Marshall Properties represents landlords who wish to rent their property to a tenant. Marshall Properties does not normally charge a fee to prospective tenants and offers the following assistance:

• Good selection of properties.
• Full colour photographs of properties on this website and on many other property websites.
• Correct information about the properties on offer and correctly quoted rents.
• Accompanied viewings.
• Clear details taken of tenant's requirements to avoid time wasting.
• Tenants will be shown only the appropriate properties. (A family in need of a house with a garden for three children and a dog will not be shown a fourth floor 2 bed room apartment!)
• A new employee in a company can be collected and shown a selection of properties by prior arrangement. Reassurance of dealing with a fully Licensed and Bonded Auctioneer.
• Specialist in the Dublin residential letting market.
• Good, clear, simple advice to tenants to avoid pitfalls.
• Tenants may transfer funds by internet bank transfer for ease of payment.

Otherwise, tenants may make the necessary payments by bank draft. (Cash payments are not acceptable).

TENANTS SHOULD BE PREPARED AS FOLLOWS:

• You should have original photographic identification with ample photocopies.
• Details of your PPSN for tenancy registration and proof of current address for the new lease.
• You should arrange to have access to adequate funds from your own source, employer or oversees bank before attempting to reserve a property.
• You should immediately pay the required holding deposit (usually in the region of one month's rent) to have the property reserved for you before this agency will prepare the necessary formalities for the letting to proceed, e.g. lease agreements, etc. (see important notice below).
• Initial Rent: This may be any amount – usually it is the equivalent of one month’s rent, but can be up to three month’s rent or even one year’s rent in advance. It all depends on the requirements of either the tenant or landlord. A tenant may prefer to pay a lump sum in advance to avoid difficulties with future payments coming in from overseas. A landlord may also have particular requirements. The calibre of property (perhaps furnished with antiques) to be rented and the terms of the particular lease as agreed between the landlord and also the tenant (corporation or private individual) may influence the frequency of rental payments to accommodate either party.
• Security Deposit: This can be any amount as agreed between the landlord and tenant. A lot will depend on the particular property and how it has been furnished or fitted out. It will also depend on who is paying the rent e.g. a bank or company or private individual and whether the house is to be lived in by one person or several people and whether or not there are pets. It will generally be slightly more than the equivalent of at least one month's rent but for larger houses it will be higher. The deposit cannot be used as payment for the last month's rent. The deposit will be refunded by the landlord to the tenant (and not by Marshall Properties) within a specified period after the tenant has vacated the premises less certain deductions, if applicable.
• Stamp duty: Stamp duty is paid by the tenant via Marshall Properties to the Irish tax authorities called the Revenue Commissioners. It is paid on the Original of the letting agreement (tenant copy) at the rate of 1% of the average annual rent + €12.50 for each Counterpart (landlord / office copy). This ad valorum stamp duty is only payable where the annual rent exceeds €30,000 (i.e. €30,001).
• References: Should be clear and specific and NOT be vague.

Employer - These should be originals and on your employer's headed paper and should clearly state your name and your position in the company. How long you have worked and will continue to work for this company and the fact that it is your employer's opinion that you can afford the amount of rent you are proposing to pay for the house which you want to rent.

Bank / Financial Institution: These should state that you are of good financial standing and, where possible, state that you can afford to pay the amount of rent which you are proposing to pay for the house which you want to rent.

Previous Landlord / Estate Agent: This is perhaps the most important reference. This should clearly state in unambiguous terms that you were a good tenant and that you paid all your rent in a timely manner and that you adhered to all the terms of your lease. A name and contact number for this landlord / Estate Agent is essential.

Credit Reference Agencies: You should be prepared to allow for enquiries to be made about you.

Self employed: You may submit Letters of Introduction from independent persons of good standing in their own right who can, in turn, confirm your good standing. These may be solicitors, accountants or business people with whom you have been engaged in business. These references need to state clearly that you can pay the specific amount of rent applicable to the proposed lease and that you could continue to do so for the duration of the lease. You should set about opening a bank account for the payment of household utility bills such as for gas and electricity and your subsequent rental payments etc. Where children are involved, it is imperative that you ascertain that your chosen school will be able to accept your children. If not, you could find that you have rented a house which turns out to be very far from the particular school which can accommodate your children. Schooling requirements are probably the most important factors in any house search where children are involved.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS BY MARSHALL PROPERTIES: - As a fully licensed and bonded auctioneering firm, all funds taken from prospective tenants are held in a separate Clients Account and remain refundable in full up until the lease agreement has been signed at which time the funds collected by this agency are handed over to the landlord. If you decide to rent a property through this agency, it will be imperative (once the broad outline of terms have been agreed as between the landlord and you - the tenant) that you pay over funds to reserve the property for you. You should arrange payment immediately. The payment of funds is necessary to show good faith on your part and in turn, Marshall Properties or the landlord's solicitor will then set about preparing a lease for you to sign. Marshall Properties will only request funds and accept funds from a prospective tenant when the intention has been formed to actually rent the property to you. It is, therefore, imperative that you - the tenant - are sure that you want to rent the property in question, because once it has been reserved for you, other prospective tenants lose the option of renting this particular house. This initial payment can be any amount and is usually the equivalent of about one month's rent. All funds are taken on a subject to contract basis and are fully refundable until the lease has been signed. HOWEVER, funds will not be refunded if it transpires that you - the tenant - have not been forthright in your dealings with this agency. Marshall Properties acts on behalf of the landlord and has a duty to help protect the landlord. If a letting does not proceed through no fault of the tenant, funds will be refunded in full. However, if Marshall Properties or the landlord should incur a loss due to any misrepresentation howsoever arising, omission, delay or lack of appropriate action on the part of the tenant, then funds will be withheld without apology and the house will be withdrawn from you. In simple terms, you must be fair and you should not attempt to mislead the landlord in any way. You will be deemed to have accepted this fundamental condition if you proceed to deal with this agency for any property regardless of where you might first have seen the property advertised. NOTICE Once a Tenant has dealt with this agency in relation to a certain property, by making a telephone or email enquiry from any website or directly or by actual viewing etc, that Tenant is bound to deal only with this agency in relation to that property. To subsequently complete a transaction for that particular property with another Agent or the landlord directly will result in YOU, the Tenant, being liable for all fees and outlays of Marshall Properties which would in all other occasions be paid by the landlord. Please also provide Marshall Properties with feed back after viewing a house