Carlow rent

Moonbeam

Please dont move this thread as it is totally relevent:P

How much is rent in Carlow nowadays??
for a single room?
for a double room?

Say for somewhere near the town and college, nice house, dish washer etc in it??

loismustdie

accordin to the accommodation list could be anywhere between 45-70 but don't count on a dishasher an stuffe speciallly if you're only starting to look now

car

you shouldnt pay any more than 70 euros and that is without bills included expect to pay at least 30 euros with 4-5 living in a house for bills,
you want to get your skates on as alot of the accomodation is gone and you might end up with a dump like i did when i was in first year.

try the nationalist on wednesday morns to see whats available or go to a leaser agency as they might have better look for u

Moonbeam

Nah I am hopin to buy a house down there workin out stuff for it:)

Stephen

Where I live (the Weirs) its 200 a week between 4 of us, so 50 each. No bills included.

bok

I am paying 65 a week (bills included) on green road but if you look hard enough you could find a really nice place for around 50 a week. Im just settled in the house i am in and it has a really cool landlord

the_syco

I'm currently living opposite God's House, near the abandoned shop, at the traffic lights nearest the college (4a Hazel-Cottage)Generates at least 530 a week rent during normal college months.

The other large house had 10 people (Generated 540 a week rent during normal college months) in it, and was opposite the entrance to College Gardens (10 Hillview).

Both have a "2nd years only" policy.

75 yoyo's per week gets me;
70 = rent
5 = bills (bins, electricity, tv, etc)

small bed-room
washing machine
dryer
tv in sitting room (4 single chairs, and a double one)
cooker**
grill, oven
fridge
freezer**
access to a bathroom with a stand-up shower, loo, and hand basin**
lotsa cutlery, pots and pans.

(** denotes two of said item, as the house can hold a number of people, one wouldn't be enuf)

Note there are 8 rooms, min rent being 70 for single, usually 50 or 60 for sharing.

5 * 8 = 40 a week * 4 = 160 a month bills.
Electricity is the snagger, so include bin and tv in the rent, and get them to pay the electicity. Hehehehe.

If yer renting out a 5 room house, don't use ANY double beds. Always two singles. More rent. Also, if it's yer first house, don't let 1st years in. Trust me on that one Do a "second years only" rule.

Also, pick up a copy of the rents sheets from the SU, and see how they differ. Mainly, if its a new gaff, its dear, and if its near the college, its dear, unless, its a converted garage with no heat... (never again).

All mod cons are a plus.

Cooker, grill, oven and fridge & freezer are essentials.

Microwave is a plus. (spegetti hoops)

TV in a living/sitting room is needed, or at least a TV point.

Washing & Drying machines draw in the long term students, such as the foreigners, who don't go home to mommy/girlfriend/bro's girlfriend (talkin' 'bout you Declan!) every weekend to wash the clothes.

Leave a hoover under the stairs. Sometimes they clean up after a party.

No sheets. Let them bring their own. Otherwise your kinda f****d if they puke/otherwise on them.

Local Muscle. Needed if rent is late/over-due. :ninja:

A porch is handy, if you do a no-smoking rule. Gives them somewhere dry to smoke.

If you decide to allow them to smoke in yer gaff, you'll NEVER get the smell out.

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Thats it fer now. Will add more if I think about it.

bok

I have to say I disagree with you on the whole first year thing. Only a handfull of first years destroy places. I was a better tennant in first year than when I was in second year. You can get just as bad second and third years who like making noise and breaking things. Your best off meeting them before you let them into the house and seeing what you think.

seanos

in all honesty
/most/ people joining first year straight from school - used to oppressive bastards etc.
Carlow known nationwide for great student life ... meaning pubs/drunkeness/debotuary [don't get me wrong, i've nothing against the afore-mensioned] ... and also relatively high dropouts - probably something to do with the great student-life lol

If made to 2nd year, majority will have worked somewhat, and have some cop on ... there are cases ofc where people go mad in 2nd year also - but for the vast majority i'd imagine, safer going 2nd yrs only.

From my experience in 1st/2nd year of college - 1st year people didn't give crap bout much, and 75% didn't go onto 2nd yr [plc-type thingie] ... if worried about condition of house though - better off playing safe.

Redrocket

holy **** lads ye can talk of crap. anyone else been smokin?

the_syco

Originally posted by stevenk
holy **** lads ye can talk of crap. anyone else been smokin?

No money. Will get job. See after that... :cool:

Spacedog

sign up for the colleges charter scheme, if students break standard rules like trashing your house, they can be kicked out of college, in return you have to provide certain standards of accomidation, but they never check it anyway, my place last year had mice and ants. and is still on the charter.

going to look at a place near buspark tomorrow, 75 yoyos for all bills, chorus in the bedrooms, cleaner every 2 weeks. seems alright.

was talking to the people who do the places in the carrig abhann estate (on campus) they are liars! said they had the laundry issue sorted since last christmas! and the rooms work out at a whopping 91 yoyos per week. A friend of mine was living there last year and his room had rising damp, they took his deposit off him because he didn't dryline it and plaster over it! Bloody jokers!

the_syco

Originally posted by Spacedog
going to look at a place near buspark tomorrow, 75 yoyos for all bills, chorus in the bedrooms, cleaner every 2 weeks. seems alright.

B******!

chorus in the bedrooms

I pay 75 yoyo's, and I don't... But I'm a little nearer the college, suppose.

kegan5

We've got a double room spare, in Anglers Walk.

If anyone's interested send me a pm or text me if you have my number and I'll give you landlords num.

I don't want to just put her number up on boards as I don't think it would be fair to her.



Kate
p.s. Its lovely and will be reaaaallllly close to that new shopping centre.

Headcase

where is Anglers Walk?

elexes

better yet whois got my emergiency bedroom

/me looks at rach... hun u know i love ya

kegan5

Anglers Walk is...erm ok...its just off little Barrack street.

If you were coming down from the college towards town on kilkenny road...you get to traffic lights at bus station , turn right at the lights and you'll see a gala shop its the turn just before that shop.


And that's the best way I can explain it...its behind the new fairgreen shopping center!

Kate

Moonbeam

I can safely say I am lost,
whats whois?

Moonbeam

I have decided against gettin my house in Carlow as theres nothin suitable at the moment:)

I wanna be a student again

Moonbeam

I get slower everyday:(
finally got what u meant:)

seanos

1) your spamming
2) u didnt get what he meant ; i explained ;P lol
3) so this thread is now just all spam - as it's point is now useless, and ye've just made 3 consecutive postings ;P
yer taking over from my spamming!

Moonbeam

Hey:)
Anyone know of any decent houses with 2 single rooms to rent in it?
2 of my friends going back and havin probs findin a house

The_B_Man

i know a decent house with a double room ur friends can share?!?! its a 5 ppl house with 3 already about 2 start livin in it! its got 2 girls and 1 strapping young lad!

kegan5

B_Man u wish!
Anyway the 'ouse is loverly...mit gorgeous erm couch and lovely broken blow up sofa coz Some FAT a** broke it!

Headcase

Anyone know of any other houses around.
must be a single room.

loismustdie

it took us ages to find a house wit 2 single rooms but there's a house in riverside wit 1 single beside the shop. there's a full list on the itcarlow website anyway

Headcase

thanks

TomTom

You could live in the otterholt. HAHA

Spacedog

the otterholt is the only known place in ireland that has cockroaches! considering there not naitve to our climate it's only reasonable to assume that the people who run the place imported them specially to make the place more of a ****ehole than it was already, JP McArdle told me that it was going to be knockcd down and that a garage was being built in it's place. sooner the better, although the TV room in there is a good laugh for ripping the piss outta the bums!

the_syco

The otterhole is great fer livin in, but there's only one kitchen, fer the entire place, so yer gonna get screwed in that area. Also, I've lived in a cold damp hellhole (fer 40 yoyo's a week), and its better than the otterhole