Water bill being passed onto Landlords

cruizer101 · 02-02-2015 1:32pm #1

I know this had been talked about before here but Lorraine Higgins was on Morning Ireland this morning and stated that

"We expect that there’ll be legislation brought in over the course of this month where it’ll be possible to put a charge on property. It’ll also be possible for landlords to bill their tenants and take it out of their deposits"

Now this is completely different to what had previously been thought, and basically means they are using Landlords as their money collectors, also likely means landlords will be increasing deposits to cover themselves for this, which is fair enough.

Gatling · 02-02-2015 1:36pm

They haven't a clue what there doing

snubbleste · 02-02-2015 1:47pm

Lorraine Higgins

mel123 · 02-02-2015 2:09pm

I rent and this would make me furious. It takes away my right to choose just because I rent and its just another way for them to rake in more money from people who are not signed up and have no intention of paying.
But the whole thing has been a shambles from the beginning - as in the organisation of it all - so I wont stress over it because it probably will never happen

beauf · 02-02-2015 3:06pm

cruizer101 wrote: »

I know this had been talked about before here but Lorraine Higgins was on Morning Ireland this morning and stated that

"We expect that there’ll be legislation brought in over the course of this month where it’ll be possible to put a charge on property. It’ll also be possible for landlords to bill their tenants and take it out of their deposits"...

Its like someone asking for a bucket of steam on their first day of work.

Its got nothing to with a LL how much electric, gas, water a tenant uses.

Calina · 02-02-2015 3:23pm

cruizer101 wrote: »

I know this had been talked about before here but Lorraine Higgins was on Morning Ireland this morning and stated that

"We expect that there’ll be legislation brought in over the course of this month where it’ll be possible to put a charge on property. It’ll also be possible for landlords to bill their tenants and take it out of their deposits"

Now this is completely different to what had previously been thought, and basically means they are using Landlords as their money collectors, also likely means landlords will be increasing deposits to cover themselves for this, which is fair enough.

The landlords in the country should be writing to their TDs, particularly the Labour ones, making it clear that this is not acceptable.

If they are going to charge for water as a utility, they need to stop behaving as though it's a tax. A charge on the property suggests it's a tax, not a utility charge.

CatFromHue · 02-02-2015 3:26pm

If someone wrecks a place and doesn't pay their Water Bill it's not fair for a LL to be penalised twice as the deposit won't cover the water bill and repairs.

Water bill being passed onto Landlords

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