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

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    #722
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,019 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    is spotahome legit? Or will it turn out that the ad was just an awareness raising hoax, to highlight the rental sector problems?

    Like really, sure it has to be a hoax. it can't actually be real.


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    #723
    ShaneC93
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭ShaneC93


    Kamili wrote: »
    but but, it has a smoke alarm!

    Thankfully, that place looks like it would burn to the ground in seconds.. Hopefully it's actually wired up.


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    #724
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    is spotahome legit? Or will it turn out that the ad was just an awareness raising hoax, to highlight the rental sector problems?

    Like really, sure it has to be a hoax. it can't actually be real.

    Nope, they are legit.
    Looked into it a bit.
    More focused on students and people coming over for a year to work than on families but that isnt an excuse for this ****.


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    #725
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    inforfun wrote: »
    Nope, they are legit.
    Looked into it a bit.
    More focused on students and people coming over for a year to work than on families but that isnt an excuse for this ****.

    Some of the apartments on that site are 2k a month and upwards. No clue what kind of students would be able to afford that sort of rent!

    The whole site looks dodgy as ****.


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    #726
    ShaneC93
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭ShaneC93


    inforfun wrote: »
    Nope, they are legit.
    Looked into it a bit.
    More focused on students and people coming over for a year to work than on families but that isnt an excuse for this ****.

    Funnily enough their whole business model appears to be centered around them going to each property and "verifying it" plus taking the pictures / videos themselves and then saying that tenants can't even view the property because it must be like the pictures and meeting requirements because it was verified by themselves..

    Just makes them look like a complete joke now if they just "verify" any property as "checked by Spotahome" regardless of whether it meets rental requirements or not. If this manages to get approval from them, I'd love to see what they actually reject..


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    #727
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    ShaneC93 wrote: »
    If this manages to get approval from them, I'd love to see what they actually reject..

    Why not go and ask them....

    40ba339b9559d1bc9325d12d396a5a4d.png

    #fundafun added to give it some "wings"


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    #728
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users Posts: 13,012 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    That Sutton house actually reminds me of a house I had as a child.
    Similar size, layout and equipment.
    Except this was my cobby house and it was for playing in.

    To thine own self be true



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    #729
    Kamili
    Registered Users Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    inforfun wrote: »
    Why not go and ask them....

    40ba339b9559d1bc9325d12d396a5a4d.png

    #fundafun added to give it some "wings"

    Good luck getting a response from them, Reviews are pretty crap for customer care

    https://ie.trustpilot.com/review/www.spotahome.com


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    #730
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Well, got a reply....

    0afd51f18e044d47e57516deec464264.png

    Wish i could do this in Dutch. So much easier for me to rip them a new one in my own language.


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    #731
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    inforfun wrote: »
    Well, got a reply....

    0afd51f18e044d47e57516deec464264.png

    Wish i could do this in Dutch. So much easier for me to rip them a new one in my own language.
    And it's Gone!
    Either some poor sod has taken it on or they've realised that they're going to be crucified for trying to let it.


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    #732
    Jenneke87
    Registered Users Posts: 807 ✭✭✭Jenneke87


    inforfun wrote: »
    Well, got a reply....

    0afd51f18e044d47e57516deec464264.png

    Wish i could do this in Dutch. So much easier for me to rip them a new one in my own language.[/quote

    Wie denken jullie wel niet wie jullie zijn, stelletje oplichtende graftakken! Wonen? Ik kan m'n schoonmoeder nog niet begraven hier! And then watch their faces trying to make sense of it ::-D


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    #733
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Yes... that i would consider polite.
    Born and raised in Rotterdam and i dont do polite when i am pissed off.

    Even Jeremy Clarkson is impressed

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2dhjDE2Ro


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    #734
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Kamili wrote: »
    They've made a video to show you round!

    The video's been taken down, but this is the internet and there are other copies available ;)


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    #735
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    https://www.spotahome.com/dublin/for-rent:apartments/261464


    I'm speechless..... survive winter in this one?


    Yellowlabradour wins the thread :pac:


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    #736
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Lackey wrote: »
    Yellowlabradour wins the thread :pac:

    Winner winner, outside for the chicken dinner.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #737
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    Spotahome kip has been taken down..


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    #738
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,126 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    inforfun wrote: »
    https://gyazo.com/9a1e7c689dd7cf3919bfa24dd7f1d60c

    https://gyazo.com/4fa2624c918b5a730d89d6e753faa823

    https://gyazo.com/25b2b5e7dd26f42eeeecf164193ead43

    https://gyazo.com/06d2618910963cf57428f51f0d76e795

    https://gyazo.com/fa02e2f51f044e094e5ebd341c9327d6

    https://gyazo.com/2d2f45ccdc957a1abd663180adff0efd

    https://gyazo.com/fb13e4347fb96c752411fca70749ab1d

    https://gyazo.com/3ce1a29672628f9e79a3e650eb2ec14d

    https://gyazo.com/e6f04244891fb78dfcb9d0a9f4ac8189

    https://gyazo.com/78aa940fc85bc8754fdc65f1464c6d90

    Get the gyazo extension in chrome and you only have to hover over the link to see the picture.

    Someone sent me the link earlier on whatsapp but it was gone by the time I got to it. Thanks for the screenshots.


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    #739
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Grayson wrote: »
    Someone sent me the link earlier on whatsapp but it was gone by the time I got to it. Thanks for the screenshots.

    The construction of that place kinda reminds me of this. Just not as well built ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioT6pdX6o18


    Very intersting doc ...


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    #740
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,290 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    TheJournal reporting on that side passage shed for anyone who didn't see it first time around...

    Advert for 'glorified shed', being rented for €700/month, removed from website

    Fixed link

    http://www.thejournal.ie/property-ad-removed-from-website-4279472-Oct2018/


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    #741
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Linkie nie workie


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    #742
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,290 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    inforfun wrote: »
    Linkie nie workie

    Fixed hopefully.


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    #743
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    From the comments:
    f97db2b86a57a8f2fb83bbc61e6df43e.png
    He said from his council house\bedroom in parents house

    I think i would get along really well with that person.


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    #744
    Kamili
    Registered Users Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    does anyone have a link to the video that the "developer" of this shack posted on facebook?


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    #745
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,454 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Exclamation Marc wrote: »
    TheJournal reporting on that side passage shed for anyone who didn't see it first time around...

    Advert for 'glorified shed', being rented for €700/month, removed from website

    Fixed link

    http://www.thejournal.ie/property-ad-removed-from-website-4279472-Oct2018/

    Lovin Dublin, Joe.ie, Journal etc all reported it and another posted on here. They're nicking stories from here.

    You WHORES.


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    #746
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    Conspiracy me says this was a ruse to get their website out in the open - no such thing as bad publicity or something?


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    #747
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,019 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Thatnastyboy wrote: »
    Conspiracy me says this was a ruse to get their website out in the open - no such thing as bad publicity or something?
    well I am seeing loads of banner ads for them now.


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    #748
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,046 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Exclamation Marc wrote: »
    TheJournal reporting on that side passage shed for anyone who didn't see it first time around...

    Advert for 'glorified shed', being rented for €700/month, removed from website

    Fixed link

    http://www.thejournal.ie/property-ad-removed-from-website-4279472-Oct2018/

    It's not a glorified shed, a glorified shed would be an improvement on that thing. It's just a few pieces of plywood stuck to the side of their house. You'd feel bad putting a dog in it on a cold, windy night.


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    #749
    ShaneC93
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭ShaneC93


    I wonder how long it will be until the landlord decides to stick it up on Daft instead.

    I don't believe it was a hoax. I know people say 'any publicity is good publicity' but the way Spotahome handled the backlash / media attention was anything but good. Instead of just apologising and saying they'll put in place procedures so it doesn't happen again etc. they essentially doubled down and said it was not at all their fault / problem and that the 'Checked by Spotahome Guarantee' just means the property exists.. not that it meets regulations / is safe to live in.


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    #750
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    That "verifier" Veronica was in the pictures, just like she is in all the other available Dublin accommodation.
    If you just want to hoax, you wouldnt put that picture in there.

    It wasnt a hoax and it wasnt an over sight. They are just in there to make money and dont give a **** how.


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    #751
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    inforfun wrote: »
    That "verifier" Veronica was in the pictures, just like she is in all the other available Dublin accommodation.
    If you just want to hoax, you wouldnt put that picture in there.

    It wasnt a hoax and it wasnt an over sight. They are just in there to make money and dont give a **** how.

    Ran this past family in Canada who just laughed and that this happens all the time over there..

    I mentioned Tiny Homes?

    See

    http://www.tinyhomes.ie/

    https://selfbuild.ie/advice/tiny-homes/


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