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15 year tenant rights..?

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  • 20-11-2008 3:58pm
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    RekcaH
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    This is more of a general knowledge question, but is it possible to gain some extra rights leaning towards ownership of a property if you are renting for an extended period.. 15 years up?

    Do squatters rights come into play etc?


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    red dave
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    AFAIK....No way


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    GerardKeating
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    RekcaH wrote: »
    This is more of a general knowledge question, but is it possible to gain some extra rights leaning towards ownership of a property if you are renting for an extended period.. 15 years up?

    Do squatters rights come into play etc?

    squatters rights only come into play if you manage to go with out paying for for about a dozen years...


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,299 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    RekcaH wrote: »
    This is more of a general knowledge question, but is it possible to gain some extra rights leaning towards ownership of a property if you are renting for an extended period.. 15 years up?

    Do squatters rights come into play etc?
    None at all.


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    antoinolachtnai
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    If this happens to be a local authority property, you might get some rights.

    Also, if the leasehold goes back to the 1970's and the rent is very low indeed, you might have some rights.

    In certain circumstances, you can get rights as a tenant after 20 years, although this has mostly be done away with. If you really think you might have tenure like this, it's time for a visit to the solicitor.


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    Victor
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    With certain tenancies, if you have been there for a certain (very long) period of time you are entitled to a renewal. However, I ssupect the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 changed a lot of that and only people who already had those rights retain them.


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