So my landlord is kicking me out (terminating the contract) without taking responsibility on my deposit and ask for extra fee on the apparent damages I did not do to the house. I’m a university student so I went to our legal consultant who’s a very scary military guy. I told him I’ll come back again when I’m ready for him to contact my landlord.
Because of that, I wanted to post here first if other foreigners has anything to say about this and how to avoid it in the future.
Long story but basically:
Moved in and started paying rent in September 2024
The Contract is for room on b2 for 6300 per month including management fee
On the day of moving in however the owner changed my room to F2 instead. So we agreed that I pay 8000 per month including management fee. In another word, our contract is not really official since she never made a new one for both of us to sign.
Though Occasionally she would charge other fees that are not in the contract like gas and such, I just said ok since I was using gas even though she didn’t let me know she’s charging extra for it.
Throughout my stay, the house breaks down on its own, piece by piece, one thing leads to another. Bottomline however is that None of which am I responsible for as they are occurances outside of my control. Like the typhoon blowing out the window sealing. water leaking inside the walls. Ants colony forming throughout any cracks. Most recent is the curtain rail snapping in half on its own.
The landlord wants to kick me out for being a bad tenant and complaining too much.
Bottom line however, In this case if I keep paying rent each month as usual I have the right to stay and the owner is responsible for natural and structural damages that are not caused by the tenants. But if the owner wishes me out, terminating the contract half way, she is responsible for my loss of rights.
There’s a line that says if the tenant moves out on their own half way they lose the deposit which is the standard. However, there’s no line about the landlord kicking the tenant out because they feel like it (again, “damaging the house” is not a reason since I did not damage anything and I have proof) and being able to keep whatever they want like the deposit.
Landlords do not have this much power right?
Even if the contract is heavily catered to their convineince. Ultimately The law is still above it.
If that is not the case then couldn’t you just rent a property out , take the first month rent with two months deposit. Kicks the tenant out by the end of the month for some bullshit excuse like oh he’s like got bad attitude and keep all the money. Then repeat the cycle?