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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It's a shit show. I moved last year and it took me over 4 months to find something. I can't even imagine it now. "
Oh you really aren't filling me with confidence lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's all down to luck at this stage I think. If your prepared to live outside city centre, probably easier. Always keep an eye out in local shop notice boards etc.
It's a scandalous situation, and people are leaving the country because of the difficulty finding a good work/life balance and the extortionate rent costs |
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"It's a shit show. I moved last year and it took me over 4 months to find something. I can't even imagine it now.
Oh you really aren't filling me with confidence lol"
Sorry that wasn't my intention. It's a tough situation, my advice would be to keep mailing every place you're interested in with as much detail as possible. Call the agencies and talk to them to make yourself known. And asking around helps because often it's more who you know. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’ve a 5 bedroom house and 2 bedroom apartment for rent outside newry, direct train to dublin. Close to motorway if you drive. Will be available from January |
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"I’ve a 5 bedroom house and 2 bedroom apartment for rent outside newry, direct train to dublin. Close to motorway if you drive. Will be available from January "
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What is the monthly rent for the apartment? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I’ve a 5 bedroom house and 2 bedroom apartment for rent outside newry, direct train to dublin. Close to motorway if you drive. Will be available from January
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What is the monthly rent for the apartment?"
£600 |
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"Anyone else struggling terribly trying to find accommodation in Dublin or is it just me?  "
I moved here about three years ago and only managed to get a place through a "friend of a friend". I had sent over 100 emails and didn't receive a single response so was close to giving up. If you know anyone in Dublin, ask them to keep an eye out and ask them to ask their contacts. Also depends on your budget I suppose |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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The core problem regarding accommodation in Dublin is attributable to a failure by the Irish government to address the acute need for housing for decades, when urbanisation was rapidly increasing demand.
It was a fundamental lack of joined up thinking, the result of which is a lack of supply resulting in extortionate rents.
The presence of tech firms which pay good salaries also distorts the housing market, squeezing out other occupations who are obliged to commute bigger distances, from Dundalk and Newry; Athlone and Waterford, etc.
Furthermore, land banks owned by religious orders that should have been used to compensate victims of these institutions are still vacant and unused or sold to speculative builders and developers instead of being used for social housing for which there is an exponentially increasing demand. People can be on Dublin Corp's housing list for years with no prospect of ever being able to find a stable place to live.
Successive governments have been unwilling or unable to cohesively take on board this problem.
The consequence is evident in an inadequate supply of houses forcing up rents to unaffordable levels, that has had further knockon effects on family health and marital stress.
The influx of refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Yemen has exacerbated the housing problem.
A working group chaired by Peter McVerry would sort out this issue within a couple of years; vacant and abandoned houses, of which there are many, should be compulsorily seized and refurbished.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Does it have to be in the city as i work in the lettings industry but about 25 k outside dublin in north county let me know if its any good to you might be able to help"
Thanks! I'm afraid I'm looking for something southside |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does it have to be in the city as i work in the lettings industry but about 25 k outside dublin in north county let me know if its any good to you might be able to help
Thanks! I'm afraid I'm looking for something southside"
There's a FB page called Rent In Dublin, that might be of use to you? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The core problem regarding accommodation in Dublin is attributable to a failure by the Irish government to address the acute need for housing for decades, when urbanisation was rapidly increasing demand.
It was a fundamental lack of joined up thinking, the result of which is a lack of supply resulting in extortionate rents.
The presence of tech firms which pay good salaries also distorts the housing market, squeezing out other occupations who are obliged to commute bigger distances, from Dundalk and Newry; Athlone and Waterford, etc.
Furthermore, land banks owned by religious orders that should have been used to compensate victims of these institutions are still vacant and unused or sold to speculative builders and developers instead of being used for social housing for which there is an exponentially increasing demand. People can be on Dublin Corp's housing list for years with no prospect of ever being able to find a stable place to live.
Successive governments have been unwilling or unable to cohesively take on board this problem.
The consequence is evident in an inadequate supply of houses forcing up rents to unaffordable levels, that has had further knockon effects on family health and marital stress.
The influx of refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Yemen has exacerbated the housing problem.
A working group chaired by Peter McVerry would sort out this issue within a couple of years; vacant and abandoned houses, of which there are many, should be compulsorily seized and refurbished.
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Agreed with you until the last paragraph total rubbish that vacant properties should be seized and refurbished, will never happen we have freedom in the this country, putting the blame for the housing crisis on landlords is nonsense, its the governments lack of action in building social housing is whats causing the problem we have now not somebody who owns a dilipadated property. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The core problem regarding accommodation in Dublin is attributable to a failure by the Irish government to address the acute need for housing for decades, when urbanisation was rapidly increasing demand.
It was a fundamental lack of joined up thinking, the result of which is a lack of supply resulting in extortionate rents.
The presence of tech firms which pay good salaries also distorts the housing market, squeezing out other occupations who are obliged to commute bigger distances, from Dundalk and Newry; Athlone and Waterford, etc.
Furthermore, land banks owned by religious orders that should have been used to compensate victims of these institutions are still vacant and unused or sold to speculative builders and developers instead of being used for social housing for which there is an exponentially increasing demand. People can be on Dublin Corp's housing list for years with no prospect of ever being able to find a stable place to live.
Successive governments have been unwilling or unable to cohesively take on board this problem.
The consequence is evident in an inadequate supply of houses forcing up rents to unaffordable levels, that has had further knockon effects on family health and marital stress.
The influx of refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Yemen has exacerbated the housing problem.
A working group chaired by Peter McVerry would sort out this issue within a couple of years; vacant and abandoned houses, of which there are many, should be compulsorily seized and refurbished.
Agreed with you until the last paragraph total rubbish that vacant properties should be seized and refurbished, will never happen we have freedom in the this country, putting the blame for the housing crisis on landlords is nonsense, its the governments lack of action in building social housing is whats causing the problem we have now not somebody who owns a dilipadated property. "
While you're right about the government's lack of action, greedy landlords have to shoulder blame as well. Just look at the amount of properties available on AirBnB vs the amount available on Daft.
100% the government should be coming with legislation limiting that kind of behaviour but landlords are a huge problem too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The core problem regarding accommodation in Dublin is attributable to a failure by the Irish government to address the acute need for housing for decades, when urbanisation was rapidly increasing demand.
It was a fundamental lack of joined up thinking, the result of which is a lack of supply resulting in extortionate rents.
The presence of tech firms which pay good salaries also distorts the housing market, squeezing out other occupations who are obliged to commute bigger distances, from Dundalk and Newry; Athlone and Waterford, etc.
Furthermore, land banks owned by religious orders that should have been used to compensate victims of these institutions are still vacant and unused or sold to speculative builders and developers instead of being used for social housing for which there is an exponentially increasing demand. People can be on Dublin Corp's housing list for years with no prospect of ever being able to find a stable place to live.
Successive governments have been unwilling or unable to cohesively take on board this problem.
The consequence is evident in an inadequate supply of houses forcing up rents to unaffordable levels, that has had further knockon effects on family health and marital stress.
The influx of refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Yemen has exacerbated the housing problem.
A working group chaired by Peter McVerry would sort out this issue within a couple of years; vacant and abandoned houses, of which there are many, should be compulsorily seized and refurbished.
Agreed with you until the last paragraph total rubbish that vacant properties should be seized and refurbished, will never happen we have freedom in the this country, putting the blame for the housing crisis on landlords is nonsense, its the governments lack of action in building social housing is whats causing the problem we have now not somebody who owns a dilipadated property.
While you're right about the government's lack of action, greedy landlords have to shoulder blame as well. Just look at the amount of properties available on AirBnB vs the amount available on Daft.
100% the government should be coming with legislation limiting that kind of behaviour but landlords are a huge problem too."
Landlords have the right to do whatever they want with their properties, whether that be leaving it idle or renting it as an Airbnb, its their choice, the private rental market has been getting the government off the hook for years by providing rentals, then the government have the cheek to charge private landlords 50% tax on any rental income, ridiculous really and I'm not surprised people don't want to rent out a property to somebody any more with such poor incentives, government needs to build social housing and stop relying on small landlords to house the population, that's the solution |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If you are going through letting agency make their lives easier have your landlord references bank statements ready to hand. I worked in Property management Letting Companies and the people who had paperwork all ready to go stand a better chance with those scrambling for them. They are usually run off their feet in office and kinda lazy they want someone in with the least amount of hassle for them. Email them and follow up with phonecalls as well basically haunt them til they get you somewhere. Send email saying I was tenant for this long have excellent references deposit ready etc. Make yourselves stand out as responsible tenants who communicate well |
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Of course this mess IS the government's fault... but the suggestion that private landlords are somehow renting out property as a kind of public service to the nation, is ridiculous. They are in it for the money. Fullstop. The rental increases HAVE benefitted landlords pockets massively. sure they have tax to pay... boo hoo so do other forms of income. |
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"The core problem regarding accommodation in Dublin is attributable to a failure by the Irish government to address the acute need for housing for decades, when urbanisation was rapidly increasing demand.
It was a fundamental lack of joined up thinking, the result of which is a lack of supply resulting in extortionate rents.
The presence of tech firms which pay good salaries also distorts the housing market, squeezing out other occupations who are obliged to commute bigger distances, from Dundalk and Newry; Athlone and Waterford, etc.
Furthermore, land banks owned by religious orders that should have been used to compensate victims of these institutions are still vacant and unused or sold to speculative builders and developers instead of being used for social housing for which there is an exponentially increasing demand. People can be on Dublin Corp's housing list for years with no prospect of ever being able to find a stable place to live.
Successive governments have been unwilling or unable to cohesively take on board this problem.
The consequence is evident in an inadequate supply of houses forcing up rents to unaffordable levels, that has had further knockon effects on family health and marital stress.
The influx of refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Yemen has exacerbated the housing problem.
A working group chaired by Peter McVerry would sort out this issue within a couple of years; vacant and abandoned houses, of which there are many, should be compulsorily seized and refurbished.
Agreed with you until the last paragraph total rubbish that vacant properties should be seized and refurbished, will never happen we have freedom in the this country, putting the blame for the housing crisis on landlords is nonsense, its the governments lack of action in building social housing is whats causing the problem we have now not somebody who owns a dilipadated property.
While you're right about the government's lack of action, greedy landlords have to shoulder blame as well. Just look at the amount of properties available on AirBnB vs the amount available on Daft.
100% the government should be coming with legislation limiting that kind of behaviour but landlords are a huge problem too.
Landlords have the right to do whatever they want with their properties, whether that be leaving it idle or renting it as an Airbnb, its their choice, the private rental market has been getting the government off the hook for years by providing rentals, then the government have the cheek to charge private landlords 50% tax on any rental income, ridiculous really and I'm not surprised people don't want to rent out a property to somebody any more with such poor incentives, government needs to build social housing and stop relying on small landlords to house the population, that's the solution"
I take it from your response that you may be a landlord.I totally disagree with your comment.As first off,landlords should not be allowed do whatever they want.Tenants need to be protected and the rental market needs to be regulated more(than it is now)Landlords are not bailing out the government(most politicians are landlords)If houses/apartments were in the ownership of tenants we would not have as much homelessness and prices wouldn't be driven up.Its a simple case of supply & demand and because of the huge demand there is a shortage because of lack of new builds.If landlords did not exist there would be more properties available for people to buy and very few Air b&be.Social housing creates it's own problems,affordable housing is probably more doable but now land prices are going thru the roof also.Yes it is successive governments at fault but you're forgetting that landlords have contributed hugely to the problems too imho. |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
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While you're right about the government's lack of action, greedy landlords have to shoulder blame as well. Just look at the amount of properties available on AirBnB vs the amount available on Daft.
100% the government should be coming with legislation limiting that kind of behaviour but landlords are a huge problem too.
Landlords have the right to do whatever they want with their properties, whether that be leaving it idle or renting it as an Airbnb, its their choice, the private rental market has been getting the government off the hook for years by providing rentals, then the government have the cheek to charge private landlords 50% tax on any rental income, ridiculous really and I'm not surprised people don't want to rent out a property to somebody any more with such poor incentives, government needs to build social housing and stop relying on small landlords to house the population, that's the solution
I take it from your response that you may be a landlord.I totally disagree with your comment.As first off,landlords should not be allowed do whatever they want.Tenants need to be protected and the rental market needs to be regulated more(than it is now)Landlords are not bailing out the government(most politicians are landlords)If houses/apartments were in the ownership of tenants we would not have as much homelessness and prices wouldn't be driven up.Its a simple case of supply & demand and because of the huge demand there is a shortage because of lack of new builds.If landlords did not exist there would be more properties available for people to buy and very few Air b&be.Social housing creates it's own problems,affordable housing is probably more doable but now land prices are going thru the roof also.Yes it is successive governments at fault but you're forgetting that landlords have contributed hugely to the problems too imho."
There's a lot of inaccuracies in the above.
First of all landlords can't just do what they want. New short term let regulation was brought in 2019: In rental pressure zones you can only host 90 airbnb nights, any more than that needs planning permission.
Also in 2021 the Residential Tenancies Act was signed into law which has made important changes to rent reviews, deposits and notice periods. This legislation provides more protection for tenants.
Rental income isn't taxed at 50%, that's complete rubbish. Net rental profit is taxed at the usual tax band rates (20% and 40%). Net profit means you can deduct any expenses in connection to the premises and interest if there's a mortgage before tax is calculated.
For a 'small' landlord, renting out a mortaged premises may be regarded as a longterm investment but it's not an income source, quite contrary. It comes with a fair amount of hassle.
Now while individual landlords are taxed there's this REIT (real estate investment trust) scheme, - the big investors- they don't have to pay tax at all on their rental income.  Now you go and figure why...
It's also investors that drive the house prices up, real estate is picked up before it comes to the public market.
Add to this 3 banks (all we have left, no competition in that market) that are not interested in individual clients anymore, not even to mention a mortgage. There's people out there paying way more in rent than they would for a mortgage but can't get the latter.
I could go on here forever, the bottom line is decades of FFG mismanagement, profiteering, corruption, cronyism etc. produced this mess. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Landlords CAN do whatever they want with Their property, it's completely their choice whether to leave it idle, Airbnb it or a normal rental, obviously if they are stupid enough to rent a property to somebody they will be bound by regulations and laws and pay 50% tax on any takings for their mistake |
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