Cancelling a verbal rental agreement?
Questioner
I went to look at a hall and found it good and verbally agreed to draw up the rental contract. The contract must now be signed, I am waiting until it is ready. But actually I want to cancel it. My question is whether I can do that without any problems?Lawyer
A lease agreement can be agreed upon orally. Whether this is the case will have to be proven by the party relying on the existence of the agreement. I infer from your question that you have reached a verbal agreement and that there is therefore a verbal lease. However, if you do not sign the written contract, it will be up to the landlord to prove the existence of the verbal lease, if you deny that there is a verbal agreement. You should take into account that under certain circumstances the burden of proof can be reversed by the judge. For example, if the draft agreement contains many indications that an oral agreement has indeed been reached, the judge could order you to prove the opposite (i.e. no oral agreement).Neem de volgende stap
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