Short term lease

Beemarc

Me and my partner are in a position of buying a new house in Dublin and in need of a temporary accommodation for let's say 2-3 months. I work in the city centre, and our only requirements are a viable commute, a double bed, and a small kitchen (anything to be able to cook our meals). I've tried on daft, but the few places with non minimum lease are inaccessible (we rarely have anybody answering emails or voicemail), the other options, like staycity or airbnb seem very very expensive. Looks like the only easy option would be to get an apartment with a 1 year minimum lease and somehow try to reassign the tenant as soon as we find a house to buy. But it seems that it all depends on how reasonable the landlord would be.

Does anybody have any tip/advice?

Thanks

MarkAnthony

Rock and a hard place this one. Mention it to any LL and you won't get the place. Personally I'd move in, be ready to lose part of the deposit and willing to do the work to find another suitable tenant - one you'd be happy letting your property too.

K.Flyer

I know of at least one letting agent in Dublin City Centre that specialises in corporate Short Term Lettting, but the monthly rates are a good bit over the norm, presumably because of the extra cleaning up / laundry costs involved.
You might be better going with the suggestions above in case your plans get unexpectedly delayed, at least you would not be under pressure to vacate until you are ready to go.

athtrasna

I think you could end up needing accommodation for a lot longer than you think. After you find a house to buy and have financing approved, it can take anything between 4 weeks and 18 months (according to recent threads on here) for a sale to be finalised.

Based on this I wouldn't be looking at short term, I would look at a one year lease as this gives you security in the meantime and then if you are lucky enough to have a straight forward purchase experience you would totally be entitled to reassign the lease in accordance with legislation.

Diamond Doll

I've a room to let that might possibly be suitable - I've sent you a PM.

Mrs OBumble

Try looking at self-catering places on AirBnB.

Beemarc

athtrasna wrote: »

I think you could end up needing accommodation for a lot longer than you think. After you find a house to buy and have financing approved, it can take anything between 4 weeks and 18 months (according to recent threads on here) for a sale to be finalised.

I'm aware of that. On my part I have everything sorted out (mortgage, assurance, solicitor), because I was buying a house and the sellers pulled out after one month. So, if the place is vacant, I would expect a fast sale.

By the way, the option of assigning the tenant would be probably the best option, after all. With the current market I can't think of having any problem finding somebody to take over my rent.

Thanks for all of the replies!

MarkAnthony

Beemarc wrote: »

I'm aware of that. On my part I have everything sorted out (mortgage, assurance, solicitor), because I was buying a house and the sellers pulled out after one month. So, if the place is vacant, I would expect a fast sale.

By the way, the option of assigning the tenant would be probably the best option, after all. With the current market I can't think of having any problem finding somebody to take over my rent.

Thanks for all of the replies!

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