Funny Houses/Flats to rent

Butterfly25

They haven't shown the toilet. Can I assume there isn't enough space for one!? :P

dee_mc

Butterfly25 wrote: »

They haven't shown the toilet. Can I assume there isn't enough space for one!? :P

Pretty sure it mentions separate bathroom. Probably accessed through the wardrobe

Michael D Not Higgins

yawhat! wrote: »

Lot of fridge and cooking space.

http://www.daft.ie/lettings/nicolas-ave-off-church-dublin-7-dublin/1431443/

For this I felt obliged.

steddyeddy

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

For this I felt obliged.

I wish there was more people like you.

Toots

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Where is that door going in the bathroom ?

Have to assume it is a sliding door of some sort

It's a sliding door, like a really crap patio door, runs on a sort of track like a patio door would. I rented a bedsit in Sydney with one like that and it was horrible. Came home locked one night and managed to push it off its track. Bloody nightmare to get it back on.

Ann Landers

hardCopy wrote: »

You're lucky if the letting agent even takes your call these days.

We just moved and the only places we got to view were places where the landlord handled the letting themselves.

Spoke too soon, went to the viewing yesterday, he didn't show up. :mad: Discovered later that the property had been let, but we were never notified.

yawhat! wrote: »

Lot of fridge and cooking space.

http://www.daft.ie/lettings/nicolas-ave-off-church-dublin-7-dublin/1431443/

That place is a fire hazard!

Also, "reference required"? Fúck right off! You'd want to be paid to live there. I'd actually love to email the estate agent and tell them off, but what would be the point? :mad:

tara73

Ann Landers wrote: »

Spoke too soon, went to the viewing yesterday, he didn't show up. :mad: Discovered later that the property had been let, but we were never notified.



That place is a fire hazard!

Also, "reference required"? Fúck right off! You'd want to be paid to live there. I'd actually love to email the estate agent and tell them off, but what would be the point? :mad:

I'm just wondering, what happens if people report this sh**hole and the responsible landlord to the responsible authorities?
should have some effect, property off the market and landlord fined?

Going Strong

Toots* wrote: »

It's a sliding door, like a really crap patio door, runs on a sort of track like a patio door would. I rented a bedsit in Sydney with one like that and it was horrible. Came home locked one night and managed to push it off its track. Bloody nightmare to get it back on.

I used to live in a grotty old Victorian house with something similar. My bedroom was the old kitchen and still had the water and gas pipes, about a foot high and blanked off, in the corner. The 'shelf' above my bed was actually the old window sill. The new kitchen was nextdoor on the same narrow corridor so my bedroom 'door' was a sliding affair that had a habt of tipping off the rail if you pushed it back too far. Anything more than two thirds of the way across and over it went. The only thing in its favour was it was much warmer than the two bedrooms upstairs as there was no roof insulation at all.

Guy:Incognito

Whats the situation with the law regarding bedsits? Is it new ones are banned or all or none?

The one above is about 6 years old.

Michael D Not Higgins

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Whats the situation with the law regarding bedsits? Is it new ones are banned or all or none?

The one above is about 6 years old.

A bedsit in Irish law is one where kitchen/bathroom is shared.

Ann Landers

Just reported the ad to Daft myself there. Cannot believe it hasn't been taken down yet.

I fairly frequently report ads on there, usually those really obvious, scammy ones.

Ann Landers

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

A bedsit in Irish law is one where kitchen/bathroom is shared.

I assume you mean shared with other people, not shared with beds. :pac:

Guy:Incognito

What makes the one in the post illegal? The shared kitchen/bed? Is that from a certain points all existing ones became illegal or ones built after a certain point?

Ann Landers

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

What makes the one in the post illegal? The shared kitchen/bed? Is that from a certain points all existing ones became illegal or ones built after a certain point?

The proximity of the couch/bed to the hob is dangerous. Thing that can produce fire near thing that is highly flammable even with "flame retardant" covers. Also, the area around the hob shouldn't be obstructed like that.

Guy:Incognito

Ann Landers wrote: »

The proximity of the couch/bed to the hob is dangerous. Thing that can produce fire near thing that is highly flammable even with "flame retardant" covers. Also, the area around the hob shouldn't be obstructed like that.

Could they not just turn the couch to the wall to the left of it as we're looking at it and say "hey presto, legal"? or say its normally there but we moved it when hanging a picture? Not really something structural and sure the tenant could move It back to blocking the hob again as soon as they move in if they like. The landlord is hardly liable in that case are they?

Presumably its not normally the way it is in the pic cos the fridge isn't useable.

Ann Landers

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Could they not just turn the couch to the wall to the left of it as we're looking at it and say "hey presto, legal"? or say its normally there but we moved it when hanging a picture?

I can't imagine that if it were possible to have the bed so close to the hob that they wouldn't have done it. The place is probably tiny, photos tend to be quite deceptive. At the very least, it should be looked into before the putting the ad up. It doesn't look very good for Daft or the letting agent.

Michael D Not Higgins

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

What makes the one in the post illegal? The shared kitchen/bed? Is that from a certain points all existing ones became illegal or ones built after a certain point?

It doesn't meet the minimum standards. Namely: no oven, no dryer, doesn't look like there's a fire blanket or smoke alarm (these could be fitted).

Eoin

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Could they not just turn the couch to the wall to the left of it as we're looking at it and say "hey presto, legal"?

That's where the wardrobe is, which would then probably completely hide the window if it was swapped with the bed/sofa. What a depressing place to live.

Smidge

There are prison cells bigger than that.

byronbay2

Jarrod wrote: »

You could stick your rashers on from bed and have the smell of bacon wafting over you as you snooze, dead handy.

Glass half-full kind of guy - I like it!

Hang on though; you would need to get out of bed, move the wardrobe and then the bed (or should it be called "couch" when you're not lying in it?) to open the fridge door.

That place is exactly why we need a rent control board. No way should that landlord be able to profit from that death trap.

BraziliaNZ

Ann Landers wrote: »

Spoke too soon, went to the viewing yesterday, he didn't show up. :mad: Discovered later that the property had been let, but we were never notified.



That place is a fire hazard!

Also, "reference required"? Fúck right off! You'd want to be paid to live there. I'd actually love to email the estate agent and tell them off, but what would be the point? :mad:

I just mailed them and called them horrible c*nts

Ann Landers

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I just mailed them and called them horrible c*nts

:pac: I so hope this is true.

extra gravy

This place in Galway is just €30 more expensive than that horrible sh1thole http://www.daft.ie/lettings/40-dominick-street-lower-coachman-apartments-galway-city-centre-galway/1435039/&ea=1
Obviously you can't compare Dublin with Galway in terms of population and demand but it just further emphasises the excessive rents and shocking state of some of the properties in the Dublin rental market.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Odelay wrote: »

Would be kinda romantic, you and your partner in bed, warming yer toes by the........hob.

No romance allowed in this apartment it would seem:

Daft wrote:

THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR ONE PERSON. THIS PROPERTY IS FOR 1 PERSON ONLY

Eeden

extra gravy wrote: »

This place in Galway is just €30 more expensive than that horrible sh1thole http://www.daft.ie/lettings/40-dominick-street-lower-coachman-apartments-galway-city-centre-galway/1435039/&ea=1
Obviously you can't compare Dublin with Galway in terms of population and demand but it just further emphasises the excessive rents and shocking state of some of the properties in the Dublin rental market.

One of the problems with that Galway apartment is that a lot of the rooms have no windows. I knew someone who lived in one, and I think the only window they had was in the bathroom. They're large enough, but the lack of natural light really gets to you after a while.

Going Strong

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

No romance allowed in this apartment it would seem:

Health & Safety reasons. There's just not enough breathable air in there for more than one person.

loveisdivine

This thread is so depressing. We would love to move somewhere cheaper but unless we are willing to literally live in a hole in the ground there just isn't anything!

I'm gonna move to Kerry and live here instead. Its less than what I currently pay for a 2 bed terrace in an estate in North Dublin

http://www.daft.ie/lettings/hawthorn-woods-kenmare-kerry/1402712/#

Ann Landers

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

No romance allowed in this apartment it would seem:

I had a similar response a few weeks back when I enquired about my boyfriend and I viewing a one-bed apartment that was plenty big enough for two. Strange, I would have thought there'd be more security in having two people renting a place. If one loses their job, the other has income.

cofy

extra gravy wrote: »

This place in Galway is just €30 more expensive than that horrible sh1thole http://www.daft.ie/lettings/40-dominick-street-lower-coachman-apartments-galway-city-centre-galway/1435039/&ea=1
Obviously you can't compare Dublin with Galway in terms of population and demand but it just further emphasises the excessive rents and shocking state of some of the properties in the Dublin rental market.

The position of the towel rail in the bathroom :eek::eek::eek: