Asked by William on 18-04-2024 11:33:19
Question posted in the Landlord Tenant Law category relating to Western Cape
Hi,
I have entered a lease agreement form with the landlord (via agents) but now there are a lot of clashes (3 months in staying here) ... the main issue is that the landlord complain about my girlfriend spending a lot of time here (sleep) whilst this is the unit for only one person. We then had a meeting and I told the landlord that I stated way before signing the lease that my gf will spend a lot of time here and sleepover and the agents agreed ... the landlord says he wouldn't have agreed to that because he wanted one person for a specific reason (he cannot be fully comfortable with a lady here) . I now want to move out and I have made the agents aware but they argue that I serve a 2 months notice and it will only start next month since this is after mid month ... I cannot stay here any longer - I can do a 20 days notice but not 2 months ... is the landlord allowed to take all my deposit ? (That's 2 months's rental amount) ... sure I can do penalty fees but 2 months (and only starting to count next month, i.e 16 days from now) ... what is your advice.
thanks
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