contract-law rental-property real-estate
Do I need to pay the real estate agency if the contract was signed after I moved in?
<p>I have signed a very standard rental agreement with a landlord. I have contacted him through a real estate agency, because they were the ones who posted the ad on the Internet. They did not participate or otherwise influence me signing the contract with the landlord.</p>

<p>I was also pressured into signing a contract with the real estate agency, after I moved in. I say pressured, because it was presented to me before showing me a draft, and I was manipulated into signing it after taking a casual glance - stupid, but there's no changing that now.</p>

<p>The contract states that I am to pay 1.5x the normal rent if the agency undertakes steps that result in me signing a rental agreement with the landlord, or if I rent the property anyway after signing this contract within two years of signing it.</p>

<p>Now, the agreement with the agency has been signed after the rental agreement, and after I've moved in - my understanding is that since the conditions in the contract are not satisifed, I am not obliged to pay anything - is that correct?</p>

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  <p>I have contacted him through a real estate agency</p>
</blockquote>

<p>means that they did</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>undertakes steps that result in me signing a rental agreement with the landlord</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You signed the contract, you are bound by its terms.</p>
