Useful Links & Abbreviations

Victor

Regulation of Property:

National Property Services Regulatory Authority www.prs.ie
Private Residential Tenancies Board www.prtb.ie

Looking for housing advice:

www.threshold.ie
www.focusireland.ie

Looking for legal advice:

www.flac.ie

Looking for crisis financial advice:

www.mabs.ie
Mortgage Arrears Support Thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057255378

Looking for somewhere to rent:

www.daft.ie
http://threshold.daft.ie/ - Threshold/daft.ie Filter For Accommodation That Accepts Rent Allowance
www.wyse.ie
www.kpm.ie
www.lisney.com
www.let.ie
http://classifieds.advertiser.ie/property [Galway emphasis]
www.olivers.ie
www.homelocators.ie
www.denisbarrett.com
www.templeproperties.ie
www.propertyteam.ie

Looking for somewhere to buy:

www.myhome.ie [portal site]
www.wyse.ie
www.lisney.com
www.propertyteam.ie
www.hok.ie
www.hookemacdonald.com
http://www.denisbarrett.com/

Looking for somewhere to near college:

NUI Galway www.nuigalway.ie/administration_services/accommodation_office/index.html
TCD www.tcd.ie/Accommodation/student.htm

Tax breaks:
www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/buying-a-home/owning-a-home/rent_a_room_scheme

Property Tax:

Property Tax Section of Revenue Website: http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/lpt/faqs/household.html

These sites are outside boards.ie and are not necessarily recommended or endorsed. We would be grateful for feed-back on them.

Thanks to people who pointed out sites.

Eoin

If you are looking for mortgage protection, check out LA Brokers. I think the policy is the bare minimum required for the mortgage, so the rates are pretty good. They give you around 50% off the first year's rates, so well worth a look.

Eoin

Victor

Irish Association of Self Builders

http://www.iaosb.com/

Victor

Equitable Houseshare

stovelid

Check out neighbours.ie for neighborhood forums. The site has a list of forums in Dublin and nationwide, allowing neighbours to discuss local issues, amenities or just have a natter.

I'm a mod for my own neighborhood's forum but it's a non-profit resource.

Thanks

Stove

Victor

Environmental Health Officer
Housing and Residential Services Department
Dublin City Council.

Phone 01 222 3751

Victor

Abbreviation___|Meaning
# | Number
* | Star, as is "5 star hotel"
@ | At
+ | And
0044 | UK phone number
10th | Tenth
15A | Bus route 15A
1st | First
2nd | Second
31st | Thirty First
3rd | Third
4th | Fourth
50'S | In the period 1950-1960
accom | Accommodation
ACCOMM | Accommodation
accomodation | Accommodation
acre | Unit of measurement
AD | Advertisement
adj | Adjacent
Advert | Advertisement
AIRSIDE | Area near Swords, Co. Dublin
alarm | Burglar alarm
allowance | As in "rent allowance", a welfare payment
allowances | Tax credits
ameneties | amenities
amenities | Local facilities such as shops, doctor, school, etc.
AMENTIES | amenities
ammen | amenities
AMV | Advised minimum value
apart | Apartment
A'port | Airport
appart | Apartment
appartment | Apartment
appliances | Kitchen appliances, e.g. cooker, fridge, microwave
approx | Approximately
appt | Appointment (or mis-spelling of apartment)
APR | Annual Percentage Rate (used with interest charges)
apt | Apartment
Apt | Apartment
apt | Apartment
APTS | Apartments
Apts | Apartments
Assoc | Associates or Association
Auct | Auction
Aug | August
Av | Available or Average
avail | available
Ave | Avenue
balc | balcony
bargin | Bargain
bathrm | bathroom
bband | Broadband internet connection
bd | Bed
bds | Beds
beaut | beautiful
bedrm | bedroom
bedrms | bedrooms
Beds | Bedrooms
bedsit | Bed-sitter
bedsitter | Studio apartment, possibly sharing some facilities, e.g. bathroom with another apartment. From Bedroom-sitting room
BER | A building energy rating is a rating on the overall energy efficiency of a building
bills | Utility bills, typically electricity, gas or oil, cable TV, phone
Blanc | Blanchardstown
Blanch | Blanchardstown
BLANCH | Blanchardstown
bsde | Beside - next to
bthrm | Bathroom
bung | Bungalow - a single storey house, usually detached.
c | circa - approximately
cable | Cable television
Call | To visit or to telephone
cash | Money
CH | Central heating
Chambers | Shared offices above shops
Citywest | Area in west Dublin
Co. | County - typically a rural area
cond | condition
cons | Conveniences (as in "all mod cons") = all modern conveniences (a modern kitchen & bathroom)
cont | Contact
cont'd | Continued
cottage | A traditional one- or two-storey usually detached house, where the main rooms stretch from front to back
country | Countryside - not in the city
couple | Two people
creche | Child care
Cross | A cross roads
CT | Court
ctr | Centre
ctre | Centre
D1 | A Dublin postcode
Dart | DART
Dart | DART train system www.dart.ie
DART | The DART suburban train system in Dublin
db | Double
dbl | Double
Dbl | Double
dble | Double
DCU | Dublin City University
DEP | Deposit

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Abbreviation___|Meaning
det | Detached
detacted | Detached
Dev | Development
devel | Development
din | Dining
Dishwasher | A machine for cleaning kitchen ……..
Dormer | A window projecting from a sloped roof or a house with such a feature
Dunnes | Dunnes Stores - department store with grocery, clothing and household departments
Duplexes | An apartment in two storeys
Edwardian | Dating from the time of King Edward
EHB | Eastern Health Board
eircom | eircom - dominant phone company
elec | electricity
ensuite | An en-suite bathroom or shower room with direct access from a bedroom and not usually shared
ent | entrance
equip | equipped
ESB | Electricity Supply Board - dominant electricity company
ess | essential
Est | estate
Eurospar | Chain of small to medium convenience shops
excel | excellent
excep | exceptional
Excess | Over
EXECUTIVE | High quality
fab | Fabulous
fem | female
FF | Fully furnished
FF | Fully furnished
flat | An apartment in a non-purpose built building, e.g. one that may have been converted from a large house or other building.
floor | Storey
flr | floor
FPP | Full planning permission
frm | from
ft | Foot (plural feet). 3.281 feet = one metre
FTB | First time buyer
fur | Furnished
Furn | Furnished
Gar | Garage or garden
gas | Usually Natural gas (methane)
GCH | Gas central heating
gdn | Garden
Gent | Man
Georgian | Dating from the time of kings George I-IV, i.e. covering the period from 1714 to 1830
gf | Gas fired
gfch | Gas fired central heating
girl | Woman
grdn | Garden
grnd | ground
Hosp | Hospital
hr | Hour
hse | House
Hsp | Hospital
huge | Very large
HX | Harold's Cross
immac | Immaculate = very clean
immaculate | Very clean
immdiately | immediately
immed | immediate
immediatley | immediately
inc | included or increase
incl | included
int | Internal
k | Thousand
KCR | Kimmage Cross Roads
kids | Children
kit | Kitchen
LADY | Woman
lady | Woman
Landlord | Property owner
Lease | A legal document setting out the rules for the landlord and tenant
lge | Large
loc | Location
lounge | Living room
lrg | Large
lroom | Living room
l'room | Living room
Luas | Luas tram system www.luas.ie
lux | Luxury
M50 | M50 motorway. The Dublin ring road
male | Man
males | Men
mezzanine | Part of a building where two low storeys are equal in height to one taller storey
mid | Middle
mile | 1 miles = 1.6km
min | Minimum or minute
mins | minutes
mod | Modern
Mon | Monday
Mon-Fri | Monday - Friday
mth | Month
N2 | National Route N2
NCR | North Circular Road
noon | midday
Nr | Near
N'r | Near
NS | Non smoker
Nth | North
NTL | Former NTL cable television and / or broadband internet, Now UPC (see below).
o'c | O'clock
occup | occupancy
occupier | The person living in a building
OFCH | Oil fired central heating
ono | Or nearest offer
own | Not shared with others
parkg | Car parking
parking | Car parking
pcm | Per calendar month
penthouse | The top storey of a building, usually set back from the main street frontage and often to a higher standard than other apartments
PH | Phone
Ph | Phone or phase
Phone | Telephone
pkg | Car parking
pking | Car parking
pkng | Car parking
Plc | Place
pm | Per month
pool | Swimming pool
PP | Planning Permission
priv | private
prk | Park
prkg | Car parking
prof | professional
professionals | Professionals = employed people with good prospects
pw | Per week
QBC | Quality bus corridor
recpt | Receipt
Ref | References
ref | References
references | Letters confirming that you are a person of good character
Refs | References
refs | References
ref's | References
req | Required
reqd | Required
req'd | Required
rm | Room
rm | Room
rms | Rooms
Sat | Saturday
SC | Shopping centre or self-contained
SCR | South Circular Road
sd | Semi-detached
semi | Semi-detached
semid | Semi-detached
semidet | Semi-detached
semidetached | Semi-detached
Semi-detached | A semi-detached house, i.e. two separate houses in one building, attached to one another on one side only
semis | Semi-detached
sgl | Single
sgle | Single
share | Sharing the property with people you don't know
shared | Sharing the property with people you don't know
sharing | Sharing the property with people you don't know
SHED | A small external building used for storage
Shr | Shower
sitter | A bed-sit
sngl | Single
solicitor | Lawyer
sq | Square
sqft | Square feet (area). 1 square metre = 10.764 square feet
sqm | Square metres
Square | The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght
stg£ | Pounds Sterling (UK)
STH | South
stn | Station
Tce | Terrace
Terrace | A series of houses all attached
townhouse | Often a terraced house with no front garden
Tues | Tuesday
TV | Television
tv | Television, TV
twin | Two single beds in one bedroom
UCD | University College Dublin
unfurnished | No furniture
Upr | Upper
UPC | UPC (formerly NTL) cable television and / or broadband internet www.upc.ie
UPVC | A type of plastic often used to make windows
VGE | Village
vhigh | Very high
Victorian | Dating from the time of Queen Victoria
VILLAGE | A small town
W | West
Wardrobes | Piece of furniture for storing clothes
wc | Toilet
WED | Wednesday
wlk | Walk
X | Cross
XS | Excess
yr | Year

Victor

Abbreviation___|Meaning
occup | occupancy
occupier | The person living in a building
OFCH | Oil fired central heating
ono | Or nearest offer
own | Not shared with others
parkg | Car parking
parking | Car parking
pcm | Per calendar month
penthouse | The top storey of a building, usually set back from the main street frontage and often to a higher standard than other apartments
PH | Phone
Ph | Phone or phase
Phone | Telephone
pkg | Car parking
pking | Car parking
pkng | Car parking
Plc | Place
pm | Per month
pool | Swimming pool
PP | Planning Permission
priv | private
prk | Park
prkg | Car parking
prof | professional
professionals | Professionals = employed people with good prospects
pw | Per week
QBC | Quality bus corridor
recpt | Receipt
Ref | References
ref | References
references | Letters confirming that you are a person of good character
Refs | References
refs | References
ref's | References
req | Required
reqd | Required
req'd | Required
rm | Room
rm | Room
rms | Rooms
Sat | Saturday
SC | Shopping centre or self-contained
SCR | South Circular Road
sd | Semi-detached
semi | Semi-detached
semid | Semi-detached
semidet | Semi-detached
semidetached | Semi-detached
Semi-detached | A semi-detached house, i.e. two separate houses in one building, attached to one another on one side only
semis | Semi-detached
sgl | Single
sgle | Single
share | Sharing the property with people you don't know
shared | Sharing the property with people you don't know
sharing | Sharing the property with people you don't know
SHED | A small external building used for storage
Shr | Shower
sitter | A bed-sit
sngl | Single
solicitor | Lawyer
sq | Square
sqft | Square feet (area). 1 square metre = 10.764 square feet
sqm | Square metres
Square | The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght
stg£ | Pounds Sterling (UK)
STH | South
stn | Station
Tce | Terrace
Terrace | A series of houses all attached
townhouse | Often a terraced house with no front garden
Tues | Tuesday
TV | Television
tv | Television, TV
twin | Two single beds in one bedroom
UCD | University College Dublin
unfurnished | No furniture
Upr | Upper
UPVC | A type of plastic often used to make windows
VGE | Village
vhigh | Very high
Victorian | Dating from the time of Queen Victoria
VILLAGE | A small town
W | West
Wardrobes | Piece of furniture for storing clothes
wc | Toilet
WED | Wednesday
wlk | Walk
X | Cross
XS | Excess
yr | Year

Victor

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/environment/environmental-protection/noise_regulations/?searchterm=alarms

The_Conductor

Website is awkard and cumbersome as hell to use but its live and its here

Draco

I've had a go at geocoding all the addresses in the register (with varying levels of success): http://karlmonaghan.com/property/

rat_race

DaftDrop, Irish property price drop search engine & stats, recently rebuilt and given a new lease of life:

http://www.daftdrop.com

Mortgage calculators....

https://www.ccpc.ie/consumers/tools-and-calculators/mortgage-calculators/