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

Grayson · 04-05-2021 5:07pm

KevRossi wrote: »

Munich is often cited as the most expensive city in Germany.

This is what a one room apartment looks like there. This one is €760. €40 a month cheaper than the stairs in Phibsboro.
It's the first one that popped up on the list. I know the area, it's perfectly safe, a decent place to live. Great public transport too. Distance wise the same as Phibsboro from the city centre.

33m2 in total. Big room, a balcony and you can't hear the next door neighbour farting on the jacks in the morning.

https://www.immonet.de/angebot/44163038

I'm applying for a job in Dusseldorf at the moment. The pay is better and they sent me this link for properties. 2 rooms minimum. at least 60m and less than 700 euro a month.
The catch is that a lot of apartments there don't have kitchens fitted. The previous occupant takes them when they move.

https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/nordrhein-westfalen/duesseldorf/wohnung-mieten?numberofrooms=2.0-&price=-700.0&livingspace=60.0-&pricetype=rentpermonth&sorting=4

But there's still a load available with kitchens.

https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/nordrhein-westfalen/duesseldorf/wohnung-mit-einbaukueche-mieten?numberofrooms=2.0-&price=-700.0&livingspace=60.0-&pricetype=rentpermonth&sorting=4&enteredFrom=result_list

take this one. One bed, fully furnished. 550 a month or 690 if you include heating.
https://www.immobilienscout24.de/expose/127819505?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=expose_sharing&utm_content=expose_contactbox

flazio · 05-05-2021 5:50am

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Surely there are standards for a minimum permitted size of a habitable space? Or is that asking too much?

Well, canal boats are getting popular in places like London and Amsterdam, then of course you have caravans in various places, and then there's Japan.

SupaCat95 · 05-05-2021 9:43pm

flazio wrote: »

Well, canal boats are getting popular in places like London and Amsterdam, then of course you have caravans in various places, and then there's Japan.

Yeah they are. I am addicted to "cruising the cut" and "Foxesafloat" on youtube. Ireland doesnt have the same infrastructure for barges and narrowboats as the other countries. Narrowboats dont do well on open water like lakes and they dont have a network in Ireland like they do in the other European cities. Saying that I would love to live in one of them especially come lockdown.

05-05-2021 10:45pm

Grayson wrote: »

I'm applying for a job in Dusseldorf at the moment. The pay is better and they sent me this link for properties. 2 rooms minimum. at least 60m and less than 700 euro a month.
The catch is that a lot of apartments there don't have kitchens fitted. The previous occupant takes them when they move.

https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/nordrhein-westfalen/duesseldorf/wohnung-mieten?numberofrooms=2.0-&price=-700.0&livingspace=60.0-&pricetype=rentpermonth&sorting=4

But there's still a load available with kitchens.

Still far cheaper than Dublin, after a few months of rent-cost savings, to buy your own kitchen and furniture (assuming approximately equivalent salary of course).

As a renter, I always felt it was a pity we didnt/ don't have a tradition of bringing our own furniture to rental properties. I suppose it's a result of tenancy insecurity?

I remember when IKEA first came to Ireland, trying to persuade our landlord that we would buy a new couch, bookcase, tables etc but would he please take away the old stuff. He could keep the furniture when we moved out. He was having none of it.

It's bad enough renting in Dublin, you'd like to at least sit in your own IKEA crýïng-chåir.

Odelay · 05-05-2021 10:55pm

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-investment-housing-5428746-May2021/

Thought this was an interesting article now that we are discussing how property is done these days. Is the author reputable?

LillySV · 05-05-2021 11:40pm

Odelay wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-investment-housing-5428746-May2021/

Thought this was an interesting article now that we are discussing how property is done these days. Is the author reputable?

its is the best and most comprehensive description of whats happened in this country since the late noughties....they countries gone to s*it thanks to ff/Fg

SupaCat95 · 05-05-2021 11:58pm

Odelay wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-investment-housing-5428746-May2021/

Thought this was an interesting article now that we are discussing how property is done these days. Is the author reputable?

There is nothing extra ordinary about this article, if you have been following conspiracy theorists and the market for years. It is just a more detailed explanation of the Great Reset plan that has enfolded from the World Economic Forum. It is just manifesting itself now.

Imagine if someone took it a step further and thought the governments wanted to control the populations food, water, medicine, education and transport through a single global government?

SupaCat95 · 06-05-2021 12:02am

LillySV wrote: »

they countries gone to s*it thanks to ff/Fg

Think much much bigger and ask who is pulling all these strings and who is controlling the puppeteer? Fianna Fail/Fine Gael are just the organ grinders monkey, the central banks and Civil Servants think they are the smart ones when they are the fleas on the monkey and are not aware of what they are doing in the greater scheme of things

Cilldara_2000 · 06-05-2021 12:04am

Ah Jaysus. Conspiracy forum is that way --->.

Odelay wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-investment-housing-5428746-May2021/

Thought this was an interesting article now that we are discussing how property is done these days. Is the author reputable?

I believe he is but even if he wasn't, his claims as to what happened in the past are backed up by the historical record.

06-05-2021 12:04am

Odelay wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-investment-housing-5428746-May2021/

Thought this was an interesting article now that we are discussing how property is done these days. Is the author reputable?

I would say yes, given that one of the pillars of his argument is a direct quote from the Minister for Finance who welcomed REITs and institutional property owners

In 2012 the new Fine Gael Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, said that the REIT framework was intended to “facilitate the attraction of foreign investment capital to the Irish property market”.

He further argued that “the acquisition and management of properties by professional REITs is part of a more sustainable, long-term property rental market for both investors and property tenants”.

AlmightyCushion · 06-05-2021 12:34am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I would say yes, given that one of the pillars of his argument is a direct quote from the Minister for Finance who welcomed REITs and institutional property owners

In 2012 the new Fine Gael Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, said that the REIT framework was intended to “facilitate the attraction of foreign investment capital to the Irish property market”.

He further argued that “the acquisition and management of properties by professional REITs is part of a more sustainable, long-term property rental market for both investors and property tenants”.

There is a difference between bringing in institutional investors and the government having a policy of not wanting people to be able to afford to buy or rent a home which he claims in the article. Just because they want the former, does not mean they want the latter.

06-05-2021 12:45am

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

There is a difference between bringing in institutional investors and the government having a policy of not wanting people to be able to afford to buy or rent a home which he claims in the article. Just because they want the former, does not mean they want the latter.

He said "an affordable home", obviously nobody believes it is a policy to prevent everyone from purchasing a home. The headline is misleading, but Hearne won't have written the headline.

What is noticeable from Noonan's statement is that his policy facilitating acquisition of property by REITs is a "more sustainable" approach.

I would read that — in light of the date — as referring to shoring-up property prices, which collapse was one of the main causes of the banking collapse, obviously. A central priority at the time was to restore the banks' balance sheets.

HildaOgdenx · 06-05-2021 4:01pm

I might buy this... :P when I win the euromillions. :pac:

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/43-leeson-park-ranelagh-dublin-6-d06nr40/4498886

Navy blue · 06-05-2021 4:06pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I might buy this... :P when I win the euromillions. :pac:

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/43-leeson-park-ranelagh-dublin-6-d06nr40/4498886

The exterior is stunning, but my god, they've removed every single original feature in it. It's a crying shame. Soulless box inside, you could be in a new build anywhere in the country.

HildaOgdenx · 06-05-2021 4:09pm

Navy blue wrote: »

The exterior is stunning, but my god, they've removed every single original feature in it. It's a crying shame. Soulless box inside, you could be in a new build anywhere in the country.

I hadnt really looked at it, (the pictures I mean

) tbh.

It just caught my eye. I played the euromillions anyway, just in case!

Baybay · 06-05-2021 4:14pm

It’s doesn’t look like a very comfortable looking house to linger in. More like a gallery to pass through. But gorgeous exterior.
I didn’t read the description but if he takes all his furniture, it could be made much more snug & cosy.

Cheensbo · 06-05-2021 4:21pm

Feck that - end of terrace house for €4m,

Have this (or these, including the gate lodge) - and keep a million in your pocket

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barrettstown-house-newbridge-kildare/4497747

Navy blue · 06-05-2021 4:23pm

Cheensbo wrote: »

Feck that - end of terrace house for €4m,

Have this (or these, including the gate lodge) - and keep a million in your pocket

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barrettstown-house-newbridge-kildare/4497747

Wow! Now that is a lotto house!

06-05-2021 4:27pm

Navy blue wrote: »

Wow! Now that is a lotto house!

A bit too fancy for me,but at least there is color in the rooms.Instead of white/magnolia all over the place.

miamee · 06-05-2021 4:27pm

Cheensbo wrote: »

Feck that - end of terrace house for €4m,

Have this (or these, including the gate lodge) - and keep a million in your pocket

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barrettstown-house-newbridge-kildare/4497747

That's a stunner!

This is a bit more worn than that Newbridge one but it's like a step back in time including the furnishings: https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-the-rectory-glebe-fahan-co-donegal/2522737

Allinall · 06-05-2021 4:27pm

Cheensbo wrote: »

Feck that - end of terrace house for €4m,

Have this (or these, including the gate lodge) - and keep a million in your pocket

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barrettstown-house-newbridge-kildare/4497747

Fecking long walk to Stephen's Green, though.

06-05-2021 4:45pm

Navy blue wrote: »

The exterior is stunning, but my god, they've removed every single original feature in it. It's a crying shame. Soulless box inside, you could be in a new build anywhere in the country.

Assuming it is a protected structure, they probably haven't removed any original feature that wasn't already destroyed or taken out in a previous era when you were allowed to do whatever you liked.

I think it's better when people modernise the interior of old homes. A house is a living thing, not a museum (admittedly, aspects of this resemble a gallery).
It should change to reflect the passage of time, and its new owners — at least on the inside. It's a nice surprise to see an old house like that so totally transformed. I like it!

josip · 06-05-2021 4:48pm

Allinall wrote: »

Fecking long walk to Stephen's Green, though.

The further the better

Cheensbo · 06-05-2021 4:48pm

Allinall wrote: »

Fecking long walk to Stephen's Green, though.

You'd get plenty of helicopter with the change

Uncle Pierre · 06-05-2021 5:46pm

Hell of a job to mow the lawn there, though. You wouldn't have that to worry about in the city place.

06-05-2021 6:37pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I might buy this... :P when I win the euromillions. :pac:

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/43-leeson-park-ranelagh-dublin-6-d06nr40/4498886

Yup, like that a lot.

For bonus points, can anyone make out the note on the rather incongruous sacred heart picture?

Ronaldinho · 06-05-2021 6:43pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Hell of a job to mow the lawn there, though. You wouldn't have that to worry about in the city place.

That's what the help is for.

Aglomerado · 06-05-2021 6:45pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yup, like that a lot.

For bonus points, can anyone make out the note on the rather incongruous sacred heart picture?

"Jesus would you look at the price tag on this house!" : p
It also has a VOID on the floor plan. I wonder if that's for flinging enemies into?

06-05-2021 6:45pm

Ronaldinho wrote: »

That's what the help is for.

And if Desperate Housewives has taught me anything, that would be the toyboy.

Aglomerado · 06-05-2021 6:49pm

TXinLK wrote: »

A bit too fancy for me,but at least there is color in the rooms.Instead of white/magnolia all over the place.

Fit for a king! Some stunning features, that entrance hall, the fireplace and ceiling.

Cilldara_2000 · 06-05-2021 6:53pm

What is the point of this room?

And what in the name of god is that yoke in the front centre?

But yeah, that whole house is awful. Bad artwork, bad paint colour choice, full of actual glass furniture - even the fire guard is glass! It's like Dermot Bannon got loose in the furniture factory.

Deleted User wrote: »

For bonus points, can anyone make out the note on the rather incongruous sacred heart picture?

It's about the only thing in that house that isn't insane and I'm an atheist!

BattleCorp · 06-05-2021 7:43pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I might buy this... :P when I win the euromillions. :pac:

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/43-leeson-park-ranelagh-dublin-6-d06nr40/4498886

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder but to my mind that's a horrible house with lots of wasted space and even worse furniture.

Good location and looks well from the outside but I'd consider it poxy inside.

NSAman · 06-05-2021 8:01pm

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

What is the point of this room?

And what in the name of god is that yoke in the front centre?

But yeah, that whole house is awful. Bad artwork, bad paint colour choice, full of actual glass furniture - even the fire guard is glass! It's like Dermot Bannon got loose in the furniture factory.

It's about the only thing in that house that isn't insane and I'm an atheist!

It's not about functionality it is about aesthetic!

Not everyone wants the house functional and it to be family friendly.

While I dislike some of the house, I like the minimalism of it. No clutter!

Would I decorate differently? Of course! But that is the joy of design.... you make it your own.

SupaCat95 · 06-05-2021 8:08pm

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

And what in the name of god is that yoke in the front centre?

It should be obviously clear due to the ochre tones of the inner, that is the an expression of the warmth of the human heart beating with in a banal exterior. Either that or it is just a stained commode or common potty!

BattleCorp · 06-05-2021 8:50pm

NSAman wrote: »

It's not about functionality it is about aesthetic!

Not everyone wants the house functional and it to be family friendly.

What's the point of having a house that isn't functional?

Purple Mountain · 06-05-2021 8:56pm

Are we sure it's not some sort of art gallery and not a house?

ohnonotgmail · 06-05-2021 8:59pm

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

What is the point of this room?

And what in the name of god is that yoke in the front centre?

But yeah, that whole house is awful. Bad artwork, bad paint colour choice, full of actual glass furniture - even the fire guard is glass! It's like Dermot Bannon got loose in the furniture factory.

It's about the only thing in that house that isn't insane and I'm an atheist!

i wouldn't read too much into that room. It been staged by the estate agent. Only a psychopath would live with books piled like that and not even a chair next to them to read in.

Sardonicat · 06-05-2021 9:18pm

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

And what in the name of god is that yoke in the front centre?

But yeah, that whole house is awful. Bad artwork, bad paint colour choice, full of actual glass furniture - even the fire guard is glass! It's like Dermot Bannon got loose in the furniture factory.

The large Bowll is for the car keys when 'entertaining' guests and the glass furniture is easy to wipe down after.

Darkglasses · 06-05-2021 9:20pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

The large Bowll is for the car keys when 'entertaining' guests and the glass furniture is easy to wipe down after.

Should've put that in the Daft ad.

SupaCat95 · 06-05-2021 9:23pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

The large Bowll is for the car keys when 'entertaining' guests and the glass furniture is easy to wipe down after.

I love glass as a medium, its is so difficult to stain or mark with bodily fluids and easy to wipe off afterwards.

As for the bowl, I imagine it is great for collecting the surplus from the enemas.

Mod? Am I going to get a warning/paddling for pushing the boundaries on this one?

Purple Mountain · 06-05-2021 9:53pm

SupaCat95 wrote: »

I love glass as a medium, its is so difficult to stain or mark with bodily fluids and easy to wipe off afterwards.

As for the bowl, I imagine it is great for collecting the surplus from the enemas.

Mod? Am I going to get a warning/paddling for pushing the boundaries on this one?

I'll whip you with my pampas grass

Aglomerado · 06-05-2021 10:12pm

Maybe 'void' is a euphemism for dungeon.

Purple Mountain · 06-05-2021 10:19pm

https://ibb.co/bWqwsT6

Courtesy of Instagram "UglyIrishHouses" page.

Leg End Reject · 06-05-2021 10:20pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

https://ibb.co/bWqwsT6

Courtesy of Instagram "UglyIrishHouses" page.

Dafuq? Be lovely on a frosty morning ... splat!

Cilldara_2000 · 06-05-2021 10:23pm

That can't be real.

Aglomerado · 06-05-2021 10:24pm

I spotted that last night on Hunbelieveable. What the feck were they thinking, one shower and that's going to look like the Guggenheim in Bilbao!

tea and coffee · 06-05-2021 10:31pm

https://royalestones.ie/categories/the-wood-effects.html

It's not this stuff is it? Saw it in Roadstone recently.

Aglomerado · 06-05-2021 10:37pm

tea and coffee wrote: »

https://royalestones.ie/categories/the-wood-effects.html

It's not this stuff is it? Saw it in Roadstone recently.

That's mad,Ted. Never knew you could get that.

I like the idea of this, for flow from inside to outside if you've let Dermot Bannon loose in your house and have glass walls.
Not for the house in the picture though,looks wrong for it!

Purple Mountain · 06-05-2021 10:41pm

It might look OK in a back yard patio area with a bbq and seating but not in someone's front driveway area!

Leg End Reject · 06-05-2021 10:56pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

It might look OK in a back yard patio area with a bbq and seating but not in someone's front driveway area!

A small, mid-terrace front garden, not even a driveway!

It looks hideous there.

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

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