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What do you live in?

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  • 17-10-2017 09:58PM
    #1
    Gerrup Outta Dat!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 489 ✭✭


    Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

    In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments. Everyone can rent in government-provided dwellings regardless of your income. You could have a brain surgeon living next door to a cleaner. No-one knows what rent the other is paying and everyone live harmoniously. Why can't this work in Ireland?

    What is your current dwelling situation?

    Where do you live? 161 votes

    With family
    0%
    In a owned house
    11%
    tuxyomb0wyn5ehpij9sdanseoxtal191matthew8GunmonkeyAudreyHepburnPaul_Mc1988MatthewjohnPompousTuco88eurasianVowel MovementDontThankMeNoveightFeckoffcupGorgeousgeorgeDidactic NinjaGerrup Outta Dat! 19 votes
    In a private rented house
    52%
    BigCongenieHesh's UmpireAkrasiaSouthernBellestorkerpaconnorsWibbsCrunchienutTiggerpm.[Deleted User]damo86Welrucpawrickytpe2r5bxkn0c1Teebor15thestrangerGyalistjon1981 85 votes
    In a council rented house
    14%
    [Deleted User]recyclebinAsmodean5uspectfundot123Katgurlstevek93PadkirRothmansBrian201888Pwindeddtiredcitylilsparkle69[Deleted User][Deleted User]Joeseph BallsOldMrBrennan83r93kaey5p2izunMacker2001BeerFarts 23 votes
    In an owned apartment
    3%
    Bobby BaccalaMam of 4the dark phantomChris.boardsuser1 5 votes
    In a private rented apartment
    4%
    Sierra Oscarmurpho999Ulysses Gazeglenqjoe stodgeMammy2016server down 7 votes
    In a council rented apartment
    11%
    ToxicPaddyLa_Gordyrainbow kirbySam HainTerrorFirmeraidan24326silvervixen84Head_HunterRayMShlipperyeoins23456NooMo14manutd83miss flutter upstupennyBurial.DefinitelyMarc 18 votes
    Student accommodation
    0%
    Martina1991 1 vote
    Lodger / Licensee
    1%
    Bitches Be TrypsinPanjandrums 2 votes
    Other
    0%
    Wintergreen 1 vote


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    #2
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    I live in your many threads


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    #3
    Pelvis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,744 ✭✭✭Pelvis


    I live in the moment, man.


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    #4
    sullivlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    A house. A very big house in the country.


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    #5
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    I live in a pineapple under the .....
    Oh wait .....


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    #6
    Karangue
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 152 ✭✭Karangue


    What mileage is on your house op?


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    #7
    DivingDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭DivingDuck


    My head, mostly.


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    #8
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    In a council rented house
    This post has been deleted.


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    #9
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    I live with my millions of Euro, my hoes, and my bags full of Grade A 100% Pure Colombian Cocaine.


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    #10
    paleoperson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    sullivlo wrote: »
    A house. A very big house in the country.

    Everyone should live in a big house in the country, it should be the law. I don't understand how people can live in shoeboxes in urban areas, it's bound to cause stress and psychological problems.


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    #11
    DrPhilG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,454 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    In a private rented house
    A yellow submarine.


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    #12
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    In a private rented house
    Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »
    Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

    In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments. Everyone can rent in government-provided dwellings regardless of your income. You could have a brain surgeon living next door to a cleaner. No-one knows what rent the other is paying and everyone live harmoniously. Why can't this work in Ireland?

    What is your current dwelling situation?
    1 in 6 of your posts are a new thread
    i live here and you are the annoying new neighbour


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    #13
    DivingDuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭DivingDuck


    paleoperson wrote: »
    Everyone should live in a big house in the country, it should be the law. I don't understand how people can live in shoeboxes in urban areas, it's bound to cause stress and psychological problems.

    Not as much stress and psychological problems as seeing yet another thread devolve into a city-vs-country fight.


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    #14
    s4uv3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    A glass case of emotion.


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    #15
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    Student accommodation
    I rent an apartment but my mother is mad for me to buy a house.

    She says renting is dead money. Being tied to a mortgage at 26 sounds daft to me.


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    #16
    ToxicPaddy
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭ToxicPaddy


    In a council rented apartment
    In Europe, high quality rental accommodation is available at a reasonable price for long periods of time with little or no price gouging allowed, landlords are generally held accountable for their properties and strong rent rules protecting tenants are in place.

    If that was available in Ireland, the obsession with owning your own property would soon disappear.


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    #17
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Whereever I lay my hat , that's my home.


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    #18
    Neames
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭Neames


    Denial


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    #19
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,929 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    In a private rented house
    A cardboard box in the middle of the motorway.


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    #20
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    elperello wrote: »
    A cardboard box in the middle of the motorway.

    Ohhh la de da , just look at you in your fancy location.


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    #21
    Wesser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    Your poll is terrible. It's a mixture between ... who do you live with.... how do you pay for your accomodation... and what kind of structure do you live in.


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    #22
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    Are you buying or renting...


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    #23
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    In a private rented apartment
    Under the Sea...


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    #24
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    In a private rented house
    A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


    Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.


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    #25
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,373 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    With my mother and father in a house


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    #26
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    So pitiful, isn't it. I had a conversation with a colleague a few weeks back and he was pissed off because of a conversation he had with a neighbour in the pub. The colleague is paying top dollar rent for a three up two down. The neighbour is paying less on the mortgage. No problem there, but during a conversation about the estate, the neighbour referred to my colleague's house as the place "you are staying". Not fooking living, but staying.:rolleyes:


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    #27
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,951 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    In a private rented house
    Waiting to see who lives in a lodger


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    #28
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    In a private rented apartment
    Sterling Early Neurologist wrote: »
    A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


    Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.

    Oh a sceptic tank..well la-dee-da Mr Frenchman....


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    #29
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    In a owned house
    Living at home with Los Parentos. I'll be 24 in November and have no immediate plans to make a move.


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    #30
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,951 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    In a private rented house
    Sterling Early Neurologist wrote: »
    A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


    Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.

    Hmmmm....not sure i believe that


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    #31
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    Hmmmm....not sure i believe that

    Young ones today


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