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Name not on lease and paying rent to housemate

  • 07-04-2019 10:09AM
    #1
    Twenty Grand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Just wanted to check something. As per the thread title, if your name is not on the lease and you're paying rent to a housemate who pays it forward to the landlord, do you have any tenancy rights?


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  • #2
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    No, you are a licensee not a tenant.


  • #3
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    If the landlord is not residing in the property you may be entitled to have your name added to the tenancy.
    A tenancy becomes a Part 4 tenancy on the earliest date at which one of the tenants has been in occupation for 6 months. During the existence of a Part 4 tenancy any lawful licensee of the tenant/s may request the landlord to be allowed to become a tenant of the tenancy. The landlord may not unreasonably refuse such a request and must give his/her acceptance in writing.
    https://www.rtb.ie/media-research/publications/licensees-in-private-rented-accommodation


  • #4
    Twenty Grand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Twenty Grand


    Graham wrote: »
    If the landlord is not residing in the property you may be entitled to have your name added to the tenancy.


    https://www.rtb.ie/media-research/publications/licensees-in-private-rented-accommodation

    Am I right to say you need to specifically request this?
    It's not automatic.


  • #5
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    You request it.
    any lawful licensee of the tenant/s may request the landlord to be allowed to become a tenant of the tenancy


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