How Do You Get Out of a Rental Contract?

I'd go and have a word with Citizens Advice ... if you don't want to seek advice in your own town you can always ring up another Citizens Advice in another part of the country ...;o)

Be sure to get the right advice about your furniture .. I think your landlord would be within his rights to charge you for the removal of it if you were to leave it in situ and of course he will use an expensive remover ..

I really think you need to sit down ewith your flatmate .. and maybe a 3rd party ... and have a really good chat about what you both want to happen in the near future

The bad part is that you are required to remove all of your belongings before moving out. They can fine you for that, and then charge you for the work hours to remove it. If you do end up leaving, make sure you get the furniture out. One suggestion, is that if you don't want it, call Goodwill/Salvation Army, and they will come pick it up if it is in good condition still.

Sounds to me like what you need is the advice of an attorney. I have no idea what housing laws are in your country. In the U.S. one would need to take steps to have the housemate evicted or have one's name removed (as well as all obligation) from the lease.

The citizons advice should help you with this.They are great at dealing with issuses such at Rental Contract.I do hope you get this sorted and I wish you all the best.

You can find another roommate to assume your part of the responsibility. Yo ucan talk to the landlord and decide what the best option is. Sometimes you never know unless you ask. You are not trapped in this situation there is a way out.

A verbal contract? Seems a little fishy to me. I'd be talking to a lawyer about your deposit.

I think you should talk to your room mate and let him/her know that you are going to give notice to the landlord that you're both moving out. This way your roommate will have time to find something else as well and you would be entitled to your deposit back. Also, if there's anything left to move, you'd be there to take care of it. Honest and direct are usually best. Good luck.

There is no verbal contract, it has to be written to mean anything so get one drawn up and have all parties sign or you will lose out in the end.

Give your landlord notice letting him know that you are leaving. Serve your roomate a written notice and send it certified stating that you will be breaking the lease. Your roomate will have two choices to either renew the lease in his own name or move out at the same time you do. If you move out first take pictures of the apt and walk your landlord through the apt returning the key when you are done and although the deposit will be lost if he damages anything at least you can take him to civil court and prove that you did not do the damages. This will work as long as you don't have a written contract between the two of you. Good luck

Based on what you've said the notice thing is just a verbal agreement so you dont have any legal obligations with that but if you dont want to end up in bad terms with your landlord then i suggest that you talk to him or her and explain your situation anyway the rental contract is under yuor name and your roommates name.so worse comes to worst, you will only have to pay the damage of half a month rental if your landlord decides to be strict with her rules although legally youre not obliged to pay for it as it is not stipulated in the contract. problem is if you're in the US the landlord may give you a bad record on your credit profile. If youre not in the US, then that would be GREAT!. hehe. In regards to the furnishings, you have the right to bring out with you all those you bought only. but ist all up to you if you feel like you want to be like a philantropist for awhile then you may donate your properties to your firend or to your landlord or you may take it with you. Hope this would help. Good Luck!