Who'd live in a house like this? Part 2

BrownFinger wrote: »

Heres one for the hobbits

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/portobello/19a-long-lane-portobello-dublin-2370885/

Suitable for a cash purchaser.

I.e. no bank will give you a mortgage on the place

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I went to see that when it was for sale during the boom! If I remember rightly it was for €400k-odd :eek:

It's like a long corridor. You'd have to be very disciplined indeed to live there.

A bit of googling shows it was at one stage asking €425K in March 08!!!

Seems to have sold in Nov 10 for €155K

The Nal wrote: »

Did they just split one house into two?

I think it used to be a laneway between houses that they built into.

The Nal wrote: »

Ah ok. Was sold for 136k in 2013 and was on sale for 285k last April.

Considering it sold for 136k, and is now going on Airbnb for c.100 a night, that's not a bad return. (93 a night plus 60 euro "cleaning fee" whether you stay 1 night or 5)

Obviously wouldn't be booked every night, but a nice earner if that was the cash buyers line of thinking. I know the asking has gone up to 199k now though.

Perhaps current owner getting out due to Airbnb restrictions?

Kamili wrote: »

Suitable for a cash purchaser.

I.e. no bank will give you a mortgage on the place

Incredible! Put a roof over your side alley, presto a new gaff. I can double my property portfolio!!

I like the TV

The mold 'garland' above the kitchen doors is an added bonus. :rolleyes:

Zulu wrote: »

Wow. I mean 1 trifty person could make a home, I guess.
But 5 people?!?! Jesus.

Upstairs bed has two pillows so double bed? Six people?

Conall Cernach wrote: »

How does the poor sod in the bottom bunk in the front room get into bed?

Well if you climb onto the top bunk, you can open the half of the front window that goes to almost 90 degrees. Then, go out the front door and in through the window. Voila!

Alternatively, you could leave the third shelf of the storage unit clear and snake in through there.

I really don't think they have got the full potential out of this place. They could easily get a fellow in a sleeping bag under the bunk bed too. There's another grand a month right there! :mad:

There are strict rules for how many people you can sardine pack into a place, but I think they only apply to prisons. Private rental market? Good luck. :mad:

check_six wrote: »

Well if you climb onto the top bunk, you can open the half of the front window that goes to almost 90 degrees. Then, go out the front door and in through the window. Voila!

Alternatively, you could leave the third shelf of the storage unit clear and snake in through there.

I really don't think they have got the full potential out of this place. They could easily get a fellow in a sleeping bag under the bunk bed too. There's another grand a month right there! :mad:

There are strict rules for how many people you can sardine pack into a place, but I think they only apply to prisons. Private rental market? Good luck. :mad:

You gotta nail those sleeping bags to the walls to reach full yield.

https://www.funda.nl/koop/vlissingen/huis-41773982-baljuwstraat-20/

Special attention for the bathroom...

https://i.gyazo.com/09fabc1ae5cf95cdcda792523d854d39.jpg

Might not be safe for work although you might be working from home

colm_mcm wrote: »

https://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/Fuchsia-Cottage-Cahercurley-Bodyke-Co-Clare/2435108/

I expected the inside to be worse than it is based on the exterior photo!

colm_mcm wrote: »

https://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/Fuchsia-Cottage-Cahercurley-Bodyke-Co-Clare/2435108/

Don't get this one tbh - the AMV is 50k. Sure, it might go for much more, but what would anyone expect for 50k? There are houses literally falling down that are listed for much more than that. With a bit of work and a reasonable investment that could be quite nice, and would do very well as a holiday let, a 'quaint Irish cottage' near Shannon airport.

Apparently 42 mostly Brazilian students had been living in a warehouse in Glasnevin

They were all turfed out at the start of the month, "in response to Covid-19"??. This bit is interesting -

Until recently, the building was home to 42 students, mostly from Brazil, says Layanne Naves, who lived there from November 2019 until the beginning of this month.

They were split between 20 bedrooms over two floors, and shared a large kitchen with two stoves and two sinks.

A bed there cost between €95 weekly for a bunk-bed in a four-person room, to €250 weekly for a “couple room with bathroom”, according to an advert on Facebook in late January.

Taking the conservative estimate of 42 people x €95 per week, that works out at around €16000 a month income for this 'landlord'.