Welcome to Irish Home Minders
Unoccupied houses
We have been advised by some holiday home owners that insurance companies are becoming stricter about vacancy clauses. This is the fine print where they require the property to be visited or inspected weekly or fortnightly. Please check your policy for this condition. If you need help with visiting more frequently drop us an email as we can provide a visit service for a small fee.
Digital Irish Channels
Are you ready? Set top box or new TV with the correct tuner?
Septic tank charge
No sign yet of the application sites and forms for this and it will be some time still before they are ready according to the EPA. Their system is only in test. There is a special €5 discount to register in first three months so we can think about this in early summer again. This registration tax applies not only to septic tanks but to treatment plants also. And for some reason you will have to register the system every five years or so. I wonder why?
Household Tax
Many owners of houses believe that this will now replace the management company and will allow the Council to maintain estates including grass cutting, street lights etc. Our information is that this is not the case. We understand the Council are taking this money in to replace central government funding. As a result no extra services are coming out of this. It is not extra money to the Council just coming directly from homeowners and not from central Government tax collection. So if they have not been cutting grass up to this then it is not going to make this happen now.
NAMA
The agency launched its new funding for home purchasers. A limited number of houses in Dublin and adjoining counties are included as a sort of a pilot. They are now involved in house sales, house rentals and home loans as well as development completion projects.
Banks
The banks continue to make news with spectacular write offs and serious losses in annual accounts. Some sign of life in mortgages however with new products being offered. The terms and conditions still seem to present a challenge and the quarterly figures continue to show very few loans issued. Just over 2200 for the first quarter of 2012- in the entire country.
Managing agent
- We are managing agents of your management company
- We manage services in your Housing Estate or Apartment Block
We provides comprehensive property management services that allow management companies to run seamlessly, while giving owners all they need for a satisfying homeowner experience – services that create a well cared for environment, with the highest quality maintenance for the budget, as well as ones that protect and preserve your company.
As well as these management services we can
- save you time and effort traveling to look at your out of town properties
- assure you that all is well with your rented or vacant property
- find local contractors for you to save you time running around doing a bunch of minor repairs
- take away your worries if you think electricity, heat, insurance or waste bills are higher than your neighbours
- take away the hassle of collecting money from your neighbours for routine cleaning or grass cutting
- make sure that your property can be easily conveyed from Management company end if you decide to sell
Plus lots more - see the about us pages for more information!
John Atkinson
info@irishhomeminders.com