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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| There were many extra people staying there as well as housemates. Sometimes I counted 10 people there. Not a good experience. The landlord was never seen, I am not sure if landlord knew I was living there as all bills were transferred to housemate. The upstairs was all carpeted but there was no vacuum cleaner and it was very dusty and dirty. The outside was badly maintained. The inside was dirty and people did not clean. Sticky floors from alcohol and food. Parties every week in the house which were going on all the time during COVID lockdown.The kitchen was always dirty with food not cleared away. The bathroom had black mould. The downstairs toilet had a problem and would make ear shattering noise whenever it was used. During the parties you had 10, 20 people in the house continuously using the downstairs toilet at 3, 4, 5 am without consideration of waking people up. The other tenants would argue and fight in the middle of the night. I moved out as soon as I found a new place. The house was not registered on RtB. I would warn people away from living here. | 57, Riasc Na Rí, Rahoon, Galway | View Place on Map | View This Place's Price History |
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