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Can a landlord change his mind after I put down a deposit to hold the house?

  • 21-09-2013 10:12am
    #1
    Cayke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, but here goes.

    I paid a landlord two thirds of the required deposit on a house so that he would hold it for us until the current tenants moved out, with the agreement that I would pay the rest of the deposit before I moved in. I got a receipt for it, but because it wasn't the full deposit, there was no lease involved yet.

    Now he's telling me that the current tenants have changed their minds about moving out and the landlord wants to give me back the amount of the deposit I paid. If I've already put down most of the deposit down and I've got a receipt to prove it, is he allowed change his mind and not let me move in, or is he allowed do that if there was no lease signed?


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  • #2
    camphor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 202 ✭✭camphor


    Cayke wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, but here goes.

    I paid a landlord two thirds of the required deposit on a house so that he would hold it for us until the current tenants moved out, with the agreement that I would pay the rest of the deposit before I moved in. I got a receipt for it, but because it wasn't the full deposit, there was no lease involved yet.

    Now he's telling me that the current tenants have changed their minds about moving out and the landlord wants to give me back the amount of the deposit I paid. If I've already put down most of the deposit down and I've got a receipt to prove it, is he allowed change his mind and not let me move in, or is he allowed do that if there was no lease signed?

    Yes. There is no binding contract. This was so held in a High Court case in the 1980s.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85267376


  • #3
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    Cayke wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, but here goes.

    I paid a landlord two thirds of the required deposit on a house so that he would hold it for us until the current tenants moved out, with the agreement that I would pay the rest of the deposit before I moved in. I got a receipt for it, but because it wasn't the full deposit, there was no lease involved yet.

    Now he's telling me that the current tenants have changed their minds about moving out and the landlord wants to give me back the amount of the deposit I paid. If I've already put down most of the deposit down and I've got a receipt to prove it, is he allowed change his mind and not let me move in, or is he allowed do that if there was no lease signed?

    Even if there was a contract (other poster answered that question) one of the terms was you move in after other tennant moved out, other tennant has not moved out, so any contract would be frustrated.


  • #4
    Santa Cruz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    Cayke wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, but here goes.

    I paid a landlord two thirds of the required deposit on a house so that he would hold it for us until the current tenants moved out, with the agreement that I would pay the rest of the deposit before I moved in. I got a receipt for it, but because it wasn't the full deposit, there was no lease involved yet.

    Now he's telling me that the current tenants have changed their minds about moving out and the landlord wants to give me back the amount of the deposit I paid. If I've already put down most of the deposit down and I've got a receipt to prove it, is he allowed change his mind and not let me move in, or is he allowed do that if there was no lease signed?

    No lease, no obligation


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