L’uomo descrive l’esperienza come proprietario come “traumatica” dopo aver tenuto troppo a freno l’inquilino
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/02/05/man-describes-experience-as-landlord-as-traumatic-after-overholding-tenant/
di EnvironmentalShift25
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>“Because I have no rental income, I’m having to pay off that mortgage myself, so basically I haven’t been able to get a mortgage for the last year and a half. The mortgage applications keep getting rejected,” he said.
>O’Mahony, his wife and two young children have been living with family in west Cork for the past 18 months, he said, explaining he could no longer afford to rent in Cork city while also paying a mortgage.
>“It’s traumatic. You feel like you’re doing the kids a disservice as well,” he said.
has he thought about getting a real job?
While landlords are clear winners in our rental market, some of them are losers because the overal rental system has systemic problems.
It still treats renting as short term so doesn’t address problems such as unsuitable properties and evicitions well.
This is a general problem with our government organisations, institutions and politicians: they operate on standards that are now years, even decades out of date.
Rental sector reforms aside, investments bring risks & you should be prepared for the posibility that your investments may fail. At least in this circumstance he will eventually get access to investment again, which will be worth alot more than when he invested in it.
Ah bless, the poor wee landlord!
If you expect your tenenat to single-handedly finance your real estate purchase, then your tenant should own the place instead of you.
Clear example of where rental reform is needed. Non-payment should be grounds for immediate eviction and once RTB valid it should go straight to the sheriff’s office for physical removal. Its another case of bad actors ruining the system and being rewarded for it.
Even though the deck is so heavily stacked against tenants in this country I think it’s absolutely insane that you can’t just get the guards down to evict that person on the spot over such an egregious level of over holding.
Like, I get a few months, but in this case it’s almost going into a few years.
Really just shows how dysfunctional the housing market can be. It’s just unusual to see it go against a landlord this time.
Terry Gorry (Solicitor) has a few videos of problems and interactions with a non-paying tenant. Genuinely shocked that the way the system is, even a solicitor can’t protect themselves from non-payment. Tens of thousands of Euro unpaid in the end IIRC.
I generally have no sympathy for landlords, but situations like this aren’t good for anyone.
Overholding because you cannot find alternative accomodation is one thing, but overholding and not paying rent is another and shouldn’t be tolerated.
Like everything though, it stems from a lack of leadership in government. Everyone knows that the RTB are underfunded and toothless, they can’t provide adequate protections to tenants or landlords.
They should have enforcement powers, without the need to go to court. RTB determinations should be actionable by the sheriff’s office to ensure landlords get their property back, or tenants get the compemsation they are awarded.
The RTB also needs powers to issue fines and enforce collection on rouge landlords.
If we are going to have a large rental sector in this country, both landlords and tenants need real actionable protections and timely decision making.
Happens way more often than is reported id imagine.
I know two people who rented out family homes, (1 moved abroad and the other got married to someone with a place) and they went through a few years of hell getting the non paying tenant out. One was a fully qualified plumber if I remember right that just decided to stop paying.
When you take the emotion out of it , it’s basically just theft. I’m all for tenants rights being protected but the landlord should be afforded some protection too. A few years to evict a non paying tenant is ridiculous
Been saying it for years.
The current system only protects the worst landlords and tenants.
It’s a big reason for the air b&bs.
At the risk of a public flogging here, not all Landlords are bad and tenants can also be knobs.
I bought a house just before the crash and lost a fortune on it, probably should have just defaulted but didn’t, then moved away for work for a long time.
Now, I’m back living here, although have now managed to spawn a few kids and have another house.
Absolutely no intention of being a landlord, hate it, feel like a tool, but the reason I’m holding onto the place now is so I can ensure my kids aren’t staying with me until they’re 45.
I don’t want them to be forced to leave like so many are, just to find somewhere to live.
Our ancestors shot the odd landlord he should count himself lucky
Funnily we’ll see people complaining about the housing crisis then also complain about landlords not being able to evict people.
1 undermines the idea you’re concerned about the other
the wah wah wahmbulance is on the way 🚑🚨
I have a seething hatred for most landlords but this dude is an exception. He’s basically being stolen from.
It’s not a hard problem to fix. All you need is a quick and efficient process to evict and remove delinquent tenants. The process is there now but it’s very slow.
I would not be a landlord for all the tea in China. I choose to leave my house unlet for five years while working overseas, foregoing a minimum of €3.000 a month in rent. It was a hard-headed decision based on the reality that almost half would be “lost” to tax. More importantly, I was not prepared to run the risk of non-paying and/or disruptive tenants or tenants who would not leave on my return. I also had the use of the house for holidays in Ireland, including my children.
Question, if this happens a landlord, can they weapons harassment a bit. I mean like essentially just walk into the house while the non-paying tenants are out for while, then just refuse to leave themselves and take over a bedroom/area, play loud music, and just make the tenant life a hell in general? Or could the tenant call the gardai on behaviour like that?
There is good and bad on both sides.
Does anyone know what institutional investors who rent homes do when someone overholds?
There’s a small landlord I know, has a few houses. A tenant didn’t pay rent for 9 months and threatened the landlord that if he came to the house “I’ll stick a knife in you”. The process of going the RTB, courts, guards etc put him off renting it out again. The house sits empty. No amount of money is worth someone threatening your life