Renting

Pick DNG John O’Brien to Rent And Manage your property. We take the headache out of being a landlord.

DNG John O’Brien Lettings are in an excellent position to promote your property to the rental sector and secure you suitable tenants at the highest achievable rent with the least amount of fuss.

Our team of highly experienced and motivated letting agents are firmly committed to providing you with an unparalleled level of service aimed at making the letting experience a more pleasant and fruitful one. The comprehensive service offered to you by our lettings department includes a Let Only service and a Let and Management service. They include:

Let Only Service

• Carry out an inspection of property to determine Advised Letting Value
• Photograph the interior and exterior of the property for the purpose of advertising
• Market / advertise the property in our window and on our website, daft.ie, myhome.ie and dng.ie websites
• Show property to prospective tenants
• Request a reference letter from the previous landlord. Check references & screen prospective tenants
• Notify the landlord of the person who we recommend to let their property, prior to giving the tenant the ok
• Prepare the lease, get tenant to sign it. Then we sign the lease on behalf of landlord, give the keys and the property security alarm instructions to the tenant
• Notify the tenant of the arrangements for services such as broadband, telephone, television
• Notify the tenant of arrangements for rent payment
• Accept the "tenancy deposit bond"
• Accept any advance of rent (normally one month’s rent)

Letting & Full Management

• Carry out an inspection of property to determine Advised Letting Value
• Photograph the interior and exterior of the property for the purpose of advertising
• Market / advertise the property in our window and on our website, daft.ie, myhome.ie and dng.ie websites
• Show property to prospective tenants
• Request a reference letter from the previous landlord. Check references & screen prospective tenants
• Notify the landlord of the person who we recommend to let their property, prior to giving the tenant the ok
• Accept the "tenancy deposit bond"
• Accept any advance of rent (normally one month’s rent)
• Prepare the lease, get tenant to sign it. Then we sign the lease on behalf of landlord, give the keys and the property security alarm instructions to the tenant
• Pay the rent to the landlord within one working day of receiving rent
• We request the landlord to supply a copy of the inventory of the property
• Get tenant to acknowledge accuracy of inventory supplied to us by the landlord
• Read gas/electricity/water meters and transfer those utilities into the tenant's name.
• Notify the tenant of waste disposal arrangements
• Notify the tenant of the arrangements for services such as broadband, telephone, television
• Notify the tenant of DNG John O’Brien will be the point of contact for repairs and maintenance
• Carry out inspections of the property once a year
• Furnish Client with call or email re the inspection report
• Act as the point of contact for tenants in relation to all repairs and maintenance
• Act as the point of contact for tenants in relation to all paperwork, i.e. letters of residency, reference letters, filling in the forms for the social welfare office etc
• Deal with any breach of tenant obligations and anti-social behaviour on behalf of the client
• Register the tenancy with the Residential Tenancies Board on behalf of the Client

At end of tenancy

• Retrieve the keys from the tenant
• Note the readings on the gas/electricity/water meters and change back into landlord’s name
• Carry out an inspection of the property (noting any visible changes from the initial condition)
• Photograph the interior and exterior of the property where damages have taken place
• Check the inventory of the contents of the property supplied to us by the landlord
• Assess the extent of repairs/maintenance work necessary and advise client accordingly
• Calculate the amount, if any, of the “tenancy deposit bond” to be deducted to cover breaches of the tenancy and appraise Client