I have a rather unusual situation that I was wondering if anyone could shed light on.
8 years ago a friend of mine moved into a house in Waterford. The house was a house share where he was given the landlords bank account details and paid his share of the rent every month directly into it. He never actually met the landlord. At the time he moved in there were 3 people living in the house and he was replacing someone that had moved out.
Anyway, this continued for about 2 years and eventually through people coming and going he was the longest serving tenant. At that stage there was an issue with the house that required maintenance and the tenants tried to contact the landlord but were not able to do. The original leaseholder had moved out by then so the tenants contacted the bank where they were paying the rent to try and locate the landlord. The bank would not provide the contact details but said they would try and contact him on their behalf. This was also not successful. In an attempt to alert the landlord they decided to stop paying rent into the account in the hope that the landlord would surface but he didn't.
To this day the landlord has not made an appearance. My friend is now living in the house alone as everyone else has gone (and has been for some years). Any maintenance that has been required has been done by him at his expense but no rent is getting paid to anyone. The actual rent is accruing in an another account should the landlord appear.
My friend has this idea that after an amount of time the house can be be transferred into his name. Is this possible or is he just dreaming?
8 years ago a friend of mine moved into a house in Waterford. The house was a house share where he was given the landlords bank account details and paid his share of the rent every month directly into it. He never actually met the landlord. At the time he moved in there were 3 people living in the house and he was replacing someone that had moved out.
Anyway, this continued for about 2 years and eventually through people coming and going he was the longest serving tenant. At that stage there was an issue with the house that required maintenance and the tenants tried to contact the landlord but were not able to do. The original leaseholder had moved out by then so the tenants contacted the bank where they were paying the rent to try and locate the landlord. The bank would not provide the contact details but said they would try and contact him on their behalf. This was also not successful. In an attempt to alert the landlord they decided to stop paying rent into the account in the hope that the landlord would surface but he didn't.
To this day the landlord has not made an appearance. My friend is now living in the house alone as everyone else has gone (and has been for some years). Any maintenance that has been required has been done by him at his expense but no rent is getting paid to anyone. The actual rent is accruing in an another account should the landlord appear.
My friend has this idea that after an amount of time the house can be be transferred into his name. Is this possible or is he just dreaming?