Varadkar hits the right note for Landlords

Plenty of people can work from home now and not everyone needs to go to Dublin to work, it all depends on what one wants in life I suppose.

Crippled with a big mortgage, stuck in traffic for hours, having to bring kids to school, And I'm saying this as someone that lived in cities for the best part of 30 years, I can see more upsides than downsides, but each to their own I suppose.

The public service will probably allow working from home virtually fulltime for lower paid clerical staff. A lot of companies are opting for hybrid with two days a week in the office.

If you need to go into the office only two days a week a 2 hour commute is doable especially if the days are together and you have the option of overnight accommodation in Dublin from a relative or friend.

No, the same people would rather moan and complain about the price of houses and not being able to get on the property ladder, blame vulture funds, blame the government, nothing new there.

First off it has a medical center. There is a huge move to provide primary care centers in towns. Not only will you have a doctor you will have multiple doctors working from that primary care center.

As you say banks are closing everywhere...that means everywhere. I seldom go into a bank now, the only issue is actually an ATM, however I can carry out some normal banking transactions at local PO, such as cash withdrawals, cash and cheque lodgements not just in towns like Strokestown but in most villages as well. I lay 10-1 there is a decent sized credit union in the town if not it's the only town in Ireland without one.

Clothes and shoe shops you can buy both online. However how often do you go clothes shopping. You get away with it monthly. I live in a small village, however I pass through towns at least once a week and I am in Limerick city at least once a month. You are incorrect about Lidl and Aldi they are actually expanding into towns.

Just to give an example in Limerick, Abbeyfeale has a Tesco and an Aldi, Newcastlewest has a Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and a SuperValu. There is none in Bruff and Kilmallock yet but I bet there will be in 2-5 years. However 5-6 Mrs from Killmallock is Rathluirc, it has a Dunnes, SuperValu, Lidi and Aldi. Like Newcastlewest and Abbeyfeale it has multiple shoe and clothes shops. That about 8-10 minutes away on a normal day The biggest issue Supermarket development now faces is planning and site availability as LA's are pushing more and more for development to be within these town centers.

In other words your perception is completely false about the reality of lifestyle in Rural Ireland. If you pay in the area if 250k ( in these types of towns) for a dwelling house you can well afford a car. And in fact at present you will buy houses in these area's for sub 200 k

That is women for you, I now a few in our area that go to the. Ity to get there done even thought I. My locate village there is 4-5 hairdressers operating two beautician and there is a barber as well. TBH you have not got a clue

Some people dont want to buy in a village.

Some people do.

I do not think I ever said that. I just a analysised the price of the houses in Strokestown and you or another poster said noone would want to live in Strokestown and went on an incorrect rant about lack of amenities and services in towns and villages like Strokestown. As I pointed out every one of you assumptions were incorrect. Just like you last one about cost of car transport. When you factor in the massive saving in buying in a town or village compared to living in rented accommodation in a larger urban setting, there is only one winner if you have the option

As I said earlier in this thread, that house is 100 k+ under build cost and will I crease in value by 50+% over the next 5ish years.

I didn't say nobody would want to live there. I said nobody would want to buy therE, which is in fact the case. People are prepared to rent, nobody is making an offer. Running a vehicle is an ongoing expense compared to paying for a house. The savings will disappear rapidly. Many people in the cities live without cars at all and some Morley run a very basic small car. Living in a remote village means running a good reliable car with consequent expense. The market agrees with me, not you for all your talk about the advantages of small villages.

You do know what you are talking about. It is a reasonable rule of thumb that I follow too: If it can be bought for less than it costs to build then you should be ok. (all other things being equal such as ok neighbours, stable enough interest rates and inflation)

Gorey is not an isolated town. Its growing town, a reasonable commute to Dublin and in range of all the holiday traffic on the sunny south east. It's long been a place people move out of Dublin to.

This is not true of many other rural locations. No matter how you talk it up.

Of course there are towns like Gorey with similar characteristics. But a few of you are talking up towns (and counties) with none of these characteristics.

Sure you can make it work. But it's not for everyone.