How do people afford to live in Dublin?

mr_fegelien

On average wages? I'm 22 and will graduate when 26. Most of my friends have jobs at the moment but even then, they say it's a struggle to find accommodation in Ireland which is why many of them are staying with family or working abroad.

I'm worried that I'll never live a decent life in Ireland. Hell, my father who worked for an accounting firm and earned €65,000 couldn't afford living in South Dublin. We had to move after 8 years because the rent was getting to expensive to Meath. I'll probably not get a job that great, so how can I ever hope of living in Dublin?

Many of my teachers in school earned much less than my father as they said (€30,000), yet still afforded to live in decent enough areas of Dublin. How is this?

LessOutragePlz

mr_fegelien wrote: »

On average wages? I'm 22 and will graduate when 26. Most of my friends have jobs at the moment but even then, they say it's a struggle to find accommodation in Ireland which is why many of them are staying with family or working abroad.

I'm worried that I'll never live a decent life in Ireland. Hell, my father who worked for an accounting firm and earned €65,000 couldn't afford living in South Dublin. We had to move after 8 years because the rent was getting to expensive to Meath. I'll probably not get a job that great, so how can I ever hope of living in Dublin?

Many of my teachers in school earned much less than my father as they said (€30,000), yet still afforded to live in decent enough areas of Dublin. How is this?

Have you ever heard of thing called house sharing?

Edgware

mr_fegelien wrote: »

On average wages? I'm 22 and will graduate when 26. Most of my friends have jobs at the moment but even then, they say it's a struggle to find accommodation in Ireland which is why many of them are staying with family or working abroad.

I'm worried that I'll never live a decent life in Ireland. Hell, my father who worked for an accounting firm and earned €65,000 couldn't afford living in South Dublin. We had to move after 8 years because the rent was getting to expensive to Meath. I'll probably not get a job that great, so how can I ever hope of living in Dublin?

Many of my teachers in school earned much less than my father as they said (€30,000), yet still afforded to live in decent enough areas of Dublin. How is this?

You could start off by being a bit more optimistic. You seem to have resigned yourelf to a low paying job after graduation in 4 years! And as for living in a decent area! I would like to know where you regard as a decent area. There is more to Dublin than South Dublin and more to Ireland than Dublin
No one walks out of college and buys a house. You share or rent in accordance with your income.

Samuel T. Cogley

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Many of my teachers in school earned much less than my father as they said (€30,000), yet still afforded to live in decent enough areas of Dublin. How is this?

I for one don't mind being a kept man :pac:

Samuel T. Cogley

LessOutragePlz wrote: »

Have you ever heard of thing called house sharing?

I just think he's being realistic... could you imagine the living room conversations?

endacl

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

I just think he's being realistic... could you imagine the living room conversations?

salonfire

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Many of my teachers in school earned much less than my father as they said (€30,000), yet still afforded to live in decent enough areas of Dublin. How is this?

Teachers were lying to you for a start, never take their word for granted - especially prior to 2012.

They have a host of allowances and get paid extra for supervising and correcting exams.

Idbatterim

Be part 9f a high imcome couple. Get housing for nithing like 30 plus years ago, get free luxury council housing if you have been on tyhe list over a decade or a week if a sinle motjer with kids prepared to pull a stunt like showing up at a garda station with your kids to spend the night. Knowing rte will sort you out. But yeah most young people now? Fairly screwed!

endacl

salonfire wrote: »

Teachers were lying to you for a start, never take their word for granted - especially prior to 2012.

They have a host of allowances and get paid extra for supervising and correcting exams.

Disclaimer: teacher.

Teachers have similar flat rate expenses as a lot of other professions. Are those the allowances you're talking about? You could probably claim them too. Most don't, because they're not aware of them. Including teachers. I do have a Master's allowance. I will allow, that's kind of cushy! It's not even related to teaching, or my teaching subject.

The supervision payment isn't much. Many would opt out, but can't. I would, but I can't because it's in my contract.

State exam correction is opt-in. You don't get paid if you don't do it, and you don't do it unless you want to. I never have. Never will. Now you're in a bit of a bind! It's a 'perk', only it isn't. And I don't do it, so I must be underworked!

For added complication, I have corrected exams at Plc level. I got paid for that all right. Not much, but I did. Of course, I had to correct them, or they wouldn't have been corrected. Added added complication: At the time, I didn't actually know I'd be paid to correct them. T'was my first year teaching Plc students. I didn't get paid a penny for designing the module though. Which took far longer than the corrections at the other end. Does it all balance out?

Geuze

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Many of my teachers in school earned much less than my father as they said (€30,000), yet still afforded to live in decent enough areas of Dublin. How is this?

Teacher pay scale starts above 30k.

Teacher pay scale goes to 70k.

If a teacher bought in Dublin in 1990, even 1995, it was somewhat affordable.