Anyway to break a rental Lease?

We just moved in a triplex, and sadly did not relize that the house is infested with Mice and ants. we Also sadly signed a 1yr lease on the crap shack that is our house, we want out ASAP, and have been tring to find a way out of this rodent filled place... basically, is there any way we can break the lease due to this rodent problem?? We are living in Ontario, CanadaAnyway to break a rental Lease?
It's just like the lease on your car; you might not want the car anymore but if you stop making payments on it you can expect someone with a scowl on his face to come looking for you.





Similarly, the landlord entered into a contract with you for a specific period of time and he expects rental income until the term expires. If you break the contract he'll very likely come after you for unpaid rent, subject to his efforts to mitigate his losses ? which means that he must try to lessen his losses by advertising the premises at a similar rent and in a similar condition. If a new tenant is found you'll be off the hook from that time onward. If no tenant is found you're theoretically on the hook until the end of the contract period.





Many of these situations resolve by simply explaining to the landlord what is taking place, and asking the landlord how he thinks it can best be handled for all parties.Anyway to break a rental Lease?
You need to review your landlord and tenant rights. If you house is inhabitable in anyway or unsure, you must send a letter to the landlord and he has a certain amount of time to respond. If he does not respond to the problem you can take him to court to terminate the lease or repair the conditions.





Go here and read this: http://www.ontariotenants.ca/


You have all kinds of rights.
Getting out of a lease if hard, but there are some situations when you can. You may need to documents the problmes. For example, take pictures. I would get a cheap disposable camera and take pleanty of pictures. Have them developed and show them to the landlord. Under the law he may be given time to remedy the problem. If he doesn't let you out of the lease and doesn't make a reasonable effort to rid the place of these pests then you should have grounds to break the lease.


I believe he commited fraud by not making you aware of the infestation problem. Maybe this site will help: http://www.peoples-law.org/housing/ltenant/bni/breaking%20lease.htm