The Dwelling You Call Home

G_R · 26-09-2015 10:34PM

Live in a modern (id guess just over 10years old) 2 bed apt. just inside the M50 with a friend of mine who I went school with.

We both left the town we're from and moved to the big shmoke for college 6 years ago, had a few places during college, but have been in this place for the last 2 years now.

Its grand, wont be here forever but suits perfectly for the foreseeable future! Grand and handy for both our jobs

questionmark? · 26-09-2015 10:51PM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

For some reason, even though I own my own house for over 16 years, I always call my Mam and Dads house home. I'm oddly sentimental about it I suppose.

I moved out a long time ago now, have lived in a few places around Ireland and overseas due to my line of work. My parents place will always be home. Love visiting there. Middle of the countryside, no street lights, few acres out the back...bliss absolute bliss.

James Bond Junior · 26-09-2015 11:04PM

I'm just after buying my own house. It's a 1960s terraced house. I ended up brining it back to a builders finish and a total renovation but I bought far below my means thank god. I'm going to be broke for the next 6 months or so but it means my mortgage is going to be tiny. Living on my own in my own castle is worth every cent!

wetlandsboy · 26-09-2015 11:31PM

Bought a 5 bedroom house in suburbia four years ago. Beautiful house, great neighbourhood, near work ... and I couldn't have been more miserable. As a single man living alone, I couldn't have been lonelier or have felt more out of place. Earlier this year I sold, am currently renting a 2 bed apartment in the city and am just loving life. Big lesson from all this is that type of dwelling or home is unimportant; it really is all about location and lifestyle.

FTA69 · 26-09-2015 11:44PM

I live in a four bed Victorian terrace with four other people and can never use ye jacks in the morning when I need to.

The joys of London.

Senna · 27-09-2015 12:07AM

Me, wife, 2yr old and two dogs live in a nice sized house is the arsehole of nowhere, thankfully I work 15 minutes in one direction and the wife works 10 minutes in the opposite direction, so it's ideal.

Its on hill and looks out over fields stretching for miles, with a field of horses right in front, the 2yr old loves that.
But if we transplanted the whole family somewhere else, then that would become home.

Banjo String · 27-09-2015 12:10AM

I used to live in an old tyre until some prick slashed it. :mad:

These days, I live in a flat.

inajock · 27-09-2015 01:11AM

Our place is near enough most places but in the middle of nowhere.Here about 8 years id say and still unsure of the address.Three bed dormer its warm, the roofs sound, food in the fridge,haven't had to have leave the house to fight with the neighbours so alls good.Homebird, always great getting home to me gaff.kid heading of to collage and a jack russell obsessed with food.

JupiterKid · 27-09-2015 02:52AM

I feel really fortunate to have a roof over my head when I think of those at the very bottom of the housing system - homeless, living in B&Bs and hotels or sleeping rough.

Mother Brain · 27-09-2015 03:01AM

Im in a three bed semi just outside the M50 with my little brother and a friend of his.

I've another brother crashing on the fold out couch bed in the extension due to aforementioned housing crisis too.

The parents have both since fled to other countries / continents (they're divorced and he's remarried) So we don't have a 'home' like most irish people seem to in that sense.

It's a lovely place though and could see myself living here a few years if I don't move away myself.

Subcomandante Marcos · 27-09-2015 03:45AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

For some reason, even though I own my own house for over 16 years, I always call my Mam and Dads house home. I'm oddly sentimental about it I suppose.

I'm the same! Own place for about 11 years and still say "I'm going home for sunday lunch". or "Yeah, I'm over home in the mothers, I'll chat ya later".

People think I'm weird.

flas · 27-09-2015 05:50AM

Living in a 1 bedroom apartment for last 4 and half years with my fiancé,15 minutes walk from O'Connell street in Dublin,it feels like home to us at this stage,lived in phibsboro for 6 years at this stage,our apartment now has separate kitchen,living room,bedroom hall way and bathroom,pretty big apartment compared to other ones I have seen around here!

We are both looking to move back down the country,far better standard of living,more land and a giant house for the price of a 2 bedroom ****box in Dublin,its crazy,my brother just bought a 5 bedroom huge house 1,hour 15 minute drive from Dublin city centre where he works(Smithfield) for 100grand,he was living in lucan,spending 1,300 on a 1 bedroom apartment and commuting for 1,hour 10 minutes roughly everyday,Dublin makes no sense when you look at it that way...

Badly Drunk Boy · 27-09-2015 06:50AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

For some reason, even though I own my own house for over 16 years, I always call my Mam and Dads house home. I'm oddly sentimental about it I suppose.

Sometimes, when I'm leaving my parents' house, my mother says "Visit soon. This will always be your home" or something similar.

Eh...Ma? I've never lived in that house!

hairyslug · 27-09-2015 07:11AM

Which do people find better as they were growing up, living in an estate or house wherre your neighbours are 500m away on either side. Love the idea of having the land and space but the wife likes the idea of community that comes with living in an estate

Wompa1 · 27-09-2015 07:24AM

Top floor, two bedroom apartment overlooking a swimming pool and hot tub. Living in Tempe, Arizona..a college town for what's known as a party school. It's a pretty nice place but I'm not going to stay here much longer. Also, getting tired of apartment living.

I'm here with two others and a dog.

Diamond Doll · 27-09-2015 07:25AM

I'm living in a rented three-bed house that my ex and I moved into together a couple of years back. He's since moved out so it's just myself here, with my son here some of the time. I don't particularly like living here anymore now that the relationship has broken down, but my poor little toddler is very confused with all the change in his life recently, so I like to give him some bit of familiarity when he's with me. So I'll stay put for now at least! Once everything has settled down, I'll probably look for a cosy little apartment for the two of us. I find the house far too big for us at the moment!

Heroditas · 27-09-2015 07:34AM

Three bed semi-d just outside in M50 with wife and two young children (and the three cats).
Hopefully upsizing within the next year but staying in the same area. The in-laws are nearby so we'll be staying nearby for the benefit of the kids.
Babysitting is also handy too!!

_Brian · 27-09-2015 07:38AM

Me, wife, two kids. Five bedroom with office and study for kids. 20sq m covered decking, exactly where I choose as a site when a kid. Built in 2008 after building our first house in 1995.
On 1.5 acres. Have some wood planted, two lawns and a secret garden in the wood down a twisty path. Have small orchard planted and a chicken run. There's space for a veg garden and poly tunnel but after a lifechanging accident in 2009 I can't see it ever being done, I struggle with grounds maintenance as it is.

27-09-2015 07:51AM

Live by the sea (about 500m). Small bungalow on about an acre. Only myself, her good self and 2 bow wows so plenty big.
Have a large veggie garden, fruit garden/orchard.

Used to live on outskirts of Dublin and while everything was conveniently placed there, the peaceful quietness, several daily beach walks with the bow wows and personal space I have here, just doesn't compare.

Very happy here and hope we both live long and well enough to enjoy it.

Buona Fortuna · 27-09-2015 08:14AM

4 Bed bungalow, about 70 years old, in about 8 acres, view of the mountains from our bedroom window. Me d'wife and d'dog. Oh and about 50 chickens and ducks.

5 miles from nearest shop, 17 miles from town.

We absolutely love it.

But like Backwards Man said there is always something going wrong. Last year was the flat roof which needed repair. This is the year of the drains - if I see another feckin drain rod ...

Ignatius in bloom · 27-09-2015 08:17AM

Live in two bedroom down the docks close to the point. really like living here, Live alone but have shared custody of my son so he is with me a lot and its beside the trains so he loves it.

Sunnyisland · 27-09-2015 08:27AM

Live in a rented luxury apartment with massive views of mountains and sea, spacious balcony in portugal, I myself absolutely love it but a lot of people say it's a bit isolated and to far up the mountains, had a house in Dublin but when marriage broke up left it with ex and children,
I love living here ,love the sun beach and countryside, hopefully I will get enough money to buy again or at 53 might just rent for the rest of my life, decisions decisions.

27-09-2015 08:31AM

I live in a pretty decent house between the maynooth and kilcock area - with the family (kids canine the works). Bought it and the land in an auction for a decent enough value. It helped that I had insider information that the auctioneers would be at a differnet auction that day - falling over themselves to buy up the old LEAF building up the road from the house in kilcock. So I had less competition from people with deeper wallets.

Since then I built a small house on the land which has been put to some good uses. And I have become a DIY fetishist. So I have turned the whole place slowly into quite a good location with lots of cool extras. Doubt I will ever move on now unless I had to. We plan two MORE kids - and this place can take it.

No DIRECT neighbours either - some distance to get to them - far enough that I do not worry _too_ much about parties or loud music.

27-09-2015 09:02AM

Rent a one bedroom apartment with the girlfriend in Vietnam.. Expensive by standards here so it's pretty nice and big.

strelok · 27-09-2015 09:03AM

i moved in with my mother so I could afford to go to college

it's fantastic

i'm in my thirties

Super-Rush · 27-09-2015 09:04AM

Myself and herself live in a 2 storey house in the foothills of Mount leinster.
3 bedrooms (2 ensuite), 2 sitting rooms, 2 more bathrooms, kitchen, sunroom blah blah.

We're in a pretty rural area about 2 minutes from where I grew up and I doubt we'll be moving.

It's blissfully quiet here. Love it.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 27-09-2015 09:07AM

Live with my wife and 2 children in a 5 bedroom detached house with huge detached garage (man shed) on a 1/2 acre site in the country side. House is 7 years old our own. No plans to ever move again. I love the peace and tranquility of the countryside. We have plenty of neighbours but none immediately next to us.

27-09-2015 09:22AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

For some reason, even though I own my own house for over 16 years, I always call my Mam and Dads house home. I'm oddly sentimental about it I suppose.

My wife used to feel that way about her parents house, that was until we built next door to it and her sister renovated it, now it's her sister's house.

Mint Sauce · 27-09-2015 09:27AM

Home is where ever my mum lives. Even though the longest I have ever stayed there was for 5 or 6 weeks one summer about 13/14 years ago, her and her husband built the house around about the same time. Have not lived at home for about 15 years.

I live on my own in a 3 bed Semi D, in an estate approximately 26 years old. Estate is mainly owner occupied, with a few living there since their house was built. So area is well cared for, quiet, and houses are probably with a better build quality than them thown up during the boom.

mojesius · 27-09-2015 09:30AM

Live in my dads house with him and my boyfriend. 15 min cycle from city centre or to the coast. We're saving for our own place so staying here for the next 2 years and doing my dads house up a bit for him while we're here, then want to buy way out west. I like Dublin but my heart belongs in the countryside.

The Dwelling You Call Home

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