We are in the process of terminating our one year lease 11 months early due to problems with the apartment. We have informed our landlord and he today has stated that we owe him more money (figure as yet unknown). Has anyone else heard of or experienced a landlord presenting his own contract or are they always prepared by the letting agent? I should also say the contract is in my mothers name and she has already left the apartment and got a place of her own, nowhere on the contract is my or my husbands name mentioned nor have we signed anything. This would probably mean that he could throw us out at any time! We have lost 500EUR deposit, which I understand but we will probably lose 250EUR utilities and he expects us to reimburse him a percentage of the fee that he has paid the letting agent, which amounts to a further 300-400EUR. Any thoughts or advice appreciated.
The reason we are terminating the lease is because the place is a dump to be quite honest. Things that were not apparent to us during the viewing, such as an awful smell from most of the kitchen cupboards which we have since discovered was due to a water leak. Extensive mould hidden behind a barbecue.
The landlord also supplied us with a freezer after a week, then it broke down within a few days resulting in the loss of about 50EUR worth of frozen food which he has no intention of reimbursing us for. The list goes on...