Samuel T. Cogley wrote: » Took me six months to get a boundary issue sorted, and by sorted I just accepted that it was possession only. Best advice anyone who is sale agreed can get is to keep looking at other options. (Noted that it has already been given in this thread.)
reg114 wrote: » Put yourself in the tenants' shoes for a second, they are being asked to leave their home in the middle of a pandemic when the country has been under lockdown since last autumn. Its not possible to physically view rental properties so no wonder they are finding it difficult to find somewhere else to live. Being evicted is traumatic enough at the best of times but given everything that is going on I cant imagine the strain its causing the tenants involved. Detach yourself emotionally from the property in question and select another. It will save you alot of stress and money. Personally I wouldnt want to take ownership of a dwelling under such strained circumstances. Factor in the fact that the cogs of the legal system in this country move very slowly. Time = money and alot of legal fees.
Hontou wrote: » OP, I'd be curious to find out if those tenants move out before Autumn. If you find out in future let us know. Good luck with your new house search.
TattooedLady wrote: » The house is only round the corner from where we are now so I'll keep an eye out!
rightmove wrote: » really is a messed up housing market where these situations arise. Government has added to the mess over the years rather then helped. Virtue signaling as policy - someone has to pay the price.
TattooedLady wrote: » **UPDATE** After a long discussion we have decided to pull out of buying the house. So much has happened it just dulled its sparkle and we are now on the hunt for our new forever home!
JimmyVik wrote: » If you think thats bad they want to prevent you ever being able to get a tenant out next. Dotn know how anyone will ever be able to sell their properties if rented.
Claw Hammer wrote: » There are ways to get tenants out legally. Most landlords are too mean to pay for the professional advice necessary. I know a landlord who got a defaulting tenant out of a property legally in 6 weeks. He brought a barrister down from Dublin,who told the local solicitor what to do and was in court within 4 weeks and had the tenant ordered out and gone within another 2 weeks.
DubCount wrote: » This is good to hear but I thought you needed to go through the RTB slow bicycle race before you could even apply to a court to look at an eviction.
Gael23 wrote: » I’d walk away
JimmyVik wrote: » So lets say ion the OPs case the tenants dont seem to want to leave. If the owner of the house wants to get them out, whats the worst case scenario to get them out legally? How long?
Claw Hammer wrote: » Years. A very evil tenant could keep it going for 7 or 8 years.
Hontou wrote: » Surely when the part 4 is up, then it is a black and white case of out the door? (except during eviction bans).
JimmyVik wrote: » Said many a person before they rented their properties and are now in tears
Hontou wrote: » What if the house goes into disrepair during the long drawn out eviction process? Caused by tenants bad management of the house. Breaking things, blocking up vents etc. What if this is the reason the landlord wants out? Does the landlord have to keep up repairs during the eviction process going on for years? What if they can't afford to?
endacl wrote: » You wouldn't believe the answer....
JimmyVik wrote: » Will I tell them? OK. Even if they wreck your house and stop paying you rent while you are trying to evict them.... If they ask you to fix a broken tap, washing machine or cooker, or anything else, you have to get it fixed or you will be fined by the RTB. Yes, the RTB, the very people who wont let you evict the people who have effectively taken your house and wont give it back, while they wreck it and take YOU to the RTB for not fixing it.
MacDanger wrote: » Are there any actual cases of this happening? It seems ludicrous
JimmyVik wrote: » Yes. Plenty. There are people who rent houses to do this professionally. There is no punishment for them. They dont even have to pay you the back rent for the years they werent paying. Go to the RTB website. Months of entertaining reading there. I researched all this for a long time when I was thinking about a rental investment. I never went ahead with it in the end.
MacDanger wrote: » I know there are plenty of cases of people not paying and dragging it out for ages but I find it hard to believe that non-paying tenants could take a case against a LL for not maintaining the property correctly
JimmyVik wrote: » Believe it.
