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He said i have to give a months notice if i want to leave. I cant find anything online that says that a landlord cant increase rents and withhold deposit otherwise.He sounds like a thief ! You are entitled to your money back, so don't accept this ! www.prtb.ie contact these people and get advice on your rights before you do ANYTHING.
He said i have to give a months notice if i want to leave. I cant find anything online that says that a landlord cant increase rents and withhold deposit otherwise.
He has to give you proper notice of a rent increase.
What I've noticed some tenants doing, if they pay in arrears (like most do) is not pay the last month's rent.
Yep and if you were my tenant you'd come home to find your stuff on the street and the locks changed.
That is common practice when there is no contract in place. The landlord cant get too annoyed given that it was his responsibility to supply the contract.
To be honest I don't think there is much you can do without a contract. He has your deposit and with no agreement in place he can pretty much do what he likes. You shouldn't have handed someone 700 euro with no signed agreement as to what it was for. If I were you I'd just give him a months notice and move on. And next time sign a contract!!
If the tenancy is more than 6 months old then the tenant has strong protection in law (a part 4 tenancy). The landlord is certainly not free to do what he likes, and your inference above that the OP could quickly see himself thrown out on the street is incorrect. A landlord would be acting illegally to simply change the locks as you suggest.
It is wise to have a lease in place to provide stronger protection to the tenant but the new act provides reasonable protection in the absence of one.
OP - also consider contacting Threshold for more detailed advice (www.threshold.ie), they are very helpful.
Yep and if you were my tenant you'd come home to find your stuff on the street and the locks changed.
My situation is that my landlord wants to raise the rent on the apartment that i am renting from him from 700E to 800E. I cannot afford this rent increase so i told him that i would have to move out. He said fine, but he said i lose my deposit(800E). Am i righ to try and demand my deposit back? We dont have a contract or lease. Im not even sure hes registered landlord or paying tax.
Just to clarify, I didn't say I'd necessarily take this course of action, just that I'm aware that others have. If paying in arrears, it's easy to just not pay up the last month's rent.Yep and if you were my tenant you'd come home to find your stuff on the street and the locks changed.
Just to clarify, I didn't say I'd necessarily take this course of action, just that I'm aware that others have. If paying in arrears, it's easy to just not pay up the last month's rent.
I pay one week in advanceDo you pay your rent in advance or arrears?
How long have you been in the property?
Have you signed the PRTB forms which the landlord should have insisted on at the start of the tenancy?
Was there a contract?
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