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How many days is the notice period?

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  • 18-05-2020 1:55pm
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    alroley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭


    My friend and I have been renting an apartment in Dublin since August of last year. The lease is up in early August. Neither of us have been in the apartment since mid-March (both went home to parents since work closed. Landlord is aware of this). We are not able to go back up until the travel restrictions are lifted on the 20th of July.

    I have decided that I can't justify renting somewhere so expensive when this lease is up. I will have ended up paying 4 or 5 months rent when I wasn't even living there. At least if I had been renting a box room somewhere cheaper it wouldn't have been such a loss.

    There seems to be no mention of a notice period on our lease. I am assuming a month?


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    Xterminator
    Registered Users Posts: 4,717 ✭✭✭Xterminator


    I know no one knows how long the pandemic will be; but as long as your stuff is in the apartment, you are there, landlord doesn't have a chance to relet.

    anyway to answer your question notice periods are available on RTB website

    New Notice Periods
    Duration of Tenancy Notice Period
    Less than 6 months 28 days
    Not less than 6 months but less than 1year 90 days
    Not less than 1year but less than 3 years 120 days


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    alroley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭alroley


    Xterminator wrote: »
    I know no one knows how long the pandemic will be; but as long as your stuff is in the apartment, you are there, landlord doesn't have a chance to relet.

    anyway to answer your question notice periods are available on RTB website

    New Notice Periods
    Duration of Tenancy Notice Period
    Less than 6 months 28 days
    Not less than 6 months but less than 1year 90 days
    Not less than 1year but less than 3 years 120 days

    We have obviously been paying rent while not there, so the landlord shouldn't have been looking to lease it to anyone else anyway. We are planning on going up on 20th of July to pack up. The lease isn't up until August.

    Thanks for the info.


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    thunderdog
    Registered Users Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭thunderdog


    Xterminator wrote: »
    I know no one knows how long the pandemic will be; but as long as your stuff is in the apartment, you are there, landlord doesn't have a chance to relet.

    anyway to answer your question notice periods are available on RTB website

    New Notice Periods
    Duration of Tenancy Notice Period
    Less than 6 months 28 days
    Not less than 6 months but less than 1year 90 days
    Not less than 1year but less than 3 years 120 days

    That’s the notice period that the landlord needs to give the tenant. My understanding from the op is that they are looking for tenant notice periods to landlord which are a lot less:
    <6 months = 28 days
    6-12 months = 35 days
    1-2 years = 42 days
    2-4 years = 56 days
    4-8 years = 84 days
    8+ years = 112 days


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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    It's worth having a chat with your landlord now.

    You might be able to agree to an earlier termination if he manages to re-let quickly.


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    Denise2007
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭Denise2007


    Hi,

    Is your lease for 1 year with a fixed date ? If so, it's a fixed term tenancy.

    A fixed term tenancy is a tenancy that lasts for a specific amount of time as specified in your tenancy agreement or lease.

    Review your lease to see what it says but if fixed then should expire on that date but let your landlord know you will not be renewing.


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