Funny Houses/Flats to rent

JaMarcusHustle

My guess is that the photos are old photos - from a previous ad or posting - that the agent has saved to their computer and uploaded to Daft. Only they saved the thumbnails and not the full size pictures, so when Daft enlarges them, they're horribly pixelated.

Thargor

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

My guess is that the photos are old photos - from a previous ad or posting - that the agent has saved to their computer and uploaded to Daft. Only they saved the thumbnails and not the full size pictures, so when Daft enlarges them, they're horribly pixelated.

Also known as "Any time my mother tries to do anything with photos on her laptop..."

retalivity

osarusan wrote: »

I am actually wondering what was used to take the photos.

A calculator

Graces7

Nomis21 wrote: »

"This property offers the possibility of a lot of hard work"

Nothing could turn me onto a property more than the possibility of getting involved in hard work :rolleyes:

http://www.daft.ie/clare/houses-for-sale/feakle/lecarrow-lower-feakle-clare-1363881/

Ah but he is a specialist agent! With huge interest in ruins etc...Has some wonderful properties on offer and a real sense of humour too... green valley properties.

M5

When we were looking for a house we came across a house with one photo, the exterior with a car mirror in the corner of the photo. Didn't even bother getting out of his car

tara73

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah but he is a specialist agent! With huge interest in ruins etc...Has some wonderful properties on offer and a real sense of humour too... green valley properties.

no electricity, no water supplies...much fun with the costs and time getting that infrastructure done.

snubbleste

More tenements in Dublin
Houses rented out with 15 people per room.
One house in Cabinteely, has up to 70 people living there, with only two showers in the house for €200pppm.
This is a deliberate business for cowboys preying on desperate people

Michael D Not Higgins

snubbleste wrote: »

More tenements in Dublin
Houses rented out with 15 people per room.
One house in Cabinteely, has up to 70 people living there, with only two showers in the house for €200pppm.
This is a deliberate business for cowboys preying on desperate people

Woeful, looks like they're still up on daft too http://www.daft.ie/dublin/rooms-to-share/cabinteely/?s%5Bmxp%5D=200&s%5Broom_type%5D=either

pilly

snubbleste wrote: »

More tenements in Dublin
Houses rented out with 15 people per room.
One house in Cabinteely, has up to 70 people living there, with only two showers in the house for €200pppm.
This is a deliberate business for cowboys preying on desperate people

Jesus is all I can say!

Graces7

tara73 wrote: »

no electricity, no water supplies...much fun with the costs and time getting that infrastructure done.

Yep and some folk love that and seek it out. Great challenge and sense of achievement.

I have had contact with him; great sense of humour if you read his web site .

eeguy

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Woeful, looks like they're still up on daft too http://www.daft.ie/dublin/rooms-to-share/cabinteely/?s%5Bmxp%5D=200&s%5Broom_type%5D=either

9 people currently living in the house

9 people currently living in your bedroom:rolleyes:

AlmightyCushion

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Woeful, looks like they're still up on daft too http://www.daft.ie/dublin/rooms-to-share/cabinteely/?s%5Bmxp%5D=200&s%5Broom_type%5D=either

"Looking for clean, friendly sociable people."

Well, you'd have to be at least somewhat sociable seeing as your room has the population of a small village.

maudgonner

"You must be friendly outgoing and social able to live in this house."

It would be helpful if you are very outgoing, go out a lot. That way we could rent out your bed while you're not at home and squeeze another €200 out of this cesspit.

Kamili

Why are daft still allowing that advert? Not that its up to them to regulate though

Michael D Not Higgins

Kamili wrote: »

Why are daft still allowing that advert? Not that its up to them to regulate though

The ads that are up are for someone to replace the current tenant and it has no real details about the house, no pictures, nothing that could show it to be illegal in any way. Daft don't actively monitor ads nor is it their responsibility to confirm compliance with the law. I'm not even sure if the one I linked is even the same place (although I'm 99% convinced it is).

tara73

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

The ads that are up are for someone to replace the current tenant and it has no real details about the house, no pictures, nothing that could show it to be illegal in any way. Daft don't actively monitor ads nor is it their responsibility to confirm compliance with the law. I'm not even sure if the one I linked is even the same place (although I'm 99% convinced it is).

why is Daft not liable for the content they show on their website? but boards. ie is liable for content (naming people etc.).
where's the difference?

Michael D Not Higgins

tara73 wrote: »

why is Daft not liable for the content they show on their website? but boards. ie is liable for content (naming people etc.).
where's the difference?

There's nothing illegal in the ad as shown. Daft are under no obligations to prove that all the ads are legal.

Kamili

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

There's nothing illegal in the ad as shown. Daft are under no obligations to prove that all the ads are legal.

I agree, but if the place is in the news shouldn't there be a moral obligation there?

Michael D Not Higgins

Kamili wrote: »

I agree, but if the place is in the news shouldn't there be a moral obligation there?

Daft have thousands of ads on their site. Where do you draw the line? Should they ensure the extension on a house in Finglas has the proper planning permission?

Not to mention that the ad I linked isn't proved to be the same place. Should they take down ads they suspect are dodgy? Do you think Daft would last as a business if that were enforced?

Kamili

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Daft have thousands of ads on their site. Where do you draw the line? Should they ensure the extension on a house in Finglas has the proper planning permission?

Not to mention that the ad I linked isn't proved to be the same place. Should they take down ads they suspect are dodgy? Do you think Daft would last as a business if that were enforced?

I'm not saying they regulate every single ad.

Hypothetically if it was the same place, and because this particular one has been in the news over serious law breaches that they should consider looking at it.

End of the day they are facilitating this guy making money off the backs of poor unfortunates. Even from that perspective wouldn't it be detrimental to them if they were associated with advertising it?

Hypothetically...

inforfun

Kamili wrote: »

I agree, but if the place is in the news shouldn't there be a moral obligation there?

Maybe. But that would mean visiting and checking places.
And no matter how **** some places are, there is always someone desperate enough to go for it, unfortunately.

And daft makes money on the ad, not on renting out those places.

Daft will remove the ad if it is reported. They are usually brilliant.
i reported 5 or 6 ads a night or two ago, and they were all gone next morning.

Michael D Not Higgins

Kamili wrote: »

I'm not saying they regulate every single ad.

Hypothetically if it was the same place, and because this particular one has been in the news over serious law breaches that they should consider looking at it.

End of the day they are facilitating this guy making money off the backs of poor unfortunates. Even from that perspective wouldn't it be detrimental to them if they were associated with advertising it?

Hypothetically...

I don't see any backlash to Daft over it. It's all focused on the housing crisis and the greedy landlord. Even in the article it says the agents advertised on Facebook, it was only the tenants who had to fill their vacant spot when they left who are advertising on Daft.

In the end, how are Daft to ascertain if a particular ad with no exact address and no pictures is associated with this place?

BattleCorp

Jake1 wrote: »

Daft will remove the ad if it is reported. They are usually brilliant.
i reported 5 or 6 ads a night or two ago, and they were all gone next morning.

I reported an advert to Daft about six months ago and they told me that there was nothing that they were going to do, they don't regulate the ads (or words to that effect).

Michael D Not Higgins

Jake1 wrote: »

Daft will remove the ad if it is reported. They are usually brilliant.
i reported 5 or 6 ads a night or two ago, and they were all gone next morning.

What were you reporting them for? I've found them good for taking down obvious scams like the deposit up front scam. I've found them bad for tackling obviously illegal rentals. I'm talking 20 sq m one room flats without the proper minimum standards. That stuff is harder for them to confirm from the ad or reports.

I saw one very nice rental in Ranelagh a few years ago which advertised it had no washing machine and there was a laundrette across the road. Reported as not meeting minimum standards, and nothing happened.

Michael D Not Higgins

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

What were you reporting them for? I've found them good for taking down obvious scams like the deposit up front scam. I've found them bad for tackling obviously illegal rentals. I'm talking 20 sq m one room flats without the proper minimum standards. That stuff is harder for them to confirm from the ad or reports.

I saw one very nice rental in Ranelagh a few years ago which advertised it had no washing machine and there was a laundrette across the road. Reported as not meeting minimum standards, and nothing happened.

I reported ads for scams Michael DNH . Different ads, had the same bedroom pic in all of them

Gobshytes got sloppy



http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057690816

tara73

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Daft have thousands of ads on their site. Where do you draw the line?

sure they can't take down an Ad if it's not obvious that they are in breach of the legal standards, but if it is obvious from the pics and description there's breach of the legal standards, they should take them down. they are showing/offering sth. on their side which is illegal!!

boards has hundreds (or even thousands) of post a day too, you are monitoring here everything and posts are taken down/people get warned or being banned. So why should Daft not be able(or obliged to by law!) to monitor their ads and take them down if they are illegal? Not understandable at all.

Michael D Not Higgins

tara73 wrote: »

sure they can't take down an Ad if it's not obvious that they are in breach of the legal standards, but if it is obvious from the pics and description there's breach of the legal standards, they should take them down. they are showing/offering sth. on their side which is illegal!!

boards has hundreds (or even thousands) of post a day too, you are monitoring here everything and posts are taken down/people get warned or being banned. So why should Daft not be able(or obliged to by law!) to monitor their ads and take them down if they are illegal? Not understandable at all.

For the simple fact that Daft aren't generally defaming anyone with an illegal ad. No one is pursuing Daft for legal action related to an ad on their site. It's different when it comes to defamation. I've heard boards gets dozens of solicitors letters threatening legal action on behalf of a client who they claim is defamed on boards.

The reason boards is highly monitored is because of the archaic defamation laws in the country.

Kamili

Slightly off topic but I'm sure they take down scam ads simply because they are scam, I don't see why they should advertise something that's illegal or flouting laws.

Probably a grey area anyway but...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

Advertisements
Advertisements are regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland, and must be truthful and factually accurate. In addition, adverts for illegal services are not allowed. The ASAI is a voluntary industry body which has no statutory powers and has no power to remove a publication from circulation. This power is vested in the Censorship of Publications Board. Given the status of the ASAI some advertisers choose to continually ignore its rulings by running controversial advertisements purely to draw attention to their products and services.

tara73

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

For the simple fact that Daft aren't generally defaming anyone with an illegal ad. No one is pursuing Daft for legal action related to an ad on their site. It's different when it comes to defamation. I've heard boards gets dozens of solicitors letters threatening legal action on behalf of a client who they claim is defamed on boards.

The reason boards is highly monitored is because of the archaic defamation laws in the country.

yeah, I know that, why boards must be so cautious. And it is a good law.
So all I'm saying is, kind of the same should apply for Daft showing illegal ads. They enable that places like the recent one posted here being successfull.

And why are rental standards set up if nobody from the government cares whether they are met? It wouldn't be difficult to give Daft the obligation to take down illegal ads. Very simple it could be...