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Our Rental Solicitor in Dublin has walked through the residential requirements below.
A landlord must ensure that the rental property is in a proper state of structural repair (internally and externally).
The landlord must ensure that electricity or gas supplies are safe and in good repair, and that every room has adequate ventilation and heating that tenants can control, and both natural and artificial lighting.
Regulations require private landlords to provide tenants with access to:
- A washing machine
- A clothes-dryer if the dwelling does not have a private garden or yard
- They must also provide facilities for cooking and for the hygienic storage of food, to include the following:
- 4-ring hob with oven and grill
- Cooker hood or extractor fan
- Fridge and freezer, or a fridge-freezer
- Microwave oven
- Suitable and adequate kitchen cupboards for storing food
- Sink with mains water supply of cold potable water, piped supply of hot water and draining area
- A separate room, for the exclusive use of each rented unit, with a toilet, a washbasin and a fixed bath or shower with hot and cold water
- A suitable fixed heating appliance in each room, which can provide effective heating and which the tenant can control, and adequate facilities for the safe removal of fumes
- A fire blanket and fire detection and alarm system
- Access to vermin-proof and pest-proof rubbish storage facilities
The RTB has published a useful guide to the minimum standards for rented properties including the changes introduced by the 2019 Regulations.
Additional requirements from May 2019 according to our Rental Solicitor Dublin
With effect from 1 May 2019, a landlord must also ensure that:
- Information is given to tenants on the property, building services, appliances, and their maintenance requirements
- Efforts are made to prevent infestation of pests and vermin
- Windows that are located above a certain height are fitted with safety restrictors, to prevent falls. Lockable restrictors released only by removable keys or other tools should not be fitted.
- There is a permanently fixed heater in each bathroom/shower room and these heaters are properly maintained
- There is a separate room for sanitary facilities (such as a bath) and they must be well ventilated, in good working order and a safe condition
- Each dwelling contains, where necessary, a carbon monoxide alarm which must be suitably located and maintained
- In multi-unit buildings, the landlord must provide each unit with a suitable fire-detection and alarm system, fire blanket, and an emergency evacuation plan. There must also be emergency lighting in common areas.
A landlord must provide a tenant with a rent book containing the following information.
- The address of the property
- Landlords name and address
- Tenant’s name
- The amount of rent and how it is to be paid
- The amount of any rent paid in advance
- The amount and purpose of a deposit and the conditions on which it is repayable
- Date of the commencement of the tenancy
- A list of the furnishings and appliances provided by the landlord for the exclusive use of the tenant
A landlord must register the tenancy within one month of the beginning of the tenancy.
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The information contained in this website is an overview and explanation of the general process. It is not to be taken as legal advice. Please consult Local Solicitor for legal advice. If you need to get involved in a process Local Solicitor is in your corner to help you through the process. You can contact Local Solicitor by telephoning 01 8438138.
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