You are entitled to terminate your tenancy by giving the landlord adequate notice. You will not be liable for the additional 8 months.
28 days notice is sufficient if you have been there for less than 6 months.
Please see the PTRB website for more details. http://www.prtb.ie/
The PTRB can also be of assistance if there is a dispute between you and the landlord, but hopefully that won't arise.
Rental contracts can be scary to read, but please note disputes between landlords and tenants are now settled by the PTRB and not the courts.
Realistically I wouldn't expect the Landlord to lower the rent, especially with rents rising in general.
Is it possible for you to top up the rent allowance so as to make up your normal rent payment?
She said that because I signed a lease for 12 months
why did you sign a 12 month con tract if you cant afford it???
seems to me that you've made your bed and should sleep in it (harsh as it may seem)
why did you sign a 12 month con tract if you cant afford it???
seems to me that you've made your bed and should sleep in it (harsh as it may seem)
Is it possible for you to top up the rent allowance so as to make up your normal rent payment?
I have told the agent that if he won't lower it I will not be able to afford the rent so will have to move, even though I would like to stay. She said that because I signed a lease for 12 months I am liable for the remaining 8 months. They will follow me for it. But I don't have this money either. Also I'm very worried as in my lease, it states that any cost incurred in any legal proceedings would be my expense.
I have been speaking to Citizens Advice and Threshold and they advised me to ask to reassign or sublet.
OP your best best is to try and get a cheaper place landlords can't discriminate against those on RA anymore though I am sure many will continue to do all the same.
The OP clearly states he is after losing his job, how was he to know that when he signed the lease?
I can only speak for the leases I've signed. They've allowed me to 'break' the lease after 28/30 days notice, leaving my deposit behind to cover the cost of re-letting.If your logic is to hold then how can anyone ever sign a 12 mnth lease (in case they were to loose their job)...whats the point of having a 12 month lease?
If neither CA nor Threshold were not of much help, it would seem to me that there is more to this story that they got and which we are not getting.I''m surprised neither CA or Threshold were of much help to you. And I honestly laugh at the suggestion you find a new tenant. 99.9 % of landlords will prefer to find their own tenants.
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