Asked by Rose on 27-01-2021 09:02:02
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Eastern Cape
Good morning.
We have been renting a house from an agency for the last 10 months. We have 2 months left on our lease agreement. Last year with the lockdown we approached the agent and he gave us a 4 month off from paying the utility and water bill. It works out to around R1500 per month. We have trough the entire lease agreement not skipped on paying our full rent. Every month we try to pay a small amount off on the outstanding bill. Today we just got notified that they have given us over to lawyer. We have never in all pur years of renting skipped rent or left a place damaged. Now with this we'll struggle to rent another place!
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