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Rental House Copied Keys

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  • 22-04-2013 8:53am
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    IrishJoker
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭


    I just moved out of a rental house and gave the landlord back the keys he gave us. The thing is that I had to buy another set of keys while I was there, because there was two of us living there. I paid nearly €20 for the whole set to be copied.

    So my question is, do I need to give the landlord these keys, or can I just dump them. He can have them if he wants to buy them from me, but, for me own reasons, I'm not gonna give him anything for nothing.

    Cheers


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    djimi
    Registered Users Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Youre basically asking can you retain a set of keys to a rented property after you move out. Obviously the answer is no, you must return all sets of keys which you have for the property.


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    IrishJoker
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭IrishJoker


    If I have to return them, then should I not have gotten a set of keys for each person in the property in the first place?


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,654 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    IrishJoker wrote: »
    I just moved out of a rental house and gave the landlord back the keys he gave us. The thing is that I had to buy another set of keys while I was there, because there was two of us living there. I paid nearly €20 for the whole set to be copied.

    So my question is, do I need to give the landlord these keys, or can I just dump them. He can have them if he wants to buy them from me, but, for me own reasons, I'm not gonna give him anything for nothing.

    Cheers

    While you paid for this, if the house was broken into and the Gardaí found out you had keys, you might have some explainin to do, either give them to the landlord or destroy them.


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    djimi
    Registered Users Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Not necessarily. Im not aware of any obligation on a landlord to provide a key to each person in the property.


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    IrishJoker
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭IrishJoker


    Ok - cheers for the information :)


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    Rasmus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    Since you copied the keys without the landlord's permission, I would just get rid of them. (Separately, with no indication of where they are from). Snapping them would be best.
    I'd imagine LL will laugh you out of there at the least if you asked him to pay for keys to his own house.


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    IrishJoker
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭IrishJoker


    Yeah I've decided that I'm just gonna destroy them - a hammer and a vice :)


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    gaius c
    Registered Users Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭gaius c


    Some leases will have a clause re not copying the keys without permission (which I assume that you didn't have) so destroying them would be best.


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