OMG Dublin is so expensive!!!

lawred2 · 27-04-2017 10:11AM

Your Face wrote: »

More expensive than Paris.
When I was over in Paris there.
A few weeks ago.
I was in Paris.

I've also been in Paris. I didn't find Paris to be cheaper.

lawred2 · 27-04-2017 10:11AM

thestar wrote: »

I don't live in Dublin nor have I ever. I may be in the next couple of years however. Rent aside, is Dublin more expensive than any other city in the country?

Ireland doesn't really have any other cities - maybe Cork. The rest are just large towns.

My wife is from a 'town' in Scotland with a population of 150k.

hytrogen · 27-04-2017 10:13AM

pangbang wrote:

But who is the Shredder?!

Michael lowry would audition nicely for the part?
Maybe DoB for krang?
John Halligan and Mick wallace as beebop and rocksteady too??

Murrisk · 29-04-2017 12:26AM

topper75 wrote: »

20 months of such rent back down in the old town would see you having it made with no more accommodation costs for life:

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/246764/limerick-city-is-home-to-one-of-cheapest-houses-in-the-country.html

Your security costs in this particular arrondisement might jump a little though, possibly even to €1050 a month.:pac:

Location location location.

purple_rose · 29-04-2017 03:31AM

I'm considering a move to Dublin. I have a minimum wage job. So after a week's work i would probably be coming out with 350€ after tax. I don't drink or smoke. I don't have a car. But i guess living in Dublin there will be public transport costs. How much will it it cost in a houseshare? 500 a month? That's already 125 down in my wages. So it leaves me with 225€. I seem to be OK now putting aside 25€ a week for bills and i pay ESB, gas, oil, bins, internet. Dublin won't be much different with the bills but I'm currently in a four bedroom houseshare so bills could go up. But if i put aside 40 a week, i think that should cover things. So i will be down to 185€. I spend about 60€ on food a week. So I'm down to 125€. A monthly leap card is 160, so that's 40€ a week. So I'm down to 85€.

Is this a realistic budget and could i actually live on this?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 29-04-2017 04:43AM

Had two old German friends over recently.

We did the tour at St James Gate at 18euros.

One of the krauts remarked to me that this must be the most expensive pint in the world. The tour is utter sh1te, the finale is siting up in the Gravity Bar drinking a Guinness looking out over the non existent Dublin skyline.

Went down into the Templebar region later that night and got rode when the already exorbitant prices went up even further after 11.

please helpThank YOU · 29-04-2017 05:05AM

Dublin City is too expensive and now unaffordable to Rent.

J.pilkington · 29-04-2017 05:34AM

alias no.9 wrote: »

The 4 door version of the MK3 would have been a MK1 Orion

That would be incorrect, go google it

DEFTLEFTHAND · 29-04-2017 05:37AM

Bet that's hard to start on a cold morning.

My Dad always told me never to buy Ford, French or Italian.

please helpThank YOU · 29-04-2017 05:41AM

J.pilkington wrote: »

That would be incorrect, go google it

That is the Car you would have in Dublin after paying the Rent. and instead of Cake you would have bread and sugar. while the landlord will be fine dining.

flas · 29-04-2017 06:01AM

But this is the thing,its genuinely at breaking point,its too expensive to rent,no real public transport,if everyone who drives to work in their car with just them every day suddenly decided to try and use public transport the whole city would cone to a halt, the cost of living is going up and up and the city is getting less and less attractive for foreign investment because if you have no where for your staff to live then you are kind of ****ed, its a serious problem and is eating away at the city slowly slowly, and yet nothing is being done about it, until its far too late to reverse, which is a pity,because I love Dublin, its been my home for 11 years, I can't see it being my home for 11 more, the quality of life drops rapidly as the city gets more expensive

please helpThank YOU · 29-04-2017 06:18AM

flas wrote: »

But this is the thing,its genuinely at breaking point,its too expensive to rent,no real public transport,if everyone who drives to work in their car with just them every day suddenly decided to try and use public transport the whole city would cone to a halt, the cost of living is going up and up and the city is getting less and less attractive for foreign investment because if you have no where for your staff to live then you are kind of ****ed, its a serious problem and is eating away at the city slowly slowly, and yet nothing is being done about it, until its far too late to reverse, which is a pity,because I love Dublin, its been my home for 11 years, I can't see it being my home for 11 more, the quality of life drops rapidly as the city gets more expensive

in Dublin working people are priced out to rent a home the situation is unstable.

Ray Palmer · 01-05-2017 09:48AM

please helpThank YOU wrote: »

in Dublin working people are priced out to rent a home the situation is unstable.

That's nonsense we are nowhere near unstable. Look at other cities and you will see how it all develops. People on minimum wage jobs don't live in cities unless subsidised via the government or their household.
If I point out how other cities manage people will go on about how small Dublin is and it shouldn't be like other cities. What that requires is people to ignore it is all relative to he population size of the city and country.

Glenster · 01-05-2017 11:34AM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

That's nonsense we are nowhere near unstable. Look at other cities and you will see how it all develops. People on minimum wage jobs don't live in cities unless subsidised via the government or their household.
If I point out how other cities manage people will go on about how small Dublin is and it shouldn't be like other cities. What that requires is people to ignore it is all relative to he population size of the city and country.

true. there's a mess of council houses in london. but if you look at any lad in a chicken cottage or whatever in zone 1/2, Homeboy lives beyond zone 5.

zweton · 29-05-2017 08:40PM

would i be mad to relocate from edinburgh to dublin?

will i struggle to find a nice place to rent?

road_high · 29-05-2017 08:44PM

thestar wrote: »

I don't live in Dublin nor have I ever. I may be in the next couple of years however. Rent aside, is Dublin more expensive than any other city in the country?

I've lived in dublin and kilkenny and rent/housing is the only thing that's cheaper. Dublin is great for an aul bargain in eating out/leisure/clothes/household stuff plus such a bigger choice compared to other towns and cities.

MilesMorales1 · 29-05-2017 08:47PM

zweton wrote: »

would i be mad to relocate from edinburgh to dublin?

will i struggle to find a nice place to rent?

Depends on your income. Rent in Dublin is sky high right now, you might struggle to find something decent anyway, specially if you've got a low budget.

zweton · 29-05-2017 08:51PM

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Depends on your income. Rent in Dublin is sky high right now, you might struggle to find something decent anyway, specially if you've got a low budget.

yeah,not sure i need the stress of finding a decent place to rent. Would be hoping for 50-70k salary.

seachto7 · 02-06-2017 02:14PM

Another 6 months / year in Dublin, and I'm out of here! Abroad or back to somewhere with a decent quality of life.

02-06-2017 02:17PM

Your Face wrote: »

More expensive than Paris.
When I was over in Paris there.
A few weeks ago.
I was in Paris.

So you were in Paris?

please helpThank YOU · 02-06-2017 02:29PM

Dublin rent and landlords hate the name landlords by the way it like the 1840s Ireland. With rent prices in Dublin you will be poor full stop.

pilly · 02-06-2017 02:31PM

zweton wrote: »

yeah,not sure i need the stress of finding a decent place to rent. Would be hoping for 50-70k salary.

On that kind of salary, presuming you have no kids then you could live very comfortably in Dublin.

Ms Doubtfire1 · 02-06-2017 03:15PM

60k won't be enough. You'll pay a lot on rent - half way decent at least 1,200, with a net take home pay of 34k.Roadtax, car insurance, cost of living, parking you name it costs a fortune in dublin...brrrrrrrrrrr

please helpThank YOU · 02-06-2017 03:18PM

Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »

60k won't be enough. You'll pay a lot on rent - half way decent at least 1,200, with a net take home pay of 34k.Roadtax, car insurance, cost of living, parking you name it costs a fortune in dublin...brrrrrrrrrrr

Your f****d you will never get up living in Dublin it is like a money pit.

pilly · 02-06-2017 03:19PM

Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »

60k won't be enough. You'll pay a lot on rent - half way decent at least 1,200, with a net take home pay of 34k.Roadtax, car insurance, cost of living, parking you name it costs a fortune in dublin...brrrrrrrrrrr

Bull****.

Only thing in that list that's more expensive in Dublin is rent.

I have to laugh at the posts here from people who obviously don't live in Dublin, some who never have. They read a newspaper and think it's way too expensive to live there.

pilly · 02-06-2017 03:20PM

please helpThank YOU wrote: »

Your f****d you will never get up living in Dublin it is like a money pit.

This is just NOT true. You don't live in Dublin and probably never have so kindly stop giving advice on something you know nothing of.

Ms Doubtfire1 · 02-06-2017 03:28PM

pilly wrote: »

Bull****.

Only thing in that list that's more expensive in Dublin is rent.

I have to laugh at the posts here from people who obviously don't live in Dublin, some who never have. They read a newspaper and think it's way too expensive to live there.

Really? odd. parking in Sligo costs 3 euro per day - try parking for that for a day in Dublin at any shopping center. price differences between tesco in dublin and tesco in sligo are present too. Or go out for a drink..last time I was down a pint costs 6 euro. vs half that in Sligo...

please helpThank YOU · 02-06-2017 03:29PM

pilly wrote: »

This is just NOT true. You don't live in Dublin and probably never have so kindly stop giving advice on something you know nothing of.

I did live in Dublin at the rent was a rip off full stop.

pilly · 02-06-2017 03:45PM

Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »

Really? odd. parking in Sligo costs 3 euro per day - try parking for that for a day in Dublin at any shopping center. price differences between tesco in dublin and tesco in sligo are present too. Or go out for a drink..last time I was down a pint costs 6 euro. vs half that in Sligo...

Majority of shopping centres in Dublin have free parking for 2 hours, plenty of time to do your shopping.

And if you paid 6 euro for a pint then you've proved my point that you don't LIVE in Dublin.

pilly · 02-06-2017 03:46PM

please helpThank YOU wrote: »

I did live in Dublin at the rent was a rip off full stop.

You must have been lying in a previous thread when you said you never lived there so. :rolleyes:

We all know rents are a rip off, doesn't mean the cost of everything is.

OMG Dublin is so expensive!!!

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