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Lease was up in April. Received new lease today. 4% increase

  • 07-08-2020 11:38am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Wondering where I stand on this

    My lease ended last April. We didn't sign a new lease. Usually we would. We were due a 4% increase but that didn't happen due to covid. Landlord got in touch today to let us know he wants to sign a new lease. Covid rent freeze ended last week so he wants to increase by 4%.

    Due to the nature of rolling leases, does this mean we should be keeping the original rent for a year until April 2021?

    I wouldn't usually try to angle shoot like this but it's just the timing of it has annoyed me. He clearly done it himself by waiting until the end of this rent freeze.


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  • #2
    fishy_fishy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭fishy_fishy


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Wondering where I stand on this

    My lease ended last April. We didn't sign a new lease. Usually we would. We were due a 4% increase but that didn't happen due to covid. Landlord got in touch today to let us know he wants to sign a new lease. Covid rent freeze ended last week so he wants to increase by 4%.

    Due to the nature of rolling leases, does this mean we should be keeping the original rent for a year until April 2021?

    I wouldn't usually try to angle shoot like this but it's just the timing of it has annoyed me. He clearly done it himself by waiting until the end of this rent freeze.

    You don't have to sign a new lease, but I would think the rent increase is permitted


  • #3
    TheChizler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,474 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    When did you start renting and when was the last rent review?


  • #4
    ShareShare
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I wouldn't usually try to angle shoot like this but it's just the timing of it has annoyed me. He clearly done it himself by waiting until the end of this rent freeze.

    Wouldnt that imply that he infact was planning to increase the rent, and didnt increase it until the covid freeze was all over, seems a pretty fair way they approached it.

    You don't need to sign the new lease, like you never have to agree to something, but he is allowed give you notice of rent increase subject to the last rent review period guidelines. That doesn't require your consent.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    TheChizler wrote: »
    When did you start renting and when was the last rent review?

    Been in the property 4+ years. Rent went up April 2019 by 4%. It was due to go up by 4% again in April 2020 but that didn't happen due to covid.


  • #6
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Do you think the landlord is not entitled to increase the rent? If so, what would the reason be.


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  • #7
    Padre_Pio
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    Deleted User wrote: »

    I wouldn't usually try to angle shoot like this but it's just the timing of it has annoyed me. He clearly done it himself by waiting until the end of this rent freeze.

    Doubt you could do it.

    COVID aside, your rent was due to go up. You've had a break for the last few months and now it's hit you.

    Maybe you should have pushed to get the lease signed back in April, but what can ya do. He's entitled to increase the rent yearly. Its been over a year.


  • #8
    LuasSimon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭LuasSimon


    Rental costs are having a huge impact on people’s disposable income , who is getting a 4% on their wages annually ? Very very few .
    Wages are not rising in line with rental increases


  • #9
    Varik
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    He's can actually raise the rent higher than 4% as it's been longer than the 12 months since last review.


  • #10
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Rental costs are having a huge impact on people’s disposable income , who is getting a 4% on their wages annually ? Very very few .
    Wages are not rising in line with rental increases

    This is irrelevant.


  • #11
    0xzmro3n4y7lb5
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    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    Doubt you could do it.

    COVID aside, your rent was due to go up. You've had a break for the last few months and now it's hit you.

    Maybe you should have pushed to get the lease signed back in April, but what can ya do. He's entitled to increase the rent yearly. Its been over a year.

    You don't get a break.

    The calculation is done over the period of time. It doesn't matter what month the rent increase comes in, the '4%' is not a set 4% it's calculated over the period of time since last increases including the 90 day notice of increase period.


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  • #12
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Varik wrote: »
    He's can actually raise the rent higher than 4% as it's been longer than the 12 months since last review.

    This. The formula is R x (1 + 0.04 x t/m). So he could raise it by something like 6/7% by the time it comes into affect.


  • #13
    Varik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,553 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    All notices of rent review that notify a rent increase, which were served before the emergency period and were due to start during this period, cannot take effect until the emergency period ends; the tenant is not required to pay the increased amount of rent during the emergency period and no backdating of rent may apply.

    Rent review notices can be served as usual during the emergency period, but they cannot take effect until after the emergency period is over. This should be stated in any rent review notice and no backdating of rent may apply.

    Even if the LL had issued a new contract back in April the rent review could still have happened it just wouldn't have started until now.

    The fact he's not increasing over the 4% as he's allowed since it's over the 12 months, that by issue a review now you've that additional notice period, and the fact that since the next rent review is delayed now by the ~4 odd months you're actually better off than if he had done it back in April.


  • #14
    theteal
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    Rents are falling or so I'm led to believe. Any evidence of similar properties with lower prices around? If so use that as your bargaining chip.

    It's been a year, LL is entitled to review rent. Max allowed increase in RPZ is 4%. Your LL is just trying to charge the max he/she can before the ar$e really falls out.

    Options:
    1) Pay it
    2) Negotiate
    3) Move


  • #15
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    theteal wrote: »
    Rents are falling or so I'm led to believe. Any evidence of similar properties with lower prices around? If so use that as your bargaining chip.

    It's been a year, LL is entitled to review rent. Max allowed increase in RPZ is 4%. Your LL is just trying to charge the max he/she can before the ar$e really falls out.

    Options:
    1) Pay it
    2) Negotiate
    3) Move

    Rents are not falling.,


  • #16
    LuasSimon
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    This is irrelevant.

    Might be for you but not for thousands of other people who can’t afford rent increases due to flat wages , many people have little or no disposable income as it stands ... the working poor a growing percentage of the Irish population


  • #17
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Might be for you but not for thousands of other people who can’t afford rent increases due to flat wages , many people have little or no disposable income as it stands ... the working poor a growing percentage of the Irish population

    Then a thread about that is where the post should be. Not in a thread where a legal increase is requested. Do you start protesting about world hunger when asked to pay a bill in a restaurant?


  • #18
    Smouse156
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    Rents are not falling.,

    Rents are falling, supply has increased over 300%. It would be foolish to pay any rent increase unless one had a significantly below market rate. So compare and play hardball is similar properties are going for less


  • #19
    Zulu
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    No one likes a rent increase, but the LL has been fair have they not?
    I think you need to suck this one up. (or move, but I'm guessing thats not what you want)


  • #20
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Smouse156 wrote: »
    Rents are falling, supply has increased over 300%. It would be foolish to pay any rent increase unless one had a significantly below market rate. So compare and play hardball is similar properties are going for less

    Where has supply increased by over 300% - would love to see that.


  • #21
    [Deleted User]
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    ShareShare wrote: »
    Wouldnt that imply that he infact was planning to increase the rent, and didnt increase it until the covid freeze was all over, seems a pretty fair way they approached it.

    You don't need to sign the new lease, like you never have to agree to something, but he is allowed give you notice of rent increase subject to the last rent review period guidelines. That doesn't require your consent.

    Yes he was definitely planning on increasing the rent. My rent has been going up by the legal maximum at every opportunity for the last 15 or so years. Is this not standard for Dublin?


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  • #22
    Smouse156
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    Where has supply increased by over 300% - would love to see that.

    That’s Dublin:

    https://bl.ocks.org/pinsterdev/raw/234b4a5310a14a32e080/?s=volume

    Low to high nearly 300% increase since Jan, although pulled back a little in August. Picture & trend is pretty clear. Even the EA’s wouldn’t argue against rent drops

    https://www.owenreilly.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Owen-Reilly-Dublin-Residential-Q2-Report-2020.pdf

    Look at the page on rentals!

    OP, unless you are renting at a well under market rate I’d negotiate/leave. However if you are just pay the 4%


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Do you think the landlord is not entitled to increase the rent? If so, what would the reason be.

    I'm trying to understand rolling contracts. I'm specifically asking if he's able to increase at this exact juncture. Our lease continued when it was supposed to be renewed. I'm wondering do the terms of the previous lease carry over e.g. I have a year at x price.

    I'm just a bit miffed as I pushed to have it signed in April (as we do every year) but he said it wasn't possible due to restrictions. Fair enough. It was peak lockdown. I asked again soon after and got same response. The timing for his availability to sign the lease now is irritatingly convenient for him.


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm trying to understand rolling contracts. I'm specifically asking if he's able to increase at this exact juncture. Our lease continued when it was supposed to be renewed. I'm wondering do the terms of the previous lease carry over e.g. I have a year at x price.

    I'm just a bit miffed as I pushed to have it signed in April (as we do every year) but he said it wasn't possible due to restrictions. Fair enough. It was peak lockdown. I asked again soon after and got same response. The timing for his availability to sign the lease now is irritatingly convenient for him.

    There is nothing convenient with what is going on at the moment for LLs. The legality of when and how much rent can be increased is laid out in the RTA and RPZ legislation. If it has been a year since your last rent review, then the LL can raise rent by the permitted amount. Once you have gained Part 4 rights, there really is any need for a term contract, and if anything, it ties you down from moving if you saw somewhere better/cheaper. As another poster said, you can either accept/negotiate/move, your choice.


  • #25
    joeguevara
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    Smouse156 wrote: »
    That’s Dublin:

    https://bl.ocks.org/pinsterdev/raw/234b4a5310a14a32e080/?s=volume

    Low to high nearly 300% increase since Jan, although pulled back a little in August. Picture & trend is pretty clear. Even the EA’s wouldn’t argue against rent drops

    https://www.owenreilly.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Owen-Reilly-Dublin-Residential-Q2-Report-2020.pdf

    Look at the page on rentals!

    OP, unless you are renting at a well under market rate I’d negotiate/leave. However if you are just pay the 4%

    If not willing to pay a legally entitled increase - expect an evicition notice. But your stats are very interesting, however, with everything average and median aren't catch alls and everything is on a case by case.

    I don't see that there is a 300% supply increase. That would mean that lets say there was 1000 houses available in 2019 there are 3000 now.


  • #26
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm trying to understand rolling contracts. I'm specifically asking if he's able to increase at this exact juncture. Our lease continued when it was supposed to be renewed. I'm wondering do the terms of the previous lease carry over e.g. I have a year at x price.

    I'm just a bit miffed as I pushed to have it signed in April (as we do every year) but he said it wasn't possible due to restrictions. Fair enough. It was peak lockdown. I asked again soon after and got same response. The timing for his availability to sign the lease now is irritatingly convenient for him.

    And the restrictions were convenient for those renting. He is entitled to the increase and as said earlier he can issue rent review even when a contract is signed provided appropriate notice is given.


  • #27
    JJJackal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭JJJackal


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm trying to understand rolling contracts. I'm specifically asking if he's able to increase at this exact juncture. Our lease continued when it was supposed to be renewed. I'm wondering do the terms of the previous lease carry over e.g. I have a year at x price.

    I'm just a bit miffed as I pushed to have it signed in April (as we do every year) but he said it wasn't possible due to restrictions. Fair enough. It was peak lockdown. I asked again soon after and got same response. The timing for his availability to sign the lease now is irritatingly convenient for him.

    Even if you signed the contract he can increase rent as far as I know; same way you could negotiate a rent decrease if external factors suggested this was possible


  • #28
    JJJackal
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    I actually believe he can legally increase the rent by 5.3% (today) as the rent was not increased since 1/4/2019 (approximately)


  • #29
    Smouse156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Smouse156


    joeguevara wrote: »
    If not willing to pay a legally entitled increase - expect an evicition notice. But your stats are very interesting, however, with everything average and median aren't catch alls and everything is on a case by case.

    I don't see that there is a 300% supply increase. That would mean that lets say there was 1000 houses available in 2019 there are 3000 now.

    There was over a 250% increase according to the graph at one point. Circa 1100 units available in Jan and close to 3000 end of July. Also in Owen Reilly’s report he claims 7% of his managed tenancies ended prematurely! That’s pretty significant And basically implies they walked out the door and defaulted on their obligations. While he does only have a small section of the market he does have the upper end so it’s likely reminiscent of the whole.

    Basically they’re falling and likely will fall hard if the colleges don’t go back/second wave etc but the only question is by how much.


  • #30
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Smouse156 wrote: »
    There was over a 250% increase according to the graph at one point. Circa 1100 units available in Jan and close to 3000 end of July. Also in Owen Reilly’s report he claims 7% of his managed tenancies ended prematurely! That’s pretty significant And basically implies they walked out the door and defaulted on their obligations. While he does only have a small section of the market he does have the upper end so it’s likely reminiscent of the whole.

    Basically they’re falling and likely will fall hard if the colleges don’t go back/second wave etc but the only question is by how much.

    Where are all the people going do you think?


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  • #31
    JJJackal
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    Smouse156 wrote: »
    There was over a 250% increase according to the graph at one point. Circa 1100 units available in Jan and close to 3000 end of July. Also in Owen Reilly’s report he claims 7% of his managed tenancies ended prematurely! That’s pretty significant And basically implies they walked out the door and defaulted on their obligations. While he does only have a small section of the market he does have the upper end so it’s likely reminiscent of the whole.

    Basically they’re falling and likely will fall hard if the colleges don’t go back/second wave etc but the only question is by how much.

    The total number of people in Ireland probably has increased or decreased massively due to COVID.

    Non irish residents may have gone home to other countries (students, workers etc)

    Before COVID there was a supply shortage. Air BNB has gone to rental now, but some of this will go back to Air BNB in the medium term.

    Construction has slowed due to COVID. Shared rooms etc in student accommodation will no longer be shared - even if its not students occupying said rooms. Each student will need his/her own room and maybe bathroom
    Similarly irish nationals returned (healthcare, students etc). The cost of providing this accommodation will increase and this will be passed on to the renter.

    Regarding non student accommodation people will want larger spaces to have an office etc. May not want to rent a room out for example. This could reduce shared supply.

    Also according to daft rental supply was up 63% rather than 250% year on year


  • #32
    Padre_Pio
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    Where are all the people going do you think?

    AirBNB and people moving out of cities back home.


  • #33
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    AirBNB and people moving out of cities back home.

    It is going to be very interesting to see if the work from home will continue. I hated it when I had to do it for the short period. Not that it wasn't nice but definitely too many distractions.


  • #34
    Smouse156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Smouse156


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Where are all the people going do you think?

    Lots of foreigners in tech/finance moved back to their home countries which generally are way cheaper than Dublin. Retail/hospitality jobs lost permanently, workers have left for good. Most of these people were renters. Dublin was euro zone’s most expensive/overpriced city for renters last year. Personally I started a Dublin based job a few months ago and have yet to set foot in Dublin. WFH until next March at the earliest and hopefully longer. Would ideally like to just buy and move up next year without pissing any money away on rent in the interim.


  • #35
    JJJackal
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    Smouse156 wrote: »
    Lots of foreigners in tech/finance moved back to their home countries which generally are way cheaper than Dublin. Retail/hospitality jobs lost permanently, workers have left for good. Most of these people were renters. Dublin was euro zone’s most expensive/overpriced city for renters last year. Personally I started a Dublin based job a few months ago and have yet to set foot in Dublin. WFH until next March at the earliest and hopefully longer. Would ideally like to just buy and move up next year without pissing any money away on rent in the interim.

    What about the Irish people that moved home? People leaving dublin etc and people moving back works both ways

    Best of luck buying a property - another one which could be rented off the market. Lots of people like you will have a nice deposit saved post COVID i think


  • #36
    Padre_Pio
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    It is going to be very interesting to see if the work from home will continue. I hated it when I had to do it for the short period. Not that it wasn't nice but definitely too many distractions.

    It will for a lot of places, or at least part time WFH. The technical issues for those who can do it are mostly ironed out at this stage. Teams and Zoom are constantly updating and have opened up to third party apps.

    Every business must be considering it at least. The money to be saved is astronomical.

    OP have a look at properties in the area and see what the prices/demand is. Might be worth pushing back on the increase. 4% isn't a lot to give up for a good tenant. The LL might have difficulty renting it out. Even a month or two lost rent would put him in the red compared to the increase.


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  • #37
    Smouse156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Smouse156


    JJJackal wrote: »
    What about the Irish people that moved home? People leaving dublin etc and people moving back works both ways

    Best of luck buying a property - another one which could be rented off the market. Lots of people like you will have a nice deposit saved post COVID i think

    Most Irish people that moved home lost their jobs and aren’t returning to paid work! Therefore they’re most likely to moving home to parents. I know a few personally.

    Thanks for the well wishes and I agree many like me will have a decent deposit saved not paying the Dublin rent


  • #38
    gauchesnell
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    Rents are not falling.,

    they are ...you just need to do a little digging. Speaking of Dublin only


  • #39
    Graham
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    Mod Note

    folks there's already a general discussion of rents here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058067544

    I don't think general discussion of eurozone rents is particularly helpful to the OP.


  • #40
    Browney7
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Wondering where I stand on this

    My lease ended last April. We didn't sign a new lease. Usually we would. We were due a 4% increase but that didn't happen due to covid. Landlord got in touch today to let us know he wants to sign a new lease. Covid rent freeze ended last week so he wants to increase by 4%.

    Due to the nature of rolling leases, does this mean we should be keeping the original rent for a year until April 2021?

    I wouldn't usually try to angle shoot like this but it's just the timing of it has annoyed me. He clearly done it himself by waiting until the end of this rent freeze.

    Did you get a proper rent review letter and three comparable properties OP? Is the new rent cheaper than comparable property in the area?


  • #41
    FionnK86
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    I'd a similar situation with my landlord, he needed to increase rent because of RPZ, so we can to arrangement where he increased on contract but I didn't pay the extra amount.


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  • #42
    joeguevara
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    FionnK86 wrote: »
    I'd a similar situation with my landlord, he needed to increase rent because of RPZ, so we can to arrangement where he increased on contract but I didn't pay the extra amount.

    Sounds like a good plan. One thing to be wary of, when a relationship is good, no issues. When anything deteriorates, he would have a clear cut case for the back payment of the shortfall. If there is a side agreement in writing, then both are players in possible tax fraud. Doubt anything like that will happen but I’m always wary. But ye both seem like pragmatic people.


  • #43
    FionnK86
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    Sounds like a good plan. One thing to be wary of, when a relationship is good, no issues. When anything deteriorates, he would have a clear cut case for the back payment of the shortfall. If there is a side agreement in writing, then both are players in possible tax fraud. Doubt anything like that will happen but I’m always wary. But ye both seem like pragmatic people.

    Best landlord I've ever had and I'm sorry to say after 3 years we'll be parting ways as I'm looking for a place with the girlfriend. He's showing house tomorrow so I presume he's happy with the state of the place. We didn't write anything down, lease says were paying the 4%. I know we're exposed for the shortfall but time will tell if he uses it but based on last 3 years I'd say were all clear.

    Funny thing is, he's reduced the rent down to rate before the 4% for new tenants because he's not getting takers, sad to say because it's a great house!


  • #44
    joeguevara
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    FionnK86 wrote: »
    Best landlord I've ever had and I'm sorry to say after 3 years we'll be parting ways as I'm looking for a place with the girlfriend. He's showing house tomorrow so I presume he's happy with the state of the place. We didn't write anything down, lease says were paying the 4%. I know we're exposed for the shortfall but time will tell if he uses it but based on last 3 years I'd say were all clear.

    Funny thing is, he's reduced the rent down to rate before the 4% for new tenants because he's not getting takers, sad to say because it's a great house!

    I have an apartment that I rent out to a couple for the last 6 years I think. Never raised the rent and never had an issue with them. Literally they wouldn’t be able to survive if they paid market rate. I make up the shortfall (500) a month for the mortgage. During Covid, I told them that I didn’t expect rent but they paid without fail.

    On the flip side, my mate who is a plumber fixed something there and told me they have it like a palace. The one thing that I worry about is when they leave, I’m stuck at the rate I gave them plus 4% to the next tenant.

    But delighted to hear stories like yours. When it works it works.


  • #45
    FionnK86
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    I have an apartment that I rent out to a couple for the last 6 years I think. Never raised the rent and never had an issue with them. Literally they wouldn’t be able to survive if they paid market rate. I make up the shortfall (500) a month for the mortgage. During Covid, I told them that I didn’t expect rent but they paid without fail.

    On the flip side, my mate who is a plumber fixed something there and told me they have it like a palace. The one thing that I worry about is when they leave, I’m stuck at the rate I gave them plus 4% to the next tenant.

    But delighted to hear stories like yours. When it works it works.

    I've never had a bad landlord. Good landlords get good tenants.


  • #46
    dennyk
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    Due to the nature of rolling leases, does this mean we should be keeping the original rent for a year until April 2021?

    That's not how it works here. When a fixed term lease ends and a new one is not entered into, your tenancy becomes a periodic tenancy, based on how often you pay your rent (e.g. once a month means you have a monthly periodic tenancy). Outside of a fixed term lease, the landlord can review the rent whenever a rent review is permitted by law, which in the case of a property in an RPZ is at least one year after the previous rent was set (which was the date you were given a valid notice of the new rent amount during a previous rent review, *not* the time the new rent actually took effect). There's no legal issue with them doing a rent review for your tenancy at this time. In fact, they could legally put up the rent slightly more than 4% if they wanted to, since it's been more than one year since the prior rent was set.

    That said, they still do have to provide you with the proper notice of a rent review, including examples of the rents for three comparable properties to demonstrate that their rent is at or below the "market rent". See this page for sample rent review notices.

    Also, note that you are not required to actually sign a new lease. The landlord can still put up your rent, and you've no choice in that, but you aren't obligated to sign a fixed term lease in the process if you don't want to; you still have security of tenure under Part 4. (If you plan to stay in the property for the proposed lease term, though, it might be to your benefit to sign a new lease, as it would mean the landlord won't be able to terminate the tenancy even for an allowable Part 4 reason during the lease term...)
    I wouldn't usually try to angle shoot like this but it's just the timing of it has annoyed me. He clearly done it himself by waiting until the end of this rent freeze.

    Not sure what you mean by this; your landlord was legally obligated to wait until the freeze expired, as it wasn't permissible to conduct a rent review during the freeze period. Now that it has, they are moving ahead with their planned rent review. Why would the timing annoy you? Were it not for the rent review freeze, you'd have been paying a higher rent since April; now you won't be paying it until November (as they must give you 90 days notice via a valid rent review notice before the new rent takes effect).


  • #47
    joeguevara
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    FionnK86 wrote: »
    I've never had a bad landlord. Good landlords get good tenants.

    Not necessarily. My mate had a tenant who refused to pay for 18 months. Credit rating screwed and house wrecked.

    My worst experience was bridewell ringing me saying I was given as a character reference. Tenant had moved in day before and found with 1kg of cocaine. Luckily he left the minute he got bail.


  • #48
    i_surge
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    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Rental costs are having a huge impact on people’s disposable income , who is getting a 4% on their wages annually ? Very very few .
    Wages are not rising in line with rental increases

    4% per year rental inflation from the current base is insane.

    These exploiters will be begging for tenants in a few years once the supply/demand curve is fixed.


  • #49
    joeguevara
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    i_surge wrote: »
    4% per year rental inflation from the current base is insane.

    These exploiters will be begging for tenants in a few years once the supply/demand curve is fixed.

    It is not a requirement to increase though. Just a protection from tenants who were subjected to huge increases. Market rates will determine it. Honestly I don’t know how people afford to rent In Dublin. If i didn’t have a tracker mortgage I’d be fcucked. Market rate for my house would probably be 3 times my mortgage payment.

    In comparison in tipp, my parents rent a 5 bed house to local authority and get 500 euro a month. Disparity is mind blowing.


  • #50
    i_surge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭i_surge


    joeguevara wrote: »
    It is not a requirement to increase though. Just a protection from tenants who were subjected to huge increases. Market rates will determine it. Honestly I don’t know how people afford to rent In Dublin. If i didn’t have a tracker mortgage I’d be fcucked. Market rate for my house would probably be 3 times my mortgage payment.

    In comparison in tipp, my parents rent a 5 bed house to local authority and get 500 euro a month. Disparity is mind blowing.

    Brave landlord jacking up the price in a declining economy. I was of the impression this can be reviewed every few years, not annually.

    I advise the OP to move out of principle.


  • #51
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    i_surge wrote: »
    Brave landlord jacking up the price in a declining economy. I was of the impression this can be reviewed every few years, not annually.

    I advise the OP to move out of principle.

    I wouldn’t be too hasty. If it’s in line with market rates, supply in the area is short, suits things like schools, gym friends etc, I wouldn’t bite my nose to spite my face.


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