The "are you having a laugh" rental thread

chillywilly

I've been browsing daft for a place, hope to be moving into somewhere around May. Anyway some places just get you giggling at the prices expected!

heres one I just came across.......

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1019474

Am I missing something here? €3500 for that apt:eek:

Anyone have any more? Post them up to give us a giggle!

Jarren

Dreamers ..lol

blaze1

A mate was ringing about a place yesterday. He hadnt viewed it and ya man was looking for 700 euro deposit up front paid straight on to his visa and a viewing next week... he reported them to daft straight away

Eric Cartman

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1018421

pretty much anything in dublin 2, 4, 6, 6w or 16 - Having a laugh

starbelgrade

chillywilly wrote: »

Am I missing something here? €3500 for that apt:eek:

That's not a bad price.

Oh, wait... that's a rent price, not a sale price.

pragmatic1

Nice place and all but 12,000 pm. http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=778256

TheZohanS

It's priced that way to keep the riff-raff out.

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Eric Cartman wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1018421

pretty much anything in dublin 2, 4, 6, 6w or 16 - Having a laugh

It's almost as if people are willing to pay more for some areas than others. Imagine that, madness.

ball

jarecki1976 wrote: »

Dreamers ..lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dik_wnOE4dk

syklops

Am I the only one thats looking at those 2 examples and going "and?"

This thread is a bit like one of those "Cheryl Cole - Would ya?" threads. There are hundred of properties on Daft that are soooo bad that you think the are definitely having a laugh, and the op and another poster have picked 2 really nice places that could easily get the money they are asking for.

chillywilly

syklops wrote: »

Am I the only one thats looking at those 2 examples and going "and?"

This thread is a bit like one of those "Cheryl Cole - Would ya?" threads. There are hundred of properties on Daft that are soooo bad that you think the are definitely having a laugh, and the op and another poster have picked 2 really nice places that could easily get the money they are asking for.

I didn't say it wasn't a nice place, but the apt I posted is almost bog standard to other places that are going for 1500-1800 IMO, the only difference I can see is the view of the sea

syklops

chillywilly wrote: »

I didn't say it wasn't a nice place, but the apt I posted is almost bog standard to other places that are going for 1500-1800 IMO, the only difference I can see is the view of the sea

It has a view of the sea?? You never mentioned that. That explains it then. People will always pay more for a view of the sea. Fu*kit, i'd spend a bit extra if I could see the sea. Not likely of happening right now as the nearest sea is about 400 miles from here, short of another tsunami.

chillywilly

syklops wrote: »

It has a view of the sea?? You never mentioned that. That explains it then. People will always pay more for a view of the sea. Fu*kit, i'd spend a bit extra if I could see the sea. Not likely of happening right now as the nearest sea is about 400 miles from here, short of another tsunami.

Hmm not sure if you are talking sarcastically or seriously! Would you spend 2 grand more for a view of the sea??

syklops

I was being serious. Would I pay an extra 2grand for a view of the sea. No. But some people would. its not just the sea. This is a very nice 3-bedroom apartment in Dun Laoighre. An expensive part of the world. It has dedicated transport very close and has a view of the sea. So while it is out of my price range there are many people who would happily pay that amount.

I just mean, there are so many seriously sub-standard properties out there, whose owners live in cloud cuckoo land when it comes to rent asking prices, I dont understand why you picked this one.

Lumen

chillywilly wrote: »

Hmm not sure if you are talking sarcastically or seriously! Would you spend 2 grand more for a view of the sea??

If I was "earning" a million quid a year, €24k for a sea view wouldn't bother me all that much.

Valuations of nice Dublin property are pushed up by the fact that much of the housing stock is dismal shíte, so you've got limited supply.

It's all about supply and demand in the market segment you're selling into.

Jet Black

I'd say its someone lumped with a huge mortgage, guessing they paid over 700k. Kind of sorry for them, kinda. Unless it comes with free hookers and coke it'll be empty for the foreseeable future.

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chillywilly

syklops wrote: »

I was being serious. Would I pay an extra 2grand for a view of the sea. No. But some people would. its not just the sea. This is a very nice 3-bedroom apartment in Dun Laoighre. An expensive part of the world. It has dedicated transport very close and has a view of the sea. So while it is out of my price range there are many people who would happily pay that amount.

I just mean, there are so many seriously sub-standard properties out there, whose owners live in cloud cuckoo land when it comes to rent asking prices, I dont understand why you picked this one.

Okay well here are two similar apartments in similar areas (Dun L/Killiney)

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1015018

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=993147

I'd be way more inclined to go for one of these and saving myself 2 grand. The first one is only a 2 bed but the standard is higher IMO. That is the reason I picked this apartment. It was because I was browsing places in South Dublin and the similar places were going for 1500-1800 and this stuck out. Obviously there are sub-standard places but I wasn't referring to the quality of the apt itself, it is that the price should reflect similar apt prices.

throw up a couple of examples of what you think is taking the piss

El Weirdo

chillywilly wrote: »

I've been browsing daft for a place, hope to be moving into somewhere around May. Anyway some places just get you giggling at the prices expected!

heres one I just came across.......

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1019474

Am I missing something here? €3500 for that apt:eek:

Anyone have any more? Post them up to give us a giggle!

Available to Move In: Friday, 1 April

Very apt.

chillywilly

Lumen wrote: »

If I was "earning" a million quid a year, €24k for a sea view wouldn't bother me all that much.

Valuations of nice Dublin property are pushed up by the fact that much of the housing stock is dismal shíte, so you've got limited supply.

It's all about supply and demand in the market segment you're selling into.

Yeah, of course if I was earning that much I wouldn't mind either! But if you were earning enough to pay for that rent(3,500 p/m) you could find a muuuuuch nicer place in a similar! IMO If someone showed me that apartment and asked me how much it was going for I would have guessed max €2000. I understand about market segmentation, but if someone if paying this price the landlords market is "idiots".

Look at this beauty of a house and tell me the other apt is worth €250 MORE than it:

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=987720

okay that is unfurnished but still!

Lumen

chillywilly wrote: »

Yeah, of course if I was earning that much I wouldn't mind either! But if you were earning enough to pay for that rent(3,500 p/m) you could find a muuuuuch nicer place in a similar! IMO If someone showed me that apartment and asked me how much it was going for I would have guessed max €2000. I understand about market segmentation, but if someone if paying this price the landlords market is "idiots".

I lived for a few year in Richmond (SW London). There were loads of these £10k a month type furnished properties available in the celeb slums around Richmond Hill. The market is generally high level US corporate types who come over for a year or so with their families. The rent is paid for by the company.

These people want/need/expect to be put up in somewhere nice, or else they'll get no end of grief from their homesick spouse/kids. A few thousand a month is neither here nor there.

Permanent residents are more likely to buy.

the purple tin

For 10,000 a month you can rent your own castle .

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=857556

alfa beta

And for another 10,000 a month you could heat it

Kintarō Hattori

chillywilly wrote: »

Okay well here are two similar apartments in similar areas (Dun L/Killiney)

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1015018

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=993147

I'd be way more inclined to go for one of these and saving myself 2 grand. The first one is only a 2 bed but the standard is higher IMO. That is the reason I picked this apartment. It was because I was browsing places in South Dublin and the similar places were going for 1500-1800 and this stuck out. Obviously there are sub-standard places but I wasn't referring to the quality of the apt itself, it is that the price should reflect similar apt prices.

throw up a couple of examples of what you think is taking the piss

Regardless of price I thought the first apartment you posted looked the nicest. I'd feel more at home there than I would in either of the two places above.

Aug2009

I think the owners are chancing their respective arms.

I bet if you cut 20% off the monthly rent price a lot of the people would bite your hand off for it.

Worth a try. Play it cool.:cool:

BTW I used to work in the property market but got out a few years back. They ALWAYS ask for more than they think they will get.

Haggle folks.:D

syklops

Currently look for a place to live and its the biggest pain in the behind ever. Saw an ad for a place yesterday that had the shower next to the stove.

Also saw quite a nice place which we nearly went for but there was just 2 electric rings and no oven. If this was China you could understand but in Europe???