. I pay my rent in arrears at the months end, so ive a good mind to not pay this months and tell him to keep the deposit instead...but i'm afraid of the consequences.
This house was a complete mess when we arrived. He had to paint the house before we moved in but he was so slow in getting around to it that we offered to fo it ourselves. So we saved him a fortune. The patio doors have been broken and gaping for months and in winter we were losing all our heat but rather than fix them he decided to put in a homebond claim
. I thought I would get to at least keep deposit as they were breaking the contract, however I rang the PRTB and they said that we had to give the deposit back.
you totally within your rights to break lease .
Can a landlord keep renewing a fixed term tenancy and thus avoid the obligations of the Residential Tenancies Act ?
No you are not
If the tenant decides to break the lease the Landlord is entitled to withhold whatever the break costs eg cost of re-letting (advertising, PRTB registration etc) and any void period between them leaving and you getting a new tenant the onus is on the Landlord to expedite this asap.
Can a landlord keep renewing a fixed term tenancy and thus avoid the obligations of the Residential Tenancies Act ?
I'm still being thick here - why then did you forcefully state that the OP could not break his lease ?? ( in response to advice from choccy who said "you can break your lease").
If the tenant decides to break the lease the Landlord is entitled to withhold whatever the break costs eg cost of re-letting (advertising, PRTB registration etc) and any void period between them leaving and you getting a new tenant the onus is on the Landlord to expedite this asap but with the rental market being what it is it could take a while
they're permitted to assign the lease ie get replacement tenants that the Landlord is happy with
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