troyzer wrote: » I'm not particularly desperate to get onto the ladder. I'm desperate for the opportunity to decide whether or not I want to get onto the ladder. I work in a specialist industry which is very small in Ireland and most of my career to date has been overseas. I'm back in the country at the moment but I'll probably have to move on again at some point. So buying a house isn't a priority for me at the moment. The reason why I'm frustrated is because there's no actual pathway to getting there. The few people I do know my age who are buying are almost exclusively getting help from their parents.
Zzippy wrote: » But if developers are only building high-priced high-profit developments that mean you can't afford to buy, that's not the fault of any NIMBYs. That's down to government and developers greed. And the banks making it hard for developers to get credit, so they are incentivised to go for the big money, rather than mid-priced housing which is needed. And if the secondhand property market is gone so overpriced that you can't afford to buy, that's not the fault of any NIMBYs. That's down to the crash and subsequent death of the construction industry. Blaming people already in houses is exactly what the government want - anything that takes the focus off their complete failure to stimulate proper mixed housing development.
troyzer wrote: » It's all part of the same problem. That development due to go up near my girlfriend's house wasn't crazy money. I think the two beds were going for €300k which is definitely reachable. NIMBYs shot that one down. While a lot of this is due to the government, it's hard to imagine what exactly they could do to fix this.
Squidgy Black wrote: » Renting isn't even feasible any more in most cases. I was viewing apartments a short while ago, and anything within 5-7km of town is generally 1400+ for a two bed apartment, and that's only the listing price. You also show up to the viewing with about 80 other people. I'm regularly seeing rooms listed for 1000 euro for a double room in an apartment. And that's in the likes of East Wall, Raheny, Artane etc. Or 450 euro to share a room. With 6-8 people living in a two bed apartment.
stephen_n wrote: » The north side must be bringing the average down then. I do window displays for a Lettings company on a weekly basis, there isn’t a two bed this side of city west for less than 1700. You’d be lucky to get a 1 bed for 1400 at this stage. Two beds around Ranelagh or Miltown would be anywhere betwee 2000 and 3000. I have no idea how anyone can afford that rent.
DGRulz wrote: » Lads, I'd no idea so many of you were fellow Northsiders. :P
Zzippy wrote: » North county, but I'm longer living in the sticks than I was in Dublin at this stage. Jesus, we were even called culchies coming from Swords to go to school in town...
Zzippy wrote: » troyzer wrote: » It's all part of the same problem. That development due to go up near my girlfriend's house wasn't crazy money. I think the two beds were going for €300k which is definitely reachable. NIMBYs shot that one down. While a lot of this is due to the government, it's hard to imagine what exactly they could do to fix this. Would you consider cheaper suburbs? I see 3 bed houses in Swords going for about the same money. 2 beds are less and definitely reachable if that's your range. Part of the problem is people refusing to consider other areas to live, many for understandable reasons but a lot just want to have a better postcode.
Squidgy Black wrote: » I mean...... they're not wrong? :P
Deleted User wrote: » The houses in my estate (Dublin 18) are currently renting for upto 2750+ per month. I bought a good while ago now, but in 2009 they were averaging around 1200. It's obscene and unsustainable, the market is correcting a tiny bit the last 8 months but there is no value in it at all. The Clay farm development was disgusting. It was granted swift planning on the basis of being affordable. The prices were not affordable at all and the second phases prices rose 8%. I shudder to think what they'll be charging for the apartments that are being built.
troyzer wrote: » I have no problem moving to a different place but Swords would at least double and possibly triple my commute time. And again, pushing people further and further out isn't a solution. It's also hard to take that advice from people who live right beside the city centre. I'm not suggesting you are but my old boss lived in Ringsend and told me to consider moving out to Newbridge with a straight face.
Zzippy wrote: » troyzer wrote: » I have no problem moving to a different place but Swords would at least double and possibly triple my commute time. And again, pushing people further and further out isn't a solution. It's also hard to take that advice from people who live right beside the city centre. I'm not suggesting you are but my old boss lived in Ringsend and told me to consider moving out to Newbridge with a straight face. I live in Galway mate, but I grew up in Swords, so I'm aware of the commute time to anywhere else in Dublin. TBH and despite the notorious Galway traffic, I don't envy anyone in Dublin their commute, but there is a trade-off between commute times, cost of living, convenience etc. If you want a short commute you're going to pay more, realistically.
troyzer wrote: » But that's the point. I'm currently on a civil service contract and realistically my salary only allows a place like Swords. My previous boss had the same job thirty years ago and bought a three bed house in Ringsend on a single salary. There is a fundamental unfairness in that. There is a reason why millennials like myself keep bellyaching.
irishbucsfan wrote: » troyzer wrote: » But that's the point. I'm currently on a civil service contract and realistically my salary only allows a place like Swords. My previous boss had the same job thirty years ago and bought a three bed house in Ringsend on a single salary. There is a fundamental unfairness in that. There is a reason why millennials like myself keep bellyaching. It’s a complete and utter waste of time comparing people across generations
troyzer wrote: » Tell that to the older generations who like to **** on us saying we don't work hard, are too distracted by social media and are snowflakes.
Zzippy wrote: » troyzer wrote: » Tell that to the older generations who like to **** on us saying we don't work hard, are too distracted by social media and are snowflakes. Hard work? You don't know what hard work is!
Deleted User wrote: » I have never, not even during the Celtic tiger, experienced a January this busy.
sydthebeat wrote: » Deleted User wrote: » I have never, not even during the Celtic tiger, experienced a January this busy. can we assume you working in a business of something like company registration?
sydthebeat wrote: » can we assume you working in a business of something like company registration?
Deleted User wrote: » Penis enlargement actually.
sydthebeat wrote: » boards.ie discounts yeah???
Deleted User wrote: » I'll give you the same two for one offer I gave Troyzer. He seems delighted with his two inches!
troyzer wrote: »
Zzippy wrote: » Only for Leinster fans. No market for it anywhere else...
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