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Landlords reference

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  • 08-03-2015 8:42pm
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    thefires
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭


    do new landlords check up on a printed reference you give them when aquiring a new flat , or is the printed reference usually good enough ??


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    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    Landlords should check out references before handing over the keys of an asset worth tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of euro. Not every landlord does, but they should, a printed reference is very easy to type up and falsify


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    thefires
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭thefires


    athtrasna wrote: »
    Landlords should check out references before handing over the keys of an asset worth tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of euro. Not every landlord does, but they should, a printed reference is very easy to type up and falsify

    I have no ex land lord reference ?? I can't get in contact with my old one ., not sure what to do , impossible to get a flat without a references


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    Big Davey
    Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Big Davey


    thefires wrote: »
    I have no ex land lord reference ?? I can't get in contact with my old one ., not sure what to do , impossible to get a flat without a references
    A reference from work etc would be better than a landlords reference.
    Just because someone is a landlord does not make them any more honest than the next person.
    I am a landlord and know loads of others and if I had a bad tenant I would give them a glowing reference just to get rid of them out of my house as the Evection process is very difficult.
    Get a reference from somewhere else work, colledge, a Garda etc most landlords make up their mind within the first few minutes of meeting you so you have to convince them you will be a good tenant anyway.


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    Big Davey
    Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Big Davey


    thefires wrote: »
    I have no ex land lord reference ?? I can't get in contact with my old one ., not sure what to do , impossible to get a flat without a references
    Why don't you ask your most recent landlord why he/she is refusing to give you a reference?


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    davo10
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    thefires wrote: »
    do new landlords check up on a printed reference you give them when aquiring a new flat , or is the printed reference usually good enough ??

    Every time. Very often the written reference is given to get the person out asap, but the phone call can reveal a lot more about the tenant.


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    by the seaside
    Registered Users Posts: 389 ✭✭by the seaside


    Out of interest, if I've been a home owner and self employed in the UK for 10 years and am moving to Ireland to rent and take up a new job, what should I do for a reference?


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    davo10
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    by the seaside wrote: »
    Out of interest, if I've been a home owner and self employed in the UK for 10 years and am moving to Ireland to rent and take up a new job, what should I do for a reference?

    I'd say start looking well before you move. A reference from your job might work or offer three months rent as a deposit. In many parts of the country there is a shortage of rental properties and landlords are wary of getting bad tenants so they are now in a position to be more picky about who they let to, it is just too difficult to get a bad tenant out again.


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    Big Davey
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    by the seaside wrote: »
    Out of interest, if I've been a home owner and self employed in the UK for 10 years and am moving to Ireland to rent and take up a new job, what should I do for a reference?
    The more references you can provide the better but if you provide a copy of a bank statement to prove you have funds to pay
    A reference from your employer
    And a previous landlords landline in the UK you should have no problems at all.


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    by the seaside
    Registered Users Posts: 389 ✭✭by the seaside


    Big Davey wrote: »
    The more references you can provide the better but if you provide a copy of a bank statement to prove you have funds to pay
    A reference from your employer
    And a previous landlords landline in the UK you should have no problems at all.

    Thanks. We'll think of something but we haven't had a landlord for 10 years so will have to do without that.


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    MouseTail
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭MouseTail


    If you can prove home ownership for that period, that would definitely supersede a LL reference, you would be a stellar candidate for a letting. Mature, responsible, probably capable of changing a washer, bleeding a rad etc.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    by the seaside wrote: »
    Thanks. We'll think of something but we haven't had a landlord for 10 years so will have to do without that.

    I used a reference from my property manager at home (ie the one who is looking after the property I own and am renting out) and one from the job I got here.

    Another option is from your accountant at home.

    LL's with brains realise the benefits of mature-age tenants, who will have different options for references.


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    by the seaside
    Registered Users Posts: 389 ✭✭by the seaside


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    I used a reference from my property manager at home (ie the one who is looking after the property I own and am renting out) and one from the job I got here.

    Another option is from your accountant at home.

    LL's with brains realise the benefits of mature-age tenants, who will have different options for references.

    Thanks. Yes, I was thinking my accountant - benn with them 10 years. And I have a job with a big firm so that may help.


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