"Constructive Eviction" - Any personal experiences on either side?

Gonzales

I recently came across the term "Constructive Eviction" it refers to the action or lack therof of a landlord to render property uninhabitable.

I got to thinking how could a Landlord do this? not in the moral sense but the real sense.

If for example there were people illegally occupying/long term trespassing on property what could a Landlord do or refrain from doing (legal or illegally) to make the property uninhabitable - Stink bombs, flood the land in question, loud noises at night?!

Any inventive ideas or personal experiences (on either side of the fence) are of interest.
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Ste.phen

If they're illegally trespassing, surely the gardai would intervene?
(unless of course they're illegally trespassing in caravans, but that's an AH thread if ever I saw one)

AARRRGH

I would imagine there are easier ways for a landlord to evict people, for example, he can say he plans to refurbish the property and you have to move out.

His refurbishments can then be a new lick of paint.

It's easy enough...

Ste.phen

The OP said illegally though, so i'm guessing the person on/in the property isn't and wasn't a tenant

Jo King

A few favourites are:- cutting off the electricity supply, cutting off the water supply. I heard of one case where a landlord disconnected and removed a tenants toilet! Another one is taking away the steps from the front door. I know two tenants who left when their electricity supply was cut off by the landlord.

the_syco

Cut off the electricity, phone, water, etc.