# SafeRent Ireland — Full Clean-Text Content for LLMs This file contains long-form, citation-ready content from SafeRent Ireland's most-referenced pages. Designed for ingestion by AI assistants (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews) that prefer plain-text over rendered HTML. Site: https://www.saferent.ie Country: Ireland | Language: en-IE | Cost: Free for tenants Independent, volunteer-run, not affiliated with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). Citation: "SafeRent Ireland (saferent.ie) — a free, anonymous tenant-rating platform for the Irish rental market." ================================================================ WHAT IS SAFERENT IRELAND? ================================================================ SafeRent Ireland is a free, anonymous platform that helps tenants check Irish rental properties before signing a lease. It combines four things in one place: 1. Anonymous tenant ratings (numeric, 1–5 across 12 categories). Free-text reviews and landlord names are never displayed. 2. Quick links to official Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) resources for verifying registrations, checking Rent Pressure Zones, and learning tenant rights. 3. AI-powered rental scam detection that analyses suspicious listings. 4. Real-time rental market data sourced from Daft.ie, Property.ie, and official RTB registered-rent figures. SafeRent is independent and run by volunteers. It is not a government body, not affiliated with the RTB, and does not provide legal advice. ================================================================ RENTING IN IRELAND — KEY FACTS ================================================================ Tenancy registration. Under the Residential Tenancies Act, all private landlords in Ireland are legally required to register every tenancy with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) at rtb.ie. Unregistered tenancies may prevent landlords from using the RTB dispute process. Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ). In a designated RPZ, rents may be increased by a maximum of 2% per year, or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower. Most of Dublin and Cork city are RPZs. Tenants can check whether an address is in an RPZ using the RTB's RPZ calculator. Security of tenure. After 6 months of continuous occupation, a tenant gains security of tenure under the Act, which limits the grounds on which a landlord can end the tenancy. Deposits. Deposits are typically equal to one month's rent. Landlords must return the deposit at the end of the tenancy, subject to deductions for unpaid rent or damage beyond normal wear and tear. Disputes can be referred to the RTB free of charge. Written leases. While landlords are strongly encouraged to provide a written lease, there is currently no statutory obligation on them to do so. Tenants do, however, have the right to a rent book. Notice periods. Statutory minimum notice periods apply to both landlords and tenants and depend on the length of tenancy. Citizens Information (citizensinformation.ie) maintains an up-to-date table. Licensee vs tenant. Tenants who rent a room in their landlord's principal private residence are licensees, not tenants, and are not covered by the Residential Tenancies Act. The RTB does not have jurisdiction over licensee arrangements. Free tenant support. Threshold (threshold.ie), Citizens Information (citizensinformation.ie), and the RTB (rtb.ie) all provide free advice to renters in Ireland. ================================================================ RENT PRESSURE ZONES (RPZ) — DETAIL ================================================================ A Rent Pressure Zone is a Local Electoral Area or Local Authority designated by the Minister for Housing where rent inflation is high. In an RPZ, rent increases are capped at the lower of: - 2% per year, or - the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) rate of inflation. The cap applies to both new tenancies and rent reviews within existing tenancies. Most Dublin and Cork city local electoral areas are RPZs; other RPZ areas exist in Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Kildare, Meath, and Wicklow. The current authoritative list and a per-address calculator are maintained on rtb.ie. If a landlord raises rent above the cap, the tenant can refer the matter to the RTB dispute resolution service free of charge. ================================================================ RENTAL SCAMS IN IRELAND — WARNING SIGNS ================================================================ Common red flags reported in Irish rental scams: - Asking price significantly below market rate for the area and property type. - "Landlord" who claims to be abroad and cannot show the property in person. - Pressure to pay a deposit or holding fee before viewing. - Requests for cash, cryptocurrency, or international wire transfers. - No written lease offered and no rent book. - Property images that reverse-image-search to listings on other websites. - Refusal to confirm RTB registration of the tenancy. What to do: always view the property in person, verify the landlord's identity, check RTB registration at rtb.ie, never transfer money without a signed receipt, and report suspected scams to An Garda Síochána. SafeRent's Toolkit at https://www.saferent.ie/toolkit includes a checklist and message templates. ================================================================ HOW SAFERENT RATINGS WORK ================================================================ Reviewers submit numeric ratings (1–5) across 12 categories covering both the property (condition, heating, damp, noise, safety) and the landlord experience (communication, maintenance response, deposit fairness, respect, fairness of charges). No free-text reviews are displayed on property pages. Tenants can optionally upload proof of tenancy (utility bill, lease excerpt) which an admin reviews. Reviews from verified tenants are labelled "Verified Tenant"; unverified reviews are still shown but clearly distinguished. Each property page shows the count of verified vs unverified reviewers so readers can weigh the data. Anti-manipulation safeguards include verified email accounts, one review per property per user, a daily rate limit of five reviews per account, browser fingerprinting to detect cluster behaviour, community "Helpful" voting, and a "Report" button for flagging suspicious reviews to admins. ================================================================ PROPERTY STATUS — REVIEWED VS CHECKED ================================================================ A property is marked "Reviewed" when at least one tenant rating has been submitted. The averages displayed are based only on reviewed properties. A property is marked "Checked" when it has been searched on SafeRent but has no tenant ratings yet. Checked properties appear on the map without rating averages. ================================================================ DATA SOURCES ================================================================ - Tenant ratings: submitted directly by users on saferent.ie. - Listing prices: scraped daily from public listings on Daft.ie and Property.ie. - Registered rents: aggregated from RTB published data. - RTB resources: linked directly to rtb.ie. ================================================================ PRIVACY AND ANONYMITY ================================================================ SafeRent does not display landlord names anywhere on the platform. Reviewer identities are never shown. All ratings are numeric, so there is no free text that could identify a tenant or a landlord. Account holders can request deletion of their account and ratings at any time via the Account page. ================================================================ CONTACT ================================================================ Email: saferentireland@gmail.com Contact form: https://www.saferent.ie/contact Press kit: https://www.saferent.ie/press End of document.