Dublin landlord ordered to pay almost €12,000 to tenant after overcharging in rent pressure zone

A landlord was found to be in breach of their obligations by a Residential Tenancies Board tribunal after charging a tenant €1,400 per month for a property in Finglas.A Dublin landlord has been ordered to pay almost €12,000 to a tenant after overcharging in a rent pressure zone for more than three years.

The tribunal heard that he contacted the landlord’s agents requesting information concerning the previous tenancies but was “ignored”, though he eventually managed to get details of the two previous tenancies at the property.‘Sustainability’ is a turn-off, so try selling a good life As well as increasing the rent by about 93 per cent instead of the allowed 4 per cent, the tenant argued that a rent increase from €1,350 to €1,400 in July 2020 for his tenancy was in breach of legislation introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic which prohibited the increasing of rents at the time.

The tribunal report, published this month, found the appropriate rent should have been set at €840 per month. The landlord was ultimately ordered to pay the tenant €250 in damages and repay €11,654.09 in overcharged rent. “The RTB is empowered to prosecute landlords who commit offences under residential tenancies legislation or alternatively, may investigate and sanction landlords for engaging in improper conduct.

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