Funny Houses/Flats to rent

Kovu · 12-08-2015 1:02pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

So does she cook in the house herself? Or does she also sit out in the garden, eating takeaways? If so, what exactly does she think the kitchen is for? And if not, what's the problem with someone else using the kitchen for its intended purpose?

The mind fairly boggles.....

I'd love if you could find the ad!

I'll ask my cousin later and see if he can remember which one it was. I didn't believe him at first but he's not one to make things up.

MissFlitworth · 12-08-2015 2:32pm

We're sort of in preliminary house hunt mode at the moment (ie: look at Daft and get angry. Full on house hunt mode will involve looking at Daft and getting depressed) and some of the fiddly f*ckers out there would make you hulk out. One particular house in Wicklow was advertised, by the letting agent, as being 4 bed 'but one must be kept free for the landlord although he will never use it'. ie - the landlord is fiddling the rent a room scheme and you'll be complicit in this. Line has disappeared from ad, I live in hope that someone was on the ball in Revenue and got in touch to point out the 'tax fraud' nature of that.

Thargor · 12-08-2015 2:56pm

MissFlitworth wrote: »

I live in hope that someone was on the ball in Revenue and got in touch to point out the 'tax fraud' nature of that.

Ha! Not a hope.

12-08-2015 3:52pm

Yeah, I've been in the house share scenario where the tenant is not to be seen or heard... some people love getting rent and hate having tenants. Or as someone said earlier in the thread, expect the rent to be paid while you go live somewhere else.

Mr. CooL ICE · 14-08-2015 11:45am

Do you have €25k to spare? If so, 4% of this house could be yours

Michael D Not Higgins · 14-08-2015 11:57am

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Do you have €25k to spare? If so, 4% of this house could be yours

16% ROI sounds far too good to be true.

hanna200 · 14-08-2015 12:10pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I only sow this. I am sorry, but is tihs actually happening in Dublin?! Bunk beds for grown men and women and 500 per weekMonth to live with 3 other people in one room and 9 people in the house?

Somehow Sharing a 3 bedroom house with my buddy, each paying 310eu per month and each of us have a bedroom and own living room, does not sound so bad anymore.

Edit: My bad. Thank you.

I presume your house ISN'T located at the city centre (read: O'Connell Street)?

LynnGrace · 14-08-2015 12:15pm

Kovu wrote: »

Lol, yea, the poor chap! She said he was supposed to be there all year but only lasted Sept to December....wonder why :P If those are the rules for the kitchen though, can you imagine the rest of the place. You'd be sat on your bed staring at the wall all evening. (It'd have to be a blank wall of course, no posters allowed)

Probably not allowed to sit on the bed either

Next time I see (smell) a takeaway being eaten on the bus, I will spare a thought that the poor devil eating it isn't allowed to eat in the house he/ she is paying good money to exist :P in.

wonski · 14-08-2015 12:22pm

hanna200 wrote: »

I presume your house ISN'T located at the city centre (read: O'Connell Street)?

I presume he doesn't mind walking,taking a bus or driving 2 hours a day in order to avoid living anywhere near this place (heart of the city etc):

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hanna200 · 14-08-2015 12:26pm

wonski wrote: »

I presume he doesn't mind walking,taking a bus or driving 2 hours a day in order to avoid living anywhere near this place (heart of the city etc):
oconnel street.png

this is not the point. the location is.

wonski · 14-08-2015 12:31pm

hanna200 wrote: »

this is not the point. the location is.

I think you are missing the point here.

We don't want places like this. They should be illegal. People in prisons have more own space to live.

It isn't Tokyo or New York ffs.

hanna200 · 14-08-2015 12:44pm

wonski wrote: »

I think you are missing the point here.
We don't want places like this. They should be illegal. People in prisons have more own space to live.
It isn't Tokyo or New York ffs.

Relax, catch what I meant about location.

J Mysterio · 14-08-2015 12:45pm

:pac:

2ndcoming · 14-08-2015 3:09pm

Tbh it's a shyte location. I've worked in the area for nearly 10 years and I'd rather gouge out my own eyeballs than live here.

It's central but it's a kip.

steddyeddy · 14-08-2015 3:19pm

MissFlitworth wrote: »

We're sort of in preliminary house hunt mode at the moment (ie: look at Daft and get angry. Full on house hunt mode will involve looking at Daft and getting depressed) and some of the fiddly f*ckers out there would make you hulk out. One particular house in Wicklow was advertised, by the letting agent, as being 4 bed 'but one must be kept free for the landlord although he will never use it'. ie - the landlord is fiddling the rent a room scheme and you'll be complicit in this. Line has disappeared from ad, I live in hope that someone was on the ball in Revenue and got in touch to point out the 'tax fraud' nature of that.

Wasn't in Bray was it?

folamh · 14-08-2015 4:07pm

http://www.gumtree.com/p/studios-bedsits-rent/cosy-one-bedroom-self-contained-home-with-great-transport-links-in-up-and-coming-area.-£100-pw/1122691502

MissFlitworth · 14-08-2015 4:51pm

steddyeddy wrote: »

Wasn't in Bray was it?

No, but it was in Wicklow

steddyeddy · 14-08-2015 4:57pm

MissFlitworth wrote: »

No, but it was in Wicklow

A friend of mine rented a house in Bray (Boghall road). The ad said not owner occupied and the landlord told them he didn't live there when showing them around. When my mate moved in, signed contracts ect he seen the landlord sleeping on the couch in the living room.

Turns out he did live there just not in a room. He reminded my mate that he could kick him out any time because he was a lodger and not a tenant. The room was disgusting too. Chancing bastard.

Lyra Fangs · 15-08-2015 1:08pm

We're apartment hunting at the moment, looking for a two bedder. The places available on daft would depress you. Small, dirty and old yet with a hefty price tag.

And then when you do find a nice place you get the landlord putting all sorts of stipulations on the place like no couples or only 2 people for a large two double bed apartment.

We went to a viewing recently (organised it over the phone during the evening three days prior). We arrive at the place, are invited to have a look around. When we're done we have a chat with the L/L about how much we like the place and we're interested only for them to turn around and say it's gone. Was it rented to someone who viewed just before us? No, it had been gone since lunch time the day we organised the viewing (before we'd even rang them). The explanation provided was that they had to have a certain amount of viewings and they just thought we had to see the place. Like wtf??

15-08-2015 1:30pm

awec wrote: »

Live in landlords are to be avoided cause you are then not classed as a tenant and have pretty much no rights.

Some of them know nothing about it. One when i went looking didn't put landlord occupied on the ad. Was taken aback at the very idea i might not want that kind of setup. Huh, why

Ah here

15-08-2015 3:51pm

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/fairview/richmond-road-fairview-dublin-837666/

9 people in that flat. Nine. F*cking people. And why in the f*ck is there a fridge in the room?

inforfun · 15-08-2015 3:59pm

With 9 people in a house i suppose you are better off with your own fridge in your room than having to share the one in the kitchen with 8 other people.
Each person can have about 1 carrot and the fridge is full.

newacc2015 · 15-08-2015 4:08pm

MissFlitworth wrote: »

We're sort of in preliminary house hunt mode at the moment (ie: look at Daft and get angry. Full on house hunt mode will involve looking at Daft and getting depressed) and some of the fiddly f*ckers out there would make you hulk out. One particular house in Wicklow was advertised, by the letting agent, as being 4 bed 'but one must be kept free for the landlord although he will never use it'. ie - the landlord is fiddling the rent a room scheme and you'll be complicit in this. Line has disappeared from ad, I live in hope that someone was on the ball in Revenue and got in touch to point out the 'tax fraud' nature of that.

That estate agent should lose his PSR license for facilitating tax evasion. I dont think AIB would have a banking license for long, if it was openly encouraging customers to open shady Cayman Island accounts for the purpose of tax evasion

I cant understand how you now need a 2 year course and 3 years experience to get an estate agents license, as to weed out the cowboys according to estate agents. Yet none of them will acknowledge, its the "cowboys" in the industry now that are the problem and never actually did a course to get their license. The new licensing laws are barriers to enter and not to improve estate agents in Ireland

D-FENS · 15-08-2015 6:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/fairview/richmond-road-fairview-dublin-837666/

9 people in that flat. Nine. F*cking people. And why in the f*ck is there a fridge in the room?

And lovely mess-hall benches to sit on having dinner, be like you were away with the scouts

mickydoomsux · 16-08-2015 11:45am

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/fairview/richmond-road-fairview-dublin-837666/

9 people in that flat. Nine. F*cking people. And why in the f*ck is there a fridge in the room?

That's a dorm, not a flat.

The sheer cheek of landlords in Dublin astounds me.

folamh · 16-08-2015 12:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/fairview/richmond-road-fairview-dublin-837666/

9 people in that flat. Nine. F*cking people. And why in the f*ck is there a fridge in the room?

I think that house looks very nice. Plenty of space for nine people.

Thargor · 16-08-2015 1:44pm

Yeah places like that are necessary in every country and thats the way to do it.

16-08-2015 2:00pm

If there are adequate cooking and bathroom facilities for 9 people, fair enough. I lived in a houseshare of seven people, the kitchen was pretty much occupied from 5pm till midnight, and the bathroom with the one working shower too.

folamh · 16-08-2015 2:10pm

It says on the advert that you'd be sharing a bathroom with 3 people, so that probably implies that there are 3 bathrooms in the house.

Rabo Karabekian · 16-08-2015 2:21pm

MissFlitworth wrote: »

One particular house in Wicklow was advertised, by the letting agent, as being 4 bed 'but one must be kept free for the landlord although he will never use it'. ie - the landlord is fiddling the rent a room scheme and you'll be complicit in this.

Ha, I was in a house with a similar situation a few years back. I always thought the stipulation was odd, but didn't really care as it was a lovely place, and the landlord was sound. Just wondering, though, I was claiming rent relief, I assume you can be a registered landlord and still fall under that scheme/fraud?

ronan45 · 17-08-2015 12:14pm

Ill just leave this here.........

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/40-lohunda-road-clonsilla-dublin-838046/?ea=1&utm_source=property_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=property_alert_email

wonski · 17-08-2015 12:24pm

ronan45 wrote: »

Ill just leave this here.........

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/40-lohunda-road-clonsilla-dublin-838046/?ea=1&utm_source=property_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=property_alert_email

:eek:

Taking a shower when your housemate is around is not a good idea.

I love how they separated the beds with furniture. Clever move.

yellowlabrador · 17-08-2015 12:25pm

ronan45 wrote: »

Ill just leave this here.........

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/40-lohunda-road-clonsilla-dublin-838046/?ea=1&utm_source=property_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=property_alert_email

Where's my cat, I want to give it a swing first.....

ronan45 · 17-08-2015 12:26pm

"A comfortable and spacious twin large bedroom"

I wouldnt call having a shower while my room mate lies in bed looking at me "Comfortable" anything but...........

KKkitty · 17-08-2015 12:29pm

ronan45 wrote: »

Ill just leave this here.........

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/40-lohunda-road-clonsilla-dublin-838046/?ea=1&utm_source=property_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=property_alert_email

Is there any other rooms? Photos just seem to focus on the bedroom.

inforfun · 17-08-2015 12:32pm

KKkitty wrote: »

Is there any other rooms? Photos just seem to focus on the bedroom.

It is owner occupied so i guess you are not allowed to be outside your room.
So what is the point of having pics of the rest of the place when you are not allowed to get in there anyway......

smash · 17-08-2015 12:33pm

ronan45 wrote: »

Ill just leave this here.........

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/40-lohunda-road-clonsilla-dublin-838046/?ea=1&utm_source=property_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=property_alert_email

So what kind of style are you going for with your redecoration?

ALL THE STYLES!!!!!!

wonski · 17-08-2015 12:35pm

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In case it goes offline too soon:D

Aglomerado · 17-08-2015 12:51pm

You don't want to cross the landlady either...

J Mysterio · 17-08-2015 12:53pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

You don't want to cross the landlady either...

Holy ****, nice detective work!

Aglomerado · 17-08-2015 12:55pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

Holy ****, nice detective work!

I saw the specification "females preferred" and wondered was the owner a bloke... I googled the name anyway... YIKES!

inforfun · 17-08-2015 1:52pm

You are probably fine as long as you change phone number every week....

Meathlass · 17-08-2015 3:29pm

Just starting to house hunt in Dublin. The utter crappy standard of available accommodation is depressing.

Anything remotely liveable in is €700/€800 a month.

snubbleste · 17-08-2015 3:42pm

FOREIGN mature female wanted for SUNNY single room with double bed.
http://www.daft.ie/3837935

steddyeddy · 17-08-2015 4:18pm

I've negotiated a double room 40 mins from London for 400 pound monthly. The difference between looking for accommodation between here and England is unreal. Some amount of chancers here.

conorh91 · 17-08-2015 4:24pm

steddyeddy wrote: »

I've negotiated a double room 40 mins from London for 400 pound monthly. The difference between looking for accommodation between here and England is unreal. Some amount of chancers here.

€550 in accommodation, before travelling costs, doesn't sound ideal to me. It would be very easy to find a similar property in Dublin without the commute.

I know Dublin isn't London, but if you think there are chancers in Dublin...

Awful flats to rent in London

17-08-2015 4:27pm

40 minutes outside London, that is as far north as Milton Keynes if you get the intercity.

steddyeddy · 18-08-2015 1:45am

conorh91 wrote: »

€550 in accommodation, before travelling costs, doesn't sound ideal to me. It would be very easy to find a similar property in Dublin without the commute.

I know Dublin isn't London, but if you think there are chancers in Dublin...

Awful flats to rent in London

I'll be getting paid in sterling so I won't be considering the euro conversion really.

Yea London is a kip but outside of London it gets a lot better.

steddyeddy · 18-08-2015 1:47am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

40 minutes outside London, that is as far north as Milton Keynes if you get the intercity.

It's south of London. Well 40 mins by train.

18-08-2015 1:57am

snubbleste wrote: »

FOREIGN mature female wanted for SUNNY single room with double bed.
http://www.daft.ie/3837935

I don't see much wrong with this, tbh, apart from the sitting room decor!

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