tenant has paid no rent this month

Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Agreed. This pair clearly know the system and are trying to wind you up so you'll do something stupid. They want their 15k payout for an illegal eviction! Tread carefully but expect them to overhold on you.

Are you paying a big mortgage on this place?
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

The rent their suppose to be paying does not cover the mortage. The have signed a document stating that they will vacate on the 18th so your saying that if the don't go i can do nothing except start with the 14 day notice again? I am reluntant to serve this yet as i don't want to rock the boat cause i want them gone on the 18th. They are not returning my calls or text so i'm going to text them and state that i assume they have left and i will be entering the property 2morr eve.
They also send me a solicitors letter stating that i must stop my lies and stop wasting garda time. I rand the no. on this and gave my ref no. but the secterary could not find me or this letter in her system. Can i do them for this as it was a scare tactic and underhand
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

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They also send me a solicitors letter stating that i must stop my lies and stop wasting garda time. I rand the no. on this and gave my ref no. but the secterary could not find me or this letter in her system.

They want you to do something wrong, can't you see that? Be very careful.
Make sure you keep the letter but I assume if it's a false letter they will deny they ever sent it.
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Hi there. I suppose I want similar advice. I rented my apt to a mother and daughter at the start of July. They were in receipt of rent allowance. When they signed the prtb form and i signed the "yellow" form , they gave me 1000 deposit. I was told that July's rent would lodged into my account at the end of July. This never happened and i used the deposit as rent and sent them a letter stating that a deposit was required. In august again, I hand collected the rent which was 15 days late. This is what has happened in the last few days.

09/09/2009 - Sent letter saying rent was late and deposit was owed
10/09/2009 - Phonecall from social worker saying rent cheque will be sent to tenants for sep & oct at the end of the month.
10/09/2009 - Various phonecalls back and forth to tenants
10/9/2009 - Phone message from tenants saying they have left the apt and put keys in letterbox because they have no rent.

10/09/2009- Collect keys and belongings to one tenant still in apt. Rang individual and she confirmed is was leaving but would not move stuff until the next day

Today: Various abusive text mesages received

My question is , Have I any chance of getting any of my rent at this stage and/or deposit, as they have breached lease.

Any advice welcome!
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

I'd say you'll get zilch and to be honest, be glad they just left with such little fuss. The situation the OP is in is FAR worse. Just get it let again and hope you get better tenants next time. Sorry, but that's about the height of it. People on SW won't generally have any assets to go after even if you wanted to.
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

YES i agree murphaph, I went down to the tenants to colloct my rent on friday. I had texted to inform them of this on Tue as the would not answer their phone. I received a call from treshold on Friday telling me i was not to call down as it didn't suit tenant, i informed her that i was sick of suiting tenants espically ones that don't pay rent and i was calling down as they were given plenty of notice.I knocked at the door and the wouldn't open it told them i was there for the rent money, low and behold the called the guards, i could hear him saying oh my god she knocking on the door(what a laught). I waited for guard to arrive and told him i wanted to speak with him also, as it happens he was on my side. The told the guard that they were leaving Sunday(today). I went down to house this eve and their telly is still there i could see it from window. I didn't let myself in as i will wait till the 18th and hopefully they will be gone. I found out that one of them is a suspect for drug dealing and the other one is also involved. Was told they not good clints to be dealing with. So now i'm hoping that they will go as their low profile is blown out of the water. Sorry for such a long tread. hope the next time you will hear from me is when i let you all know that they have vacated. Thanks
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

My question is , Have I any chance of getting any of my rent at this stage and/or deposit, as they have breached lease.

No chance and you're in a lucky position they've left. Next time make sure you check out the tenant's carefully, but we can all get caught.
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

. I found out that one of them is a suspect for drug dealing and the other one is also involved. Was told they not good clints to be dealing with. So now i'm hoping that they will go as their low profile is blown out of the water.

You have a better chance of them leaving if their low profile is gone. I'd call down everyday to ask politely for the rent, keep bothering them and they may leave as it's not worth the hassle of dealing with you. I would actually inform the garda that you are calling down for your rent so that they know the score. They won't and can't do anything of course but it's another hassle for the tenant's if they know you're in contact with the law.
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Exactly. Drug dealers won't want the guards about and if you're down there and see anything dodgy, call them and say you believe drug dealing is going on there. It's sickening jut how many out and out scumbags there are in Ireland. The decent folk always get the (brown) end of the stick.
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Hello again,
I got some stick for my previous post. These tenants of yours will have a history of this behavior. From previous experience the law is on the side if the wrong doers. I hired solicitors on numerous occasions and while it drags on painfully slow every single time it has been settled in my favour. It still made no difference because these people have no regard for the law and therefore did not pay up.(i should say i have a seperate business) I would consider my self to be an excellent landlord even giving my tenants wine at christmas. I am determined to be a bad landlord to bad tenants. I will always evict a bad tenant and let them chase me through the useless legal system. To this date no one has brought me to court yet.
A small tip.
Buy a dictaphone and keep it in your top pocket when you visit bad tenants.This is your proof of been verbally abused. Dont forget to turn it on
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Thanks all the tenants left today hooray hooray. Needsless to say the didn't pay there rent but the left me a load of rubbish to get rid off. House was left in a pretty good state so i can't complain. Will be very careful when i interview my next tenants no more Miss nice guy. Again thanks for all the advice
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Thanks all the tenants left today hooray hooray. Needsless to say the didn't pay there rent but the left me a load of rubbish to get rid off. House was left in a pretty good state so i can't complain. Will be very careful when i interview my next tenants no more Miss nice guy. Again thanks for all the advice

Good stuff hope the next ones are better
 
Re: tenant has payed no rent this month

Hi,

You should check out this website I saw called "Landlord Solution". It looks like they specialise in resolving these types of matters. The website is:

www.landlordsolutions.ie
 
Digging up an old thread to promote a company in the first post?
I'd be extremely suprised if he didn't have something to do with it
 
Having dealt with the PRTB on several occassions, one would wonder, what exactly is their purpose. Landlord and Tenant laws were brought out to protect the interest of the tenant, not the landlord. There was alot of landlords who took liberties, and as tenants were not at equal bargaining positions, hence the laws. Having dealt with Tenants before who don't pay rent, as the PRTB could take up to 12 months to sort it, after one week, I wouldn't let them away with it. As a landlord, you have to be extremely vigilant. The first sight of the dog, you should have issued them with a warning letter. After one week of missing rent, the same. If you get a social welfare tenant, have them sign an authority to have the cheque posted directly into your account. Most tenants are great, but a handful of them, don't respect your property. I would issue them with the 28 day warning letter, get them out, and start afresh. One small problem, usually indicates there are many more to come.
 
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