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Landlords have put up rent!

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  • #102
    odds_on
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭odds_on


    beauf wrote: »
    Minimum standards have gone up.
    Exactly -and those minimum standards have also caused, in part, the higher rents.

    An unfurnished property must include all that "equipment" (oven and grill, hob, microwave, fridge and freezer or fridge-freezer, washing machine and dryer if no outside area to dry clothes; bath or shower.

    And that for an unfurnished property.

    It's obvious that prices have to increase over what was a bedsit.

    In my younger days, I lived in several bedsits that had all the necessities that I required: a bed, table and chairs, 2 ring hob, a fridge with icebox while there toilets were and separate bathroom facilities on each floor. Some landlord organised a cleaned to come in and clean the communal areas (hallway, stairs, bathrooms and toilets. One or two of the bedsits had a communal house kitchen with the cooking facilities instead of cooking in your room.

    I would be happy to live in this type of placeagain, if the price was right.


  • #103
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭Daith


    odds_on wrote: »
    An unfurnished property must include all that "equipment" (oven and grill, hob, microwave, fridge and freezer or fridge-freezer, washing machine and dryer if no outside area to dry clothes; bath or shower.

    Really? Our Landlord didn't provide one and when I queried him on it he said he couldn't afford it because of the property tax.


  • #104
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Daith wrote: »
    Really? Our Landlord didn't provide one and when I queried him on it he said he couldn't afford it because of the property tax.

    Do you have a means of drying clothes outside? If not, then by law they must provide a dryer (it can be a washer dryer combo). If the landlord cant afford this then tell them to give you back your deposit and let you move into a property where the landlord can provide you with the appliances that you are entitled to.


  • #105
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭Daith


    djimi wrote: »
    Do you have a means of drying clothes outside? If not, then by law they must provide a dryer (it can be a washer dryer combo). If the landlord cant afford this then tell them to give you back your deposit and let you move into a property where the landlord can provide you with the appliances that you are entitled to.

    Well we have a small balcony does that count? I wouldn't be too keen on leaving clothes outside on it though. We wouldn't even use a dryer but its handy for linen and towels.


  • #106
    odds_on
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭odds_on


    Daith wrote: »
    Well we have a small balcony does that count? I wouldn't be too keen on leaving clothes outside on it though. We wouldn't even use a dryer but its handy for linen and towels.
    Probably not - most apartment complexes have a clause in the lease with the owner that clothes must not be hung out on balconies, and that clause is (if it exists) almost certainly in your lease with the landlord.

    Therefore, you should be supplied with either a washing machine and a dryer or a washer/dryer combo.

    Unless there is a communal washing and drying facility within the complex/building


  • #107
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭Daith


    odds_on wrote: »
    Probably not - most apartment complexes have a clause in the lease with the owner that clothes must not be hung out on balconies, and that clause is (if it exists) almost certainly in your lease with the landlord.

    Therefore, you should be supplied with either a washing machine and a dryer or a washer/dryer combo.

    Unless there is a communal washing and drying facility within the complex/building

    Cool, thanks for the help! Sorry for going OT!


  • #108
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Daith wrote: »
    Well we have a small balcony does that count? I wouldn't be too keen on leaving clothes outside on it though. We wouldn't even use a dryer but its handy for linen and towels.

    No, Unless it is designed to be an area where clothes can be hung out to dry.


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