What kind of gaff is it @glasagusban? Apartment or House?
I know itâs not much. But when another 40 on top of what sheâs looking for will get a far nicer place nearby, Iâm surprised sheâd push it.
Another thing that is wrong: spotted a neighbour putting his rubbish in my bin Sunday evening as I turned the corner driving into the road. Took that out and left outside his front door.
Nope. Two bed house Harry.
Sharing?
Can you get another place that easily though? What part of Dublin are you in? If itâs anywhere decent, anywhere available will be snapped up fairly quickly and youâll probably have to end up paying rent in 2 places while moving out of your place and having to put money down on the other place to secure it. Plus the hassle of moving. For 480 bucks over a year?
Itâs a pure cunt alright paying more than you feel is fair but I agree with you. Easier by far to pay the extra moola with no hassle securing another place & the hassle of moving etc. Grass may not be Greener etcâŚ
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Youâre probably right mate. I donât like feeling Iâm paying over the odds compared to whatâs nearby though.
Ask her if sheâll accept a monthly jockey in lieu of the 40 bob. Everyoneâs a winner.
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Moving is a bastard. Although you arenât there that long so you shouldnât have too much shot built up.
I suspect thereâll be a raft of rent increases in the next few weeks for fear Alan Kelly would get his way with rent caps
Itâs going to happen regardless pal, there hasnât being any house building of any note in about 8 years. Jobs are in abundance again. Perfect storm with the new first time buyers CB guidelines which is actually reducing the margin for prospective developers to start again.
This could go nuclear yet, particularly in Dublin where the demand for decent rented property is going to further increase.
The demand in the relevant parts of the country outside Dublin is quietly through the roof, any sort of decent house has a bidding war before selling for 50k more than it would have 6 months ago.
A lot of developers that were dormant are moving forward with smaller estates
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Correct, rural houses which need a sizeable amount of work to modernise them are making silly money again.
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Thatâs small fry and wonât make a significant impact on the market until those lads get the balls to go big again after building up the capital reserves. At a minimum the country needs to be building 50 thousand units a year to break even - we were obviously way above that figure during the so called boom, but since then we were at 10-20K.
The other problem is several Irish governments in a row now have turned away from building social housing. No easy fixes there though in fairness, But it adds to a massive housing issue.
You ever do anything with that house after Harry?
No but still looking. Location is proving more of an issue than price at this stage. A site will probably be my easiest option at this stage, pal.
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So called boom?
Disagree.
A proactive move by the government would be giving decent grants & allowances to new buyers purchasing older existing houses which need serious work to modernise them. The increased market prices of renovation is making unrealistic to purchase second hand houses right now. From what I can see currently in the market, itâs cheaper to New Build than rennovate.
They are making the first step to gain capital, no shit it is small fry. 2017 is when building will really start moving, an incredible amount of potential building land has changed hands in the past 12 months without going on the market.
How it will be zoned is key.
The problem with renovation is that work completed has to conform to newer building regs, so upgrading all works to meet the certification is going to be costly, whereas doing it from scratch isnât as awkward or as hard to certify. Iâm on 2 jobs now, one a new build development and the other a refurb, and the basic house cost on both developments is coming in at nearly the same. Only difference is the groundworks and site development of the new build due to extreme site conditions
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