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Legal fees for a renting

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  • 30-10-2003 2:44pm
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    robo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone heard of or had to pay the legal fees of a lease been drawn up before?
    What I mean is, a friend of mine is about to sign the lease on a new appartment to rent and she is being charged an extra 100 Euro for the solicitors fee of the lease.
    I have personally never heard of this before, nor have I ever had to pay anymore that the deposit and a months rent in advance!

    So has anyone else heard of this?


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    Borzoi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Borzoi


    Stamp duty is payable on larger rentals - I suspect this is what your friend is being hit for. TBH I don't remember what the threshold is.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,387 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    You should not have to pay solicitors fees for a residential tenancy - they invariably use standard forms available for about a fiver, all that needs to be done is for the particulars to be filled in. In fact a rent book from threshold is legally sufficient.

    This is simply the landlord getting extra money out of your friend. Did the advertisement include the €100 fee? Make sure there is a receipt for this fee.

    I understand Stamp Duty is payable at the appropriate rate on rentals of over €15,236 (£12,000) per year and is payable to the Stamping Branch in the Revenue Commissioners, Dublin Castle.


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