Yikes.
Via Niamh Puirséil
Previously: Certainty In A World Gone Daft
Earlier: How Much?
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Yikes.
Via Niamh Puirséil
Previously: Certainty In A World Gone Daft
Earlier: How Much?
Fair point.
There is already laws to deal with this if it is true. Her Pal can get compensation that will set them up nicely in a new place.
No need for up cry when you have the law there already.
cue the landlords commenting here, whining about “why shouldn’t i get what it’s worth?”
if their eviction notice says it’s being sold and now its back up for rent, they legally get first refusal on the property or they can take the exlandlord to the prtb for damages.
Why would you want first refusal at 60% more than you were paying?
it’s the principal of it
What have head teachers got to do with this?
They wouldn’t have to pay 60% more than they were paying.
Without knowing all the details, If they were evicted and landlord didn’t actually sell it, they shouldn’t have been evicted. i.e the landlord is in the wrong. They can move back in on the original contract and the landlord can only apply rent increases as per the new tenancy act (i.e. every 2 years)
Completely agree, if the reason for eviction was to sell up then ok, but this was clearly just to up the rent. It shouldn’t be allowed. Saying that I also agree with a landlord looking for the maximum they feel they can get, but legally doing so
You can still evict, no, just so long as you give enough notice? (the notice is related to how long you have been leasing for, but seems to be around 1 month for every year i think?)
nope, you have to give a reason as well, and if you say you’re selling and then you rent it out again, you’re in trouble.
Same if the landlord says they want to renovate or need the house for a family member, in all cases the landlord has to offer to the previous tenants…if he/she wanted 60% increase they should have just gave a review with 3 month notice and got their increase up to market value
The rental sector in Dublin is madness.
HOWEVER, I must take issue with her “useful sector of society” comment: landlords do provide a service. The very fact that rents are going mad illustrates that.
Leasing an asset is not providing a service.
The previous comment in relation to getting compensation from the PRTB is correct. It is a relatively easy process and there is no need for a lawyer in most cases.
To clarify, no need for a lawyer in 99% of the cases.
You can also see the adjudications (the actual official rulings) in all of their cases – these are published on the rtb.ie website. You can get a feel for the sort of stuff that goes on – and the sorts of outcomes.
If you are going to rent a place – have a look here for ‘problem’ landlords/tenants [depending on which you are].
Niamh’s pal is in line for a €10k payout if she can prove this to the RTB.
If the landlord gave a written notice saying its being sold, the RTB will hang the Landlord out to dry on this one!
Sure, why doesn’t her pal marry a nice Guard? He probably owns half the gaffs on North Circular Road.
Your thinking of Farmers, or local GAA heads
she might not like sleeping in cars
Rent levels fell by around 30% in 2008-2011. It does genuinely seem like everyone has forgotten that. That’s not to justify 60% overnight increases, but simply the point out the volatility does indeed operate in both directions.
They also rose 20% between 2004 and 2007.
What’s happening now is being driven by the huge amounts of properties being let by vulture funds who are pushing rental prices up and everyone is following suit.
It’s investor greed that has people struggling to live in the same city they work/study in.
No, its being driven by an increase in population in Dublin and a lack of new properties being built over the last 7 years.
It is literally supply and demand in action.
+1
No new house building happened for 5 years!!
+2
“It is literally supply and demand in action”
It’s not JUST that by any means. There were 1000s of empty apartments during the recession.
There is a drive to push up rents by the various REIT type funds which is distorting the market.
Moany Millennial Snowflake. Buy a bunkbed or use AirBnb FFS…
Keeping the landed class recovery going, boys…
Niamh is always good for a social justice cause.
Shame we can’t do anything about it.
Because you know the landlord will just take the house off the rental market.
Meaning the landlord will either choose to make NO money as opposed to LESS money, or another lovely Irish house will be added to the emigration figures and shipped to East London and let out there.
Such is life.