How to convince my neighbour to rent his house

If he knows that it won't pass HAP there's nothing you can do. He'd have to spend money to become a landlord and small landlords are selling up at record levels.

Its his house, he makes occasional use of it and has decided from the pov of his own finances that it isn't worth making it a rental. Why do you feel you have the right to compel to do other than he wishes with his own property?

Assuming this is not yet another wind up………..some people sure have a brass neck. Just wondering did OP ever suggest to her neighbour what he should have for breakfast, what time he should go to bed, what car he should drive, who he should and should not be friends with, where he should invest his money, what clothes he should and should never ever wear…………….

I agree with your neighbour, not worth it.

Op you will have to put the owner under pressure. Secretly advertise the house for rent on DAFT using his name and phone number. Get your niece to ring up and enquire about the house for rent.
When he refuses to rent it tell your niece to bring a claim to the WRC for discrimination because she wants HAP.
When he has been contacted by the WRC, tell him you will get your niece to drop the WRC claim if he rents her the house.

YYou do know how DAFT works? You have to confirm with an email or phone number and pay with a card? This is nonsense.

Wow, I take it that is a joke. Otherwise that is the stupidest thing I every heard. The tenants board has given tenants more power than the property owner. You are silly in your thinking. Landlords are leaving in their droves over this and tax

No means no. Tell your niece to keep looking.

Because unless you are (a) over-geared with debt, (b) try and manage it yourself, (c ) take an overly short term view on the business, or (d) see every expense as a tenant robbing your pocket, then it is actually a pretty good and low maintenance business.

There are plenty of one-flat accidental landlords renting places out paying 1500 mortgages that used to be 1200 getting 1800 rent and paying 900 in tax who grumble when a tenant texts them that the radiator isn't working. I am DELIGHTED to see those amateurs leaving the market, as the standards are being raised.

The only ones worse than those are the guys cramming bunk beds in every corner of the flat, only accepting cash, and not registering with RTB. They are a little harder to get out of the market, but they are gradually one-after-the-other being reported by ex-tenants to the RTB and revenue and leaving the market. It's taking longer, but again I am DELIGHTED to see those scumbags leaving the market, as the standards are being raised, and tenants are being protected.

And, as many here have said, none of these properties are leaving the housing market just because the landlord is selling up, so they are not really putting upward pressure on rents. With a bit of luck the government will enable building more places, both high and low density, and rents will then begin to drop as people have choices. A lot of my future income depends on residential rent but I am still DELIGHTED to dream about rents falling 20, 30, 40% hopefully over the next decade.

As you can see, I am an optimist.

I think the neighbour is fixed on how much he needs to bring the house up to standard. I am guessing new boiler, insulation, new windows and possibly a few other things. He might have visitors back from overseas and he needs somewhere to put them or has relatives that are student or apprentices. The stuff they will suffer for a few weeks outside of cheap/free rent. There will be no benefit for the upgrades for a couple of years with 56% tax on the rent.

With the legislation of "Right to Accommodation" on the cards, he might sell it sooner than you think.

I said secretly. The o/p is hardly so thick as to use his own computer, phone number and credit card.

The o/p will have to be creative if he is to get the neighbour to rent the house.

If the o/p doesn't ue his own computer or credit card, it will be impossible to trace him. The landlord will have difficulty proving a negative. just because it is not his i/p address or credit card doesn't mean it wasn't him.

He can set up an email address, use the phone number of the owner and pay with an anonymous card.
Emails are not tied to a phone. He could set one up in an internet cafe in Nothern ireland in 5 minutes.