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Paying mgmt fees after retirement? How?

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  • #52
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,170 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The Enbalmer wrote: »
    So you reckon they're all leaking away inside due to rain ingress?

    Not a bit of it..I've had offices in several Georgian buildings and I've always been amazed at the quality of their construction and weather tightness.

    Modern buildings on the other hand.. cheaply built using cheap materials,cheap labour and skimping on all sorts of vital components.

    Apartments are even worse,many of them don't have adequate soundproofing and the priory hall scandal is just the tip of the iceberg viz a viz fire safety.

    Plenty of them are in extremely poor condition requiring constant, expensive maintenance - and they can't be replaced with lower maintenance options. My relatively new windows don't even need to be cleaned externally due to the pythocatalytic coating for instance; as well as really not needing to do anything else - compare to old glass in wooden frames for effort.

    As for fire safety - horse hair insulation, frequently no party wall in the attic, centuries of bodged extensions breaking any cohesive firestopping and so on are all common in Georgian houses.


  • #53
    Cyclepath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭Cyclepath


    mariaalice wrote: »
    Forget about the big-ticket items, bins, insurance alone is going to be the guts of 500 to 600 euro a year how are people going to pay for that when they retire let alone any random maintenance costs.

    +1 . I think regardless of whether you have a house or apartment, it's a bit optimistic to hope that the state pension will cover all your expenses. If you are relying solely on the state pension, you are a candidate for social housing and you have much bigger problems to consider.


  • #54
    The Enbalmer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭The Enbalmer


    L1011 wrote: »

    As for fire safety - horse hair insulation, frequently no party wall in the attic, centuries of bodged extensions breaking any cohesive firestopping and so on are all common in Georgian houses.




    They're still standing 200 years later..what more can you ask for?


  • #55
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,170 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The Enbalmer wrote: »
    They're still standing 200 years later..what more can you ask for?

    There's Norman castles still standing 800 years later. Doesn't mean I'd want to live in one, or pay the upkeep.


  • #56
    The Enbalmer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭The Enbalmer


    L1011 wrote: »
    There's Norman castles still standing 800 years later. Doesn't mean I'd want to live in one, or pay the upkeep.




    Agreed


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