What do you live in?

Gerrup Outta Dat!

Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments. Everyone can rent in government-provided dwellings regardless of your income. You could have a brain surgeon living next door to a cleaner. No-one knows what rent the other is paying and everyone live harmoniously. Why can't this work in Ireland?

What is your current dwelling situation?

frozenfrozen

I live in your many threads

Pelvis

I live in the moment, man.

sullivlo

A house. A very big house in the country.

RhubarbCrumble

I live in a pineapple under the .....
Oh wait .....

Karangue

What mileage is on your house op?

DivingDuck

My head, mostly.

OldMrBrennan83

In a council rented house

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Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

I live with my millions of Euro, my hoes, and my bags full of Grade A 100% Pure Colombian Cocaine.

paleoperson

sullivlo wrote: »

A house. A very big house in the country.

Everyone should live in a big house in the country, it should be the law. I don't understand how people can live in shoeboxes in urban areas, it's bound to cause stress and psychological problems.

DrPhilG

In a private rented house

A yellow submarine.

Tigger

In a private rented house

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments. Everyone can rent in government-provided dwellings regardless of your income. You could have a brain surgeon living next door to a cleaner. No-one knows what rent the other is paying and everyone live harmoniously. Why can't this work in Ireland?

What is your current dwelling situation?

1 in 6 of your posts are a new thread
i live here and you are the annoying new neighbour

DivingDuck

paleoperson wrote: »

Everyone should live in a big house in the country, it should be the law. I don't understand how people can live in shoeboxes in urban areas, it's bound to cause stress and psychological problems.

Not as much stress and psychological problems as seeing yet another thread devolve into a city-vs-country fight.

s4uv3

A glass case of emotion.

Martina1991

Student accommodation

I rent an apartment but my mother is mad for me to buy a house.

She says renting is dead money. Being tied to a mortgage at 26 sounds daft to me.

ToxicPaddy

In a council rented apartment

In Europe, high quality rental accommodation is available at a reasonable price for long periods of time with little or no price gouging allowed, landlords are generally held accountable for their properties and strong rent rules protecting tenants are in place.

If that was available in Ireland, the obsession with owning your own property would soon disappear.

corner of hells

Whereever I lay my hat , that's my home.

Neames

Denial

elperello

In a private rented house

A cardboard box in the middle of the motorway.

corner of hells

elperello wrote: »

A cardboard box in the middle of the motorway.

Ohhh la de da , just look at you in your fancy location.

Wesser

Your poll is terrible. It's a mixture between ... who do you live with.... how do you pay for your accomodation... and what kind of structure do you live in.

snowflaker

Are you buying or renting...

Ulysses Gaze

In a private rented apartment

Under the Sea...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

In a private rented house

A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.

branie2

With my mother and father in a house

Grandeeod

Patww79 wrote: »

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So pitiful, isn't it. I had a conversation with a colleague a few weeks back and he was pissed off because of a conversation he had with a neighbour in the pub. The colleague is paying top dollar rent for a three up two down. The neighbour is paying less on the mortgage. No problem there, but during a conversation about the estate, the neighbour referred to my colleague's house as the place "you are staying". Not fooking living, but staying.:rolleyes:

Alf Veedersane

In a private rented house

Waiting to see who lives in a lodger

Ulysses Gaze

In a private rented apartment

Sterling Early Neurologist wrote: »

A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.

Oh a sceptic tank..well la-dee-da Mr Frenchman....

Noveight

In a owned house

Living at home with Los Parentos. I'll be 24 in November and have no immediate plans to make a move.

Alf Veedersane

In a private rented house

Sterling Early Neurologist wrote: »

A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.

Hmmmm....not sure i believe that

The Backwards Man

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Hmmmm....not sure i believe that

Young ones today

Pherekydes

183cm

Autochange

Other.
A whirlpool washing machine box under a bridge

server down

In a private rented apartment

There’s more home ownership on boards than I would have thought.

MonkieSocks

Lia_lia

In a council rented house

In a small rented 2 bed house in Cork city. Very lucky that our rent is about 400-500 euro cheaper than similar houses in the area. No major plans to buy in the immediate future but probably will eventually. I'm happy to be paying "dead money" for now!

branie2

Sterling Early Neurologist wrote: »

A paper bag in the middle of a sceptic tank.


Edit; But I own the bag, if not the tank.

Luxury!

rainbow kirby

In a council rented apartment

2 bedroom rented apartment. Would be an absolute miracle if we were ever able to buy around here!

Tigger

In a private rented house

server down wrote: »

There’s more home ownership on boards than I would have thought.

we are acually quite a wweaothy bunch

Alf Veedersane

In a private rented house

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments. Everyone can rent in government-provided dwellings regardless of your income. You could have a brain surgeon living next door to a cleaner. No-one knows what rent the other is paying and everyone live harmoniously. Why can't this work in Ireland?

It might if there was anything like the same long term security for renters in Ireland.

But there isn't.

So people buy.

JimmyMcGill

Tigger wrote: »

we are acually quite a wweaothy bunch

We are considerably richer than YOU!

FishOnABike

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments. Everyone can rent in government-provided dwellings regardless of your income. You could have a brain surgeon living next door to a cleaner. No-one knows what rent the other is paying and everyone live harmoniously.

Why can't this work in Ireland?

What is your current dwelling situation?

I think you answered your own question there OP. Our government (successive ones of all sides and political persuasions) seem incapable of organising an inebriating event in an alcohol fermenting facility.

server down

In a private rented apartment

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Ireland seems to be a place where there is an obsession with home ownership, people who rent, even people who own their own apartments seem to be looked upon strangely.

In some countries on continental Europe, it's not unusual to spend your whole lif renting. The government actually provide high quality, good sustainable high-rise apartments.

It’s a myth that most continental countries have low ownership rates. Except for Germany, Austria and Switzerland its generally high, higher than here or the UK in many cases. The UK is trending below France and falling. We are also trending lower (used to be 80%, now 65%)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate

Permabear

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Snowfire

I live in a shoe, with my kids, it's a nice shoe, unfortunately the kids are getting bigger now and my home is getting little cramped, I just don't know what to do...

branie2

Give them some broth without any bread, and send them to bed with a sound whipping.

Snowfire

branie2 wrote: »

Give them some broth without any bread, and send them to bed with a sound whipping.

I've been in trouble with child services for that craic before

eviltwin

In a private rented house

I live in a three bed house in Dublin that I bought 15 years ago. I feel very lucky because if I was that age now I'd never be able to afford to buy in Dublin.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

A voluminous Victorian edifice in Dublin.

I'd honestly love to employ a butler.

LirW

In a private rented house

3bed end of terrace in the shtix. We don't even have a church or a takeaway in the village. It's just quiet and remote enough for me. Only Leitrim would be a step-up in the sense of remoteness.

SmartinMartin

Why can we only pick one?