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Tenant leaving after 6 weeks

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    #32
    Wesser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    The law and contract law aside for a second
    This is how I see it.

    The tenant who is leaving owes you 4 weeks notice and 4 weeks rent.

    There are 3 options

    The tenant who is leaving finds a new tenant.
    You find a new tenant
    Or
    The remaining two people find s new tenant.

    If the tenant who is leaving is given the responsibility of finding s new tenant then he has to pay rent until he finds someone. This will put the speed behind him to find someone. It also means that you don't have control on who moves in, you might not like them Or trust them, they might not have a decent job.

    Or else you find the tenant but you take the hit of no tenant found after 4 weeks from the day of notice. But you get to choose who moves in.

    Or else the other 2 people choose who the next tenant is, but they have to pay the extra rent 50 50 if they haven't found someone they like after 4 weeks or are being too picky. At the end of the day, they have to live with th day after day.

    That way the person who
    Is responsible for filling the room takes the financial hit if they don't fill
    It in 4 weeks..... So that helps them put a bit of elbow grease in to their search.

    Sounds complicated but it worked for us 2 years ago. All 3 parties discussed it and we agreed option 3.

    Deposit is returned when the room if filled assuming all In good condition.


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    #33
    kronnn
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭kronnn


    Wesser wrote: »
    The law and contract law aside for a second
    This is how I see it.

    The tenant who is leaving owes you 4 weeks notice and 4 weeks rent.

    There are 3 options

    The tenant who is leaving finds a new tenant.
    You find a new tenant
    Or
    The remaining two people find s new tenant.

    If the tenant who is leaving is given the responsibility of finding s new tenant then he has to pay rent until he finds someone. This will put the speed behind him to find someone. It also means that you don't have control on who moves in, you might not like them Or trust them, they might not have a decent job.

    Or else you find the tenant but you take the hit of no tenant found after 4 weeks from the day of notice. But you get to choose who moves in.

    Or else the other 2 people choose who the next tenant is, but they have to pay the extra rent 50 50 if they haven't found someone they like after 4 weeks or are being too picky. At the end of the day, they have to live with th day after day.

    That way the person who
    Is responsible for filling the room takes the financial hit if they don't fill
    It in 4 weeks..... So that helps them put a bit of elbow grease in to their search.

    Sounds complicated but it worked for us 2 years ago. All 3 parties discussed it and we agreed option 3.

    Deposit is returned when the room if filled assuming all In good condition.

    It would be quite a petty move to say to someone who's quitting their job and moving back home presumably to care for the family member in ill health that they have to stay and find someone now or lose their deposit, but thats just my opinion.


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    #34
    Wesser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    Yes I agree that's why option. 3 likely the best.


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    #35
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Hazydays123 wrote: »
    Well this whole thread was started because somebody made a year long commitment to rent a property but then stuff happened in their life and they could no longer honour that commitment....so maybe the lease is just trying to allow for that possibility and put conditions on it.

    Just like there are circumstances where the landlord no longer has to honour the lease (because he needs to sell up/move back into his property).

    It would be simpler to have a month to month rolling lease in that case. If people can't commit, they shouldn't.


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    #36
    Hazydays123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Hazydays123


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    It would be simpler to have a month to month rolling lease in that case. If people can't commit, they shouldn't.

    People sign leases with every intention of honouring them but then circumstances outside of their control (job loss, ill health, death, etc) might make that impossible. I wouldn't think that this is an outlandish concept. Some flexibility on both sides is reasonable.


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    #37
    tina1040
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭tina1040


    Hazydays123 wrote: »
    People sign leases with every intention of honouring them but then circumstances outside of their control (job loss, ill health, death, etc) might make that impossible. I wouldn't think that this is an outlandish concept. Some flexibility on both sides is reasonable.

    How can you know though if the tenant just changed their mind and gives you a story that there is a sick relative?


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The RTB have rule on it and the High Court has agreed with the RTB. The debate is long over.

    One very specific case does not mean anything in the grand scheme.


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    #39
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Emerald Quaint Hose wrote: »
    One very specific case does not mean anything in the grand scheme.

    It means an awful lot. The next time and every time thereafter the issue comes before an adjudicator or tribunal they will follow the High Court decision.


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