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Who is responsible for electrical in commercial rental unit?

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  • 05-11-2014 11:10pm
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    thatmeanchick
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭


    We've looked at a few places for a COMMERCIAL rental and since some have been vacant for awhile, there's no electricity on.

    Who is responsible NOT for hooking up a new account but for making sure everything is in working order, no mice (hope there's no mice!) have chewed through wires, nothing is fried, etc?

    One of the places in question is a sublease and we're getting mixed answers.


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


    thatmeanchick wrote: »
    Who is responsible NOT for hooking up a new account but for making sure everything is in working order, no mice (hope there's no mice!) have chewed through wires, nothing is fried, etc?

    One of the places in question is a sublease and we're getting mixed answers.

    Typically the LL is responsible only for the mains supply to the local distribution board in the unit.


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    thatmeanchick
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭thatmeanchick


    so in this case would it still be the landlord or the tenant who is sub leasing to me? thanks


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    The_Conductor
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    As a generalisation- the landlord is responsible for supplying electricity to the unit. The tenant- is in charge of all wiring etc within the unit. Aka- if mice have chewed through wiring etc, within the unit- the tenant would be responsible for remedying the situation.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,423 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    thatmeanchick wrote: »
    so in this case would it still be the landlord or the tenant who is sub leasing to me? thanks
    Most likely it's you

    The two main types of lease in Ireland are Fully Repairing and Insuring (FRI) and Internally Insuring and Repairing (IRI) - the tenant is responsible for all internal repairs. You may find the other parties are unwilling to offer warranties regarding existing services. That is something you need to sort out when agreeing the amount of the rent.


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