average accomodation price in maynooth?

mrcurious

Could anyone tell me the average price of accomodation in maynooth?..and what areas are good to live in?..close to college etc..thanks

Bubs99

Kilcock, just a few mins out the road from the campus and a lovely little village, trains and buses to Maynooth regularly.

Average price for that area depends whether you want to live alone, or a couple or share. If its to share, im sorry but I dont have a clue because I never want to share again. It's awful.
But theres lovely estates in Maynooth that have share houses.

Good luck. Check Daft

LeixlipRed

There are no Dublin Bus buses from Kilcock to Maynooth any more and the train is regular if you call 5 or 6 times a day regular. Unless you drive do not live in Kilcock.

As for an average price it's difficult to calculate as it depends on what sort of room and house you're looking for. A single room can cost anything from 50 euro a week to 75 or 80 euro. Doubles can go from 75 to 110 euro a week, more expensive if they're ensuite. The age and how modern the house is will also affect the rent. If you're a young undergrad you'll find it difficult to rent a place away from the more tenement like dives that go with that territory. If you're a postgrad or mature student you can normally get a nicer place for a bit more money.

As for location, in my opinion, nowhere in Maynooth is far from the college but I cycle so it doesn't really bother me. There are nice estates out on the Straffan Road side, Maynooth Park, Greenfield Drive, Carton Court, Kingsbury, etc, are all nice and are quiet too.

Daft is your best bet, just go see a tonne of places in a day or two and pick the best one!

mrcurious

Bubs99 wrote: »

If its to share, im sorry but I dont have a clue because I never want to share again. It's awful.

how come it was so bad?.i shared before and didnt find it too bad..

Michellenman

LeixlipRed wrote: »

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As for an average price it's difficult to calculate as it depends on what sort of room and house you're looking for. A single room can cost anything from 50 euro a month to 75 or 80 euro. Doubles can go from 75 to 110 euro a month, more expensive if they're ensuite. ...

Month or week? Week I'd assume, I reckon everyone would be living out there if a double with an ensuite was €110 :pac:

LeixlipRed

Oops :P I meant a week of course!

Alt_Grrr

Bubs99 wrote: »

Kilcock, just a few mins out the road from the campus and a lovely little village, trains and buses to Maynooth regularly.

The trains aren't regular at all and are pricey (Irish Rail consider Kilcock to be outside the commuter ticket area and the ticket price from Kilcock to Maynooth was about €5 one way until recently)

And Kilcock is noted for being a place where nothing of note ever happens.

Daft.ie is your best bet, but if your a first year, it can be hard to find accommodation, don't get discouraged

mrcurious

thanks for the info everyone, can anyone tell me how much deposits usually are?..im told is basically a months rent plus the first months rent aswel..

iv had a look on daft also and there seems to be lots on offer and considering maynooth is fairly small everywhere is within walking distance really..

irish_goat

mrcurious wrote: »

thanks for the info everyone, can anyone tell me how much deposits usually are?..im told is basically a months rent plus the first months rent aswel..

iv had a look on daft also and there seems to be lots on offer and considering maynooth is fairly small everywhere is within walking distance really..

A deposit should be one months rent but the landlord may ask you to pay the 1st month's rent at the same time. Get a receipt for the deposit

LeixlipRed

Yeh, never pay more than a month's rent as a deposit. Also, always pay the deposit to the landlord and get a receipt as lordgoat says. Also, if the landlord is legit he'll want to register you with the PRTB and sign a lease. This is important is you may need to prove your registration as a tenant for tax purposes, grant applications, etc,.

gigawatt

the average is 320 a month for a room depending on the size/ type of room and the std of accomodation.

irish_goat

gigawatt wrote: »

the average is 320 a month for a room depending on the size/ type of room and the std of accomodation.

That is nowhere near average.

You should be paying no more than €300 a month for a double bed.

mp3guy

irish_goat wrote: »

That is nowhere near average.

You should be paying no more than €300 a month for a double bed.

Depends. It's not objective.

LeixlipRed

In a ****ty undergrad place you can get a room for less than that alright. But if you want an actual double bedroom and not just a double bed in a half decent place, a quick scan of daft will tell you the average is over 300.

irish_goat

LeixlipRed wrote: »

In a ****ty undergrad place you can get a room for less than that alright. But if you want an actual double bedroom and not just a double bed in a half decent place, a quick scan of daft will tell you the average is over 300.

I doubt the OP is looking for anything overly fancy. My last 2 houses cost €300 and €275 a month and were both quite nice and weren't exclusively for students/****ty undergrads.

LeixlipRed

****ty undergrads, yes, exactly what I said, how witty.

Effluo

Either way the prices are hugely inflated.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=60331346

Made this poll almost two years ago, the prices have p much stayed the same even when they've dropped right across the country


Tbh I'd like to see the Uni clamp down on Landlords artificially increasing the prices of rooms in Maynooth just because they know there will be a demand for it with the university.
Maybe to get on the "residents list" in the future they should have to offer a price with all bills included and below a certain amount per month(ie not extortionary).

As it stands the residents office just offer a list of available accommadation and tbh it would be very simple to setup a rating system with it.

Simply anyone who views the house/has lived there previously could then write a review by loggin in with their student number and pin.

A proactive approach like that from the residents office would save all students a lot of time, grief and money.
I'm sure everyone at some point has had an issue with a landlord, a service like the one I've described could really improve the situation not only on cost but also fairness and honesty which is often bereft of landlords.

irish_goat

Effluo wrote: »

Tbh I'd like to see the Uni clamp down on Landlords artificially increasing the prices of rooms in Maynooth just because they know there will be a demand for it with the university.
Maybe to get on the "residents list" in the future they should have to offer a price with all bills included and below a certain amount per month(ie not extortionary).

It's not the business of the university to be interfering with the housing market. If landlords want to charge high prices they can but anyone stupid enough to pay those prices has only themselves to blame. Why would landlords bother reducing their prices when they continually get people willing to pay them?

The rating system idea is cool though.

Effluo

I figured part of the residence office's job is to look after students accommodation. Tackling inflated rent prices would certainly fall into that criteria, although they have very limited tools to do that.

The only tool which they do have, is the accommodation list which they create every year. If they regulate that to only allow landlords who charge reasonable rents to advertise on it, then they would have a good chance of reducing the rents on a whole. Even if they only managed to reduce rents by €10/month on each room every year then it would be a success.

They could also make a set contract for both parties to help combat dodgey landlords and promote fairness. The one off cost of making that contract would deffo be worth it imo.


I'd assume most landlords in maynooth actually get their rooms filled by using the NUIM residence's list service. So although it may be the college's only tool for helping students achieve more fair rents, it could well still get some results.


Also:
On the idea that everyone who pays over the odds for their accommodation have themselves to blame...
Well I don't think I'm a complete idiot, but for every year in maynooth I've been paying around €400/month for a room and believe me I had virtually no choice in the matter. And I've known countless other people who have been paying similar and have had no real choice either. It seems to be pay over the odds for a sh*thole or get a house which doesn't have mouldy walls and broken facilities and pay over the odds for that.

irish_goat

It's all down to supply and demand.

If students stopped paying the high prices and sought out the cheaper (but not necessarily poorer quality) housing then average prices would go down as the expensive landlords would need to drop their rent in order to find tenants.

mrcurious

How much on average do the expenses cost ESB etc.?

irish_goat

ESB for me was normally €30 a month average.
Gas was about €30 as well but rose to €50-60 in the winter when it was freezing.

It all depends on what you and your housemates are like though. Some people seem to think heating is free and run it constantly so that obviously puts the price up. Oil is more expensive as well and needs to be paid in advance in one go.

Not sure if it's true either but people always say girls cost more on electric cause they use hair dryers and straighteners every other day, but then a fella with a guitar amp could cost just as much if not more.

€60 a month would be a conservative estimate but you should always be prepared to pay a bit more. Always hold onto your receipts too incase other housemates don't pay up and the landlord tries to charge all of you for arrears.

Oh and throw in an extra €10 or so if you're plan on getting internet/TV.

Effluo

irish_goat wrote: »

If students stopped paying the high prices and sought out the cheaper (but not necessarily poorer quality) housing then average prices would go down as the expensive landlords would need to drop their rent in order to find tenants.

k,

So lets go magic up some more houses which are in good condition and offer cheaper rents...

Wait a second... They don't exist and at least certainly not in the volume which would allow every student in Maynooth to be housed. The last 2 years I've had to pick a house at the last minute due to working abroad/repeats and I can tell you a few lucky, well prepared people might get those houses by setting up the arrangement before the end of the previous semester, but come August/September there is nothing but overpriced shoddy accommodation.

irish_goat

Effluo wrote: »

k,

So lets go magic up some more houses which are in good condition and offer cheaper rents...

Wait a second... They don't exist and at least certainly not in the volume which would allow every student in Maynooth to be housed. The last 2 years I've had to pick a house at the last minute due to working abroad/repeats and I can tell you a few lucky, well prepared people might get those houses by setting up the arrangement before the end of the previous semester, but come August/September there is nothing but overpriced shoddy accommodation.

The university trying to impose a maximum rent isn't going to help solve that problem, it'll probably only make it worse. If you force a landlord of an "overpriced and shoddy" property to accept a lower rent he/she is far less likely to spend money on the place and the overall quality of housing will go down. Furthermore you'll have some landlords who aren't happy to accept the newer lower price and won't bother renting to students at all, decreasing the number of houses available(which in turn drives rent up).

Effluo

Man srsly, wth are you talking about? Are you disagreeing for the sake of it now?

Tbh it doesn't matter a f*ck what conclusions we come to, we're two people talking on an internet forum.


Are the rental prices in Maynooth artificially high? Yes
Should something be tried to be done about it? Yes
Will doing what I said have a chance at improving, the standard of accommodation and costs for students? Possibly


That's as far as I'm taking this


o/

Norrdeth

Jazis, chill the beans everyone!

Or start a protest, either way I'm happy.

tootyflutty

mrcurious wrote: »

How much on average do the expenses cost ESB etc.?

Depends on how many people yo have in the house, and how much you use it obviously. But this year, with 5 of us in the house, we paid €25 every two months for ESB, then €10 a month each on interwebs, and twice we put in €50 for oil. Gotta say though, worth getting more oil, it just happened that I was the only one in our house with a job so none of the others could afford any more at the time. But it was freezing, and we had no heating during any of the snow, actually took to burning paper/copies, and staying warm by candles during the sad times

But that along with our €260 a month rent, was pretty cheap house wise!

lordgoat

Effluo wrote: »

Man srsly, wth are you talking about? Are you disagreeing for the sake of it now?

Tbh it doesn't matter a f*ck what conclusions we come to, we're two people talking on an internet forum.


Are the rental prices in Maynooth artificially high? Yes
Should something be tried to be done about it? Yes
Will doing what I said have a chance at improving, the standard of accommodation and costs for students? Possibly


That's as far as I'm taking this


o/

Artificially high? What are you on about? No they're not. They are that price due to demand for them.

There are a good few cheaper places out there but if you want a decent place you'll pay 300 a month and upward.

You also ignore that Intel rent houses on mass from estate agents in maynooth and are undertaking an expansion at the moment so there is extra pressure on houses from them as well.

LeixlipRed

Rent prices are always artificially high, as most landlords are scammers. Look at the average prices in Maynooth in comparison to Leixlip, it's a decent bit more expensive here on average, a quick scan of daft will tell you that. And as far as I'm aware Intel have hired about 200 new staff, hardly an "expansion". They also laid off 300 people last year which gives you a net loss of staff. But don't let that get in your way of your argument.

Effluo

To rent a room in a small village in the middle of Kildare should not cost the same or more as the equivalent quality of accommodation in the nations capital city.

That makes little economic sense.

Students in Maynooth by in large are being screwed

LeixlipRed

But sure the market dictates the price right, supply=demand. Except they always forget the money hungry bastard part of that equation

lordgoat

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Rent prices are always artificially high, as most landlords are scammers. Look at the average prices in Maynooth in comparison to Leixlip, it's a decent bit more expensive here on average, a quick scan of daft will tell you that. And as far as I'm aware Intel have hired about 200 new staff, hardly an "expansion". They also laid off 300 people last year which gives you a net loss of staff. But don't let that get in your way of your argument.

Maynooth a far nicer place to live than Leixlip. Hence why Intel and HP block rent houses in maynooth from estate agents there more than they do in Leixlip and Cellbridge.

I do love a good jim corr theory. To rent a room or a house in cc dublin is dearer than in maynooth. If you think otherwise, you're wrong.

Supply and demand dictate the price, students in maynooth are getting no more screwed here than anywhere else in the country.

irish_goat

No one is getting screwed, you're not forced to rent a room at a high price. If you ask for/seek out a lower price you will get it. The landlords expecting higher prices only do so because they know people will pay it.

Effluo

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=60331346

Tbh it doesn't matter a f*ck what conclusions we come to, we're two people talking on an internet forum.


Are the rental prices in Maynooth artificially high? Yes
Should something be tried to be done about it? Yes
Will doing what I said have a chance at improving, the standard of accommodation and costs for students? Possibly


That's as far as I'm taking this


o/

o/

LeixlipRed

lordgoat wrote: »

Maynooth a far nicer place to live than Leixlip. Hence why Intel and HP block rent houses in maynooth from estate agents there more than they do in Leixlip and Cellbridge.

I do love a good jim corr theory. To rent a room or a house in cc dublin is dearer than in maynooth. If you think otherwise, you're wrong.

Supply and demand dictate the price, students in maynooth are getting no more screwed here than anywhere else in the country.

A far nicer place? That's just bizarre! I'm from Leixlip and in general Leixlip is much nicer. Most of the estates in Leixlip are a majority family homes hence the houses, public areas, etc, are in far better condition that in Maynooth.

Maynooth has a tesco which is about the only thing it has on Leixlip. The reason Intel block rent those houses in Maynooth is again because Maynooth has a high proportion of rented accommodation due to the proximity of the university. There are no mass of houses in Leixlip to block rent as families predominantly own those houses. Rents are higher in Maynooth to take advantage of the university and it's proximity.

Supply and demand don't dictate anything, greed dictates what landlords think they can get away with. If everything was a simple case of supply and demand I don't think we'd be staring down the barrel of worldwide financial meltdown, do you?

lordgoat

LeixlipRed wrote: »

A far nicer place? That's just bizarre! I'm from Leixlip and in general Leixlip is much nicer. Most of the estates in Leixlip are a majority family homes hence the houses, public areas, etc, are in far better condition that in Maynooth.

Maynooth has a tesco which is about the only thing it has on Leixlip. The reason Intel block rent those houses in Maynooth is again because Maynooth has a high proportion of rented accommodation due to the proximity of the university. There are no mass of houses in Leixlip to block rent as families predominantly own those houses. Rents are higher in Maynooth to take advantage of the university and it's proximity.

Supply and demand don't dictate anything, greed dictates what landlords think they can get away with. If everything was a simple case of supply and demand I don't think we'd be staring down the barrel of worldwide financial meltdown, do you?

A comparison Jim Corr would actually be proud of. Landlords in maynooth contributed to the global financial meltdown. Amazing. Sorry not amazing deluded.

Oh yes Leixlip has so much more on maynooth let's see, well there's the amenity centre and hmmmm not a whole lot else imo.

Rents are higher in maynooth as more people want to rent there. There's no hidden evil landlords endemic to maynooth.

Norrdeth

lordgoat wrote: »

A comparison Jim Corr would actually be proud of. Landlords in maynooth contributed to the global financial meltdown.

Eh?

LeixlipRed

Where did I say that? Carry on Lordgoat, it's entertaining to say the least. Love the way you haven't actually refuted or attempted to refute any of the factual stuff I put in my posts. Like this recruitment drive by Intel you mentioned. I even went onto the Intel website to check

Effluo

It's about the tenth facepalm I've done so far this thread

Xqzciara

http://imgur.com/tCp90.gif

lordgoat

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Where did I say that? Carry on Lordgoat, it's entertaining to say the least. Love the way you haven't actually refuted or attempted to refute any of the factual stuff I put in my posts. Like this recruitment drive by Intel you mentioned. I even went onto the Intel website to check

Well your posts are full of sensationalist drivel, but let me break it down for you.
You stated that supply and demand don't dictate anything that greed does. You call landlords greedy.
In the next sentence you then say if supply and demand did dictate things there would be no global crisis.
This Implies that greed was the cause of it. (Naive pof if you think this by the way)
You're in a thread about rent in maynooth.

So if you need the above in a crayon drawing i could probably knock one up for you?

My point is simple. More people want to rent in maynooth therefore it's more expensive. There are a range of houses of varying prices to be found in maynooth.

I can draw diagrams if you need?

Amazing that you are from a town and you didn't hear about this:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0115/intel.html

Also construction work started in June, an old housemate of mine started there with the first on site. You probably missed this as you were out, no doubt, involved in some leixlip based activities, of which there are so many.

I hope i have entertained you half as much as you have me.

watchingd

I'm from Leixlip and in general Leixlip is much nicer. Most of the estates in Leixlip are a majority family homes hence the houses, public areas, etc, are in far better condition that in Maynooth.

Never would have guessed you were from Leixlip......

Your opinion may be that Leixlip is a far nicer area, but in reality its not. To say that Maynooth only has a Tesco is a joke. Looking past the obvious, which is the University/College, Maynooth has Manor Mills (which has among other things Dunnes), the tesco shopping area(Heatons + Maxi Zoo), Glen Royal gym + swimming pool (so thats two gyms/pools in Maynooth with the College), Carton Golf Course (Which has held the Irish Open), a better placed train station (based nicely in the center of town reachable from everywhere, unlike the pointless locations of Leixlips ones), and is serviced by multiple bus routes (including Dublin, Galway and others).

Maynooth may have more houses available to rent but that is due to it being a commuter town and university town but saying Leixlip is more family orientated is also laughable, Maynooth even has more schools (and a better variety) than Leixlip.

But hey if you think Leixlip is so much nicer than Maynooth feel free to move back there, the money you could save on rent would easily pay for your 66 bus in each day.

Norrdeth

This thread isn't about who's town is better, it's about information on rent prices in Maynooth.
If you want to discuss economics create a new thread.
Otherwise please stick to the point guys, or the thread will be locked.

sionnachrua

Last year I got a house from the student housing list available from the residence office, and this year I found one on daft.ie. I'm fairly sure that the houses on the list tend to be more expensive, or else they're just less value for money. I'd say the average there is 80 euro a week, but often you could be sharing a room for that, or the house is generally old and very cold in winter.

I would recommend looking on daft. I couldn't say what the average price is, but there's enough of a range in price that you could find something cheap enough. The houses tend to be better standard, the only problems you have to deal with are landlords of nice houses not wanting them to be messed up by students, and that many of them want you to sign to a one year lease. Landlords can be negotiated with though, so you might as well chance it. Good luck to all ye out there finding a house!

Copperpiiipe

Anyone know what a landlord will ask for if your rent a house as a ''professional''?

I can get a reference letter pretty easily, just wondering if they want anything else. Asking this because any of the nice houses at decent prices are for either professionals or post grad students. Im not paying 300 and something quid for a **** house for my last year, so id rather lie my way into a nice house if I have to.

Edit: Sorry may be wrong place to post, just thought people here would know.

LeixlipRed

So intel are renting out houses for construction workers? Who wouldn't even be employed by them.... As for the your town is better than my town and you should move back there crap, I don't know why I engaged with that debate as I should've known the level of childishness people would stoop to.

As for the Maynooth has more schools argument, that is simply just wrong. Leixlip is a more populous town than Maynooth, it's true, see census 2006 results here. It has two post primary schools, Maynooth has one. Leixlip has 6 primary schools. I don't know how many Maynooth has but it's not 6 unless they're hiding them somewhere. Anyway, I'm done with this rubbish, good luck.

lordgoat

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Where did I say that? Carry on Lordgoat, it's entertaining to say the least. Love the way you haven't actually refuted or attempted to refute any of the factual stuff I put in my posts. Like this recruitment drive by Intel you mentioned. I even went onto the Intel website to check

Irony.

Also any big company will block rent houses in this manner. Surely you can grasp the concept, first they rent them to the people that build the factory, then once they move on, rent them to the actual people who work there. Plus it also means they can offer accommodation for new employees with their contract. (very helpful if recruiting from overseas) So yes Intel do infact rent houses to construction workers.

Norrdeth

ok, kewl

Effluo

http://news.google.ie/news/more?pz=1&jfkl=true&cf=all&ned=en_ie&ncl=dnirF-iqzGF5pvM3z1Yw9AOeI0v_M&topic=h


According to the USI
"MORE THAN 60 per cent of students are being “ripped off by rogue landlords”"

Now shurrup with your nonsense the lot of ye

sionnachrua

Effluo wrote: »

http://news.google.ie/news/more?pz=1&jfkl=true&cf=all&ned=en_ie&ncl=dnirF-iqzGF5pvM3z1Yw9AOeI0v_M&topic=h

My brother had his deposit kept for no reason, and he was all set to go to the Small Claims Court and everything, but his landlord was a drug lord that everyone in the area was terrified of, and he was afraid he'd come after him if he signed whatever it was he was supposed to sign.

How's that for an unscrupulous landlord! :P

lordgoat

Effluo wrote: »

http://news.google.ie/news/more?pz=1&jfkl=true&cf=all&ned=en_ie&ncl=dnirF-iqzGF5pvM3z1Yw9AOeI0v_M&topic=h


According to the USI
"MORE THAN 60 per cent of students are being “ripped off by rogue landlords”"

Now shurrup with your nonsense the lot of ye

Did you read anything except the headline of that article? because i have and i'm struggling to find where it says that the rents being paid are too high by students renting in maynooth?