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To buy or to rent apartment?

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    #32
    valarmorghulis
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭valarmorghulis


    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    If you do not have to live in Dublin to work why would you. Even if you go back to a bigger town near home rental will be down towards 250-400/ month than 1k in Dublin. Only disadvantages is it is impossible to find one bet apartments in many smaller towns. Down the country you will buy a two bed house for 250k. You can easy enough find a town that has decent rail or bus services into Dublin if you need to be there a day a week. Even if you have to pay a taxi to get you to the railway station once a week these type of options really open up. Twenty euro will carry you a long way in a taxi down the country. Taxi drivers will compete for that type of work if not on Friday morning

    Appreciate the advice, you are probably right,arguably Ive wasted 15k in the past year I didnt need to, so probably will make the decision to move home for 1-2 years and let this play out to see if remote working works its way into employment legislation and then make a decision to buy with a bigger downpayment.


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    #33
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    You could meet your options half way and rent somewhere down the country for half the rent you're paying in Dublin? Better than living with your parents but still saving more?


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    #34
    LawBoy2018
    Registered Users Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭LawBoy2018


    Caranica wrote: »
    You could meet your options half way and rent somewhere down the country for half the rent you're paying in Dublin? Better than living with your parents but still saving more?

    He's 25 though, what would he be at 'down the country'? Lol. Unless you mean the likes of Galway, Cork, etc.


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    #35
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    LawBoy2018 wrote: »
    He's 25 though, what would he be at 'down the country'? Lol. Unless you mean the likes of Galway, Cork, etc.

    Was replying to the other poster, 33 and debating giving up Dublin rental. Didn't want to quote their lengthy post


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