Rental contract.

Andrea Duguay

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Any advice on what a rental contract in the Dominican Republic should include? Are there lawyers that will help for a nominal fee?
 

franco1111

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There are lawyers that will do the contract for a fee. But, you do not need a lawyer if the contract is simple and you can read Spanish. The contract does not have to be complicated. Some owners will make it complicated - and they will have their lawyer write it. You have to be careful in this situation that they do not make it one sided their favor.

I paid $350 USD to a lawyer one time to do the contract because the owner of the place I wanted to rent was unreasonable. Another time I did not need the lawyer because the owner was reasonable and the contract was simple.

You might want to post your question in Legal here to get better responses? Buena suerte.
 

ctrob

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Short answer - Absolutely. Are you the lessee or lessor? Either way it's a contract for future services & future payment. I would use a lawyer.

If you are the renter and the landlord has a contract he uses - for the cost of reviewing/rewriting, you could save 10 times over that amount if things go bad.

Or just have the lawyer write one up, cost would be about $200 usd or less. Money well spent.
 

4*4*4

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Hire an attorney. If you don't wish to, one item to look for in a rental contract is what I term "perpetuals". For example, if the refrigerator breaks down, you must repair or replace it. Well, eventually the refrigerator will no longer be working. The landlord has created a "perpetual" working appliance for himself that is the tenant's responsibility to replace. Be aware of those.
 

Andrea Duguay

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Here is the contract (translated by Google Translate, original below translation), any advice on things I should change or add?

RENTAL AGREEMENT

BETWEEN: on one hand, Mr. WILSON ARIEL RAMIREZ Dominican, of legal age, single, bearer of the identity card and electoral No. xxxxxxxxxx-x, resident and domiciled in Boca Chica Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, which in following the next contract will be called the tenant and;

ON the other hand, Ms. ANDREA DUGUAY, Canadian, of age, married, bearer of the passport No. xxxxxxxx identity with phone (xxx) xxx-xxxx domiciled and resident Canada, which in what follows the next contract It is named tenant.

It HAS AGREED AND AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

FIRST: THE TENANT by this act rented to the tenant who accepts the apartment No. 1b located at El Manantial Sector of the Municipality's Coquitos Boca Chica Santo Domingo National District; TENANT agrees to deliver that property in perfect condition, and has been seen and examined and found to his satisfaction by the tenant who agrees to use the apartment for residential purposes, and can not devote to other uses or sub-rent it in whole or in part without the written consent of the renter. May not transfer it for free or please or pure tolerance admit that no third party may inhabit the property subject to this contract as a tenant. Consequently, the tenant may not assign all or part any of its rights under this Agreement without the written consent of the owner.

SECOND: the tenant is obligated to pay month by month the sum of seventeen thousand pesos 00/100 (RD $ 17,000) Dominican pesos, or partly proportional fraction of the month, this amount represents the payment of the monthly rent the apartment, including monthly maintenance costs of the building where he will live, agreeing between the parties that have an increase in such maintenance shall be borne by the tenant.

PARAGRAPH I: THE TENANT delivery on deposit the sum of seventeen thousand pesos 00/100 (R $ 17,000) Dominican pesos, which will be duly repaid to the tenant in full at the end of this contract, after deduction of any repairs by TENANT, in agreement with the tenant, in accordance with the provisions of section three of this contract. The deposit can not be applied to past due allowance without written permission of the renter.

PARAGRAPH II: THE TENANT TENANT will present to the sum of seventeen thousand pesos 00/100 (RD $ 17,000), corresponding to the payment of the first month's rent in advance, counting from the day this twenty (23) of month of October, two thousand and fifteen (2015), when the tenant shall deliver to the tenant the property under this contract. Upon receipt of the property by the tenant it must make monthly rent payments at the latest, within the first five days of the date of payment. Non-payment of an overdue installment of the lease by the tenant, full solve the contract, within ten (10) days from the date on which the tenant notifies the tenant, by act of sheriff, breach of its obligation. If the contract is terminated in accordance with the provisions of this article, the tenant is obligated to pay to the lessee penalty clause and as compensation for the damages caused by the breach, an amount equal to ( 1) month's rent and eviction costs if any.

THIRD: the tenant is obliged to maintain and restore the rented property in good condition and all flaws in walls, floors, doors, windows, glass, pestillas, locks, electrical, plumbing, clogged toilets, sinks, sinks, laundry or any other drain, change shoes, broken keys, etc., and any other local repairs will generally be repaired or replaced at its sole cost. Similarly, the tenant is not liable for natural wear as a result of using elements may suffer leased apartment. Likewise the tenant will also not be responsible for any damage caused by faults or problems with the structure of the apartment and the roof.

FOURTH: This contract will run for (3) months from the day twenty-three (23) October, two thousand and fifteen (2015) or from the date you receive the property of the tenant of the conditions described in the second paragraph of Article II of this contract. However, this contract will be tacitly extended by additional one-year periods under the same terms and conditions, if either party provides written notice to the other, with at least sixty (60) days in advance of their desire I rescind. It is understood between the parties that an annual increase of 10% on the amount of monthly rent will occur.

CLAUSE It is understood between the parties that if the tenant decides to move out of the property under this contract before expiry of the three-month term of this contract, will lose the deposit as penalty clause given for the lease of that property.

FIVE: THE TENANT agrees not to make any changes or new distribution in the building, without the prior written consent of the lessee and if it obtained, the improvements made on the property, including electrical installations to be made, with all its material, be for the benefit of tenant, no compensation of any kind.

SIXTH: The payment of public and private services such as electricity, telephone and cable TV, garbage collection, water shall be borne by the tenant. The tenant is not liable for outstanding bills that have been incurred prior to the hiring of rental property referred to in this contract.

Done and signed in three (3) originals, in the city of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic, on ----------------- (------) Month year ------------- ----------------- (--------).

TENANT THE TENANT


_____________________________ _______________________________
MR. WILSON ARIEL RAMIREZ SRA. ANDREA DUGUAY



I, Esq. ROSARIO BENITO CANDELIER, with registration No. 2336 Public College of Lawyers Notaries of the National District Number Notary, certify and attest that the foregoing signatures have been put before me freely and voluntarily by the Lords way - ------------------------------- whose general and consist qualities and who have declared me that these firms are used to using in all acts of their public and private lives. In Santo Domingo, National District, capital of the Dominican Republic, a day ---------------- (-------) ------- Month --------- of the year ------------------------ (---------).



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LCDO. ROSARIO BENITO CANDELIER
NOTARY
CONTRATO DE ALQUILER

ENTRE: DE una parte, el se?or WILSON ARIEL RAMIREZ dominicano, mayor de edad, soltero, portador de la c?dula de identidad y electoral No. xxxxxxxxxx-x, con domicilio y residencia en Boca Chica Santo Domingo Este Republica Dominicana, el cual en lo que sigue del siguiente contrato se denominar? EL ARRENDATARIO y;

DE la otra parte, la se?ora ANDREA DUGUAY , canadiense , mayor de edad, casada, portadora de la pasaporte de identidad No. xxxxxxxx con los tel?fonos (xxx) xxx-xxxx domiciliada y residente Canada , el cual en lo que sigue del siguiente contrato se denominar? EL INQUILINO.

SE HA CONVENIDO Y PACTADO LO SIGUIENTE:

PRIMERO: EL ARRENDATARIO por el presente acto alquila a LA INQUILINA quien acepta el apartamento No. 1b , ubicado en la calle El Manantial del Sector Los Coquitos del Municipio Boca Chica Santo Domingo Este del Distrito Nacional; EL ARRENDATARIO se compromete a entregar dicho inmueble en perfectas condiciones, y ha sido visto y examinado y encontrado a su entera satisfacci?n, por LA INQUILINA quien se compromete a usar el apartamento para fines residenciales, y no pudiendo dedicarlo a otro uso ni sub-alquilarlo ni en todo ni en parte sin el consentimiento por escrito de EL ARRENDATARIO. Tampoco podr? cederlo gratuitamente ni por favor o por pura tolerancia admitir que ning?n tercero pueda habitar el inmueble objeto de este contrato en calidad de inquilino. Consecuentemente, LA INQUILINA no podr? ceder total o parcialmente cualquiera de sus derechos derivados del presente contrato sin el consentimiento por escrito de EL PROPIETARIO.

SEGUNDO: LA INQUILINA se obliga a pagar mes por mes la suma de Diecisiete Mil Pesos con 00/100 (RD $ 17,000) PESOS DOMINICANOS, o la parte proporcional por fracci?n del mes, este monto constituye el pago del alquiler mensual del apartamento, incluyendo los gastos mensuales de mantenimiento del edificio donde habitar?, acordando entre LAS PARTES que de haber un aumento en dicho mantenimiento correr? por cuenta de EL INQUILINO.

PARRAFO I: LA INQUILINA entrega en calidad de dep?sito la suma de Diecisiete Mil Pesos con 00/100(R $17,000) PESOS DOMINICANOS, la cual ser? debidamente reembolsada a LA INQUILINA en su totalidad, al t?rmino del presente contrato, previa deducci?n de eventuales reparaciones a cargo de EL ARRENDATARIO, en acuerdo previo con EL INQUILINO, de conformidad con lo establecido en el punto tercero del presente contrato. El dep?sito no podr? ser aplicado a mensualidad vencida sin autorizaci?n por escrito de EL ARRENDATARIO.

P?RRAFO II: LA INQUILINA har? entrega a EL ARRENDATARIO de la suma de Diecisiete Mil Pesos con 00/100(RD$ 17,000 ), que corresponden al pago del primer mes de alquiler por adelantado, contando ?ste a partir del dia veintitr?s (23) del mes de Octubre del a?o Dos Mil Quince (2015), fecha en que EL ARRENDATARIO entregar? a LA INQUILINA el inmueble objeto de este contrato. Una vez recibido el inmueble por LA INQUILINA ?sta deber? realizar mensualmente el pago del alquiler, a m?s tardar, dentro de los primeros cinco d?as posteriores a la fecha de pago. La falta de pago de una mensualidad vencida del arrendamiento, por EL INQUILINO, resolver? de pleno derecho el contrato, transcurridos diez (10) d?as desde la fecha en que EL ARRENDATARIO le notifique a EL INQUILINO, por acto de alguacil, el incumplimiento de su obligaci?n. En caso de que el contrato se resuelva de acuerdo con lo que establece este art?culo, LA INQUILINA estar? obligada a pagar a EL ARRENDATARIO a t?tulo de cl?usula penal y como indemnizaci?n por los da?os y perjuicios causados por el incumplimiento, una suma equivalente a un (1) mes de alquiler y los gastos de desalojo en caso de que los hubiere.

TERCERO: LA INQUILINA queda obligada a mantener y restituir el inmueble alquilado en buen estado y todos los desperfectos en paredes, pisos, puertas, ventanas, cristales, pestillas, cerraduras, instalaciones el?ctricas, instalaci?n sanitaria, obstrucci?n de inodoros, lavamanos, fregaderos, lavadero o cualquier otro desag?e, cambio de zapatillas, rotura de llaves, etc., y cualesquiera otras reparaciones locativas en general ser?n reparadas o repuestas a su s?lo costo. De igual modo, LA INQUILINA no ser? responsable del desgaste por natural que por efecto del uso puedan sufrir los elementos del apartamento arrendado. De igual manera LA INQUILINA tampoco ser? responsable de los desperfectos causados por vicios o problemas de la estructura misma del apartamento y del techo.

CUARTO: Este contrato tendr? una duraci?n de (3) meses a partir del d?a veintitr?s (23) de Octubre del a?o dos mil quince(2015) ? a partir de la fecha en que reciba el inmueble de parte del ARRENDATARIO con las condiciones descritas en el p?rrafo II del art?culo segundo de este contrato. Sin embargo, el presente contrato quedar? t?citamente reconducido por per?odos adicionales de un a?o, bajo las mismas cl?usulas y condiciones, si ninguna de las partes notifica por escrito a la otra, con por lo menos sesenta (60) d?as de antelaci?n, su deseo de rescindirlo. Queda entendido entre las partes que se producir? un aumento anual de un 10% sobre el monto del alquiler mensual.

CLAUSULA: Queda entendido entre LAS PARTES que en caso de que LA INQUILINA decida mudarse del inmueble objeto de este contrato antes de transcurrido los tres meses de vigencia del presente contrato, perder? como cl?usula penal el dep?sitos entregado para el arrendamiento de dicho inmueble.

QUINTO: LA INQUILINA se compromete a no hacer ning?n cambio o distribuci?n nueva en el inmueble, sin la previa autorizaci?n por escrito de EL ARRENDATARIO y en caso de obtenida ?sta, las mejoras hechas en dicha propiedad, incluyendo instalaciones el?ctricas que se hagan, con todo su material, quedar?n a beneficio de EL ARRENDATARIO, sin compensaci?n de ninguna especie.

SEXTO: El pago de los servicios p?blicos y privados tales como energ?a el?ctrica, tel?fono y televisi?n por cable, recogida de basura, agua potable ser?n por cuenta de EL INQUILINO. LA INQUILINA no ser? responsable de cuentas pendientes que hayan sido incurridas previos a la contrataci?n de alquiler del inmueble referido en el presente contrato.

Hecho y firmado en tres (3) originales, en la ciudad de Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Rep?blica Dominicana, el d?a ----------------- (------) del mes de ------------- del a?o ----------------- (--------).

EL ARRENDATARIO EL INQUILINO


_____________________________ _______________________________
SR. WILSON ARIEL RAMIREZ SRA. ANDREA DUGUAY



Yo, LCDO. BENITO ROSARIO CANDELIER, Notario P?blico con matricula No. 2336 del Colegio de Abogados Notarios de los del N?mero del Distrito Nacional, certifico y doy fe de que las firmas que anteceden han sido puestas en mi presencia de manera libre y voluntaria por los Se?ores, -------------------------------- cuyas generales y calidades constan y quienes me han declarado que esas son las firmas que acostumbran a usar en todos los actos de sus vidas p?blicas y privadas. En Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Capital de la Rep?blica Dominicana, al d?a ---------------- (-------) del mes de ---------------- del a?o ------------------------ (---------).



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LCDO. BENITO ROSARIO CANDELIER
ABOGADO NOTARIO