Not sure what to make of this landlord?

All that fandango · 20-09-2021 7:48pm #1

Hi, so I today I had a viewing for a room in a house share (I'm a worker not a student). While there, the landlord said to me that there was an awful lot of interest in the rooms available and that they had offers of 200-300 euros a month more than what the monthly rent was advertised on Daft. Is this common practice to offer a room to the highest bidder despite what the advert stated? Because I've never come across it before. I dont know what to think to be honest, are they trying their luck to see how much they get get? Thanks if anyone can offer their thoughts on this.

godtabh · 20-09-2021 7:50pm

Call his bluff and see what happens

Emma2019 · 20-09-2021 10:43pm

It happens but not hugely common that I've heard.

Personally I'd avoid a property like that because he's clearly demonstrated he's an absolute gouger and it would make me think he's likely to be difficult to deal with if trying to get anything fixed.

Caranica · 20-09-2021 11:03pm

I've rented a room before and been offered more than the advertised rent. I gave them the room but at the advertised rent as I took it as a sign they could pay what I was looking for. So tenants do it too

agoodpunt · 21-09-2021 11:01am

was he the LL or someone who is a tenant also living there

A proper LL rents a house with with a single payment and is RTB registered to those who reside there, anything outside of this can be a roll of the dice sometimes tenants do sublet without the owners knowledge

All that fandango · 21-09-2021 11:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117918670#Comment_117918670

He is the landlord.

agoodpunt · 21-09-2021 11:54am

As it is a house share with a set rent it should be down to the exsisting tenants to find a suitable tenant then ask for the LL premission with refs and details, any other way is amateurish IMO

[Deleted User] · 21-09-2021 12:01pm

This practice will become more common as people get more desperate to find somewhere. The shortage of accommodation has long since reached crisis levels.

I looked on Daft a week ago and in all of Dublin, number of properties asking 1600 a month or less, was 319. The same search today gave me 288 results. In a few weeks it could be in single digits.

recode the site · 21-09-2021 12:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117918808#Comment_117918808

I’m a fully compliant tax-paying landlord and would have concerns about this kind of activity, which will only be stopped if it is reported. It is up to the government to properly incentivise a proper letting/renting economy. There’s only pocket money at best to be made from it for the small timer

https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/assist-us/reporting-shadow-economy-activity/reporting.aspx

Cite:-

Name of Landord
Landlord Address
Address of Rental Property

All that fandango · 21-09-2021 12:37pm

Thanks all for the replies, currently commuting about 90km each way so 180km every day. In Galway aswell. Grateful to have a home to go to at alk. I dont really know what to do.

Claw Hammer · 21-09-2021 12:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117918670#Comment_117918670

Some landlords let by room and are tax compliant and maintain good standards. It can be easier to control than a large group with comings and goings. Some tenants prefer it because it avoids joint and several liability.

recode the site · 21-09-2021 1:06pm

Once the landlord is RTB registered and there’s a proper agreement, that’s a good place to start. I guess by letting house-shares the landlord can actually make more out of it, but it could verge on a bedsit type arrangement. It would also mean the landlord having to be that bit more available and responsive to answer to a number of different people unrelated to each other.

I let through an agent who has 7 day emergency contact for my tenants. Only this morning the boiler went, and my tenants had no hot water, so it’s now being fixed. My agents have a full list of repair people on call, and are pre-authorised to get them into action. Probably little to nothing to make for me out of October’s let as I feel I will have to replace it at this stage. New condenser gas boilers are very energy efficient, but only the tenants benefit from that, of course.

agoodpunt · 21-09-2021 1:23pm

Near impossible to get repairs done at the minute rang a plumber to go fix a leak he said he has a 3 week waiting list

If a LL is prepared to do the letting of rooms surely needs approval from the sitting tenant he could install a relative but he is more likely getting more rent and probably breaking the cap on rent still it extra work and nobody works for nothing

Not sure what to make of this landlord?

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