I recall seeing November mentioned somewhere
Changes to rent controls announced - discussion
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I recall seeing November mentioned somewhere
If there is a surprise in the legislation which negatively affects small or large landlords this is my concern….
In Ireland, the notice period a landlord must give a tenant to terminate a tenancy depends on the length of the tenancy. For tenancies under 6 months, the notice period is 90 days. For tenancies between 6 months and 1 year, it's 152 days. If the tenancy has lasted between 1 and 7 years, the notice period is 180 days. For tenancies between 7 and 8 years, it's 196 days, and for tenancies of 8 years or more, it's 224 days.
I believe as a large Landlord I am safe with all my old rental contracts for potentially many years to come unless a tenant moves out and I re-rent AFTER March 1st 2026. Basically, I believe at the moment I have “TIME”.
but once again, if there is a negative surprise in the legislation when it comes out and I need to evict tenants, I wonder according to the notice period above, if I would be safe for example giving a tenant a notice of eviction at the end of February 2026 or will the notice have to fall within the correct notice period, so that the tenant would move out before the 1st of March 2026?
Again, until we see the legislation, we just won't know.
Personally, I think you are safe and that the current rules will continue to apply to existing tenancies. That said, I'm seeing more and more that the new rules will just apply to all tenancies from March. If you are worried, you could always issue notices of terminations to your tenants now and withdraw them in November if the old rules continue. Not nice for your tenants, but you could always explain that you'll be leaving everything as is if the rules don't change.
From the Irish Property Owners Assocation - you could be a large landlord with potentially life long tenants if you have one house with four bedrooms and give each tenant an individual lease (which a lot of landlords do if you have tenants coming and going)
Licences vs Tenancies - a subtle legal difference with huge implications, especially under Ireland's new rental regulations.
Under the new system, if you're a property owner letting out individual rooms (not shared with you) in a house or apartment with 4 or more rooms, and you issue leases (i.e. tenancies) instead of licences, you could now be classified as a “large landlord”, triggering a different set of stricter compliance obligations.
Under the new system, if you're a property owner letting out individual rooms (not shared with you) in a house or apartment with 4 or more rooms, and you issue leases (i.e. tenancies) instead of licences, you could now be classified as a “large landlord”, triggering a different set of stricter compliance obligations.
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