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Matias, Erasmus
10-25-2010, 06:41 PM
Dear Forum

I have an question. I am currently an erasmus law student in Madrid, where I have rented a room in an apartment on a short term contract until the 23/1 2011. I now want to terminate the contract and notice my landlord of that last week. My termination is from the 1. of December, which means the notice is given before the last contractual period.

Now my landlord replies - correctly according to the contract - that I have to stay until the end of the contract if I don´t want to loose my deposit. The contractual reason is that i cannot leave the room without an replacement without breaking the contract,

The deposit will be lost if once this contract is signed (see C5), the student fails to accomodate in the apartment.(...)

My question is; Is there not a standard protection of the tenant in spanish law, when it comes to termination of a short term rent contract, if the termination is noticed in time?

I hope you can help me.

Best regards

Matias