For Irish landlords
Threshold has 1800 454 454. The IPOA has a helpline. The RTB has a backlog. Shelter has a productised, flat-fee advisory service for landlords with overholding tenants, rent arrears, or anti-social tenancies. The first one in Ireland.
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What we do
Pick the one that fits the case. About one in five consult callers gets told that none of these fits and they need a solicitor instead — that's by design, not by accident.
A third-party negotiator approaches the tenant and brokers a structured deed-of-surrender exit. The fastest, cheapest path when it works — typically 4–6 weeks to vacant possession.
Read more →Solicitor-quality RTB process at a flat fee. Notice of Termination drafting, full evidence bundle, advocacy at adjudication and tribunal. For when negotiation isn't on the table.
Read more →For cases where the bottleneck is evidence — anti-social tenancy, claimed-vs-actual occupation, breach of obligations. PSA-licensed surveillance, polished evidence pack ready for tribunal.
Read more →Cases like this
Ten real Irish landlord-tenant disputes from public record. None of these were Shelter clients — we're new and we say so. What you read below is our analysis of how cases like yours have actually played out, with sources cited.
Fortlawn Drive, Dublin 15. Changed locks during RTB proceedings. One tenant slept rough.
The cornerstone case study of why we don't cross the line. The legal route is also the cheaper route — by 6× to 11× in this specific case.
Irish Times · 11 Sept 2025
Cork landlord. Carlow tenant. €20,000+ arrears. Tenant still in property as of February 2026.
Why early-stage cash-for-keys, run alongside the formal Notice of Termination, beats the year-long RTB-then-enforcement loop.
Irish Times · 5 Feb 2026
Tallaght, Dublin 24. RTB Determination Order, August 2023.
The case demonstrating the most underused leverage tool in Irish landlord-tenant practice — the per-day damages clock.
Irish Times · 5 Sept 2023
When a tenancy crosses from money into safety territory, the playbook changes completely.
Cash-for-keys is off the table. The Garda referral is on. The evidence pack becomes the case.
Irish Times · 9 May 2025
Why Shelter
The most landlord-side trust signal we have is the line we don't cross and won't help our clients cross. The Hoxha case (€34,800 fine for changing the locks) is the textbook example of what landlords can't lawfully do — and a lesson in why the legal route is also the cheaper route in almost every case where the alternative was tested.
We're an advisory and project-management service. We're not solicitors and nothing we publish is legal advice. What we do is run the operational work of getting your tenant out and your money back, on a flat fee, with one human as your single point of contact. The relationship is with Shelter. The price is fixed up front. The coordination is ours.
A 15-minute consult is free. We'll either tell you which pack fits, or send you to the right person.
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