Finding a rental house is not an easy task, nor is it sometimes to sign a lease. Many times doubts arise about the clauses included in it, either by the durationthe expenses that each part have to assume, or any other issue. In this sense, there is a clear thing and, no matter how much a contract is signed, if any of the clauses included in it is contrary to the law, it does not have to be fulfilled.
This has been made clear by the expert lawyer for rent, Alberto Sánchez, through a video published through his social networks, ‘legally’. “There are clauses that although they come in the contract do not have to comply,” the expert begins.
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Following a consultation raised by one of its followers, Sánchez recalls that the Urban Lease Law (LAU) is the rule that regulates long -term housing contracts and that many of its provisions are imperative, “that is, mandatory, regardless of whether the opposite is agreed in the contract. If the opposite is agreed in the contract, the law prevails,” explains the lawyer clause is considered zero.
Some examples of null clauses that are usually included in rental contracts
The expert provides practical examples to illustrate this problem. One quite common, and who is the one who raises his follower, has to do with the maintenance expenses of the house. In the message the following problem was raised:
“We renewed the contract by putting a clause in which he would not fix anything”
In this case, the lawyer’s response is clear. “The owner has to take charge of the law of the defects that affect the habitability of the house, regardless of what he puts in the contract. Obviously, if the damage has caused the fault or negligence of the tenant, he has to pay it.” And it is that the LAU clearly determines When the landlord has to take care of the repairs or when they correspond to the tenant.
But this is not the only case, “null clauses and that, therefore, it is not necessary The Rent 200 every month, ”says Sánchez.
For this reason, the lawyer insists that it is important to know the regulations that regulate these contracts to avoid abuse.