Ukranian lodger under ARP - giving lots of excuses not to leave

Fair enough. I am in the same situation and would rather not go to legal or gardai if I have to. My ARP tenant has also ceased communicating with me.
 
t4yt0_old said:
I am in the same situation and would rather not go to legal or gardai if I have to.
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The Garda will not do anything as this is a civil matter, they would only intervene if there was any violence aggravation etc.

Quite simply you will just need to deal with this eviction yourself, tell them it's happening make sure you explain to them in various different formats so that they cannot state that they were not aware of what was happening, voicemail, mail, email etc

Set a date and just proceed.
 
ArthurMcB said:
Would the gardai not assist if an unwanted trespasser was refusing to leave ones property?
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Unfortunately not, my ex tenant felt it would be a good idea to get very drunk on New Years eve day, come back to the house in the evening time, forget his key and proceed to start kicking in my neighbours gate and shouting abuse at their dog.

I called the Garda and got him arrested. I explained to the Garda I would be packing up his stuff and removing him from the house immediately while he was in custody.

They said it's a civil matter, they will not be there to assist or chaperone, but if anything were to happen and you call 999 then they will arrive. The guard asked me would I be on my own when I did it and I said no my husband would be with me.

He just said keep a calm head and I see you have cameras everywhere so just be polite and firm. All stuff removed from the house and packaged outside safely and dry for collection the next day. He dropped in his key, apologised and then that was it.

I reckon all the cctv videos I sent him of his performance was a nice thing to watch the next day when he got out of the cell, he knew he wasn't going to be coming back into the house!

*Packing up somebody else's life at 2am on New Years eve into the new year was not the start I had planned for 2026, but when I sat in business class recently and was handed a glass of champagne, knowing his rent paid for all of the holiday certainly did soften the blow.
 
ArthurMcB said:
Id physically remove her and hopefully she will call the cops in the process and you can tell them she is tresspassing and refusing to leave yoyr property.
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This is very bad advice. a tenant over-staying is a civil matter, the Gardai are powerless, physically removing someone from a property, even where they are over-staying is a criminal offence and the Gardai will happily intervene on their behalf. You are permitted change locks once they are outside, but you can't use any physical force.
 
Shes not a tenant, as confirned in the op.

She is an unwanted trespasser, refusing to leave your property. The gardai would surely assist the property owner in that scenario.
 
No, the gardai will not get involved in removing someone from the property. Confirmed with a Garda friend. They may come onto the property (if called) to ensure the peace is kept but that's about it.
 
I can assure you I will never be joining the champagne swilling landlord class ;)

Going back to the original topic,
I did find the article in the Irish times today interesting (can't post the link, sorry!) - it's about a Ukrainian woman being forced to leave her hotel in Howth.

She says "She believes some landlords will not let to Ukrainians. “People don’t give any chance for us."

And then there's people like the OP and me who did and got left in a mess...
 
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