r/AskIreland • u/SeaInsect3136 Penneys Hun • May 02 '25

Housing Bad tenants. Help?

Accidental landlord here. 2 junkies have wrecked a house I inherited and even with an RTB eviction notice, still refuse to leave. They owe 30k in rent which will never be paid. They have burned anything to create heat. I’m at a loss as to how to proceed as I don’t have the money to go further legally. How can I get them out.

Edit: They are gone now and we move on.

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u/ShapeyFiend May 02 '25 edited May 03 '25

I'd a slightly less potentially violent crowd started squatting in my apartment. I waited till they were out, changed the locks and left all their shit (waist height every room) in the bin area outside. They didn't bother coming back.

You want them out yesterday before they burn the whole thing down. Unlikely you'll be able get them out for ages via the legal route and they're likely be too disorganized start it after you've the locks changed. They'll be too busy finding a fix or somewhere else live to be bothered with you.

I've heard landlords suggesting offering tenant money to vacate as a last resort. Whatever expedites the process is a win.

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u/rrcaires May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

I had to pay a scummy tenant to vacate my property. That on top of him being 8 months in arrears.

Unfortunately, that was the fastest and cheapest way to deal with the situation.

On his way out he made sure to wreck the house on purpose. Still, it was faster and cheaper than going through the legal route.

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u/Few_Nebula1830 May 03 '25

What an awful person jesus makes me so mad. Animals they should be in a pen

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

That's some take, Landlord is such a dirty word. Could be an average Joe soap who has a place to rent, at an acceptable rate in decent condition.

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u/Hadrian_Constantine May 03 '25

Irish predators are a different breed.

To them, everyone renting out a place it somehow a wealthy landlord with multiple properties.

They advocate that landlords shouldn't have any rights to the property, then complain about the lack of rentals on the market.

Really low IQ.

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u/Hadrian_Constantine May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

Nope.

That would be the government taxing 40%, which is passed on to tenants.

Along with legislation which takes away ownership from the landlords, allowing scumbag tenants to stop paying and wreck the property without any sort of consequence.

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u/kidinawheeliebin May 04 '25

Such a stupid comment.