Where to buy a gaff

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118798777#Comment_118798777

He said Mayo. What have nukes got to do with cannibalism in Mayo?

Nukes or no nukes, cannibalism is already the second most popular hobby down there. Just ahead of riding your siblings but a fair bit behind imploding on All-Ireland Final Day.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118799809#Comment_118799809

It's not that difficult to get your head around it though if you concentrate

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118799814#Comment_118799814

You gotta eat ,you gotta eat

Sophia Petrillo

Thanks.

Sophia Petrillo

Thanks.

Brid Hegarty

Who plays piano and says 'gaff'?

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118877814#Comment_118877814

Obviously nouveau riche riff-raff with notions.

mumo3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118781671#Comment_118781671

Rowlagh/Neilstown absolutely fine estates, old council estates, well settled, but you'd be lucky to find something within your budget in there. When houses do come up, they don't stay on the market too long, they are usually snapped up by people who are originally from the area. Walking distance to Liffey Valley shopping centre, 5 mins from the M50 and bus routes to town.

Edit: Best advice I received when looking for a house, was to drive into the estate if there are a lot of house up for sale in a close proximity, there's usually a reason they are all trying to get out!! Best of luck

kyote00

Not driving is ok in Leitrim as the county is about 10 feet wide and there is nowhere to drive to anyway.

Quick stab of the accelerator and you’ve missed it and you’re in the wescth

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118881888#Comment_118881888

Does Leitrim have a Lidl supermarket or do I need to forage my food every day in the bogs and dig up my own potatoes in the garden there?

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118877814#Comment_118877814

Did you know that there are GASP foreigners in Ireland?

Did you know that some foreigners do not speak English as their first language?

I know this may come as a shock to you

riclad

You go daft.ie ,and myhome.ie put in salary x3 , banks can only lend you 3 or 3.5 times your salary, and you need to have a deposit saved of 10-20 per cent of the house value. The problem is for most gen z,young people can try and save up, house prices go up every year, its like being in a race with a car i go 50mph, i,ll never catch up with a car that gos at 80mph, and eventually i,ll run out of petrol .

i know house prices are rising every month, i remember there used to be old houses for sale, needs renovation, eg old house in very bad condition, maybe they have all been bought already.

i might worry about climate change, inflation ,rising oil prices, frankly the last thing i think about it is someone launching nuclear missiles in europe.

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118886416#Comment_118886416

It's 3,5, but even that is not enough.

Deposit is 10 percent for first time buyer but even that is too much.

Yeah house prices go up every year but the first step is that I can save so that I have 10 percent of my maximum available mortgage at my wage. If that means I'll have to buy very far out of dublin then so be it. I can't stay in my shared apartment for much longer. I am almost 30 years old. I have been living in shared accomodation with flatmates since the age of 17 when I started studying. I can't continue like this I need me own gaf like

Old houses aren't a good solution because once you buy them you also need to live in them and the cost of renovations would be way too high. The house needs to be at the very least in livable condition. With the current energy prices also preferably it should be insulated to at least some extent. In my specific case, the house also needs to be reachable by public transportation and within reach of a supermarket, as I am unable to drive due to my medical condition. This is very hard if not impossible in much of rural Ireland sadly.

riclad

It's sounds like you may be only able to afford to buy an apartment if you want to live in dublin. Say 3.5 times your salary is 130k see what is avaidable for that price . Every large town has 2 supermarkets lidl Tesco etc mulilngar is about 30 mínutes from Dublin and has a railway station . It has 3 or 4 supermarkets lidl, aldi etc good range of cable TV and fast broadband providers .

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118889609#Comment_118889609

My budget is around 180 thousand euros.

My minimum requirements are 2 bedrooms (only one of which needs to be large enough for a double bed) and a good internet connection, good insulation (or it needs to be so cheap that I can get it insulated), a place outside either a balcony or preferably a garden.

Should be as close to Dublin as possible by public transportation so can be a train station or a frequent Bus Eireann line. Preferably somewhere near the coast as I am from the coast so I like the sea. But I know that along the coast it's more expensive. Needs to have supermarket, pub and bus eireann stop /train station within walking distance (which goes to dublin).

Currently trying to save up the deposit. That should take another year or so.

sam t smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118877814#Comment_118877814

My mate Sid does both.

Brid Hegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118882650#Comment_118882650

Have you actually made the assumption that the OP is foreign because they said 'gaff'? Foreigners aren't usually down with such lingo as 'gaff'. I didn't pick up on any indication of a lack of improper English from them.

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118893210#Comment_118893210

I am the OP and I am from the Netherlands and yes I say gaf because I pick up the way people speak here

You obviously have never met foreigners and live in a fully Irish bubble.

Kintarō Hattori

Come on out to Balbriggan so, it sounds like it meets all your requirements. My own house for example was built in 2007 and I think is a BER3. When you heat it, it stays warm. I couldn't go and live in an old insulated house after being here.

As I said before, we have a large Tesco, a decent SuperValue, a LIDL & Dunnes. There's a SPAR near the train station and multiple ethnic shops. There's multiple butchers, plenty of takeaways, barbers, a post office, a nice library, a lovely Thai restaurant, a nice restaurant in the hotel. Buses & trains are every hour, there's two local taxi companies if you're stuck. Broadband is well served as both fibre and SIRO are available.

Brid Hegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118897238#Comment_118897238

On the contrary. I suspect that commenter might have already known you were foreign from previous posts. How exactly is it that I was supposed to know that you were foreign from reading this post alone??

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118897313#Comment_118897313

Yeah balbriggan sounds good to me actually

sam t smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118897665#Comment_118897665

Did you make the assumption that the other poster made an assumption about the original poster being a foreigner based on the contents of the opening post?

riclad

i never heard the word gaff spoken by anyone outside dublin. if you go to any shop,hotel, cafe, you,ll find most of the workers are non nationals,

i think the irish economy depends on non nationals just to function at a basic level.

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118901052#Comment_118901052

Theres a large amount of foreigners working for the tech companies in Dublin docklands, east point business park, grand canal etc.

I am one of them.

And no being a tech worker doesnt mean you are swimming in money. I am somewhere at the bottom of the ladder.

riclad

It feels strange to me to, use the word foreigners to people who may be living here for 10-20 years , and have children born here.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118908846#Comment_118908846

What word do you prefer blow in's?

riclad

Non nationals eg people who live here but were not born here, which is probably 15 percent plus of the population, we have a booming economy , we simply do not have enough Irish people to staff the shops hotels cafes and tech company's that keep the economy going . One example we are short of truck drivers and builders .

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118909089#Comment_118909089

Non-nationals implies they have no nationality. Non-Irish nationals is more accurate.

machaseh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118908846#Comment_118908846

Don't think it's strange at all. Not everyone strives to integrate in Irish culture.

I did try mind you. I went to the pub for the rugby (which never interested me one bit) etc. It's not for me.

If I'd live in a Gaeltacht area I'd learn the Irish language but I don't so.