Looking for a place to rent NOT in the city

JordanCU

Greetings Everyone

I am in the US. Just finished my dissertation. It have been my dream to live in Eire forever. I have dual citizenship.

Although there are people to whom I am genetically related to—(Kelly & McCollum) in Eire, I do not know them personally.

I would be happy to hire a relocation specialist. I am not seeking anything fancy—far from it, a little cottage, barn apartment. I would consider house sharing if it was the right fit. However, I cannot get anyone to help me. I have called Estate Agents —seeking to purchase a fixer upper and all I get is a lecture about the housing crisis. But no friendly, "I will keep your name and number" Or, send me a something I can post at the local store or pub"—What gives? Can anyone help? If I knew that of someone trying to move to where I live in the US I would provide all sorts of info.

go raibh maith agat

My Whats App is 832-517-2988

Jordan

namisface24

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a place to rent outside the city—somewhere quieter but still accessible. Ideally, I’d like a home that’s well-insulated and has good external finishes, like concrete rendering, monocouche render, or insulation render, to help with energy efficiency and durability.

Does anyone have recommendations for areas that offer affordable rentals with well-built properties? Also, if you’ve had experience with monocouche rendering or other external finishes on rental properties, I’d love to hear your thoughts on their benefits.

Thanks in advance for any advice! 😊

Ray Palmer

@JordanCU

You are just beginning to see some cultural differences and will see a lot more. Customer service is very different in the USA compared to the rest of the world and you will have to change your ways to deal with how services are provided here. Estate agents are extremely busy and are not going to do as you want as it just isn't worth it. Never heard of relocation services in Ireland other than the extremely wealthy.

The housing crisis is very real and you don't seem to have mentioned any location so you are being way to vague to just say not a city. Kilkenny is technically a city but you would not think it is if you went there. Are you planning on working here? Location and employment tend to go hand in hand

Daft.ie and Myhome.ie are where you would need to checkout to see what is about.

@namisface24

Similar advice but you will be lucky to be choosy about facades. We use BER ratings on property about how energy efficient the property is. Not sure why you would be so bothered about which render is used. Most buildings in Ireland are brick built and concrete rendered.

SpoonyMcSpoon

You will need a car if you want to live rurally as it will be very isolated otherwise. Plus there really is not a lot to rent outside of Dublin, a few hundred places for a few million people. It is almost at breaking point.

DubCount

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123236979#Comment_123236979

I would agree with all of this post.

Estate agents in Ireland act for the seller or landlord, and agents to act for the buyer or tenant is not something you see much of here.

Rental property in particular is in short supply. This is especially true outside of urban areas. Its not unusual for a newly advertised rental property to get 100+ expressions of interest in the first 24 hours. If you are not in Ireland and have no track record of renting previously, expect a tough time even getting to view a rental property.

House shares might be easier to get and you might need to go for an urban base here first and then to look at a rural retreat when you are established here.

Good luck with your search.

dennyk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058399386/looking-for-a-place-to-rent-not-in-the-city

Due to the housing crisis, it is very much a seller's market right now. Estate agents here only work for sellers, not for buyers, unlike in the US; there are a few "buyer's agents" out there, but they generally work for clients looking for extremely niche and extremely expensive properties, not us ordinary schlubs looking for a cheap fixer-upper. The normal estate agents might have kept lists of prospective buyers during leaner times, maybe, but these days there's no reason for them to, as they're being instantly flooded with desperate bidders on pretty much any property they list. If you want to find a place, you'll have to put in the work yourself, I'm afraid. Head on over to Daft and you can get an idea of what's available (not much) and the bare minimum it'll cost (a lot, especially since most places attract bidding wars and end up selling for well over the list price).

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123236376#Comment_123236376

Ah here, lad, "I’m looking for a place to rent…" is already a nearly insurmountable challenge in itself, and adding criteria like "affordable" and "accessible" makes it all but impossible. Trying to find a place to rent that has a very specific type of external finish is absolute madness. If you're very, very, very lucky and very, very, very persistent then eventually you might actually find a place to rent that has walls, a roof, and a floor that sometimes touch each other in some places. Holding out for a specific type of rendering, or even a "well-built" place in general, is likely to result in you living in a tent by the canal for the foreseeable future.

Esel

^ Poster you replied to is a shillbot.