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S.L.F
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I disagree with your comment about it being in the interest of the tenant to get the tenant to pay for an independent assessor.
I think it should be the other way around - if the money is held by a 3rd party then the assessor should be paid for by the landlord, surely its more in their interest it is that persons business after all. For example if i hire a car I dont pay for someone else to check that it is in the correct condition the hirer does.
The other issue I have and this is a tricky one is the condition of the property on leaving, as having rented plenty of properties usually for a period of upto a maximum of 3years then I believe that if it is normal wear and tear (including decoration) then it is the landlords responsibility to make good every few years or so.
I think that many landlords forget (especially those who just have a single buy to let property) that it is a business they are running and not a service. They are charging someone for a product and its upto them to price it accordingly.
There is a flip side to your theory, the only time an assessor would be needed would be if there was a disagreement between landlord and tenant, neither would be happy with choices made by the other.
If it has to be someone independant then the costs would have to be 50/50 or the person who calls the assessor pays.
You dont pay extra in a hotel room for decoration or because you have used their chairs etc it is included in the price and is an overhead of the hotel as it should be for landlords
A hotel is a poor choice of comparison as you stay in a hotel for a short period of time (most people for a few short days) most rental properties are rented for months at a time the difference in prices for the 2 is large.
A hotel will cost you from about €80 upwards where as you can get a reasonable place in Dublin to rent for about €16 a day.