breaking the lease contract

You can't legally break it unless the landlord agrees, so talk to them. They are within their rights to demand that you continue paying rent until the end of March, but some landlords are actually quite reasonable and will be helpful if you have a good enough reason. On a similar thread, someone advised offering to pay the agency fees to find a new tenant, which is a very good idea. If you help the landlord to find a tenant as much as you can, it's more likely that s/he will be helpful to you.

It depends mainly on the WORDING of the lease......whether you have a "break clause" in the lese agreement..depending always on the wording of the lease, if no break clause you can ASK the landlord for an agreement to terminate; IF the market has risen a greedy landlord will be more than happy to let you out WHEN they find a replacement tenant at a higher price!! If not then your alternative is to find a replacement tenant to take up the remainder of the term....the landlord would NOT be wise to resist this placement and if they did you could argue they caused their own lost rent if they chase after you....however, what does the lease say about restricting you finding a tenant?



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