[Real Estate Legal Consultation Success Case] Winning a Jeonse Deposit Lawsuit Through a Real Estate Legal Consultation

This is the case of a client who requested a real estate legal consultation.

The client and the defendant in this case were in a lessee and lessor relationship, having entered into a two-year lease agreement.

Four months before the lease agreement's termination date, the client expressed the intention not to renew after the contract expired.

However, the defendant said that the deposit could not be prepared in time for the contract's expiration date and proposed to postpone the date of returning the deposit slightly, in exchange for paying interest on the unreturned deposit.

The client subsequently returned the leased property, and although the defendant paid interest on the unreturned deposit for three months, the defendant did not actually pay the jeonse deposit.

Faced with a defendant who became unreachable starting three months after the contract ended, the client decided to file a lawsuit.

Accordingly, the client requested a real estate legal consultation from Daeryun Law Firm in order to recover the jeonse deposit and the interest on the unreturned deposit.

The lease agreement between the defendant and the client terminated, and accordingly, the defendant has an obligation to pay the client the jeonse deposit of 65 million won.

However, it was argued that the defendant was not performing this obligation.

For three months after the contract ended, the defendant paid the client 300,000 won in interest on the unreturned deposit.

However, it was argued that, after that, the defendant avoided the client's contact, which led to this lawsuit being filed through the real estate legal consultation.

Through the real estate legal consultation, text message records showing that the client had expressed the intention to refuse renewal to the lessor several months before the lease agreement terminated were secured and presented.

It was argued that, even though the client had fulfilled the obligations under the lease agreement in this case, the defendant did not return the deposit.

The above case was that of a client who succeeded in a jeonse deposit return claim through a real estate legal consultation.

If you need a jeonse deposit lawsuit such as the one above, we encourage you to reach out to Daeryun Law Firm's real estate legal consultation.