Love the idea of this, but will it last long against litigious landlords?
I mean, good idea and all but is that really going to make you turn down the chance of a lease in the current climate?
Sounds great in theory, but if I hated my landlord, I still wouldn’t write a negative review – they’d easily be able to identify me based on the problems I highlight (even if I had moved out a while), and that could ruin a chance of a reference down the road. It’s just not the same as writing a Glassdoor review or an Airbnb review – it’s too personal.
As a landlord myself, I’m OK with this. But I reckon it will only increase the Landlord exodus and decrease the housing stock. Is it better to have a handful of good landlords and thousands homeless or to have good and bad with everyone housed?
Is there a “Rate the tenant”?
Which will be banned first.
Escort Ireland or Rate the landlord.
Parliamentary Question in 3,2,1…
I think they would.be better off with a rate the tenant website. If you think about it if a landlord can see that you’ve got a good history with other landlords it would do wonders for getting a place.
I bet landlords value a good reliable tenant more than they do even the rent.
Bubble to the top of that list and you are in like Flynn.
If all the bad apples go to the bottom of it they will rightly have to pay for being a bad tenant and not be having other tenants suffer because of them.
Everybody wins, except cnts.
A nice idea but likely to only be truly useful when we have an adequate supply at the point where we can afford to turn down multiple choices
Getting the popcorn ready for all the lawsuits incoming…
Anyone who doubts this, just look at all the slanderous posts on any buy and sell sites in Ireland where people claim others are con artists.
Only if Cork City and county council are allowed to be rated. The minimum standards inspection does not apply to council properties, whilst the council is responsible for private inspections.. A complete joke system as usual.
Should work both ways, rate the landlord and rate the tenant – both sides are more incentivized. I’ve come across individuals who have been terrible at both.
Does anyone remember Rate my Teacher back in the day?
*cracks knuckles*
Maybe give the RTB some teeth and then have this on their site so they can actually do something about the scumbag landlords
Whats that tenant? A bad review! 😞
Oh sorry just noticed my sister is back from Canada needs a place. 😌
It’s let you know whether to bother cleaning the place when you leave, if you know there’s no way you’re getting your deposit back anyway, then fuck it, let them clean the place themselves.
This should be spicy.
I expect the site owners will get a lot of Libel threats from landlords, which may temper the sites effectiveness and impartiality, we can only wait and see
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More reading on district too: [https://districtmagazine.ie/uncategorized/you-can-now-rate-your-landlord-online/](https://districtmagazine.ie/uncategorized/you-can-now-rate-your-landlord-online/)
Love the idea of this, but will it last long against litigious landlords?
I mean, good idea and all but is that really going to make you turn down the chance of a lease in the current climate?
Sounds great in theory, but if I hated my landlord, I still wouldn’t write a negative review – they’d easily be able to identify me based on the problems I highlight (even if I had moved out a while), and that could ruin a chance of a reference down the road. It’s just not the same as writing a Glassdoor review or an Airbnb review – it’s too personal.
As a landlord myself, I’m OK with this. But I reckon it will only increase the Landlord exodus and decrease the housing stock. Is it better to have a handful of good landlords and thousands homeless or to have good and bad with everyone housed?
Is there a “Rate the tenant”?
Which will be banned first.
Escort Ireland or Rate the landlord.
Parliamentary Question in 3,2,1…
I think they would.be better off with a rate the tenant website. If you think about it if a landlord can see that you’ve got a good history with other landlords it would do wonders for getting a place.
I bet landlords value a good reliable tenant more than they do even the rent.
Bubble to the top of that list and you are in like Flynn.
If all the bad apples go to the bottom of it they will rightly have to pay for being a bad tenant and not be having other tenants suffer because of them.
Everybody wins, except cnts.
A nice idea but likely to only be truly useful when we have an adequate supply at the point where we can afford to turn down multiple choices
Getting the popcorn ready for all the lawsuits incoming…
Anyone who doubts this, just look at all the slanderous posts on any buy and sell sites in Ireland where people claim others are con artists.
Only if Cork City and county council are allowed to be rated. The minimum standards inspection does not apply to council properties, whilst the council is responsible for private inspections.. A complete joke system as usual.
Should work both ways, rate the landlord and rate the tenant – both sides are more incentivized. I’ve come across individuals who have been terrible at both.
Does anyone remember Rate my Teacher back in the day?
*cracks knuckles*
Maybe give the RTB some teeth and then have this on their site so they can actually do something about the scumbag landlords
Whats that tenant? A bad review! 😞
Oh sorry just noticed my sister is back from Canada needs a place. 😌
It’s let you know whether to bother cleaning the place when you leave, if you know there’s no way you’re getting your deposit back anyway, then fuck it, let them clean the place themselves.
This should be spicy.
I expect the site owners will get a lot of Libel threats from landlords, which may temper the sites effectiveness and impartiality, we can only wait and see