Signed contract but didn't hand contract back to landlord!

[Forumhelp111]

Hi

This happened in the UK, but I imagine contract law is very similar in the US.

A landlord gave me a tenancy agreement for a room, I paid him a deposit and first months rent up front. I took the contract home and signed it, but I never handed the contract back as I instantly changed my mind about the whole tenancy.

Landlord refused to give my money back.

My small claims court hearing is in one month. I have the only original signed copy of the contract which I'm putting a copy of in the trial bundle. Shall I scribble my signature out? Is this contract enforced even though I didn't give it back?

Is there a process for removing a signature from a contract in this example? I'm a little weary about the whole situation really,

 

[quincy]

Hi

This happened in the UK, but I imagine contract law is very similar in the US.

A landlord gave me a tenancy agreement for a room, I paid him a deposit and first months rent up front. I took the contract home and signed it, but I never handed the contract back as I instantly changed my mind about the whole tenancy.

Landlord refused to give my money back.

My small claims court hearing is in one month. I have the only original signed copy of the contract which I'm putting a copy of in the trial bundle. Shall I scribble my signature out? Is this contract enforced even though I didn't give it back?

Is there a process for removing a signature from a contract in this example? I'm a little weary about the whole situation really,

You imagine wrong. Contract laws in the UK have differences.

And landlord/tenant laws are different. In fact, in the US, landlord tenant laws vary in significant ways just from state to state.

I suggest you seek help with your contract issue in the UK or on a UK forum. Here is one: http://www.thelawforum.co.uk/

 

[eerelations]

Contract law is different in the UK.

Besides which, you are really talking about landlord-tenant law, which in the UK is about as different from US landlord-tenant law as night is to day.