This sounds as bad if not worse than the courts process!I would not count on hearing back from the PRTB quickly. I submitted a case July 2007 and it still does not have a hearing date set. I was recently told that they are dealing with case in May/June 2007 at present and they cannot say how long it will be before a hearing date is set. From the hearing date it has the potential to drag on from there for the decision and ultimately the enforcement process.
Good luck!
Why does this country give the tenants all the rights.
4 year tenancies?? I find it astonishing. I rent my dwelling for a year, I am uncomfortable with you as a tenant (for whatever reason) but at the end of your 12 month lease you now fall under the PRTB 4 year (3 left) rule. Why? What gives the tenant the right to expect something like that? And why 4 years, why not 3 or 5?
There can't be a fund because this is assuming the landlord is 100% in the right. There is instances where the landlord has failed miserably to fulfill his/her obligations and the tenant could withhold rent as a consequence. Both are in the wrong so its basically a case of wait and see who is more in the wrong.Consider this:
You dont pay me the rent so I take you to the PRTB why cant there be a fund to temporarily cover the landlord for lost rent? He has to pay it back once the judgement goes for or against him (with interest if against). He cant register his next tenancy if he doesnt pay?
I rent an apt to one guy and theres a spare bedroom in it. He (according to PRTB) can lease a room out to a couple if he chooses and I cant stop him? What if I rented to a single person to avoid too much wear a tear?
If an tenant doesnt agree with a rent increase they can have the case referred to the PRTB and God knows how long that would take. I mean I am supplying a service is it not my right to charge what I want? If I am stupid enough to charge way too much nobody will pay?
How has it been allowed to be underresourced? There are alot of rental properties at €70 a go. If there are a set series of rules that govern these tenancies surely the decisions become quite straightforward.
Maybe if there was a judgement against a bad tenant maybe they should lose the automatic right to the 4 year tenancy?
I dont get how at the end of all this fixed term agreement can override the PRTB rules in terms of notice of departure, deposit return if leaving early etc? How can that be? Then what is the point of PRTB rules?
Landlords represent thousands of accomodation places that otherwise would have to be found. If this service was denied for even one month the country would be screwed yet we are treated with almost contempt by many tenants. I owe you a fair service for a fair rent but we are owed some protection for the risks we take.
I just dont know why it is so hard to kick out tenants who arent paying.
Tenants deserve security of tenure and they have that now with the 4.5 yr leases,
but I think that there should be a database of tenants from which landlords can check to select those with a good history. It would work much the same as a credit rating and might deter some of the chancers from getting away with their current tricks.
This is unfortunately not true, as I pointed out above the landlord can easily cease a part IV tenancy with the flimsiest of excuses.
They can simply envoke the rule of 4 years and with that I lose all protection.
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