Renting on the Northside

martinak89 · 11-06-2015 08:05AM #1

Hey all,

I've been trying for the past 2 weeks to find a simple 1 bed apartment for myself and my fiancé in the southside of Dublin but no success. So now I'm looking to consider going northside, can anyone recommend areas that aren't rough and are nice to live in?

Thanks ^_^

ThunbergsAreGo · 11-06-2015 08:08AM

martinak89 wrote: »

Hey all,

I've been trying for the past 2 weeks to find a simple 1 bed apartment for myself and my fiancé in the southside of Dublin but no success. So now I'm looking to consider going northside, can anyone recommend areas that aren't rough and are nice to live in?

Thanks ^_^

There are loads and the Northside is large enough. Is balbriggan Northside?

baldbear · 11-06-2015 08:19AM

Plenty of the southside is"rough". What's your budget?

Raheny is really nice,Clontarf,Killester,Sutton, Baldoyle. Anywhere near the dart basically.

I'm in a 1 bed in the baldoyle/Sutton area for €1080. I feel robbed!

John Mason · 11-06-2015 08:43AM

Drumcondra, Glasvenin, Finglas, Cabra, Castleknock, Blanchardstown, Clonsilla, Phibsboro, Artane, Coolock, Balgriffin, Clongriffin, Swords,

ThunbergsAreGo · 11-06-2015 09:01AM

Lived in Northwood in Santry for two year and now out in Donabate.

Must saw i found Northwood excellent. Gym close by, Shops, cinema etc. The only thing really lacking was a decent pub

martinak89 · 11-06-2015 10:52AM

Budget is max €1200 that we can afford.

Thanks for the replies ^_^

Paulw · 11-06-2015 11:27AM

There are a number of factors to consider - transport, parking, where you work, commute routes, then there are the obvious things - shops, facilities, etc.

The northside, per se, is no worse than the southside. Both have good and bad areas.

jon1981 · 11-06-2015 11:29AM

lol

So now I'm looking to consider going northside, can anyone recommend areas that aren't rough and are nice to live in?

I love this... like every inch of the southside is a wonderland.

Try Killester, Marino.

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jon1981 · 11-06-2015 11:44AM

From this source: http://www.dailyedge.ie/alternative-dublin-maps-1374128-Mar2014/

Crime looks pretty even on both sides of the Liffey.

Here you can see where the "Rich" live

Lux23 · 11-06-2015 12:42PM

I am in the same boat, but we are looking in the city centre and I have viewed a few places that are for less than €1k and central.

How do you define rough? Would you think Smithfield is rough?

Dr_Bill · 11-06-2015 01:09PM

Some people seem to think the Northside is something you speed through on the way to the airport its hilarious!

That's all well and good if your happy to spend hours sitting in traffic on the Rock Road or N11 every morning to get work. I'd bet that its possible to drive from the Northside to Portlaoise faster!

riclad · 11-06-2015 01:30PM

Look on ww.rent.ie,
look at apartments in the city centre ,
coolock,
also apartments in west dublin,dublin 15,
tend to have more space and free parking ,if you have a car .
Takes about 20 minutes to get into town by bus , from dublin 15 .

martinak89 · 12-06-2015 09:35AM

I'm not from Dublin and it's people I know in Dublin telling me to avoid the Northside if I can. Jeez, sorry I said it was rough now.

Custardpi · 12-06-2015 09:44AM

There's a phenomenon of people on the Southside, particularly south co. Dublin types who, despite having lived all their lives in Dublin, still regard north of the Liffey as being bandit country, apart from a couple of enclaves like Howth or Malahide that they can reach via the DART. It's a really bizarre form of snobbery.

alastair · 12-06-2015 10:19AM

jon1981 wrote: »

Here you can see where the "Rich" live

Interesting that Bull Island / Dollymount is so middle class. That would be, what, five houses?

Riverireland · 12-06-2015 10:33AM

martinak89 wrote: »

Hey all,

I've been trying for the past 2 weeks to find a simple 1 bed apartment for myself and my fiancé in the southside of Dublin but no success. So now I'm looking to consider going northside, can anyone recommend areas that aren't rough and are nice to live in?

Thanks ^_^

There is a major housing shortage in Dublin OP. I know people searching for months. I wish you luck but you may need to consider house sharing in the short term.

martinak89 · 12-06-2015 10:49AM

Riverireland wrote: »

There is a major housing shortage in Dublin OP. I know people searching for months. I wish you luck but you may need to consider house sharing in the short term.

I was thinking that alright

I'm not too badly off though, my fiancés sister lives there so we can stay with her until we find something, I just didn't want to be a bother and have to resort to that!

jon1981 · 12-06-2015 10:54AM

alastair wrote: »

Interesting that Bull Island / Dollymount is so middle class. That would be, what, five houses?

And a golf/P&P course

BabySlam · 12-06-2015 11:15AM

alastair wrote: »

Interesting that Bull Island / Dollymount is so middle class. That would be, what, five houses?

A friend who sometimes stays at an airport hotel in Ballymun always says they are staying in Bollymount!

MarkAnthony · 12-06-2015 11:35AM

We're having great fun with that map at work!

GoodBridge · 12-06-2015 11:42AM

What's the criteria for determining if someone is middle class?

Lux23 · 12-06-2015 11:43AM

GoodBridge wrote: »

What's the criteria for determining if someone is middle class?

Money.

GoodBridge · 12-06-2015 11:46AM

Lux23 wrote: »

Money.

How much?

Lux23 · 12-06-2015 11:52AM

GoodBridge wrote: »

How much?

Dunno, I guess it can also be determined by your ABC1 rating.

Captain Chaos · 12-06-2015 11:52AM

GoodBridge wrote: »

How much?

More than some and less than others I assume.:pac:

Custardpi · 12-06-2015 11:54AM

GoodBridge wrote: »

What's the criteria for determining if someone is middle class?

Do they know what "al dente" means?

jon1981 · 12-06-2015 12:05PM

GoodBridge wrote: »

What's the criteria for determining if someone is middle class?

Do you shop in M&S, Tesco or Aldi?

Piriz · 12-06-2015 01:02PM

martinak89 wrote: »

Hey all,

I've been trying for the past 2 weeks to find a simple 1 bed apartment for myself and my fiancé in the southside of Dublin but no success. So now I'm looking to consider going northside, can anyone recommend areas that aren't rough and are nice to live in?

Thanks ^_^

This is what we're up against... thankfully this attitude keeps prices lower than our 'safe' opposites

riclad · 12-06-2015 03:06PM

There,s rough area s on the southside and the northside,
posh area s on the northside ,
eg clontarf ,etc
There,s middle class posh areas all over dublin.
Any area where house price is over 160k is middle class .
Don,t rent close to a pub,or close to a council housing block, estate .
I think middle class means you are on a good wage, own your house, or can afford a large mortgage,
you do white collar work.
eg a plumber ,blocklayer , house painter,truck driver is not middle class.
You can do your job ,without getting your hands dirty.
OF course you can be middle class ,work in a bookshop and earn less than
the local plumber .
Middle class people tend to go to third level education , university and place
a lot of importance on academic education .

You can rent a large flat ,ground level in one of those old victorian houses ,city centre area ,
eg north circular road,
and have as much space as a 1bed apartment .
it Does go just by money,
as a plumber can make more than a middle class woman who works
in an office as a middle manager .

OF course the middle class may get smaller as more of their jobs are
replaced by computers and robots in 10 years time .
WE will always need plumbers and bricklayers .

Piriz · 12-06-2015 03:47PM

riclad wrote: »

There,s rough area s on the southside and the northside,
posh area s on the northside ,
eg clontarf ,etc
There,s middle class posh areas all over dublin.
Any area where house price is over 160k is middle class .
Don,t rent close to a pub,or close to a council housing block, estate .
I think middle class means you are on a good wage, own your house, or can afford a large mortgage,
you do white collar work.
eg a plumber ,blocklayer , house painter,truck driver is not middle class.
You can do your job ,without getting your hands dirty.
OF course you can be middle class ,work in a bookshop and earn less than
the local plumber .
Middle class people tend to go to third level education , university and place
a lot of importance on academic education .

You can rent a large flat ,ground level in one of those old victorian houses ,city centre area ,
eg north circular road,
and have as much space as a 1bed apartment .
it Does go just by money,
as a plumber can make more than a middle class woman who works
in an office as a middle manager .

OF course the middle class may get smaller as more of their jobs are
replaced by computers and robots in 10 years time .
WE will always need plumbers and bricklayers .

In fact it is usually low level manufacturing jobs that get replaced by computers and robots, the people who operate the computers and robots probably get paid more than the person who was replaced by computers and robots however it requires very few people to operate the computers and robots in comparison. The increase in computers and robots in industries has created alot of jobs in computer and robot building which creates a demand for qualified computer scientists and engineers who probably mostly rank as middle class due to their education and earning power (many of these go on to seek accommodation on the southside

) .

athtrasna · 12-06-2015 03:49PM

Back on topic please folks

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