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Renting out a room in a house you are renting?

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  • 10-08-2016 12:13pm
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    Danleo171
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭


    Hello, me and 2 friends are currently looking to rent accommodation in cork city near to CIT and i'm wondering what the rules are for if we were to then rent out a spare room in the house we are looking at and if anyone can offer any advice or other information related to this, Thanks


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    Danleo171
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Danleo171


    Also can anyone offer info on if me and 2 others were to rent the property would the landlord have a contract with each one of us?


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    L1011
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    You need permission from your landlord to sublet. The person you are renting to would be a licencee and have minimal rights.

    If multiple people rent from the landlord, you normally have one lease with multiple names.


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    Danleo171
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Danleo171


    OK thank you for the reply


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    SarahS2013
    Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭SarahS2013


    The licensee would not be on the lease however.


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    9de5q7tsr8u2im
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭9de5q7tsr8u2im


    Cork accommodation the worst, places get booked out so fast,


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    Nomis21
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    I rented a three bed house in Dublin via an agent. The agent did not allow subletting in the contracts for any of their houses but I rented out the other two rooms anyway. The Landlord knew I was doing this and didn't care if the house was looked after and I paid the rent.

    I did have trouble with one of the sublets who didn't pay me so I got rid of her straight away as she was a licensee and had minimal rights.

    Every shared house I lived in had one responsible person as the tenant and the others were licencees. I never met a Landlord who had a problem with this.


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