we have been renting this house for almo...

Asked by the Customer on 27-08-2014 04:12:54
Question posted in the Landlord Tenant Law category relating to Eastern Cape

we have been renting this house for almost 4 years now, we have been paying our rent in time, until last year August my husband got retrenched and skipped a months rent,he got a job in January and we made an arrangement with our agent that we pay in instalments and by May we would cleared our debt, Only to be summoned in April that we have have to pay an amount that was way over what we were intending to pay and moreover we knew we were left with a month to clear our debt,When we approached the agents they told us that the agent we were dealing with before is no longer working for them,and they started telling us accounts we didnt really understand,we reached a agreement that we finish the amount they had mentioned end of August but now before the end of August,they taken us back to their lawyers,and we have decided enough is enough,we gave notice to leave coz we can't afford it any more,but we can't find a place to stay coz every potential landlord who phones them are told we owe them money and yet they still have our deposit,what should we do,we have already notice to leave and haven't a place to live,i have 3 children and they are telling us should by end of the month

If you would like to view the entire answer, you will need to either login or register a FREE account.

Disclaimer

DISCLAIMER: Advice or answers from Lawyers on South African Legal Advice are not substitutes for the proper advice of an Lawyer. South African Legal Advice is a public forum and questions and responses are not private or confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Lawyer who assists with your question is not your Lawyer, and the response above is not to be considered to be legal advice. You should not read this response to propose specific action or address specific circumstances, but only to give you a sense of general principles of law that might affect the situation you describe. Application of these general principles to particular circumstances must be done by a lawyer who has spoken with you in confidence, learned all relevant information, and explored various options. Before acting on these general principles, you should hire a lawyer licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction to which your question pertains. The responses above are from individual Lawyers, not South African Legal Advice. The site and services are provided “as is”. This site is not for emergency questions which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. Please carefully read the Terms of Service.