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

humberklog · 28-04-2021 7:11pm

At least it meets the new "dual aspect" regulations.

cefh17 · 28-04-2021 7:12pm

Imagine, being able to pick out your clothes for the day while you take your morning sh*t

28-04-2021 7:19pm

Well, this one is special. Want your rice crispies in the morning, lean out over the stairs to open the cupboard. Likewise, heating up your lunch in the microwave also over the open stairs.

Small mercies, there's a Separate Bathroom to the rest of the "apartment". I wonder if there's even a shower.

Can this really be within regulations?

ohnonotgmail · 28-04-2021 7:34pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

Where does the mystery door, partly blocked by the bed, lead to...

does it not go to the bathroom?

HildaOgdenx · 28-04-2021 7:34pm

Where does the mystery door, partly blocked by the bed, lead to...so many questions!

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 7:35pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

does it not go to the bathroom?

AKA the walk in wardrobe.

HildaOgdenx · 28-04-2021 7:36pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

AKA the walk in wardrobe.

Complete with toilet. Luxury, I tell you, luxury!

Ah jeepers though, the likes of that 'apartment' is a disgrace.

ohnonotgmail · 28-04-2021 7:49pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

AKA the walk in wardrobe.

what could possibly go wrong with storing your clothes in a bathroom.

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 7:52pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

what could possibly go wrong with storing your clothes in a bathroom.

Nothing, who doesn't love to smell musty after brushing mould off their clothes?

nibtrix · 28-04-2021 8:33pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

Where does the mystery door, partly blocked by the bed, lead to...so many questions!

That’s the main door into the apartment, no? Has a lock, the intercom is beside it.

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 8:42pm

nibtrix wrote: »

That’s the main door into the apartment, no? Has a lock, the intercom is beside it.

You're right! You must have to go down stairs to the loo/walk in wardrobe and hope you don't impale yourself on the 2 feet of extra handrail sticking up in the air.

How do you get to the door when it's obviously upstairs? That looks like a makeshift stairs too.

It's an enigma!

retalivity · 28-04-2021 8:42pm

nibtrix wrote: »

That’s the main door into the apartment, no? Has a lock, the intercom is beside it.

Yeah, think the toilet and wardrone are in the downstairs landing

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 8:51pm

retalivity wrote: »

Yeah, think the toilet and wardrone are in the downstairs landing

And what kind of building is it in? A house?

Anyone in Dublin willing to go for a viewing?

28-04-2021 8:53pm

Also, notice the bed... You wouldn't want to wake up in the morning forget where you were and lift your head. CONCUSSION!

Who the F redesigned this FFS.

nibtrix · 28-04-2021 8:53pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

hope you don't impale yourself on the 2 feet of extra handrail sticking up in the air.

I think the extra long handrail is on the wall side, ie screwed to the wall.

Leg End Reject wrote: »

How do you get to the door when it's obviously upstairs? That looks like a makeshift stairs too.

Probably the building was converted into flats and they had a small space left over on two floors, not big enough to be separate rooms/flats. So they threw in a stairs between them and called it a “studio apartment”. The main door into the apt could be any floor of the building with the bathroom a “blind” space on the floor below with no other entrance other than the stairs. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was in a basement actually.

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 8:55pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Also, notice the bed... You wouldn't want to wake up in the morning forget where you were and lift your head. CONCUSSION!

Who the F redesigned this FFS.

Chair under a shelf just in case you manage to get out of bed unscathed too.

flazio · 28-04-2021 8:56pm

Surprised the agent isn't trying to sell it as "Canal Long Boat inspired"

HildaOgdenx · 28-04-2021 9:02pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Chair under a shelf just in case you manage to get out of bed unscathed too.

I don't know why there's an intercom needed because I don't think the occupier will be having many visitors.

I see it also mentions, garden, patio and balcony on the ad.

28-04-2021 9:08pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I don't know why there's an intercom needed because I don't think the occupier will be having many visitors.

I see it also mentions, garden, patio and balcony on the ad.

That would be the plant on the shelf. A Studio Garden.

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 9:09pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I don't know why there's an intercom needed because I don't think the occupier will be having many visitors.

I see it also mentions, garden, patio and balcony on the ad.

You could line guests up on the stairs and easily pass things down from the kitchen by leaning over the bannister or makeshift barrier.

"Line up in height order please, tallest on the bottom step."

Then when you need to go to the loo "Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, John put your arms by your side until I pass, excuse me, excuse me..." Mighty craic.

James 007 · 28-04-2021 9:33pm

Love the layout of the place, its compact, but it has everything I would need. The only thing that puts me off renting it is the requirement to put on a harness before you put meals into the microwave & take them out again. I know the landlord is looking out for your safety.:rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aza-s-uuaY8

Wake_Up_Donnie · 28-04-2021 9:35pm

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-4-5-portland-drive-newcastle-west-co-limerick/3167904

I think the house is lovely - just needs some redecoration but this bathroom... I love the bathmat on top of the carpet - for extra moisture retention

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HeidiHeidi · 28-04-2021 9:38pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

It's er, cosy? :rolleyes:
It looks like it's on a landing, with the 'kitchen' partly over the stairs.

1 double bedroom?

You'd really want to love each other......

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 9:42pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

1 double bedroom?

You'd really want to love each other......

And keep the heads down ... :cool:

HildaOgdenx · 28-04-2021 9:59pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

1 double bedroom?

You'd really want to love each other......

Only one crying chair though...

Leg End Reject · 28-04-2021 10:27pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

Only one crying chair though...

One of them could sit on the end of the bed and make the tea.

It's a very versatile space.

Duke of Schomberg · 28-04-2021 10:53pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

does it not go to the bathroom?

But the Yale lock is on the outside of the door - so you'd have to take a key in with you every time you entered, in case you shut the door after yourself and locked yourself in . . .

I see there's a clothes-horse on top of the "bathroom" (I use the term broadly because I can't see anything other than the heads in there) wardrobe - where the bloody hell is there space even to unfold it?

Hotblack Desiato · 29-04-2021 12:08am

Leg End Reject wrote: »

You're right! You must have to go down stairs to the loo/walk in wardrobe and hope you don't impale yourself on the 2 feet of extra handrail sticking up in the air.

Look at the angle of that handrail. That's not a stairs, it's more like a permanent attic ladder!

Place is a death trap, probably no fire exit in the "en suite wardrobe" so only way in and out is the main door.

Gremlinertia · 29-04-2021 12:15am

Is it BER exempt because it doesn't bloody exist?

Purple Mountain · 29-04-2021 12:17am

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

It's er, cosy? :rolleyes:
It looks like it's on a landing, with the 'kitchen' partly over the stairs.

"Studio apartment" is code now for hell hole obviously.
But hey...they're obviously looking after your safety with the fire blanket!

Leg End Reject · 29-04-2021 12:32am

Seriously though, imagine living there? No where to put your TV, no room to move around, not able to sit up in bed and look at the kitchen, dicing with death going to the loo/wardrobe and paying €850 a month.

HeidiHeidi · 29-04-2021 12:39am

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Seriously though, imagine living there? No where to put your TV, no room to move around, not able to sit up in bed and look at the kitchen, dicing with death going to the loo/wardrobe and paying €850 a month.

Ah, now, in fairness - you could ask the pot plant (nicely) to shove over a bit and share the shelf....

The rest..... you may have a point.

Leg End Reject · 29-04-2021 12:44am

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah, now, in fairness - you could ask the pot plant (nicely) to shove over a bit and share the shelf....

The rest..... you may have a point.

No, I'm afraid that shelf is where brain cells go to die when you absentmindedly stand up off the crying chair.

Username here · 29-04-2021 1:01am

Purple Mountain wrote: »

"Studio apartment" is code now for hell hole obviously.
But hey...they're obviously looking after your safety with the fire blanket!

If you zoom right in, you can see the elbow of whoever took the photo!

Seriously though - I wouldn't live there for free. The STATE.

BattleCorp · 29-04-2021 9:54am

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Look at the angle of that handrail. That's not a stairs, it's more like a permanent attic ladder!

Place is a death trap, probably no fire exit in the "en suite wardrobe" so only way in and out is the main door.

Yep, illegal stairs alright.

Does anybody go around inspecting these places? I mean there are people going around looking at conditions dogs are kept in, who does it for humans?

seamus · 29-04-2021 10:02am

Yeah, no way that thing can be legal. That is definitely a stira, or at least some custom crap cobbled together for a stairs.

That cabinet over the bed...is that a gas boiler?

That's also not a double bed. It's a small single.

Trigger Happy · 29-04-2021 10:07am

That microflat is a shocker. If ever there was a need for a magical Estate agent widening photo lens then this is it.

That cabinet over the bed...if you jolted in the middle of the night you would knock yourself unconscious on the bottom of thing.

Mollyb60 · 29-04-2021 10:12am

I can't believe they missed out on the opportunity to call it a duplex apartment. Very poor of the estate agent.

Wabbit Ears · 29-04-2021 10:21am

thing is some agency will stick a migrant worker fella in that monstrosity and wash their hands with it. Lived in a houseshare years ago with a converted garage that served as a bedroom that was poxy freezing and the local nursing homes used to place staff there all the time, no questions asked.

duffman3833 · 29-04-2021 10:32am

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

It's er, cosy? :rolleyes:
It looks like it's on a landing, with the 'kitchen' partly over the stairs.

The advert is gone, i missed it. Was there other pictures or that just it

Kerry25x · 29-04-2021 10:33am

Wow this place is one of the worst I've seen, I would really love it if the media picked it up and gave it more widespread redicule. How on earth they have that advertised as a double is beyond me, clearly a single bed. No place to eat your meals, you can either stand over the kitchen counter or sit in the chair and balance your plate on your knees. They also have a washing machine and dryer listed, no sign of either in the photos.

Anyway, I see the add has been taken down now. Probably got some poor desperate sap to take the place.

freshpopcorn · 29-04-2021 10:33am

seamus wrote: »

That cabinet over the bed...is that a gas boiler?

That's also not a double bed. It's a small single.

I think it’s the gas boiler.

Maybe the apartment is so big the bed appears small.

chewed · 29-04-2021 10:53am

It's nice that they've provided a seating area so you can wait and watch for the microwave to finish!

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https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-phibsborough-d7-phibsborough-dublin-7/3182161

mikhail · 29-04-2021 10:56am

chewed wrote: »

It's nice that they've provided a seating area so you can wait and watch for the microwave to finish!

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-phibsborough-d7-phibsborough-dublin-7/3182161

I quite like how the single mattresses overhang the tiny bedframes.

Kerry25x · 29-04-2021 10:57am

Maybe its because I'm still reeling from the last place but this one doesn't seem that bad.

seamus · 29-04-2021 11:01am

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I think it’s the gas boiler.

I mean, it's legal to have a boiler in the bedroom, but I'm not sure what the regs say about it being 3 inches from your face while you're asleep.

Ubbquittious · 29-04-2021 11:04am

This one is nice, apart from the price

https://www.jaap.nl/te-koop/zuid+holland/oost-zuid-holland/nieuwveen/2441ee/zouthuissluizermolenpad+1/15904541/overzicht?search=/te-koop/zuid+holland/oost-zuid-holland/nieuwveen/2441cw/oude+nieuwveenseweg+48+a/15765574/overzicht

seamus · 29-04-2021 11:05am

Kerry25x wrote: »

Maybe its because I'm still reeling from the last place but this one doesn't seem that bad.

I would put good money that that was originally one smallish double bedroom carved into two tiny singles to make more money.

Like you say, it doesn't seem terrible except that it's in a shocking state of repair. The kitchen looks like it was reclaimed from a skip.

If you put the bedroom back the way it's supposed to be and renovated it, it would be a semi-decent little one bed worthy of €1k a month.

29-04-2021 11:11am

Ubbquittious wrote: »

This one is nice, apart from the price

https://www.jaap.nl/te-koop/zuid+holland/oost-zuid-holland/nieuwveen/2441ee/zouthuissluizermolenpad+1/15904541/overzicht?search=/te-koop/zuid+holland/oost-zuid-holland/nieuwveen/2441cw/oude+nieuwveenseweg+48+a/15765574/overzicht

You couldn't get more Dutch than living in a former windmill... okay, living in an active windmill might surpass it.

HildaOgdenx · 29-04-2021 11:20am

duffman3833 wrote: »

The advert is gone, i missed it. Was there other pictures or that just it

There was a photo taken from the opposite angle, in the same part of the landing apartment. And a photo of a toilet in front of a wardrobe.

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

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