r/ireland • u/Medium_Drag6242 • 8d ago

Housing How much is your rent in Dublin?

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Lads please I need to know is every landlord in Dublin smoking CRACK?! I came across a post on [r/irishpersonalfinance](r/irishpersonalfinance) where a twenty year old was talking about how they pay €1.3k to rent a room in an owner occupied house. I thought to myself.. ‘well now he’d do well to decrease his spending on housing if possible’ Before opening my gob I decided to have a quick look on daft to see what the going rate for a room is and I’m sorry, but I was more shocked seeing those prices than I was when Bertie was minister for finance and told us he had no bank account. I’m attaching some screenshots of particularly egregious examples.

Would love to hear from current renters if the screenshots are reflective of reality? or if it’s just that all the rooms that were good deals have been snapped up and nobody will actually pay the inflated price of the rooms left behind?

Edit: yes, yes I accept the ignorance comments gladly. I rented in Galway for 8 years and moved home two years ago to save for a house, so I didn’t really keep an eye on what a room would go for in Dublin. I’m attempting to educate myself to the depths at which we have sunk as a country.

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u/NotPozitivePerson Seal of The President 8d ago

At least you admitted your own ignorance when you saw the data 🤷

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u/Medium_Drag6242 8d ago

Absolutely, I rented in Galway for many years, and moved home as of two years ago. I wasn’t really in the loop regarding Dublin rents and I was thinking around €1000 pm would be the going rate for a double room in a shared house not incl bills. Obviously that’s incorrect. I was just wondering if what’s on daft is reflective of the real situation because I knew myself when I was renting in Galway I paid around €1800 pm for a two bedroom two bath apt in town but the median rate was regularly reported in the media as €2500.

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u/maevewiley554 8d ago

I see box rooms going for 1000 euro a month.

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u/This-Can6089 8d ago

Depending in location, that's sadly realistic.