DR0922-80160 TR0123-005909
3 Greenlough Park Ballinagh Road Cavan H12 KH273
Date: 2023-08-09
Evictor: Gerry Reilly
Ruling against evictor: Illegal eviction
Notes:
Tenant’s evidence: “After he and his family had been told that the house was going to be sold he had looked for somewhere for about two months… His partner 7 year-old daughter and uncle moved with him but his aunt stayed in Cavan as she didn’t speak good English and this resulted in the family splitting. His daughter had to change school and he had to change various utilities and his credit union loan. His new rent was €1600 per month instead of €750… The tenant stated that he was told by a neighbour that the house was re-rented to a new family at most 2 weeks later. He was never offered the house back. He had collected post from the new tenants a number of times. He was told by the new tenants that they paid €1200 a month.” RTB decision: “It is clear that either inadequate enquiries had been made by the Landlord in advance of terminating the tenancy of the tenant illegally or in fact he never intended to sell the dwelling at that stage. Either way the tenant could and should have been able to stay in the dwelling for approximately 15 months more… During this time the Landlord received €1200 in rent instead of €750 each month being a total of €6300 in additional rent for the same dwelling from mid-March 2022 to the date of the hearing.”
Data Source: RTB