What to do when you cant afford rent in Dublin any more? Move away?

rents are outrageous, but could you not go into a house share? to me this whole thing of commuting to dublin is beyond madness, the people are probably no better off, but they are spending a stupid amount of time commuting!

You are either in a bus or train which isnt cheap or what is it costing to run a car and all associated costs up and down?!

Its a typical Irish thing, like with the motor tax, they only see the headline cost i.e. oh I can save this by renting in athlone etc, yeah so you are now living an hour away minimum, somewhere you dont want to live, joke of a commute, monday to friday, nowhere to stay in dublin, where you want to socialise at weekends...

4ensic15 wrote: »

It depends how far you are willing to commute. Athlone has dirt cheap rents and people commute to Dublin from there. Rents in the suburbs and inner commuting counties are high. there are also places such as Gorey which are small towns but from which people commute.

Athlone is definitely cheap by Dublin standards, but if you can find something worth renting that could be considered 'dirt' cheap, you might send me a link :-D

I just checked, balbriggan has 1 beds for E900 and serviced by nightlink I think...

RaspberryGuy wrote: »

My landlord has ended the lease on my studio flat in Dublin after living here for 6 years. While I realised that rents in Dublin had spiralled, the reality of looking for a new home is shocking. Looking at Daft just makes me realise that living in Dublin might not be affordable for me any more, at all.

I am thinking of moving to outside Dublin, maybe a commuter town or a suburb that has good public transport links. Or maybe I ought to move to a more affordable city in Ireland. Where is a reasonable and affordable place to live in ireland in 2016? Any recommendations? All advice is welcome.

I feel your pain, I am a Dub born and reared, 8 years ago hubby myself and 2 kids moved out of Dublin and down to Roscommon because we could see then that it was extremely difficult to get by in Dublin comfortably, have to say it's worked out well, kids doing really well at school, we bought a 4 bed detached house for 200 grand, have a really small mortgage so the message is life exists outside of Dublin, I appreciate the job situation can be the tricky part but so far we've done quite well, 90 mins drive and we're at Liffey Valley, it really can work out. Lots of Dubs living around here and surrounding areas.
Good Luck with whatever move you make.

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

That's not in Athlone. It's a few miles out the country from it on narrow winding roads.

Well aware where Athlone is in comparison to Roscommon I was just giving the other person an example of what I did as they asked for any suggestions.

There are some areas of Dublin where houses are more or less affordable - for example : http://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/10-Fairview-Strand-Fairview-Dublin-3/1317416/

However, would you want a house which has poor insulation, small windows and very little parking space, and in an area which was formerly rough?

Dundalk is relatively affordable : http://www.daft.ie/louth/houses-for-sale/dundalk/ . It's 100 km away from Rathmines and 90 km from O'Connell Street.

I heard a lot of people commuted from Athy to Dublin back in the day - that could be an option.

But if your aim is to live in Dublin, you will ideally have to work in occupations that can pay for the sort of lifestyle that the city provides - jobs in finance, insurance, professional services, etc.