PRE TERMINATION of Lease Contract

Hi,

I am very new to this, My husband and I are trying to get a new place/warehouse for our business. We found one, however we think that the contract is just for the benefit of the LEESOR. Is there any standard form of pre-termination in accordance to the law? We really like the place and the rental is ok for us. but this specific clause made us stop for a bit.

Should the LESSEE pre-terminate this contract before the expiration of the five (5)
year term, the LESSEE shall be liable for payment of the following amounts by way of
liquidated damages.

If pre-terminated within the first two (2) years of contract , penalty equivalent to 2 months deposit and 22 months accelerated rental or a total of 24 months;

If pre-terminated within three (3) to four (4) years of contract, penalty equivalent to 2 months deposit and 10 months accelerated rent or a total of 12 months;

If pre-terminated on the fifth year, forfeiture of two (2) months deposit.

I hope you can help me mam/sir. Thank you in advance! God Bless!

[quote="JSSOP"]Hi,

I am very new to this. I meet a single foreigner guy who now lives in Laguna. He is renting a two storey house apartment and told me he has lease contract of one year.
I don't understand much about the contract he had with the owner of the house. But I think he deposited one month advance and gave 7000 pesos for the lease which he said will be given back to him after exrpiration of lease contract.
He had so many bad experiences to our fellow Filipinos already who tried to bribed him and asked him for more money, because he is foreigner. Because of those traumatic happenings, it is difficult for him to trust anyone.
He wanted to moved next to my place. But it will be difficult for him to do it again because of the distance from Laguna to Taguig. Then his lease contract with the owner of the house in Laguna. Trusting people to take out all his personal belongings.
What should he do to terminate the contract with the landlord and be able to get back his money?
And why they always ask if the foreigner has Filipina wife and would not accept him if he is single? Why is it difficult for a single foreigner guy to move out of his place here in the Philippines without some nasty people asking him for more money? He is not rich. He just want to live here and have a simple life here and look for a simple partner in life. He doesn't want people here to like him because of me, a filipina girlfriend who will be there for him. He wants to handle everything by himself without some co Filipinos taking advantage of him. What are a foreigners right to rent an apartment here? He doesn't like in a bording space, a condon or an apartelle. He just want his own place in a stwo storey apartment with good facilities and friendly Filipino neighborhoods.Thank u.