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

Kitty6277 · 27-04-2018 3:12pm

ams wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/a-single-bed-in-a-kitchen-in-stoneybatter-is-being-advertised-for-800month-36851308.html

This has to be a joke

Agent Smith · 27-04-2018 4:23pm

ams wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/a-single-bed-in-a-kitchen-in-stoneybatter-is-being-advertised-for-800month-36851308.html

The Masturbation chair makes this....

Thargor · 27-04-2018 7:51pm

Shenshen wrote: »

It could be hiding the water tank, given it's right under the roof? Doesn't make it any less ugly, though

Nope, the other pics show a couch and a desk up there.

skooterblue2 · 30-04-2018 6:54pm

Just spent the last while looking around on Daft - seen a few places that made me laugh but this one takes the buiscuit!

[URL="[url]http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/waterford-city/96b-gracedieu-road-waterford-city-waterford-1649520/[/url] [URL="http://http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/waterford-city/96b-gracedieu-road-waterford-city-waterford-1649520/"]http://http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/waterford-city/96b-gracedieu-road-waterford-city-waterford-1649520/[/URL]

WTF!!! In one way it's my dream come true But in another it's gross and freaky.

Its a bargain basement but could be profitable done up

Anyone else any funny property pics or stories?

mojesius · 05-05-2018 8:15pm

Can't embed the pics from the mobile site.

https://touch.daft.ie/dublin/flats-for-rent/rathmines/ormond-road-rathmines-dublin-1831609

Glass table in the sitting room, ideal for either banging your head off / snorting anything to dull the pain every month after you've shelled out 1400 for what can only be described as a kip for the price.

The crying cooker (pic 2,) in 'the kitchen' (pic 3) even looks depressed. Imagine arriving in from work on a cold dark wet winter's eve having to cook your dinner in that corner of doom!

Bonus points for the new yet oversized mattress on the aul crusty bed base. But hey, the new mattress justifies the rent!

No pictures of the bathroom, says it all.

I realise this isn't the biggest dump going but 1400 a month is scandalous, regardless of its location.

Kamili · 06-05-2018 9:02am

Again no BER rating. Why are daft still allowing ads up without this legal requirement?

Thargor · 06-05-2018 10:40pm

Kamili wrote: »

Again no BER rating. Why are daft still allowing ads up without this legal requirement?

They'd just start clicking on a fake one they pulled out of their ass when they're making the ad, not a hope of it ever being inspected or enforced.

Samuel T. Cogley · 06-05-2018 11:26pm

Thargor wrote: »

They'd just start clicking on a fake one they pulled out of their ass when they're making the ad, not a hope of it ever being inspected or enforced.

Did exactly that with my place, just got one from another apartment in the block.

retalivity · 07-05-2018 6:01pm

the journal have a story up about the 11 saddest looking rentals in dublin at the moment. Some have been posted here before, others have not.
Surprised that they are drawing attention to some of the downright illegal stuff that is posted on their sister site. Although, they let us away with posting about it here too I guess....money's money

WoolyJumper · 07-05-2018 8:22pm

Out of curiosity I checked on Daft what was available to rent in Cork for less than 700 euro a month.

For the low price of 450 a month you could rent a "chalet" in lovely Doneraile. Just a short one hour drive from Cork City. Basically someone who lives in the middle of no where decided to rent out their garden shed. By looks of it they didn't even put in insulation. But it does seem to at least have running water...

http://www.daft.ie/cork/studio-apartments-for-rent/doneraile/ballybrack-doneraile-cork-1833590/

robarmstrong · 07-05-2018 10:44pm

WoolyJumper wrote: »

Out of curiosity I checked on Daft what was available to rent in Cork for less than 700 euro a month.

For the low price of 450 a month you could rent a "chalet" in lovely Doneraile. Just a short one hour drive from Cork City. Basically someone who lives in the middle of no where decided to rent out their garden shed. By looks of it they didn't even put in insulation. But it does seem to at least have running water...

http://www.daft.ie/cork/studio-apartments-for-rent/doneraile/ballybrack-doneraile-cork-1833590/

What a wondrous chalet, I could envision myself enjoying only the finest champagne whilst leaning on my beautiful mahogany-themed decking, immersed in my own thoughts.

Or call it for what it is, a poxy shed!!

Samuel T. Cogley · 07-05-2018 11:33pm

The thing isn't even level!

redcup342 · 08-05-2018 9:02am

Here's one from Dusseldorf (Although a bit outside the center)

https://www.wg-gesucht.de/1-zimmer-wohnungen-in-Duesseldorf-Unterrath.6678841.html

I'd say you might get a crick in your neck watching TV

Note the fold out table on the wall and the Toaster and various other things in the cheap sh*tty discount shop shelves.

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And your Bed is ... well .. the couch too

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600 quid a month for that ?!?!?

For the same money you could get a 55 sqm place near the center of town !

Just imagine sitting there with your missus, "Baby ... fold out table and a roof TV ... we are living the dream"

gozunda · 08-05-2018 9:21am

redcup342 wrote: »

Here's one from Dusseldorf (Although a bit outside the center)

https://www.wg-gesucht.de/1-zimmer-wohnungen-in-Duesseldorf-Unterrath.6678841.html

..."

Reckon Ikea got a fair old rattling for the furnishings tbh ...

whiskeyman · 09-05-2018 6:12pm

When is a bedroom a bedroom?
They say it has a bedroom downstairs, but there's no bed there. Would be a pain running up and down stairs to use the shower.
Isn't everyroom really a bedroom so, if the wannabe landlord wants to rent out every room?
Nice three bed, but 4 bed this ain't!

https://m.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/5-the-woods-charlemont-griffith-ave-dublin-9/4215003?utm_source=myhomeie&utm_medium=email&utm_content=propertyalerts&utm_campaign=residentialforsalepropertyalert

LaChatteGitane · 09-05-2018 10:52pm

^^ Oh, I don't know. The house is for sale, unfurnished, so why should there be a bed. There is a toilet in the hallway, leading of the 'bedroom'.
Some houses have the bathroom downstairs...
In the end, buyers will use it how they see fit and they can either use it as a bedroom or a games room or a whatever room.

mikeymouse · 10-05-2018 7:57am

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

^^ Oh, I don't know. The house is for sale, unfurnished, so why should there be a bed. There is a toilet in the hallway, leading of the 'bedroom'.
Some houses have the bathroom downstairs...
In the end, buyers will use it how they see fit and they can either use it as a bedroom or a games room or a whatever room.

Yea, but but you will have to go out the back door and climb in through the window to get to it

Mollyb60 · 10-05-2018 8:22am

mikeymouse wrote: »

Yea, but but you will have to go out the back door and climb in through the window to get to it

Well according to the floor plan the only way to get into the living room/kitchen at all is through that bedroom, out the back door and back in the kitchen then so I think an inaccessible WC under the stairs is the least of their worries.

redcup342 · 10-05-2018 9:35am

whiskeyman wrote: »

When is a bedroom a bedroom?
They say it has a bedroom downstairs, but there's no bed there. Would be a pain running up and down stairs to use the shower.
Isn't everyroom really a bedroom so, if the wannabe landlord wants to rent out every room?
Nice three bed, but 4 bed this ain't!

https://m.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/5-the-woods-charlemont-griffith-ave-dublin-9/4215003?utm_source=myhomeie&utm_medium=email&utm_content=propertyalerts&utm_campaign=residentialforsalepropertyalert

Property Boom is back .... only a matter of time before the bubble pops again :rolleyes:

RobbieTheRobber · 10-05-2018 9:47am

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Well according to the floor plan the only way to get into the living room/kitchen at all is through that bedroom, out the back door and back in the kitchen then so I think an inaccessible WC under the stairs is the least of their worries.

Picture number three shows the doorway from the hall to the living room

Mollyb60 · 10-05-2018 9:52am

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Picture number three shows the doorway from the hall to the living room

It was a joke. I know there actually is a door there. I'm just taking the piss out of the incompetent person who drew up the floor plan. I've noticed it's a common thing in estate agent drawings. :rolleyes:

mikeymouse · 10-05-2018 12:41pm

Quote; Picture number three shows the doorway from the hall to the living room

Mollyb60 wrote: »

It was a joke. I know there actually is a door there. I'm just taking the piss out of the incompetent person who drew up the floor plan. I've noticed it's a common thing in estate agent drawings. :rolleyes:

photo 11; I just noticed the lock-keep on the door jam to the under-stairs toilet , so you don't actually have to climb through that small window.;)

Lazy agents can't be bothered showing room measurements either,which are
very important to potential buyers,and easy to do with electronic tapes.
OK, so they are in the description, but would be so easy to pot on the plan.

redcup342 · 29-05-2018 1:57pm

This reminds me of that guy AirBNBing a wigwam on his front Garden in Dublin
http://www.bento.de/future/berlin-im-miet-wahnsinn-wg-vermietet-balkon-fuer-260-euro-im-monat-2437905/

jmayo · 29-05-2018 2:26pm

redcup342 wrote: »

This reminds me of that guy AirBNBing a wigwam on his front Garden in Dublin
http://www.bento.de/future/berlin-im-miet-wahnsinn-wg-vermietet-balkon-fuer-260-euro-im-monat-2437905/

Jaysus I didn't know the Germans had much of a sense of humour.

That "landlord" really is taking the proverbial.

retalivity · 01-06-2018 12:46pm

From broadsheet.ie http://www.broadsheet.ie/2018/06/01/566588/

Cheshire Cat · 01-06-2018 1:04pm

retalivity wrote: »

From broadsheet.ie http://www.broadsheet.ie/2018/06/01/566588/

Put the washing machine on a spin cycle and you will be rocked to sleep!

zell12 · 01-06-2018 1:20pm

Cheshire Cat wrote: »

Put the washing machine on a spin cycle and you will be rocked to sleep!

Or more an orgasmic experience

Fighting Tao · 01-06-2018 1:31pm

The sound of the washing machine might drown the crying done in that chair.

Kamili · 01-06-2018 1:49pm

Its gone from Daft anyway...

Kingp35 · 01-06-2018 2:08pm

Kamili wrote: »

Its gone from Daft anyway...

I reckon is was probably reported.

Kamili · 01-06-2018 2:14pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

I reckon is was probably reported.

for sure - it had to have been..

Thargor · 01-06-2018 5:56pm

Do you wedge your foot in the gap over the washing machine and boost yourself up to bed?

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 6:01pm

Thargor wrote: »

Do you wedge your foot in the gap over the washing machine and boost yourself up to bed?

.... and whatever you do do not turn over in your sleep or need the bathroom..

Been glued to the UK youtube programmes re landlords and tenants so this does not surprise me!

tea and coffee · 01-06-2018 10:09pm

redcup342 wrote: »

This reminds me of that guy AirBNBing a wigwam on his front Garden in Dublin
http://www.bento.de/future/berlin-im-miet-wahnsinn-wg-vermietet-balkon-fuer-260-euro-im-monat-2437905/

Interesting to read the article- Berlin also has a rental crisis by the sounds of things.

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 10:51pm

tea and coffee wrote: »

Interesting to read the article- Berlin also has a rental crisis by the sounds of things.

So does every country...

tea and coffee · 02-06-2018 10:11am

Graces7 wrote: »

So does every country...

Then why are we making such a song and dance about it so?

02-06-2018 10:42am

Well, Germany recently "imported" about 1 million extra people who all need accommodation, so their problem is entirely self inflicted.
Many countries with growing populations have similar issues, combined with the continuing trend of single generation households replacing multi-generation households.

Ireland OTOH has allowed all the jobs to become concentrated in Dublin while not allowing sensible development of housing to accommodate these extra people.

Graces7 · 02-06-2018 10:51am

tea and coffee wrote: »

Then why are we making such a song and dance about it so?

No idea! Anywhere else in the world folk in emergency accommodation are not classed as "homeless". They have a safe roof over their heads.

Graces7 · 05-06-2018 7:41am

You would never ever feel alone in the kitchen in THIS house :eek:

http://www.daft.ie/donegal/houses-for-sale/laghy/lisnapaste-laghy-donegal-1334307/#img=8

2smiggy · 05-06-2018 8:38am

Graces7 wrote: »

You would never ever feel alone in the kitchen in THIS house :eek:

http://www.daft.ie/donegal/houses-for-sale/laghy/lisnapaste-laghy-donegal-1334307/#img=8

I sort of like it !!

redcup342 · 05-06-2018 8:49am

Graces7 wrote: »

You would never ever feel alone in the kitchen in THIS house :eek:

http://www.daft.ie/donegal/houses-for-sale/laghy/lisnapaste-laghy-donegal-1334307/#img=8

Looks like Irish Quagmire lives there:

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*giggidy*

redcup342 · 05-06-2018 9:03am

Deleted User wrote: »

Well, Germany recently "imported" about 1 million extra people who all need accommodation, so their problem is entirely self inflicted.
Many countries with growing populations have similar issues, combined with the continuing trend of single generation households replacing multi-generation households.

Ireland OTOH has allowed all the jobs to become concentrated in Dublin while not allowing sensible development of housing to accommodate these extra people.

Not everywhere, Berlin has problems with gentrification, previously run down areas are being invaded by hipsters wanting to live in loft apartments. Coffee Shops are taking over the squat bars and the amount of beards, hats and nerd glasses are like a disease taking hold. AirBNB also distorted the rental market (they've gotten a bit of control of it but it's a bit too late)

Dusseldorf has problems with just the amount of accommodation, nothing to do with refugees as they are in purpose build refugee centers (they look like stacked portacabins) there's been a major influx of Expat workers and everyone wants to live in the center.

If for example you are willing to live in Duisberg, Krefeld or Langenfeld then you'll have no problem finding a place to live.

Not as simple as saying it's a refugee problem as they are not entitled to rent accommodation out of the normal pool of housing. Hell if you come here and have a ton of money in the bank but don't have a job (and hence cannot get a Schufa report) then you are royally screwed and could be searching for 4-6 months for somewhere and even then you'll end up paying through the nose.

Graces7 · 05-06-2018 9:12am

2smiggy wrote: »

I sort of like it !!

But what is it? wild boar? lol

Lia_lia · 07-06-2018 10:05pm

Nice erm, paint. Lovely framed photo of the pope (?) too!

http://www.daft.ie/cork/houses-for-sale/macroom/bawnmore-macroom-cork-1750958/

Surreptitious · 07-06-2018 10:12pm

There's a stench of death off that place.

Kitty6277 · 08-06-2018 12:47am

Lia_lia wrote: »

Nice erm, paint. Lovely framed photo of the pope (?) too!

http://www.daft.ie/cork/houses-for-sale/macroom/bawnmore-macroom-cork-1750958/

Must've got a job lot on that green paint :pac:

Also, there's no bathroom in it?

Graces7 · 08-06-2018 6:48am

Kitty6277 wrote: »

Must've got a job lot on that green paint :pac:

Also, there's no bathroom in it?

And of the blue.. marginally better maybe than the hot bright pink we see so often.

And yep, no bathroom so no septic tank etc,, as they say DIY. In every sense..

Oh wait.. there is an outhouse that looks like a toilet place..

Would love to know who lived there... old person from the hand rails by the door, and someone with Very Definite Ideas on painting!

threetrees · 08-06-2018 6:57am

That house looks like one of those tourist this-is-how-they-lived houses. Like the recreated houses on Muckross Farm.

Graces7 · 08-06-2018 7:03am

threetrees wrote: »

That house looks like one of those tourist this-is-how-they-lived houses. Like the recreated houses on Muckross Farm.

Oh no. The Trad farm houses are much simpler. LOVE that place and miss it more than anything else..I used to sit by the fire and knit ...Would love to see it again... This house is luxurious by comparison..

Sketchy info though and new up...

RacoonQueen · 08-06-2018 7:18am

What's sad is, someone was obviously living there until recently enough. Crazy that people are still living in homes with outhouses in 2018! Where I grew up there was still a fair few houses around with no indoor bathroom well into the 21st century :pac:

That picture of the pope looking down on the bed though. Creepy.

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

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