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Rental Valuations and Market Rent Assessments in Dublin and Leinster

Independent, evidence-based assessments of open market rent, for landlords, tenants, rent reviews and disputes.

What is a rental valuation?

A rental valuation establishes the open market rent for a property: what it would reasonably let for, on the terms in question, at a stated date. Like a capital valuation, it is built from comparable evidence (in this case, comparable lettings), rather than from what a listing site suggests or what a landlord hopes to achieve.

Ireland's rental market operates under a substantial and evolving body of regulation, and the market rent question frequently arises in a regulatory or contractual context rather than a straightforward letting one. That is where an independent, evidenced assessment earns its keep.

When a rental valuation is needed

Advertised rents are asking prices, not achieved rents, and the two are not the same thing. Our assessments are grounded in comparable letting evidence and in the specific characteristics of the property, its condition, its BER, its accommodation, its location within the area and the terms of the tenancy itself.

Where the assessment is for a dispute or a regulatory process, the report is structured so that the other side and the decision-maker can follow exactly how the figure was reached.

  • Rent reviews on residential tenancies
  • Disputes between landlord and tenant over what market rent actually is
  • Residential Tenancies Board matters requiring evidence of market rent
  • Lease reviews, renewals and new lettings
  • Investment appraisal, assessing yield and income potential before purchase
  • Family law and probate matters where an income-producing property must be valued
  • Accounts, trust and pension reporting where rental value is required
  • Evidence, not asking prices
Questions

Rental valuation FAQs

Do you act for tenants as well as landlords?

Yes. Our assessment is of market rent, and the figure is what the evidence supports regardless of who instructs us.

Do you assess rents for multi-unit and portfolio landlords?

Yes. Individual units, whole buildings and residential portfolios, including rent review and renewal work.

Can you also value the property for sale purposes?

Yes. Capital value and rental value are often needed together, particularly for investment properties, and we can cover both in one instruction.

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