Landlords who refused to return student’s deposit told they should have ‘reasonably foreseen’ damage to items

The tenant took a case with the Residential Tenancies Board because he believed the deposit was unfairly withheld. Photo: Getty

Amy Molloy

Two landlords who refused to return a student's €700 deposit have been told they should have “reasonably foreseen” that some items might have been damaged and that a deep clean would have been needed at the end of the letting.

The tenant rented a house in Letterfrack, Co Galway, with two other students between September 2022 and last May, at a cost of €6,000.