July/Aug 2017 - How long to find shared accommodation in Dublin? Ideas?

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

General question.

How long (approx.) should a person moving to Dublin to start a new job allow for finding suitable shared rental accommodation i.e. single room in a shared house?

I think it's really difficult to tell as it depends on where you want to live, how much you are willing to compromise, how attractive you are as a housemate, and also to some extend how lucky you are.

But if I had to give a number: give yourself 6 weeks. For the first 2-3 weeks you will probably just be kind of wasting your time viewing places you can't get and finding out how messy things are and what strategy to adopt. And if you are lucky enough and possibly ready to compromise a bit, once you have figured the right strategy for yourself you will find something OK within the next 3-4 weeks.

But really that's me guessing and there are many variables, so don't take any of this for granted.

If you can't make a decision on a room there and then it will take a while. You don't really get a lot of opportunity to compare. If you can go there and then,m there is a cohort of LL's that will take you. Others take a little time to get back to people. I'm usually back onto someone within an hour of the viewing.

As for prices near DART stations. One up in Kilbarrack there at the moment asking 275 down from 295K, 3 bed terrace. Not sure where it's actually at.