Breaking a rental as a tenant by sending an N9

jayoldschool wrote: ↑ One more question. Looking at the N9 form, it seems that the notice period might not matter, if I'm reading this correctly:

"• The termination date can be earlier than the last day of a fixed term tenancy (but still must be the last day of a rental period) if the tenant is giving this notice because:
• the tenancy agreement was entered into on or after April 30, 2018,

Does this simply mean that the lease can be terminated with 60 days notice because it was signed in April 2019?

Thanks for thoughts and input.

jayoldschool wrote: ↑ Just looking to make sure I have my bases covered. Hypothetically...

Rented a condo in April, one year term. Living situation changed late August. Don't need the condo, haven't lived there for two months. Emailed the owner Oct 4 and 5th looking to end lease or sublet. No response. Emailed again this week, asked to end lease Dec 31st or Assign unit. Owner finally responded, said NO to end, agreed to Assign process.

Since they didn't initially respond within seven days to the initial email from Oct 4th, am I safe to simply send the N9 form, pay Nov rent, they keep my "last month" for Dec, and I'm done? I'm assuming send by "signature required" post or courier?

jayoldschool wrote: ↑ Just looking to make sure I have my bases covered. Hypothetically...

Rented a condo in April, one year term. Living situation changed late August. Don't need the condo, haven't lived there for two months. Emailed the owner Oct 4 and 5th looking to end lease or sublet. No response. Emailed again this week, asked to end lease Dec 31st or Assign unit. Owner finally responded, said NO to end, agreed to Assign process.

Since they didn't initially respond within seven days to the initial email from Oct 4th, am I safe to simply send the N9 form, pay Nov rent, they keep my "last month" for Dec, and I'm done? I'm assuming send by "signature required" post or courier?

CNeufeld wrote: ↑ You really should talk to the LTB about this. Sending an e-mail and asking "Hey, can I do this or that?" may not be "official" enough to count for the 7 days; e-mail notice is not always considered "service". Things get lost in people's e-mail accounts, and it wouldn't be fair to penalize the landlord that way (IMHO).

If it is considered enough, then you have to give 30 days notice. If you gave notice on Oct 31, then your final day could be November 30, and your "last month's rent" would be consumed in November (so you wouldn't have to pay). So it would pay for you to get a proper answer to your question this week. But it does look like you might have to apply to get a ruling on your situation to do that, so hang on to your proof of attempting to get approval, and apply soon.

C