Looking to rent a room with a desk

pearl787 · 08-03-2018 11:28pm #1

I'm looking for a room to rent, and while there are some decent rooms available there is never a desk in the room. I just think this is strange. Doesn't everyone own a computer nowadays? Most of the rooms in my price range that do have desks are always looking for male housemates. I'm female and looking for female housemates. But there are rarely any rooms for rent that contain a desk, and I would have to bring my own table and chair with me when I move.

Does anyone else think this is weird? Its taking me such a long time to find a suitable room because of this.

Pelvis · 08-03-2018 11:29pm

Are you taking the piss?

You rent a room, if it doesn't have a desk you can buy your own.

pearl787 · 08-03-2018 11:35pm

Pelvis wrote: »

Are you taking the piss?

You rent a room, if it doesn't have a desk you can buy your own.

No. Yeah I could buy my own but it would have to fit the space. It is also a bit of a hassle. I guess I will end up doing this though.

RocketRaccoon · 08-03-2018 11:38pm

Who uses a desk for their laptop?

endacl · 08-03-2018 11:38pm

pearl787 wrote: »

No. Yeah I could buy my own but it would have to fit the space. It is also a bit of a hassle. I guess I will end up doing this though.

Honestly? It'd only be marginally more hassle than starting this thread...

08-03-2018 11:42pm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6172578/Trail/searchtext%3EDESK.htm

you might as well go mad and get a chair also.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6171799/Trail/searchtext%3EOFFICE+CHAIR.htm

rosmoke · 08-03-2018 11:48pm

We used to use desks when we had the big old tower, nowadays with laptops ... bed is king

GarIT · 08-03-2018 11:49pm

rosmoke wrote: »

We used to use desks when we had the big old tower, nowadays with laptops ... bed is king

Not if you’re doing work on it. Also there’s pretty much no laptop that it’s safe to use on a bed, they need to be on a hard flat surface for proper cooling. Every laptop manual says to only use it on a hard flat surface and doing otherwise will shorten its life. Using a laptop on a bed is like driving a car at 6000rpm all the time.

rosmoke · 08-03-2018 11:52pm

You must be joking, my cooler sits at 2000rpm most of the time (max is 6200), macs have a really good cooling system.
But yeah, not everyone is the same, some prefer mobility, others a desk.

RocketRaccoon · 08-03-2018 11:54pm

GarIT wrote: »

Not if you’re doing work on it. Also there’s pretty much no laptop that it’s safe to use on a bed, they need to be on a hard flat surface for proper cooling. Every laptop manual says to only use it on a hard flat surface and doing otherwise will shorten its life. Using a laptop on a bed is like driving a car at 6000rpm all the time.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B006ZXX5GM/ref=mp_s_a_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1520553189&sr=8-17&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=cushioned+laptop+tray

GarIT · 09-03-2018 12:04am

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B006ZXX5GM/ref=mp_s_a_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1520553189&sr=8-17&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=cushioned+laptop+tray

I know you can get them, a very small % of people actually do

Del2005 · 09-03-2018 12:14am

pearl787 wrote: »

No. Yeah I could buy my own but it would have to fit the space. It is also a bit of a hassle.

And that's the reason why they aren't in many bedrooms, they take up too much room for the average bedroom.

Could you use something like this?

https://www.beechfieldhealthcare.ie/over-bed-chair-table-four-castor-model.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA24PVBRBvEiwAyBxf-dIQkcbSQSoSTX2f1u24ojtXS7tFOiJnR59lso62ON4l7ZKdqlbdWhoCSrUQAvD_BwE

Lumen · 09-03-2018 7:08am

Offices have desks for a reason. Extended use of a laptop on your lap leads to musculoskeletal problems.

ballyargus · 09-03-2018 7:11am

Desks for work for sure. OP, just get a flatpack desk? Easy to assemble and you can sell it on adverts when moving on?

arleitiss · 09-03-2018 7:22am

pearl787 wrote: »

I'm looking for a room to rent, and while there are some decent rooms available there is never a desk in the room. I just think this is strange. Doesn't everyone own a computer nowadays? Most of the rooms in my price range that do have desks are always looking for male housemates. I'm female and looking for female housemates. But there are rarely any rooms for rent that contain a desk, and I would have to bring my own table and chair with me when I move.

Does anyone else think this is weird? Its taking me such a long time to find a suitable room because of this.

I also use PC with 3 monitor setup so lots of space required.
Whenever I am looking for room - I just look for big enough room to fit in my desk.
It's a 2.5 metre long desk that I just bring with me if I move.
They are like 50 euro in IKEA.

Samuel T. Cogley · 09-03-2018 10:53am

When our female lodger moved in we had to put her desk in the attic as we had one already. #justsayin' :pac:

Wabbit Ears · 09-03-2018 11:11am

Ikea have a few nice tables that drop down to practically nothing. But yea, Realistically just ensure the room can take a desk and buy your own.

dashoonage · 09-03-2018 12:10pm

Landlords lads.....greed that's all it is! no desk's in the rooms! think of the tenants rights here! outrage i say!

Mrs OBumble · 10-03-2018 2:52pm

dashoonage wrote: »

Landlords lads.....greed that's all it is! no desk's in the rooms! think of the tenants rights here! outrage i say!

If you're letting a furnished room and targeting either students or professional workers, then IMHO a basic desk and chair should be as much part of the fit out as a bed.

Unless the dynamic of the household is such that it's ok for them to sit for hours in the evening at the kitchen table in relative quiet.

homerjay2005 · 12-03-2018 2:10pm

endacl wrote: »

Honestly? It'd only be marginally more hassle than starting this thread...

and spending weeks and weeks looking for a "suitable" room also.

D3V!L · 12-03-2018 2:15pm

I was letting a room in an apartment years ago and had a lad turn the room down because there wasn't a desk in it. It was being sublet and he thought I should buy it for him !! I laughed and offered it to the next person.

pearl787 · 12-03-2018 9:24pm

I don't expect the rooms to have desks, obviously most don't and I always view the room with the intention of fitting my own desk/chair. Its the fact that whenever I view a room and ask the landlord if its ok if I put a desk in the room they always act like they think I'm being awkward. Like why am I looking at the room if I need one with a desk? It seems to me like wanting a desk in a room is odd to other people, whereas to me it would be as essential as having the bed or wardrobe in the room. Anyway thanks for the replies.

Pelvis · 12-03-2018 9:28pm

pearl787 wrote: »

I don't expect the rooms to have desks, obviously most don't and I always view the room with the intention of fitting my own desk/chair. Its the fact that whenever I view a room and ask the landlord if its ok if I put a desk in the room they always act like they think I'm being awkward. Like why am I looking at the room if I need one with a desk? It seems to me like wanting a desk in a room is odd to other people, whereas to me it would be as essential as having the bed or wardrobe in the room. Anyway thanks for the replies.

Stop asking the question, if you're renting a room you can put whatever furniture you like in it so long as you take it with you when you leave.

Tenigate · 12-03-2018 9:30pm

The reason desks aren't included in bedrooms (apart from maybe one's aimed at students) is because the LL will have to find somewhere to store it when the tenant says "i dont want that desk in the room"

the_syco · 14-03-2018 1:22am

pearl787 wrote: »

Its the fact that whenever I view a room and ask the landlord if its ok if I put a desk in the room they always act like they think I'm being awkward.

It a desk. Not a pet. It's not something you need to ask the landlord about...

Looking to rent a room with a desk

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