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Girl renting room in house refusing to move out

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,781 ✭✭✭dennyk


    A tenancy agreement can't specify a shorter notice period than required by law for the landlord, only a longer one, so you'd be bound by the statutory notice period of 90 days even if the agreement specifies a shorter notice period.

    The legislation concerning notice periods isn't based on the start date of the tenancy; it applies for all notices of termination issued after the date it came into effect, regardless of the start date of the tenancy. If you had already issued a notice with the prior duration before the new regulations came into effect, that would most likely stand as issued, but once the new regulations took effect, any notice issued after that time would have to follow the new notice requirements.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,627 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Your prior years’ form 11s were, based on your admissions here, “false returns” exposing you to a penalty of up to €126,970 per return plus potential imprisonment. If you did not disclose doubt as to the treatment of this, you are not protected from penalties. You could consider making the equivalent of an “unprompted voluntary disclose” to regularise matters which can limit your exposure to penalties. If you simply change the categorisation of the income without showing the acquisition of a new rental asset you may, based on data analysis software used by Revenue, effectively self-select yourself for a “compliance intervention”.


    I am not scaremongering.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,116 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    You can’t decide at any point.

    declaring income or claim relief and credits is pretty black and white.

    you are clearly committing tax fraud



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    A house either is or is not your PPR from a tax and occupation purpose. Any claim of rent a room relief for periods it was not would be invalid. I am not saying you claimed it but if you did, all income would be subject to income tax.

    While you were abroad, why did you not just rent the house out? The same happened to me and I rented my house out via a proper letting agreement.

    I would have some concern that the tenant ( my opinion) could make it difficult for you and that could cost you a lot of money via RTB and possibly Revenue. The other tenants or occupants of your non-PPR also have rights to quiet enjoyment of the house. Saying they felt uncomfortable puts a lot of pressure on you to remedy this. I hope it gets sorted but it's a risk you took on when trying to use the house in the manner you did.

    How are you fixed on the NPPR charge? This would have been due also if the house was not your PPR during the period it was in force. Penalties for non payment were significant.

    Post edited by Kaisr Sose on


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    This person is a tenant, so are the rest of them, and they would have part IV by now I take it. Like others say, hope she leaves and if not you should issue a notice before her part IV rights kick in. The RAR stuff is dodgy, it sounds like you may have already committed tax fraud and may do so again, so if any audit happens that could be disastrous.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    Get legal advice now.

    If I was you I would also wait until the 23 and see what happens, if she doesn't move then give her 90 days notice. If she fails to pay rent, give her 14 days arrears notice then 28 days notice to leave. If you go the legal route and she diggs her heals in and stops paying rent. Well you are in for battle.

    The ABS stuff won't fly she will claim she's a victim not an offender. Only problem here is she has had rows with the other people in the house. If you aren't living there why are you involved, let the other people in the house sort it out you aren't a social worker



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Some_randomer


    If you had already issued a notice with the prior duration before the new regulations came into effect, that would most likely stand as issued, but once the new regulations took effect, any notice issued after that time would have to follow the new notice requirements.

    Thanks, she moved in on March 15th and I gave her 1 month notice on June 29th (via WhatsApp), so even if it is a tenancy I think 30 days would be valid as she got the notice before the change to 90 days that happened on July 6th.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Unfortunately that form of notice is not valid.



    In order for a Notice of Termination to be valid, it must: 

    • Be copied to the RTB at the same time as it is served on the tenant.  
    • Be in writing (an email will not suffice).
    • Be signed by the landlord or their authorised agent, as appropriate. 
    • Specify the date of service. This is the date the notice is posted, or hand delivered. 
    • State the grounds for termination (where the tenancy has lasted for more than 6 months or is a fixed term tenancy). 
    • Specify the termination date and also that the tenant has the whole of the 24 hours of this date to vacate possession. 
    • State that any issue as to the validity of the notice or the right of the landlord to serve it must be referred to the RTB within the time period permitted.   
    • From 6 July 2022, there is a requirement for the landlord to send a copy of all Notices of Termination to the RTB on the same day as the notice is served on the tenant. The Notice of Termination will be deemed invalid if this requirement is not met.  




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Some_randomer



    This person is a tenant, so are the rest of them, and they would have part IV by now I take it.

    Thanks for the reply, she's not a part IV as she only moved in on March 15th. I gave her 30 days notice on June 29th (but only via WhatsApp which she replied to), so even if she is classed as a tenant I think the 30 days notice period should be valid as it was issued before the new notice period of 90 days that happened on July 6th.

    I'm planning to wait and see if she leaves on August 23rd like she said she would.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    I think the notice should be valid.. Are you prepare to risk this?

    Earlier you said she was a licensee in your PPR with limited rights..and now it tenancy terminology you are quoting as may apply if she is actually is a tenant.

    It is unfortunate that you end up in the situation you are in, but it's a risk you took in going down the sub-let route of a house that is no longer your home. It may be financially lucrative but its also risky..

    If your tenant does not leave as expected or goes to RTB, will you still rely on your gut or social media for advice on what to do?

    I think you should get legal advice, and then regularise your affairs and let the whole house out under one letting agreement. Its just not worth messing around in grey areas. Lots of private landlord like you are quitting rental market as the legislation and burden on them is just not worth the risk and effort.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    Dear God, if its your PPR then surely its your PPR???


    There's another thread on this very forum about a person that had to go abroad and they had sn arrangement with a person to stay and take care of the house and they can't get them out.....with the way the regulations are now if you did let it you wouldn't be able to get rid of tenants either


    The law is an ass...a populist ass.....there wouldn't be half as many problems with finding rented accommodation if non paying delinquent tenants could be removed sharpish ........

    I have some questions ....

    1) if the OP was staying continuously in the house with this tenant ... how long would they have to wait to get them to leave if they wanted them gone?

    2) How many days in a week, month, year would the OP have to be present in the house ....or how many days could they be absent and still be able to get bad tenant to leave in a timely fashion if they weren't paying or were causing hassle...ie enforce it?


    3)....how does tenant prove the house is not the OPs PPR if its legally designated as such.......does a tenant set up monitored surveillance?.....shouldn't the legal owner of the property's word take precedence if it is their PPR....if not and owner has to prove they were there how do they go about this


    4)....are there any extenuating circumstances where someone like the OP is allowed be away from the PPR for an extended period of time and still let rooms under rent a room (licensee agreement).....like travel for work/care for elderly parent?....or even a number of days a week as work involves overnights etc


    5) Who in their right mind would bother doing rent a room if you couldn't get non paying/delinquent tenants to go in a timely fashion.....q5 (ii)...if you can't and its a problem getting someone to leave, how long before you can enforce term leaving (assuming everything correct with licensee arrangement)


    6) wouldn't it be simpler for law/judge to simply ascertain its your one and only PPR, its not a tenancy and therefore the renter is a licensee and will have to/will be forced to leave.....I mean I'm assuming it's definitely the OPs PPR , they haven't registered it as a tenancy, room was let under that understanding.........wtf would be the point of having a licensee designation if it's so flimsy it could be challenged as not being one even if you were in the house 24/7/365....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭dennis72


    Have 1 house in ireland don't live full time have 4 bedrooms just let 2 keep 2 for myself when i stay when in dub have all my processions clothes etc

    Will not register with rtb

    I consider them as licensees but know it is a grey area

    I have procession it was fully let to 4 persons.

    There will be a complete ban on evictions coming under some temporary emergency legislation, to many LL leaving at once, sinners are all over this 1

    I think op maxed his ppr to a compatible fully rented house needs more than mattress on the floor imo

    Good look on ur 1 leaving



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    1. if the op was living continuously in the house, there would be no ambiguity over the rental arrangement. The licensee would affectively be a guest in the house and unless the owner was stupid enough to give the licensee a written agreement with a long notice period, the owner could put the guest out of the house is short, but reasonable time.
    2. Considering the op hasn’t stayed there at all, for “several years”, it’s hard to see how it could be argued at the RTB that he/she lives there. I suspect that it would be a lot easier for the tenant to prove that the op has not stayed there, than it would be to prove the op has. The Adjudicator will consider on the balance of probability, who is telling the truth. If the tenant did use their phone to take a few pictures, then the op is shafted.
    3. see above.
    4. That can be put to the adjudicator, but if I am reading this correctly, the op has not lived there for a long time.
    5. Rent a room scheme requires that the owner lives there, if the owner lives there then there is no issue removing the licensee. But the op does not live there, may have a tenancy, and may be committing fraud. So I wouldn’t be trying to claim the high ground if I was him/her.
    6. Again, though the op may claim the house is his/her PPR, he/she does not live there, so under tenancy legislation, the renters may not be sharing with the owner.


    If the op is claiming RaR relief, even though he/she hasn’t lived there for several years, he/she should be **** themselves that any dispute leads to him/her coming to the attention of Revenue.

    Some LLs deserve sympathy for the situation they find themselves in which is not of their making, this is not one of them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭tvjunki


    The op got the renter to sign an agreement that states a tenant replacing them. They need to re write the agreement going forward. That is if you are living in the house yourself. You say you are not but you have to prove this if the tenant takes you to RTB.

    New laws came in in July of this year. Anyone staying in your property without you staying there now have right to stay indefinite after 6 months tenancy. AT THE MOMENT you can give a tenant notice under certain circumstances. More than likely this will reduce and you may have to sell the property with tenants in situ. You might need to re think your situation and move back in full time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭Garibaldi?


    Thoroughly agree with this. The OP would be ill-advised to escalate this issue and to draw attention to the facts ie that they are not living in that house.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭rogerywalters


    Hahahah i hope she takes you the cleaners OP.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,177 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    The notice is NOT valid, the requirements have already ready been posted on this thread. WhatsApp is not a recognised method of issuing a termination notice.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    I'm not encouraging OP to escalate etc...I'm just curious how it could be proven they weren't living there and how much having a licensee makes you afraid to leave your own house.....


    Are there any solid/concrete rules anywhere regarding how long you can be away or how many days per week you might not be there but person renting will still be considered a licensee and not a tenant?


    What are the actual rules regarding how long it takes to get a licensee to leave if you are in the right....


    It seems kind of flimsy if person can debate whether its your PPR .... would it be easy for a renter to act in bad faith if they were a licensee and you were there all the time.........could you be dragged into a long running dispute and hassle as a person doing rent a room even if everything is correct on your end


    I suppose personaIly I think if a house is your PPR then legally that's what it is.......I'm having trouble with the idea of anyone arguing otherwise, seems like arguing black is white....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    OP the only valid notice is in writing on the correct template from the RTB. Sit tight till the 23 see what happens. Don't let it go past the 31st with serving them the correct notice that is assuming you do want them out.

    You've gone about this all wrong, read up on the RTB web site it's all there one mistake and you will lose



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,288 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    OP if she doesn't leave on the 23rd, perhaps the other residents in the house could encourage her along.

    They're probably as keen to see the back of her as you are and they have fewer legal restrictions.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,781 ✭✭✭dennyk


    You're in a corner at this point, OP. Best bet is to wait and see if she actually leaves on the 23rd, and if she doesn't, issue a 90-day written notice (hard copy, not via Whatsapp or something) to terminate her tenancy. You must use the required format for your notice, and you must send a copy of your notice to the RTB at the same time. See here:

    Triple-check your notice and make sure it meets all of the requirements; the easiest thing is to use this sample notice as the basis for yours. You don't need a specific reason to issue a notice before mid-September, so don't muddle things by worrying about ASB or who's moving in or any of that. You're choosing to terminate the tenancy, as is your right within the first six months, end of story.

    If (when) she doesn't vacate the property in 90 days, then you start the process of legally removing her by submitting a dispute to the RTB. If the RTB rules against her and issues a Determination Order requiring her to vacate the property, she will probably appeal. If she loses the appeal and still refuses to leave, you (and your solicitor) can then go to the District Court to seek enforcement of the order. If the District Court rules against her and orders her to vacate, you must then apply to the court for an order of execution allowing you to have her removed from the property. If the court issues that order, you must then pay a fee to the Sheriff, and they will come by and tell the tenant to leave. If she still doesn't leave, the Sheriff can have her forcibly removed at that point. The whole process will most likely take a year or two in total. At some point she will probably have stopped paying rent to you, but you will most likely never recover those arrears, so best to write that off and forget about it.

    At no point should you try to perform an illegal "self-help" eviction; if you do, the tenant will likely file a dispute against you with the RTB and you will lose, no matter how long she was overholding or how much her arrears were. You will end up owing your tenant a significant sum and possibly being ordered to reinstate her tenancy.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    Shouldn't the op seek proper legal advice? If they go through those procedures are they not just legitimising the persons claim to be a tenant?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭Scoundrel


    Put the cousin in the room with the mattress until the 23rd problem soled its not rocket science like.



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    The op doesn’t decide whether the girl is a licensee or tenant, the legislation does, and given the fact that the op hasn’t actually lived in the house for several years, it’s hard to see how the girl could be anything other than a tenant, and that the op is likely committing fraud.

    Besides, if the girl is moving out on the 23rd, why all the craziness?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    I'm not sure I'm being crazy by asking what I consider to be relevant? questions


    I'm interested in the answers myself


    Might be interesting for others doing rent a room too

    What kind of risk of problems are they running, how long can they afford to be away from the house before licensee = tenant?


    Can they be away a set number of days in a week/year etc?

    Are there hard and fast rules in that area?

    I'd say they are pretty pertinent and non hysterical etc



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    The op hasn’t lived there “for several years”, that is the pertinent part.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,116 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    And the thing is you’ll find the likes of the OP and everyone who agrees with them and who may also commit fraud in similar situations, well these people are probably the same ones who would be kicking and screaming about the likes of JP (some waffle went on about the recent pro am and he should be paying tax here instead of giving millions away codswallop) and Bono using legal means such as non resident to avoid paying bucket loads of tax!

    tax avoidance does not equal tax evasion.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    In your opinion....I presume you mean?.....to be fair it does seem very relevant to me, I'd just be reluctant to immediately accept its the only thing that might be taken into account...or that it could be proven easily


    In any event, why not humour me....is there any definitive answer to the below or would one have to find out in court?


    What kind of risk is a person renting a room running if they leave their PPR , how long can they afford to be away from the house before licensee = tenant?


    Can they be away a set number of days in a week/year etc?

    Are there hard and fast rules in that area?



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    If you are claiming that the girl is a licensee and you live there, then whether you live there is the most pertinent consideration. By the op’s own admission, he/she hasn’t lived there for several years. This is not a situation where the op is occasionally there, occasionally not.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,357 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    No wonder landlords are leaving the market, nobody has a clue what's going on



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    I'm not claiming anything. Im taking the OP at face value and my personal opinion is the girl is overholding and that's wrong too..... but Im all too aware that my opinion means nothing and at the end of the day is the rules/law that matters most of the time (hence me thinking legal advice/representation is appropriate rather than taking anyones advice here)................


    I am however asking you if you know the answer to the question(s) I asked.


    (The answers if there are definitive ones are not may have relevance and I'm interested myself + you seem like a poster that has knowledge in the area)


    So do you know the answers..or are there no definitive ones ?...... a direct yes or no or its down to a judges interpretation etc is fine by me, I'm not trying to trap you or prove any point although the answers when verified one way or yhe other would make me form an opinion regarding renting a room in my house..


    Those questions again.....



    What kind of risk is a person renting a room running if they leave their PPR , how long can they afford to be away from the house before licensee = tenant?


    Can they be away a set number of days in a week/year etc?

    Are there hard and fast rules in that area?



  • Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    How exactly can you lawfully “evict” a licensee? Change the locks and dump their stuff on the street? I’m curious to know the difference between a tenant not willing to leave and a licencee not to willing to move? Obviously tenants who don’t move have all that process to work through with the RTB- but licencees?

    From some peoples reports here on the thread, it seems both are quite impossible if the person doesn’t want to move out?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,288 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    There are no hard and fast rules, just a test of where friends znd family would reasonably expect to find you.

    But Revenue's treatment of a property owners tax affairs is independent of RTBs view of their landlord responsibilities.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    I see..and think I understand....what are revenues rules? How do they decide if its not your PPR, what if you have f all family and no friends 😅 ...can one not be free to be found wherever one wants and still have a PPR? ...how does a person renting a room out know where they stand with either revenue or the law if there isn't a clear set of rules somewhere of what constitutes a PPR if it legally being your PPR isnt enough and how one goes about removing a non paying problematic person renting a room in your place if they do turn out to be a licencee and not a tenant etc......and if there are no hard and fast rules then couldn't the overholding girl in the OP just as easily be classed as a licensee etc


    It's a bit of a balls and would make me think twice about renting a room anyway....who the **** wants to potentially be saddled with a problem you can't get rid of....in your own home no less.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,541 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    A hotel guest is a licensee. A licensee can be physically dragged out if they refuse to go and their belongings turfed out after them. A tenant is entitled to possession and a residential tenant can only be removed by the processes set out in the residential tenancies Acts.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    Lads you can complain all you like that the OP is taking advantage but your PPR is still your PPR if “you could not live in the property because your employer required you to live elsewhere (up to a four-year maximum.)”, so if we take it that the OP is habitually caring for an elderly relative, this is valid employment and keeps the house as a PPR.

    This girl is obviously a melt but clearly legally a licensee, albeit it may be easier to let her just leave on the 23rd.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,541 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    The revenue definition of a PPR is not relevant. What is relevant is the RTB definition of a dwelling in which the owner also resides. In most cases the two overlap but not in all cases. There is no point in going to an RTB adjudication with a submission about Revenue law.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    RTB doesn’t count as she is a licensee? So no need to go to any arbitration because of the revenue definition which is statute as it clearly implies the girl is a licensee.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    1. persons occupying accommodation in which the owner is not resident under a formal license arrangement with the owner where the occupants are not entitled to its exclusive use and the owner has continuing access to the accommodation and/or can move around or change the occupants,


    also to quote the RTB which also agrees that the girl is a licensee, of which the revenue definition agrees….



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,627 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Are you serious? He had been living abroad, he returned and lived with his parents not in this house. He required outgoing tenants to source a replacement and introduce them to his house. If it was his principal private residence do you not think that he would



    (a) present in the house regularly

    (b) control who was going to be in occupation of the house.


    As with practically all civil matters it would in the end of the day be determined by a judge based on the balance of probabilities.


    per Rebekah Vardy, “no judge I swear I did not sell any stories”. But the evidence shows direct and indirect communication with newspapers concerning private stories and the desire for money in respect of them. Judge decides not to believe the claim - much as would by the case if the OP declared that he lived in this house which was actually occupied by multiple people who could all swear that he didn’t and that’s before you even get to his own texts making it clear that he did not.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,627 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Take your last six words “in your own home no less” and apply it to the Op’s actual statements. He’s never lived there so what makes you think any rational person would see it as his home. It is his house but not his home. Guidance as to the construction of “principal private residence” is geared to identifying someone’s home not a property which simply belongs to them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,541 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    What the Tribunal said in the case https://www.rtb.ie/documents/TR0914-000847/TR0914-000847-DR0414-11559%20Report.pdf

    "Where a licence agreement is claimed, not only the written form of the licence but the reality of how it is operated (or its substance) must also be examined and the Tribunal is satisfied that the reality as operated on the ground in this given case points clearly to a licence agreement and not a lease agreement. It is relevant to note that the Appellant Tenants signed the said written agreement on 12 separate pages."


    No way can you say for sure that this is a licence arrangement. You have to look at Tribunal decisions and not FAQs to decide matters.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    His home is still his PPR under revenue rules, of which the RTB definition of licensee backs this up.

    I’m sorry if this is not the answer you want. Also I am an accountant so I would know revenue rules better than most tbh.

    The facts in your link don’t match this case so it is irrelevant?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    Also you quoted a tribunal decision as evidence when the claimed landlord was a limited company, of course they can’t be a licensee as a corporate body can’t have a PPR under statute ?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,541 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    They were found to be a licensee. You clearly didn't read the report, just spouting drivel.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,201 ✭✭✭amacca


    Yep, I was serious about my questions.


    I'm curious if a person owns one house in their name are there any cases/instances of a judge deciding it isn't their their PPR......is it a common thing?


    From your reply you are of the opinion overholding "tenant" would have to go to court and prove its not OPs PPR to remain there indefinitely???....


    Is that correct?


    If so does that then mean any licensee could potentially decide to try their luck and claim its not the owners PPR.....and until its proven otherwise you could get stuck with them and a long process to get them to leave......


    Would the homeowner have any recourse for vexatious "tenants" like that or are you effectively running the same risk with a licensee as a tenant?



    And thank you for your answer btw, it's what I thought might be the case but I'm no expert......just interested....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    soz bbz, I did as per the below. You’re the one spouting drivel as evidence to prove a point you are trying to make. Facts are facts, drivel is drivel. I know what I’m spouting!!




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Some_randomer


    Just to clarify, when I say the house became my PPR in January this year I mean I actually moved back in and stayed occasionally in one of the bedrooms. As I said previously I haven't been able to spend much time there as I've been looking after an elderly relative in my home town in the north west.

    Since mid March when this girl moved in, circumstances have meant that I had to spend most of my time in my home town so I haven't stayed but have been in the house to fix stuff, pick up mail etc., and I moved all my stuff into a spare room that has a mattress if I need to stay over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭berocca2016


    Don’t worry, the girl is 100% a licensee. However don’t be afraid to seek proper advice with the exact facts. Any agreement signed is not worth the paper it’s printed on.

    Please do not use any RTB templates which imply a different relationship than that of licensee. It probably isn’t worth the hassle since she seems to have stated she will leave on the 23rd.

    If you are to enforce removal, please note that you must return her outstanding deposit money as you cannot leave her without, but she is legally in your PPR without permission and you could ring the guards… but prob not worth the hassle…

    Best of luck with it and hope you’re relative recovers soon.



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