1 reviews | Active since May 2015
FORFEITED MY DEPOSIT AND FORCED TO PAY RENT
I was paying rent for my little sister who is at varsity in 2014. As part of the contract I had to pay a deposit which would be payed back to me at the end of the contract. City Property apparently slid a letter under my little sister's apartment door which was meant to inform us to in turn inform City Property whether or not we intended to continue renting the apartment after our contract had expired. I never got to see nor read that particular letter because my little sister was preoccupied with exams and forgot to hand it to me. At the end of the contract an inspection of the apartment was done and no damages found. We vacated the building and I later got a call to say I absconded from the building. After numerous calls I discovered that I was going to forfeit my deposit due to absconding. I agreed to forfeiting the deposit due to not having have read the letter I mentioned earlier. I am now receiving threats of legal action and defaulting on credit bureau because they say I owe rent for the month the apartment was empty after my contract expired. I do not understand why because they took my deposit and I was out of the apartment for that month in question. Please help!
As per your signed lease agreement, you needed to submit a notice in writing to inform City Property of your intention to vacate the unit, if no such notice was received, and you vacate the unit, it is an abscond, meaning you moved out of the unit without giving notice. As per the same lease agreement, if you do not inform City Property of your intention not to renew the lease, in writing, then the lease will automatically renew for the same period as per the original lease period. The letter was delivered to the unit, in November 2014, as per clause 26 of your lease agreement. The lease renewed, and subsequently a penalty fee was charged as your absconding, was in breach of the auto renewed lease period. I suggest you contact the relevant Credit Controller to make a payment arrangement for the outstanding amount on your account.
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As per your signed lease agreement, you needed to submit a notice in writing to inform City Property of your intention to vacate the unit, if no such notice was received, and you vacate the unit, it is an abscond, meaning you moved out of the unit without giving notice. As per the same lease agreement, if you do not inform City Property of your intention not to renew the lease, in writing, then the lease will automatically renew for the same period as per the original lease period. The letter was delivered to the unit, in November 2014, as per clause 26 of your lease agreement. The lease renewed, and subsequently a penalty fee was charged as your absconding, was in breach of the auto renewed lease period. I suggest you contact the relevant Credit Controller to make a payment arrangement for the outstanding amount on your account.
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