"Node Living"

blue note · 16-02-2018 05:49PM #1

https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/meet-the-21stcentury-bean-an-t-looking-after-50-house-mates-36608483.html

Am I misunderstanding this, or is this just a fancy way of renting the rooms in the apartments separately so that they can charge higher rents? I'm not even sure if the rooms all have their own kitchens - I think they do. But it might very well be a couple of kitchens in the complex for all the residents. I'm guessing they don't bother sticking washing machines or the likes into the apartments so they can save on space.

Are people going to go for these? Would you not be far better off going onto daft and finding a shared apartment for half the cost? Will it just be weirdos who can't find people to live with who end up here?

Your Face · 16-02-2018 06:23PM

Every marketing cliche was present in that article.

Ajsoprano · 16-02-2018 06:26PM

We as a race are slowly becoming cattle and some are enjoying it because “it’s the future!”.

Pang · 16-02-2018 06:33PM

1350 euro per person per month! It sounds like hipster central living.

Del2005 · 16-02-2018 06:41PM

The place sounds like a cult.

Roger Hassenforder · 16-02-2018 06:42PM

"Gin tasting"

Mollyb60 · 16-02-2018 06:42PM

This belongs in the Funny/Horrifying Houses/Flats to rent thread.
Reading the article it sounds like the kitchen will be shared with all 50 residents. It's a fancy hostel. Sounds hideous.

flas · 16-02-2018 07:13PM

Its a hostel,nothing more and nothing less, and when fiachra in accounting tells you its what everyone in london and san fran are doing and tries to look down on you for being so behind the times, remind him he is living in a hostel

Mr. Incognito · 16-02-2018 07:16PM

No parties

No riding

No way

stimpson · 16-02-2018 07:18PM

Pang wrote: »

1350 euro per person per month! It sounds like hipster central living.

The typical Nodeie would have a salary of €35,000 per annum. So they are paying half of their gross salary on rent. Right so.

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-02-2018 07:20PM

dont think you could roll home after a feed of pints and a three in one under your arm

Cushie Butterfield · 16-02-2018 07:20PM

Mollyb60 wrote: »

This belongs in the Funny/Horrifying Houses/Flats to rent thread.
Reading the article it sounds like the kitchen will be shared with all 50 residents. It's a fancy hostel. Sounds hideous.

Too many cooks...

They’re be murders.

kimokanto · 16-02-2018 07:27PM

"Tech-savvies & creatives" ask the back of me ball hooks

whiskeyman · 16-02-2018 07:53PM

Crying futons galore

pleas advice · 17-02-2018 01:57AM

i'm a bit of a naturalist myself...

the_syco · 17-02-2018 02:04AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

No riding

Take another look at the hostess :pac:

Noveight · 17-02-2018 02:13AM

The whole thing sounds like a massive pain in the arse from start to finish.

tabby aspreme · 17-02-2018 08:40AM

Fluffed up bedsits

tigger123 · 17-02-2018 10:08AM

Are tenements back now?

Mick ah · 17-02-2018 10:17AM

Good God!

This sh!t has gone too far.

You should be paying €1350 for an apartment, not a room in one.

I reckon if the plebs were better organised we'd have adequate housing in Dublin. But till then our land lord TDs and their mates will continue raking it in, at the nation's expense!

Mollyb60 · 17-02-2018 10:37AM

Sad thing is it'll probably be full as soon as it's properly released cos the housing situation in the city is so dire.

silverharp · 17-02-2018 11:02AM

not sure about the bedrooms myself :pac:

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irishguitarlad · 17-02-2018 11:07AM

Vacuous, vacuous, vacuous.

Samuel T. Cogley · 17-02-2018 11:23AM

Better than a lot of the ****holes you'd get for €1350 a month in fairness.

Fr_Dougal · 17-02-2018 11:28AM

Sounds like they’ve made a safe space for snowflakes.

But to be fair, the quality of the accommodation looks decent. On the downside, if there’s ever any trouble in one of these apartments they’ll do serious damage to the brand name.

Capt'n Midnight · 17-02-2018 11:52AM

flas wrote: »

Its a hostel,nothing more and nothing less, and when fiachra in accounting tells you its what everyone in london and san fran are doing and tries to look down on you for being so behind the times, remind him he is living in a hostel

Read the article.

It's digs.

A hostel at least would be non-judgemental. Digs means surrendering a lot more control over your personal freedoms.

It's for grown ups who don't want to grow up any more.

donegaLroad · 17-02-2018 11:55AM

Its just short of €50 a day to live here.
A guest house would be cheaper if you negotiated long term rates, Im sure you could get a rate of €250 per week if you were to stay for 6 months+

tabby aspreme · 17-02-2018 12:44PM

silverharp wrote: »

not sure about the bedrooms myself :pac:

Do people still have smelly feet

conorhal · 17-02-2018 01:10PM

I love how that 'current year' government shill of a paper, the 'Independent' is constantly trying to sell you a positive spin on scenarios that should by all rights have an angry mob of people burning down the Dail.

I lived with housemates long enough, if I had to continue to do so with 50 people, mass shootings would become a thing in Ireland

andekwarhola · 17-02-2018 05:43PM

I couldn't read the article, apologies.

Whenever I see the word 'curate' in a lifestyle or cultural context, my blood pressure begins to rise alarmingly.

It's simply not worth ploughing on.

Samuel T. Cogley · 17-02-2018 06:00PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

I couldn't read the article, apologies.

Whenever I see the word 'curate' in a lifestyle or cultural context, my blood pressure begins to rise alarmingly.

It's simply not worth ploughing on.

On the radio this afternoon 'you get to curate the last 15 minutes of the show' fcuk off - you mean you'll do some requests you ponsey cnut.

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