Further to yesterday’s report from the Dublin rental front line.

Roisin writes:

“We just moved into a rented property in D18 after searching for 4 weeks. The house was on the market at the top end of our budget, but was close to work/school etc and had obviously been well looked after. Like the person in your post, other people also registered an interest in the property.
We were contacted by the estate agent later that day to say that another couple had offered 50 euro per month more, and would we consider putting in a higher offer, so we did. And then she came back 20 mins later to say they had offered higher again. At which point we questioned the fact that no references had even been submitted at this stage and she know if the other couple would even be accepted by the owners? Later that day we had a call to say that we had been accepted at the ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED MONTHLY RENT.
When I met the owner after moving in, he said he was astounded by the unethical practices of the estate agent, and he was more than happy with the rent amount as originally agreed.
Sometimes the landlords are not the ones to blame. The estate agents are making it their business to instil panic in the market, as they are the ones who will benefit most from it.”

Fight!

Previously: Poor Rental Guidance