DR0822-79471
2 Meadow View Kilmihil Kilrush Clare V15H364.
Date: 2023-08-11
Evictor: John Melican
Ruling against evictor: Illegal eviction
Notes:
Landlord's evidence: "He stated that he is struggling like many landlords and that this is the first time that this has ever happened to him... The Appellant Landlord accepted that he changed the locks on the property around the end of August 2022 and he stated that on 20 August 2022 he gave one week's notice of this". Tenant's evidence: "The Respondent Tenant stated that the Appellant Landlord sent a text message on 25 August 2022 and that she had been asking him to sign the HAP papers for two months at this stage. The Respondent Tenant stated that the Appellant Landlord was taking too much time... . She stated that on 28 August 2022 the Appellant Landlord contacted her to state that he had changed the locks. The Respondent Tenant stated that she was in Limerick at this time and when she was locked out of the property she stayed with her sister in Limerick... She stated that she found a new property on 10 November 2022 and estimated that she was homeless as a result of the Appellant Landlord's actions for approximately three months."
Data Source: RTB