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florianverbeek
09 May 2017
Property
Legal & Finance
Landlord refuses to pay stamp duty
Hi all,
My landlord refuses to pay stamp duty, and indicates he wants to cancel the lease.
Our contract states in the remarks section 'no stamp duty', exactly in those words. We understood that to mean that we didn't have to pay the stamp duty, and he would do it. In the case it means no stamp duty would be payed, it seems like the terms of the contract are illegal, and therefore maybe invalid?
We went through an agent, and all fees have been payed. All documents are signed, and we lived in the house for three weeks already.
What do you guys think? What should I do?
I found out I can go pay the stamp duty myself, but I assume it will have consequences for the landlord. It's quite upsetting, we thought we would be legal going through an agent.
Regards,
Florian
My landlord refuses to pay stamp duty, and indicates he wants to cancel the lease.
Our contract states in the remarks section 'no stamp duty', exactly in those words. We understood that to mean that we didn't have to pay the stamp duty, and he would do it. In the case it means no stamp duty would be payed, it seems like the terms of the contract are illegal, and therefore maybe invalid?
We went through an agent, and all fees have been payed. All documents are signed, and we lived in the house for three weeks already.
What do you guys think? What should I do?
I found out I can go pay the stamp duty myself, but I assume it will have consequences for the landlord. It's quite upsetting, we thought we would be legal going through an agent.
Regards,
Florian