I live in a shared house. I have a rental agreement which stipulates that I have rented a furnished room, use of an office (which is in the house), kitchen, washing room, etc., etc.
The landlord is forcing me into an early "move out", outside of the terms of length of stay which are stipulated in the contract.
A bigger problem in my view is that the landlord is refusing to send a form of termination that is authorized by the Canton. What I got instead is a signed letter delivered by registered post. The landlord claims that for a rented room it is enough and no form is needed.
Everywhere I read, however, the resources claim that unless the authorized form is used the termination is invalid. There is no distinction of whether the lease is on a flat or a furnished room.
1 Provided that I accept the registered letter (not on the form) can I use it as evidence that the contract was indeed terminated?
2 Is it ok to terminate a lease prematurely provided that both parties agree?
My concern is also that I might be asked to keep rendering the terms of the contract (paying) because the contract was not terminated by a notice on an authorized form.
Can a registered letter from a landlord be used as evidence of contract termination?
There is no ‘authorized form’ that I know of. A letter with recorded delivery is what people typically use to terminate contracts here. It doesn’t have to be recorded delivery but by using that format you a paper trail and way of proving that time limits for termination were observed etc
There is ( Art. 226l Code of Obligations and Art.9 VMWG ). It must be used when the landlord cancels a living or office space rental contract. I think it also applies to furnished rooms. Further, as there is also an office space it might no longer be a furnished room, specially if the etc. etc. part includes the usage of a living room, and the usual 3 month cancelation period applies.