Is it possible to bend the law?
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March 13th, 2013
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My sister started renting her flat with three other people less than a year ago and it has turned out really badly cause they have all fallen out. In their rental agreement they can’t leave the flat before their break close without losing their deposit. And the break close is in November so it is ages away. And neither of them are going to leave the others to have to pay extra for their room because they still care about each other.
So if they want to leave they have to organise new tennants to replace their rooms.
However, no one wants to rent their rooms because for the area it is quite expensive for what it is. They are all really unhappy in their flat and id really like to help them out but don’t know anything about law.
Or if there isn’t anything in the law that they can do what are the best ways to advertise a room
For rental?
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So, the best way I think is for them to wait out the break close. I see there is very slim chance to get somebody to rent their rooms.
It’s not really the law in play, it’s a civil contract. The terms of the contract, that they all signed, really determine what they can do – unless the other party, the landlord, is willing to let them out of it.
Not sure what you are asking?
Is it a law question or emotive one? If it is emotive, personally I’d try and rent the additional room to another person. Then go. If that is OK with the current contract they have signed. If not they can approach the landlord and ask his permission explaining the dilemma.
When you say, “bend the law”, what do you have in mind? Like starting a fire in the flat and then say it is uninhabitable, therefore getting out of the contract?
Just kidding, but what was your idea?
I don’t really know what I meant by bending the law, maybe like all of them refusing to pay their rent or something like that, I don’t really know how any of this works so I guess that would mean them loosing their deposit. What I was really getting at is, I was hoping there’s a loophole in the law that under certain circumstances they’d be able to leave their contract with their deposits so finding tennants would be to landlord’s job instead of theirs.
Of course you can, that is what lawyers and attorneys are for.
Also, remember rule 253: “A contract without fine print is a fool’s document.” and 255: “A warranty without loop-holes is a liability”
Your deposit is partly to encourage you to abide by the terms of the contract.
If you all just leave before the lease is up, why would you expect to get your deposit back?
I understand why you all want to get out of the apartment, but It doesn’t sound like the landlord has any fault in this situation, so there’s no good reason to screw them over. On the other hand, has anyone talked to the landlord about the situation? Maybe the landlord has another tenant that would be delighted to move in if the place were available. Or for whatever reason the landlord might decide to let the lot of you out of there. The landlord has a right to release you from your obligations if they feel like it. Ask ‘em.
He’s travelling around china so it is very hard to contact him :/.
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