the deposit back .
The Landlord has asked if she would assign the rest of the Lease and has also asked why she is leaving, but she is not interested in getting another tenant and wished to keep her reasons for leaving to herself.
The Landlord has already had people into see the property
She believes that this is unfair of the Landlord to keep the Deposit as the property is in the same state as when she moved in and has always paid her rent on time. Also she does not understand why she has to pay to advertise the property as the Landlord would have to re advertise the property again in 8 months anyway.
She was thinking of going to the PRTB to get her Deposit back , would this be the way to go, any help would be appreciated.
Regards,