Myself and my girlfriend are renting a house in Dublin. Our lease is up in august and the landlord asked us to sign a new lease for the next 12 months. It was written into the new lease that if we prematurely terminate the lease we automatically forfeit our rent. Is this legal?
If for example we need to move after 9 months do we loose the deposit? Some people have told me that I have to give 35 days notice and the landlord has to give back the deposit back and likewise the landlord can give us 35 days notice and we have to leave the house.
So if we give 35 days notice after 9 months of the new lease do we loose the deposit if the landlord wants to keep it.
If for example we need to move after 9 months do we loose the deposit? Some people have told me that I have to give 35 days notice and the landlord has to give back the deposit back and likewise the landlord can give us 35 days notice and we have to leave the house.
So if we give 35 days notice after 9 months of the new lease do we loose the deposit if the landlord wants to keep it.