Funny Houses/Flats to rent

Teddington Cuddlesworth

whiskeyman wrote: »

I'd need a pair of sunglasses going in here!
So much white!

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/144-ashcroft-raheny-dublin-5/3865512

I'd say that fruit bowl in the conservatory has seen a fair few sets of car keys.

Samuel T. Cogley

Properties on that part of the SCR sell for bonkers amounts. It's inconvenient on so many levels yet stuff still seems to sell. Added to that people will pay well over the odds for a good finish.

HeidiHeidi

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Properties on that part of the SCR sell for bonkers amounts. It's inconvenient on so many levels yet stuff still seems to sell. Added to that people will pay well over the odds for a good finish.

If you're talking about that "villa" in Washington Street, it's a 1400sq ft period house done up to a very high standard in a very trendy popular area close to town - I won't be in the least surprised if it gets at least its asking price!

The one thing that would make me suspicious is the lack of detail about space out the back - no pictures and it was glossed over in the text, suggesting that it's negligible. Now your 1400sq ft house is looking a little less well-balanced for that kind of money, especially given there's no space out front.

Samuel T. Cogley

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

If you're talking about that "villa" in Washington Street, it's a 1400sq ft period house done up to a very high standard in a very trendy popular area close to town - I won't be in the least surprised if it gets at least its asking price!

The one thing that would make me suspicious is the lack of detail about space out the back - no pictures and it was glossed over in the text, suggesting that it's negligible. Now your 1400sq ft house is looking a little less well-balanced for that kind of money, especially given there's no space out front.

It's well photographed on Sherry Fitz to be fair. It's small but functional.

While I'm sure it'll get the asking price, one would still want to question the sanity of that being an appropriate asking price there.

http://www.sherryfitz.ie/residential/for-sale/65756

osarusan

That 'villa' has stairs going up to the two-storey extension at the rear so the exterior photo of just the 1-storey building is a bit misleading (and probably not great advertising on their part).

That's why the space is limited at the back too.

HeidiHeidi

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

It's well photographed on Sherry Fitz to be fair. It's small but functional.

While I'm sure it'll get the asking price, one would still want to question the sanity of that being an appropriate asking price there.

http://www.sherryfitz.ie/residential/for-sale/65756

1400sq ft is not small!!!

That frontage is seriously deceptive.

Samuel T. Cogley

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

1400sq ft is not small!!!

That frontage is seriously deceptive.

You were referring to the back garden...

However 1400Sq ft. isn't huge either and that area is perfectly fine but not without it's issues.

HeidiHeidi

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

You were referring to the back garden...

Whoops, completely misunderstood that - sorry!

spacetweek

MrMorooka wrote: »

It's pretty obvious really, you can always tell the fake photos, they look nothing like what you get in Dublin. There's some 'je ne sais quoi' about the crapness of Dublin accommodation that you don't get elsewhere. Specifically, in that add, the matching colour scheme, the decent looking kitchen, and the quality of the flooring. You don't get anything like that here.

Anything built since the 2000s is just as good as that if not larger. You must be going to the wrong places. Most of my renting friends are in much larger places and they aren't rich.

Kazooie

At least they admit it's small:
https://www.daft.ie/21719595

Can Imagine It would be fairly depressing sitting on that chair, looking at the wall 2 foot from your face.

LaChatteGitane

That's not even a small flat. It's the hallway !

loyatemu

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

That's not even a small flat. It's the hallway !

no washing machine in this property but the laundrette is 2 minutes away

surely that doesn't meet the regulations.

Cantona's Collars

Did they convert the utility room into a bedroom? That looks like the back door that the headboard and locker are against.

LaChatteGitane

This very small flat (and many others) could be rather bijou, functional and cosy, if only the landlords made a bit of an effort and took the 'caravan approach' of fixed furniture and use all available space more efficiently.
The sofa and armchair is in the most depressing set up I can imagine. Absolutely dire.

sheepy01

Kazooie wrote: »

At least they admit it's small:
https://www.daft.ie/21719595

Can Imagine It would be fairly depressing sitting on that chair, looking at the wall 2 foot from your face.

Now that is awkward

retalivity

Its near gmit, and is tiny, so presumably they want students, yet require a 14 month lease?? Also, that 'bedroom' will be absolutely freezing, id imagine there is zero insulation from the door/window.

Fcuking cowboys

Going Strong

It looks like the side area of a semi-detached that's been turned into a narrow 'flat' that runs the length of the house.

Picture 3 seems to show the front of a car outside the door. So, taking that as the front door, the little toilet is immediately on the right and the "living area" runs through to the bedroom facing the back garden.

Dignitas should sponsor the place - a couple of days staying there and anyone would be signing up for their services.

SuperS54

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

This very small flat (and many others) could be rather bijou, functional and cosy, if only the landlords made a bit of an effort and took the 'caravan approach' of fixed furniture and use all available space more efficiently.
The sofa and armchair is in the most depressing set up I can imagine. Absolutely dire.

I'll never understand the thinking of some landlords, presumably the sofa and chair are their own cast off stuff that they were too miserly to throw out. Why on earth would you purchase something like that for a corridor? So you can have 2 friends around to stare at the wall together?!

LaChatteGitane

SuperS54 wrote: »

I'll never understand the thinking of some landlords, presumably the sofa and chair are their own cast off stuff that they were too miserly to throw out. Why on earth would you purchase something like that for a corridor? So you can have 2 friends around to stare at the wall together?!

I am all for recycling and re-using. In this case it is not the right fit. :pac:

Winterlong

Kazooie wrote: »

At least they admit it's small:
https://www.daft.ie/21719595

Can Imagine It would be fairly depressing sitting on that chair, looking at the wall 2 foot from your face.

You would need to be a confirmed singleton to live there. Or be fond of bonking on the floor.

Alf Veedersane

retalivity wrote: »

Its near gmit, and is tiny, so presumably they want students, yet require a 14 month lease?? Also, that 'bedroom' will be absolutely freezing, id imagine there is zero insulation from the door/window.

Fcuking cowboys

I'd imagine it's a converted garage with zero insulation in the walls either.

At least you wouldn't need a wardrobe because you'd have to wear all your clothes to stay warm.

Kazooie

retalivity wrote: »

Its near gmit, and is tiny, so presumably they want students, yet require a 14 month lease?? Also, that 'bedroom' will be absolutely freezing, id imagine there is zero insulation from the door/window.

Fcuking cowboys

Yeah the lease thing is a bit strange. I'd take a 14 month sentence in mountjoy before signing that. It's being let by an estate agent as well. Have they no shame at all...

Shenshen

whiskeyman wrote: »

I'd need a pair of sunglasses going in here!
So much white!

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/144-ashcroft-raheny-dublin-5/3865512

That's atually creeping me out - the white, the tiles, the see-through dining room furniture... it looks like the home of a psychotic surgeon.

Mrs OBumble

Winterlong wrote: »

You would need to be a confirmed singleton to live there. Or be fond of bonking on the floor.

Most student accommodation is single beds AFAIK.

Its far from the worst ive seen, I'd be concerned about the lack of a second exit, eg a window or door from the kitchen or living area though.

Alf Veedersane

Shenshen wrote: »

That's atually creeping me out - the white, the tiles, the see-through dining room furniture... it looks like the home of a psychotic surgeon.

Or Dexter Morgan.

pilly

loyatemu wrote:

surely that doesn't meet the regulations.

Definitely doesn't meet regulations. And they want 550 a month?

pilly

loyatemu wrote:

surely that doesn't meet the regulations.

Definitely doesn't meet regulations. And they want 550 a month?

pilly

Alf Veedersane wrote:

I'd imagine it's a converted garage with zero insulation in the walls either.

I'd say your right, it is the garage.

LaChatteGitane

pilly wrote: »

I'd say your right, it is the garage.

A garage for a matchbox car ?

pilly

LaChatteGitane wrote:

A garage for a matchbox car ?

It's 2 rooms and a bathroom, imagine it was an empty shell?