Rent Allowance to be accepted in 5 star Powerscourt Hotel!

Kermit.de.frog

Rent allowance to be accepted for Powerscourt Hotel suite


Powerscourt Hotel in Co Wicklow: the owner of a suite at the hotel has offered to accept social welfare rent allowances as part of the monthly rent


A Meath property developer who owns a spectacular suite at the Powerscourt Hotel in Co Wicklow has offered to accept social welfare rent allowances as part of the monthly rent when he leases the five-star accommodation next month.


Ok I shall resist and let the AH wolves take care of this one. Plenty of meat to chew in this I think.:pac:

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

I'm holding out for the Gresham.

KungPao

Well la-di-da!

hfallada

I imagine its to piss off the management. A service charge of 38k a year is ridiculous.

B.A._Baracus

No need for the big bold link there, op :P Makes you come off like you have your big wooden spoon out ready to stir the pot :pac:

But honestly... who cares. Sounds like a marketing ploy to me or something. Get the hotels name out there. But when it comes down to a person actually trying to use rent allowance... I expect alot to be told no for whatever [insert reason] why.

Mickey H

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

I'm holding out for the Gresham Travelodge.

Close enough.

Kermit.de.frog

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

No need for the big bold link there, op :P Makes you come off like you have your big wooden spoon out ready to stir the pot :pac:

But honestly... who cares. Sounds like a marketing ploy to me or something. Get the hotels name out there. But when it comes down to a person actually trying to use rent allowance... I expect alot to be told no for whatever [insert reason] why.

BUT what if it is real and Jacinta actually moves in?

Bongalongherb

What's the catch ? I smell something fishy with this.

mikemac1

according to Mr O’Connor, the hotel management has the right to vet any of his tenants before deciding if they could stay on the premises

Management saw this coming

B.A._Baracus

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

BUT what if it is real and Jacinta actually moves in?

An Irish version of jeremy kyle ireland will be needed and created? :pac:


But honestly, who gives a fuck?
Like, do you have something invested in this hotel? do you visit there regularly? ... Like if you turned around and said you worked there or something. Like yeah, i'd get it. You are involved. But is that the case?

biko

Oh em gee

Kermit.de.frog

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

An Irish version of jeremy kyle ireland will be needed and created? :pac:


But honestly, who gives a fuck?
Like, do you have something invested in this hotel? do you visit there regularly? ... Like if you turned around and said you worked there or something. Like yeah, i'd get it. You are involved. But is that the case?

So you would have no issue with your taxes going to pay for people, most of whom don't work, living in 5 star hotels? Do you live in higher standard accommodation? This is not exactly what is meant by affordable housing.

L1011

Pity the rent allowance limit is €575 or €680 (dunno if Enniskerry counts as 'Bray Area') a month for a couple, so not enough. Unless he wants to jam a family of five in to it.

Sheldons Brain

Of course, those on rent allowance are not supposed to supplement the rent allowance with other funds, so this would require a rent allowance for the full value of the apartment. Not likely.

Tokarev

Could we send all the junkies and whatsnot from the city to here?

B.A._Baracus

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

So you would have no issue with your taxes going to pay for people, most of whom don't work, living in 5 star hotels? Do you live in higher standard accommodation? This is not exactly what is meant by affordable housing.

Can I be totally honest with you, Kerm.
Taxes are a load of bollocks. Imagine if we could flip a switch. That tomorrow we have no one on the social welfare and it's celtic tiger all over again. Do you honestly think taxes would go down? They wouldn't.

People on the dole aren't the problem. If you want to get down to the nitty gritty it's the law and government thats the problem. If I want to buy a banana I pay tax. If I want to get a car I pay tax. If I want a tv I pay tax. Etc.

But don't be confused by the hotel. This is a marketing ploy. They aint going to take Jacinta with 12 kids. The fuck they are. But this move creates debate. Such as what we are having now. It's marketing.

Lapin

With all the big blue font in the OP, I thought something important was happening.

Hotel accepts rent allowance.

Wow.

mikemac1

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

But honestly... who cares. Sounds like a marketing ploy to me or something. Get the hotels name out there.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

But don't be confused by the hotel. This is a marketing ploy. They aint going to take Jacinta with 12 kids. The fuck they are. But this move creates debate. Such as what we are having now. It's marketing.

It's the very opposite of marketing as the hotel are in a dispute and having the issue getting reported. It's bad publicity

The hotel didn't advertise the suite, the owner did.

Every hear of the developer who was sick of objections so he threatens to build a halting site if the locals wont stop objecting? This isn't the same but it sort of is, the owner is threatening the hotel here

Lapin

Tokarev wrote: »

Could we send all the junkies and whatsnot from the city to here?

Go for it !

Kermit.de.frog

Lapin wrote: »

With all the big blue font in the OP, I thought something important was happening.

Hotel accepts rent allowance.

Wow.

Correction. One of country's most luxurious hotels. This is not a hotel for commoners.

bronn

From the article it seems pretty clear that the investor, O'Connor, moved into the suite and management got a High Court order against him because he's not allowed to live there (I don't care why). The net result being that if he can't use it, he's hoping that someone will move in and wreck the gaff or at the very least, management will have bother vetting applicants.

It's speculators fighting over a hotel room while Nama had debts of at least €127 million associated with the hotel. Nama. That's you and me. And the whole place was sold to the current speculators for around €4 million. A plague on both their hotel suites.

Lapin

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Correction. One of country's most luxurious hotels. This is not a hotel for commoners.

Most definitely not.

I stayed in it myself after all.


There isn't a hope in hell of them letting a room to someone on a housing list on a long term basis.

Hard to believe The Irish Times stooped for this one.

More of a Daily Mail one really.

Bongalongherb

Lapin wrote: »

Most definitely not.

I stayed in it myself after all.


There isn't a hope in hell of them letting a room to someone on a housing list on a long term basis.

Hard to believe The Irish Times stooped for this one.

More of a Daily Mail one really.

Maybe wear a suit when you look for accommodation here re rent allowance acceptance. Don't waste time, go forward ye dolers, in style.

Kermit.de.frog

You couldn't blame a commoner if they were lucky enough to be given a suite there all the same. The blame would be elsewhere.

Seaneh

As has been pointed out rent is higher than the maximum allowed for Rent Allowence unless they try to ram a family in there, which is unlikely.