Recently I discovered that my job here in NZ is being made redundant in the new year, there are no employment opportunities here for me to pursue currently and I've had no choice but to pack up at move back home to AU.
I'm concerned that if I can't find a new tenant to take over the remaining five months of my fixed term lease, my Land Lord will expect me to continue paying rent on the property. Naturally, this is indeed the expectation by law however I will be moving away, closing my bank accounts here and attempting to find new employment opportunities elsewhere over the next couple of months so naturally its going to be incredibly difficult for me to pay rent in NZ.
If indeed I can't find a new tenant then, considering the circumstances I was hoping that the Tenancy Tribunal would classify this under their 'tenant has suffered a serious unforeseen change in circumstances' clause and honour the termination of my lease. This I'm guessing would also result in my Bond being offered in full to my land lord as compensation (this is largely what a Bond payment is for after all).
I was hoping someone might be able to confirm this as a possible plan of action I could take? Or perhaps offer any alternative advice? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm in a bit of a bind here and naturally I want to do the right thing.
I'm concerned that if I can't find a new tenant to take over the remaining five months of my fixed term lease, my Land Lord will expect me to continue paying rent on the property. Naturally, this is indeed the expectation by law however I will be moving away, closing my bank accounts here and attempting to find new employment opportunities elsewhere over the next couple of months so naturally its going to be incredibly difficult for me to pay rent in NZ.
If indeed I can't find a new tenant then, considering the circumstances I was hoping that the Tenancy Tribunal would classify this under their 'tenant has suffered a serious unforeseen change in circumstances' clause and honour the termination of my lease. This I'm guessing would also result in my Bond being offered in full to my land lord as compensation (this is largely what a Bond payment is for after all).
I was hoping someone might be able to confirm this as a possible plan of action I could take? Or perhaps offer any alternative advice? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm in a bit of a bind here and naturally I want to do the right thing.
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