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Woman claims house needed "total rebuild" as a result of tenancy
Summary
In a High Court hearing, Joanne Penston, a childcare worker, alleged that the South Dublin house she had let under the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co Council's Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) was left in a "health hazard" condition after the tenants, a family of five, vacated it in March 2013. Penston described the property as having holes in walls, a removed downstairs toilet, a bed cut in half, mattresses in the garden, and copper piping and floorboards removed. She noted that many windows and doors were damaged and that the garden had become a rubbish tip with needles, broken glass, beer bottles and toys. She claimed the damage amounted to almost €70,000 and that she still owed money for repairs. Penston said a Garda who visited after the tenants left did not enter the house and that she could not get anyone to clean the garden. She has since returned to live in the property.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Woman claims house needed "total rebuild" as a result of tenancy. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- March 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 2008 Other
- 2017-10-31 Publication
Case subjects
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Places mentioned
- High Court
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