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Landlord taking part of deposit for Irish Water

fluffo · 2015-07-17 13:08:30

Hi everyone. Sorry if this was asked before but I've searched through the forum and can't really see the answer quickly. I am moving out of an apartment next month and my landlord has emailed me to say that since I have not registered with Irish Water (and do not have any intention to before leaving) that they will be…

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#62 01-09-2015 3:57pm
listermint

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Abby Angry Watch wrote: »

LL's could always deduct a deposit for an outstanding bill (all leases will state this), just because it a water bill instead of some other bill doesn't change anything.

In your scenario the lease must state this.

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#63 01-09-2015 4:27pm
L1011

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listermint wrote: »

In your scenario the lease must state this.

Any LL without that (a clause for unpaid bills) in their lease has been exposing themselves to risk for long enough that I think its safe to say they're a bit dense.

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