A friend has a difficult decision to make. A commercial tenant who had a shop left the landlords property, after a lengthy legal dispute and owing a lot of rent and leaving the premises in a worse state than when they first rented it. The tenant has relocated to a smaller unit in a less central location. The landlord occuplies the unit next door. As some people come asking about the tenant who left, what should the landlord say ?
Should he say the truth....the tenant left after being given solicitors notice to quit for non-payment of rent .... or the tenant is now in x street......or he does not know where the tenant is ...or should he suggest they go to the tenants competitors ? Or put up a sign showing directions to the ex-tenants present location ( to save explaining probably hundreds of times), even though the landord is out of pocket a lot ( tens of thousands).
I would say some other landlords in Dublin may have the same thing happen before the year is out, and maybe someone else has come upon this problem before / how best to deal with it.
Should he say the truth....the tenant left after being given solicitors notice to quit for non-payment of rent .... or the tenant is now in x street......or he does not know where the tenant is ...or should he suggest they go to the tenants competitors ? Or put up a sign showing directions to the ex-tenants present location ( to save explaining probably hundreds of times), even though the landord is out of pocket a lot ( tens of thousands).
I would say some other landlords in Dublin may have the same thing happen before the year is out, and maybe someone else has come upon this problem before / how best to deal with it.