Small home

rot432

I am tired of searching for a place to rent, the market is insane. Started considering a flat pack or some sort of tiny home but then the issue of planning permission is there and on top of it the local needs thing!

Can we actually get something done in this country?

I don't want to renovate a derelict shack. I would like to be able to buy a plot a land and be able to get a small house in. I want an address, I need water and electricity and so on!

Don't have parents to help nor savings for a > 300K home.

Any suggestions are welcomed,

Ms Doubtfire1

uhm...move away from dublin?

rot432

Funny thing is I am not in Dublin. There are only a handful of properties to let in Meath, Louth, Kildare and I don't need a 3 or 4 bedroom mansion!

Ms Doubtfire1

ah.

https://www.donedeal.ie/tolet-for-sale/2x-bed2-baths-refurbished-county-cottage-in-rural/13736787

https://www.donedeal.ie/tolet-for-sale/room-to-let/13570932

try checking the less obvious websites..?
Or see if you can share a house?

pilly

Have you any family/friends who would allow you to put a log cabin in their garden or on their land? Look at gardenrooms.ie, my daughter lives in one and loves it.

Del2005

rot432 wrote: »

Funny thing is I am not in Dublin. There are only a handful of properties to let in Meath, Louth, Kildare and I don't need a 3 or 4 bedroom mansion!

That's where the people who can't afford Dublin have gone, you need to go further West. The other problem is that nearly everything built recently in rural areas is a mcmansion that even the original owners realised soon after moving in was too big.

riclad

http://inhabitat.com/architect-dominic-stevens-builds-his-simple-dream-house-for-under-33000/dominic-stevens-self-build6
Its possible to build a small house for 30k .
a site costs 25 plus .Look on daft.ie houses under 35k.
theres houses all over the place for 30k, it,ll need modernisation and decoration .Make sure it has an old esb ,water connection.
http://www.daft.ie/galway/property-for-sale/?s%5Bmxp%5D=50000

Gumbo

rot432 wrote: »

I am tired of searching for a place to rent, the market is insane. Started considering a flat pack or some sort of tiny home but then the issue of planning permission is there and on top of it the local needs thing!

Can we actually get something done in this country?

I don't want to renovate a derelict shack. I would like to be able to buy a plot a land and be able to get a small house in. I want an address, I need water and electricity and so on!

Don't have parents to help nor savings for a > 300K home.

Any suggestions are welcomed,

Most of us had no parents to help with homes either, we just had to save our ass off.
If won't happen over night so allow yourself some time.

the_syco

rot432 wrote: »

Don't have parents to help nor savings for a > 300K home.

So what is your budget?

riclad

1 Bed apartments in most countys outside dublin, galway are cheap ,
maybe 60-70k.,not everyone needs to buy a 200k house .
Yes its ridiculous some people went crazy in the boom building 2000 sq ft houses since it was so easy to borrow money.

Del2005

riclad wrote: »

1 Bed apartments in most countys outside dublin, galway are cheap ,
maybe 60-70k.,not everyone needs to buy a 200k house .
Yes its ridiculous some people went crazy in the boom building 2000 sq ft houses since it was so easy to borrow money.

There's plenty of 2000 sq ft houses available for 60k, you just have to move to where nobody else wants to

pilly

Del2005 wrote: »

There's plenty of 2000 sq ft houses available for 60k, you just have to move to where nobody else wants to

And find a job in that place, I did it but it took me a year to find a decent job. Lot of "who you know" outside of Dublin.

road_high

Depends on what you're after and qualified in but plenty of jobs knocking around in places like Carlow, Kilkenny, Athlone and a few others if you're willing to look further out and not bother commuting.