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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
You are nicer than my former landlord. We had to leave a 12 month lease after 6 and were charged a break lease fee of one weeks rent plus GST and a $99 advertising fee.
Thankfully it didn't take too long to find a new tenant so we were only on the hook for 3 weeks additional rent after leaving. We also got most of the damage deposit back but were unfortunately docked a couple hundred dollars for yard maintenance since we had moved cities and could not look after the lawn and gardens in the three weeks without a tenant.
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Are break lease fees even enforceable? I don't think I've ever seen a clause for that written in a lease, and even if it were, I don't recall seeing anything in the Act that would actually permit one.