Villa05 wrote: » Just a thought Does social housing get stigmatised by the few noisy over the many decent estates and even within the few noisy estates it's the very few households responsible for the vast majority of trouble Bad apples and empty vessels and all that wisdom etc
Samuel T. Cogley wrote: Absolutely it's a small number of people. But I defy anyone to show me the instance of these people is the same or more by private owners. I'm not saying you can't get an asshat of a private owner, just the likelihood is much lower.
bubblypop wrote: absolutely. I have no issue with social housing, you can't pick your neighbours no matter where you live. I just meant to explain the type of house it was, I'm not for a second saying anything about the neighbours! I'm sure they are all 100%
bubblypop wrote: » Ah stop! I'm watching the market around there for ages, any house on the navan road is a lot more desirable, bigger house, bigger garden, better location. It is done lovely, but that's crazy money for what it is. Edit, don't know what the bidding is, but there must be huge interest, the asking price has gone up by 45,000 euro!
Villa05 wrote: » The reason I say this is the policy of having social housing mixed in almost all new estates at great cost. If the isuue is the minority, spreading social housing does not address the isuue of problem estates The issue is the failure to deal effectively with those that are causing trouble.
TheSheriff wrote: » Out of interest, what do you think this is worth?
bubblypop wrote: » Honestly? I would think 395, hundred less then the asking price.
Browney7 wrote: » Half a mill for a 2 bed (albeit a well finished and good size one) in Cabra is very much "call it off" territory. Fair play to them if they get it
TheSheriff wrote: » Agree, probably pushing it, but I think they'll get it + more.
RichardAnd wrote: » This probably would work, but virtual viewings in and of themselves are highly disruptive. I called an estate agent last week about a house in Coolock that was listed for 240k on a Friday evening. By Tuesdays (when I called), the highest big was 298k, and apparently no one had yet seen it. The agent told me that I could make a bid to see the house, thus one can assume that many of the bids that pushed up the price were simply people who wanted to see the house and had no intention of buying. There is indeed a supply issue, but this is simply confounding the problem. I'm not one to moralise, but this is not what I would consider to be an ethical business practice, but I digress.... My worry is that estate agents, at least those in Dublin, will not simply end the "bid to view" method as it is forcing up prices, even if physical viewing are permitted. EDIT: incidentally, I asked the agent above what was required to make a bid, and he told me that he could accept it over the phone. When I asked him whether he wished me to provide proof of funds, he said that it wasn't necessary to make an offer. Hmm....
Littleredcar wrote: » Where in coolock are you looking
RichardAnd wrote: » I'm actually not. Coolock is reasonably close to my parents, and the house was in an okay area, so I thought to call to see what was happening with it. I'm not really looking to buy just now as I see no value for money and I'm not in a hurry. The asking price for houses in that area tends to be around 250, or it was a few weeks ago. If they sold for that, I would say that it's a fair price, but I'd wager that they're going for closer to 300k at the moment.
Samuel T. Cogley wrote: I personally think it should be spread out, you avoid ghettos. However there absolutely should be better ways of dealing with those causing trouble. In the UK housing associations work directly with the Police to shut down dealing for example.
Littleredcar wrote: » I’m selling in the area I went sale agreed ages ago but no contracts signed and disaster . I’m not looking at houses much smaller on same area going for a lot more . I’ve my own home to sell in same area but prices pushing up will shortly push me out of market
RichardAnd wrote: » That sounds horrible. It's reprehensible to agree to buy something without following through on the agreement. Are you considering putting the place back on the market? If the buyer to be is dragging his heels, it seems best just to cut the loss and start over.
KBH2020 wrote: » We are looking in Dublin and I think what is happening currently is people who would normally be looking to buy a house in the 500-600k bracket are now making bids in the 400-500k bracket, likewise people in the 400-500k bracket are now looking in the 300-400k bracket and this is all because of the limited supply and the desperation to secure a property. I can't think of any other explanation as to how houses are getting offers so high above the asking price. I believe the majority of people normally max out their budget when buying a property to get the best property they can afford. I read something last year that said the average deposit in Dublin was approx 85K for the past few years. I am not sure if this is massively skewed by people who have large inheritances rather than savings but I imagine a lot of people across the country do have large deposits, whether saved or inherited. Of course Covid has contributed greatly to savings for a lot of people who were in the market to buy. It is mind boggling though. I have been saving since 2015, myself and partner living with my parents for 1.5 years (always planned to go for AIP Jan 2021), we have been saving majority of our income each month for this entire time, we worked very hard to get two promotions each..got the AIP we needed and now we feel we are priced out of the type of house we had hoped to buy. Extremely frustrating and difficult after the last year as well. There will be a lot of people locked out of the market completely because of this and I can't even imagine how they must feel. I think bidding will calm a bit with supply and in person viewings but don't know when
standardg60 wrote: » It went straight up after the feature in the Irish Times, which are just promotions nowadays. I remembers when the 'we say' bit always alluded to a genuine negative of the featured property, amazing what a bit of threatened litigation achieves!
Hubertj wrote: » https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/the-lake-house-toormore-goleen-cork/4492511 I think This is lovely in every way. Very nice house and amazing scenery. Would be nice to wake up to that view every morning, well in the summer at least!
Hubertj wrote: I think This is lovely in every way. Very nice house and amazing scenery. Would be nice to wake up to that view every morning, well in the summer at least!
Villa05 wrote: » Was that house on one of Dermot Bannons programs, not room to improve, but a program moreso on innovative design
Seeds wrote: » How does everyone think the Country reopening will affect prices? Will we see a lot more house come on the market? Will we start to see financial repercussions from covid. From my point of view, I am better off financially now then this time last year. I just cant help thinking that we will see some negative effects once the government stops the handouts.
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