I've a double room to let but have only got one call in 2 days

murphyaii

I must be doing something wrong.
I've never seen such a slow response to a room being available.
I've posted the advert on daft.ie, easyroommate and gumtree but still only one interest.
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/3-mount-town-road-lower-dun-laoghaire-dublin-865264/

any ideas?

whippet

thankfully I am not in the rental market or need to rent .. however on first look:

€700 per month for a single room that looks tiny, barely enough room for a bedside locker. The whole place looks tiny.

Also, sharing with a 44 y/o IT engineer who makes wine at home in a small apartment wouldn't be something that would appeal to the masses.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

The ad is worded as though the room is only available for one year, is that deliberate?

Ps. I'm sure you've done your research & that's the market value, but €700 for a cramped double room in a shared apartment, albeit in a nice area, holy sheet :eek:

murphyaii

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

The ad is worded as though the room is only available for one year, is that deliberate?

Ps. I'm sure you've done your research & that's the market value, but €700 for a cramped double room in a shared apartment, albeit in a nice area, holy sheet :eek:

Well i've been in that room for 2 years and it's not cramped.
Changed the lenght to 1 year + now.

foggy_lad

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

The ad is worded as though the room is only available for one year, is that deliberate?

Ps. I'm sure you've done your research & that's the market value, but €700 for a cramped double room in a shared apartment, albeit in a nice area, holy sheet :eek:

It is not a double room! it is a single/box room with a double bed fitted which even looks like one of those smaller 4' double beds rather than a full size 4'6" double bed. Kitchen area is tiny with no room for even pots and pans which have to be hung from the ceiling, Living area is desperately cramped.

That apartment is really only suitable for 1 person or a couple but not two people sharing.

emeldc

murphyaii wrote: »

Well i've been in that room for 2 years and it's not cramped.
Changed the lenght to 1 year + now.

It looks like a single room with a double bed squeezed in. A 4ft bed would make the room look bigger.
And the shower, what can I say, it looks manky. Well if you want honesty :rolleyes:

Riamfada

I pay 500 for a room about twice the size with an en suite in Stillorgan. I wouldnt consider paying 700.

Jen44

sorry to be negative but it looks more like a single room with a double bed. Its more to rent that one small bedroom then it is for the mortgage of my three bed semi, granted its in drogheda but still!

pawrick

Take new pics and try not to aim the camera towards a light source. Tidy up the rooms and put a new bedspread on the bed to make it look more comfortable to anyone browsing ads on daft. At present it doesn't look worth visiting. Have a look at ads for other places in the area for ideas on how to improve your ad.


Take out the reference to the pub and wine making. Bus stop if it is right outside plus a pub could put people off re noise and drunk people. Say the bus stop is nearby on same street. Include any other amenities nearby such as cafes, parks etc.

Arbiter of Good Taste

murphyaii wrote: »

Well i've been in that room for 2 years and it's not cramped.
Changed the lenght to 1 year + now.

In which case, take a better picture, as it looks like a double bed shoved into a tiny single room.

Get rid of any clutter - all the stuff on the kitchen counter, tea towels, towels in the bathroom and whatever is on the kitchen table, the glass table and what looks like the TV unit in the left hand corner.

Word it as "1+ year". The way you have it now, just looks like a typo. Can you not just leave it silent and discuss term with any potentials?

baldbear

To be paying €700 I would want something really special. The price & size of the apartment is not reasonable in my opinion.

If you were in a job where you could afford to pay €700 then you would really be expecting an en suite & a real classy place. I think its €100 overpriced.

Galadriel

That's a crazy price for a. the size of the bedroom and b. the size of the apartment, you would need to be cutting your asking price almost in half.

Jen44

also id move the bed to the other side of the room so its not on top of the rad and it would also give access to the window.

seamus

The market decides the price.

Look at your competition:
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/blackrock/castledawson-sion-hill-blackrock-dublin-864965/
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/penthouse-granitefield-manor-dun-laoghaire-dublin-857477/

Aim for €500 but be prepared to negotiate down.

When taking pictures, as said do not take the picture towards a light source, but also switch on the lights inside the house, even if it's daytime. Having the lights on changes the way the camera processes the image and gives a truer reflection of what the room actually looks like in daytime.

Carlos Orange

Prices are hard to know but looking at other places nearby on Daft it does look to be top of the price range. Have a look at them and re-evaluate your price relative to theirs. Or move into one of them.

Arbiter of Good Taste

psinno wrote: »

Prices are hard to know but looking at other places nearby on Daft it does look to be top of the price range. Have a look at them and re-evaluate your price relative to theirs. Or move into one of them.

That's what I was thinking!

Zulu

Your are overpricing (it's not worth 700), and over selling (it's not a double). Simple.

PhoenixParker

What everyone else has said, but also show the rest of the bedroom. If there's storage you need to show it. Back when I was looking to rent rooms in house shares my main consideration was how to fit all my crap in a bedroom. You need to show that clearly. Actually that applies to the rest of the house. Declutter. In every photo I wonder where I'm going to fit, there's stuff in every available space.

Azalea

Lovely room and apartment but the asking rent is too high.

It could be a double imo, but a very cramped one.

mel123

Its a very small apartment that looks like its really only fit for one person in the first instance - the kitchen is tiny, the bathroom is tiny, bedroom tiny.
This is whats wrong with the rental market at the moment, people think they can overcharge for any type of accommodation (OP im not having a dig at you, maybe its your landlord setting the price).

emeldc

seamus wrote: »

The market decides the price.

Look at your competition:
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/blackrock/castledawson-sion-hill-blackrock-dublin-864965/
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/penthouse-granitefield-manor-dun-laoghaire-dublin-857477/

Wow! no comparison when you look at those two places.

HeidiHeidi

mel123 wrote: »

Its a very small apartment that looks like its really only fit for one person in the first instance - the kitchen is tiny, the bathroom is tiny, bedroom tiny.
This is whats wrong with the rental market at the moment, people think they can overcharge for any type of accommodation (OP im not having a dig at you, maybe its your landlord setting the price).

This is what I was wondering.

It looks like a small apartment, and a tiny bedroom, sorry.

If that's the price OP is looking for for the second bedroom, either he's looking for someone to pay most of his rent, or else what on earth rent is he being charged in the first place? :eek:

EagererBeaver

Think you've got your answer OP. Basically, your price is an absolute rip-off.

HeidiHeidi

emeldc wrote: »

Wow! no comparison when you look at those two places.

Second one is Monday to Friday rental, though - which explains the very low price sought. (well, very low in today's market!)

simdan

baldbear wrote:

If you were in a job where you could afford to pay €700 then you would really be expecting an en suite & a real classy place. I think its €100 overpriced.

My thoughts too.. It's a nice area, although imagine trying to get ready for work in a room that small.

Closer to 500e pcm

vandriver

One of those examples is Monday to Friday only

Nerdlingr

Double bedroom ?!!! Just because a double bed fits in doesn't make it a double bedroom. 700 quid for that? Sorry but its not surprising the uptake has been slow to non-existent.

edit:

this is only down the road for the same price with en-suite shower and parking...
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/clifton-court-tivoli-terrace-south-dun-laoghaire-dublin-865500/

Arbiter of Good Taste

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Second one is Monday to Friday rental, though - which explains the very low price sought. (well, very low in today's market!)

By my calculations, if you gross up for a 7 day week, its about €735 per month. Let's increase that to €800 per month - even €850 - for the convenience of not having to go away at the weekend. That's still much better value than what the OP is offering for €700

eeguy

I pay 450 for bigger room in a nicer house right in the city centre.

Your price is astronomical.

HeidiHeidi

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

By my calculations, if you gross up for a 7 day week, its about €35 per month. Let's increase that to €800 per month - even €850 - for the convenience of not having to go away at the weekend. That's still much better value than what the OP is offering for €700

Oh I'm in agreement with you on that!

I think OP has no hope of getting that price for the room as currently advertised.

EagererBeaver

Some of the info is a bit dodgy looking as well. 10 minute walk to the dart? From there?

While I'm not sure there's much photography wizardry you could do to entice anyone to pay 700 quid for that, you could do a bit better than four crappy camera phone photos of the barely tidied place.

Look to be perfectly blunt having grown up in the area you are in the two perceived worst locations would be Monkstown farm and Mount town.

You are pricing the apartment as if you are in one of the areas that closely surround it, which you arent. It is also a tiny box room and the apartment is just absolutely full of your stuff everywhere bar the bedroom. Its worth €450-500 max

MrTom1

for €700 i would have a 1 or 2 bed apartment on outskirts of town for the rent you are looking. Place looks cramped, kitchen looks like a bathroom , room for rent looks really bad for that type of money - Imagine you had a girl to bring home to that room loving aint gonna happen !

MrTom1

Also with the empty wine glass on the counter , clothes or towls hanging on the oven handle and the kitchen a mess i know alarm bells are ringing that the person sharing is messy and will be a snob who doesnt clean. This for me is a big thing , way too much stuff in that kitchen which means where is "MY" stuff going to go ?

jam_mac_jam

It looks very cramped because of the clutter and stuff everywhere. Clean up and take pictures that are in focus. Also, you are priced way too high. That is crazy money. I would take 100 or 200 off.

keane2097

Place is a mess, room is tiny, location is bad. 700 quid is a scandalous asking price, can't believe you actually got a call.

handlemaster

murphyaii wrote: »

I must be doing something wrong.
I've never seen such a slow response to a room being available.
I've posted the advert on daft.ie, easyroommate and gumtree but still only one interest.
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/3-mount-town-road-lower-dun-laoghaire-dublin-865264/

any ideas?

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readyletsgo

seamus wrote: »

The market decides the price.

Look at your competition:
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/blackrock/castledawson-sion-hill-blackrock-dublin-864965/
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/penthouse-granitefield-manor-dun-laoghaire-dublin-857477/

Aim for €500 but be prepared to negotiate down.

When taking pictures, as said do not take the picture towards a light source, but also switch on the lights inside the house, even if it's daytime. Having the lights on changes the way the camera processes the image and gives a truer reflection of what the room actually looks like in daytime.

Tbf, your place looks like a dump compared to these two. Says to me you are a grabby/no contact landlord.

I'd pay €400 max for your place, and would expect bills to be included.

I've lived in a lot of really nice place over the years with much lower asking prices in Dublin.

emeldc

readyletsgo wrote: »

Tbf, your place looks like a dump compared to these two. Says to me you are a grabby/no contact landlord.

I'd pay €400 max for your place, and would expect bills to be included.

I've lived in a lot of really nice place over the years with much lower asking prices in Dublin.

He's not the landlord.
You might want to throw up a few links for places in south Dublin for €400 inc bills.

Squall Leonhart

Have rented a far far nicer double room with ensuite in Cork City recently for 500/mo. I know it's not Dublin, but accommodation in Cork is scarce as well.

Disgustingly overpriced at 700/mo for that single room with a double bed wedged in.

Theboinkmaster

murphyaii wrote: »

I must be doing something wrong.
I've never seen such a slow response to a room being available.
I've posted the advert on daft.ie, easyroommate and gumtree but still only one interest.
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/3-mount-town-road-lower-dun-laoghaire-dublin-865264/

any ideas?

TBH you should be ashamed of yourself for living in a place like that and expecting someone else to also - and pay €700.

This is exactly what's wrong with the Dublin rental market.

Carlos Orange

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

TBH you should be ashamed of yourself for living in a place like that and expecting someone else to also - and pay €700.

That is a bit much.

Theboinkmaster

psinno wrote: »

That is a bit much.

I don't think so - OP is obviously lazy, greedy & stupid.

- take pictures in dark
- don't make bed properly or pull curtains open fully
- have bed against radiator
- take pictures facing the light
- don't de-clutter apartment
- don't clean apartment
- ask for €700 per month
- talks about making wine at home
- wonders why he's only getting 1 call

I mean what the absolute fvck :eek:

Agent Smith

murphyaii wrote: »

I must be doing something wrong.
I've never seen such a slow response to a room being available.
I've posted the advert on daft.ie, easyroommate and gumtree but still only one interest.
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartment-share/dun-laoghaire/3-mount-town-road-lower-dun-laoghaire-dublin-865264/

any ideas?

Well...


Its grossly overpriced for what is essentially a box room...

Frank Grimes

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

- talks about making wine at home

Where is that mentioned in the ad? I looked earlier when someone else mentioned it and didn't see it then either.

Theboinkmaster

Frank Grimes wrote: »

Where is that mentioned in the ad? I looked earlier when someone else mentioned it and didn't see it then either.

he removed it.

Frank Grimes

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

he removed it.

Thanks, was starting to doubt my ability to read

Butters1979

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

I don't think so - OP is obviously lazy, greedy & stupid.

- take pictures in dark
- don't make bed properly or pull curtains open fully
- have bed against radiator
- take pictures facing the light
- don't de-clutter apartment
- don't clean apartment
- ask for €700 per month
- talks about making wine at home
- wonders why he's only getting 1 call

I mean what the absolute fvck

You forgot 'Nazi sympathiser'.

Seriously you have some chip on your shoulder. He's entitled to live however he wants and put up his add whatever way he feels and charge what he feels he can get.

If this stops him from getting much interest, which it clearly has, then that's his problem not yours. At least he's asking for opinions.

To OP, as others have said €700 seems way to much for me for what you're offering. I'd expect €500 at most.

athtrasna

The personal abuse needs to stop. Report, don't retort

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Mitzy

€700 for a single room.
My mortgage on a 3 bed semi doesn't cost that!!

OP I would suggest that you take the ad down and firstly rethink your price and retake your photo's.
I would re position the bed as other's have suggested and strip it down to have one clean sheet over it.
Tidy up the kitchen and clear away the clutter & the towels hanging around.
Give the place a good clean so that it looks inviting to prospective tenants.

I have no doubt that you will rent it but no one is going to pay that price for what is essentially a single room.

jester77

There are too many problems with that room. The bed is too big for the room it is in, you cannot even walk around the bed due to an obstacle at the end. Someone is going to have a lot of bruised shins. What about storage, there looks to be zero space for hanging up clothes. The bed is pushed right up against the radiator, it is blocking the room from being properly heated and will make the bed overly warm. Whatever about the price, the layout is just wrong. It might be ok for a guest staying over for 1 night, but it is far from ideal for long term living.