The website HowMuchRent.com is championing a fairer and more transparent ecosystem for renters. Tenants openly share their rental experiences, building a database of historical rents and first-hand property insights. Given that rent is often the most significant monthly expense for individuals, HowMuchRent.com endeavours to provide renters with crucial context before making a new place a home. We are committed to preserving the narrative of countless rental stories, both positive and negative, that would otherwise remain untold.
Unlike platforms that primarily serve landlords, HowMuchRent.com is built with the tenant at the forefront. We offer a comprehensive view of the rental market, featuring historical rental prices, detailed property reviews, and ratings. We invite everyone navigating the Irish rental market to join our mission of promoting transparency and accountability by contributing their reviews and rents to HowMuchRent.com Our dedication to fostering a culture of transparency aims to mitigate the challenges posed by less reputable participants in the Irish rental sector.
Our efforts are particularly concentrated on Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs). We’ve identified over 1,000 properties charging rates over 2% in recent months, underlining our commitment to advocating for fair pricing. In an innovative move, we've transcribed over 15,000 Residential Tenancies Board judgements. This allows users to determine if a landlord or tenant has previously been involved in legal disputes, such as issues concerning deposit returns, evictions, or unpaid bills. While these reports are publicly available on the RTB website in PDF format(meaning that Google does not index the reports), we uniquely integrate them into our platform, making them accessible and viewable on HowMuchRent.com.
We firmly believe that rental charges and deposit handling require reform. We advocate for all rents charged by landlords to be public information and for tenants deposits to be held in escrow. The RTB was mandated to offer a Rental Deposit scheme 9 years ago(https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41315608.html), yet no action has been taken since. We continue to push for these changes to ensure a fairer rental market for all. Thanks for joining us.
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| Full Description | Address of the Place | View Place on Map | View This Place's Price History |
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| Rental experience was bizzare, I moved in when the landlord was a nice landlord with someone who would come out and maintain the property. It was then sold to another landlord with us in situ, and then the property was completely neglected. We had to constantly perservere with getting in touch with both landlords. The one toilet was blocked for a week with no response causing us to use the local pubs toilet. The back garden constantly flooded due to bad pipes. Then after the dundrum floods we were left with concrete floors in the winter months of 2023 without any quick help from the landlords. Then they tried to up our rent claiming work would be done, and tried to go above the rent cap. Was not very pleasant to rent from and would not recommend. Even though the rent was cheap, the ceilings and windows were full of black mould that we had to remove ourselves. One of the hobs on the cooker was a fire hazard and the bathroom was covered in black mould. Absolutely no mainteance on the house and definitely did not meet the minimum standards. | 4, Rosemount Terrace, Dublin 14, Dublin | View Place on Map | View This Place's Price History |
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