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Don't have to sign a Lease Agreement

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  • 23-04-2009 4:07pm
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    Radiotower
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm just about to move into a new place (renting) and I seen on Capital D the other night that you are not obliged to sign a rental agreement when moving into rented accomodation, this gives you a bit of lee-way if you have to move on if you lose your job and cant afford the place anymore.

    They were saying that in the current rental climate that you have all the cards in your hand. I'm going to see if the landlord goes for it. Are there any pitfalls. I'll need something to record the paying of the deposit but I'm sure a receipt will do for that.

    Any advice out there?
    Thanks


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    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    You can try it but most landlords will probably think you're acting the bollix and tell you to clear off.

    It also means you'd have no protection from the landlord if he wants to throw you out after a couple of weeks/months and tell you to go whistle for your deposit, whether you have what you claim to be a receipt or not.


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    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    Actually, most LL's will want you to sign but regardless you have rights and cannot but just thrown out, see [HTML]www.threshold.ie[/HTML] for more details


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    Radiotower
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭Radiotower


    Thanks for that.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,388 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Radiotower wrote: »
    I seen on Capital D the other night that you are not obliged to sign a rental agreement when moving into rented accomodation,
    I think this sentence has the wrong emphasis. If a landlor tells you to sign the lease and you don't, he is under no obligation to give you the place.


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