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Renting and Irish Water

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  • 27-01-2016 4:30pm
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    icanmunch
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Just a quick question. I am currently renting an apartment and haven't paid my water bill. Will this affect our deposit or is the contract just between myself and Irish Water

    Thanks.


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    scot1964
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭scot1964


    You are liable for it, but just like any other utility bill, the landlord will (should) ask for proof of payment before releasing your deposit.
    They should specify this in your lease.


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    baldshin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭baldshin


    So can a landlord withhold some of your deposit to give to Irish Water? Or do they just give your details to IW?


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    ComfortKid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    The bill should follow you like any other utility, I don't see how it's any of the landlords business weather you paid or not, but with IW it wouldn't surprise me if it was the house they bill rather than the customet


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    The_Chap
    Registered Users Posts: 493 ✭✭The_Chap


    Had tenants leave us without paying any water, we just told IW their new address and left it with them, despite all the threats of it being charged to the property etc this has not come into law, nor do I believe it will


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    scot1964
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭scot1964


    See article.. The landlord / now PRTB can withold the deposit until it's paid. And No, the landlord doesn't pay Irish Water

    "..landlords will be allowed withhold the deposit paid for rented accommodation until the balance has been cleared.
    Landlords will be expected to do this until the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) takes responsibility for deposit protection, at which point tenants will have to demonstrate their water bill has been settled in order to recoup their deposit."

    irishtimes.com/news/politics/criticism-of-plan-to-hold-rental-deposits-until-water-bills-paid-1.2203888


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