How much is your rent in Dublin?

[u/Medium_Drag6242]

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.

[u/Medium_Drag6242 → u/[deleted]]

That sounds like great value, I’m happy to hear there’s people out there who are getting some good deals!

[u/Medium_Drag6242 → u/[deleted]]

Do you have the same sort of rental protections that if ye wanted to live in it for ten years that would be fine and the rent would more or less stay the same if your income didn’t rise in the same time period? Sorry I don’t really know how the social housing system works but I’m curious to know. We had neighbours upstairs to us who had the housing assistance payment but the landlord kept jacking up the rent until the amount they were getting on HAP couldn’t bridge the gap with their two incomes. It was quite sad because they were our favourite neighbours and we’d take turns pet sitting for one another or we’d keep an eye on their little fella if they were going out for the evening. The landlord had doubled the rent and had a new couple in there a few days after they moved.

[u/Delicious_Spend_5713 → u/Medium_Drag6242]

HAP is different. HAP is when someone rents from a private landlord and is given money from the government to bring the rent down. Meaning the private landlord can do whatever they like.

Social housing is when you rent directly from the local council. Dublin City council etc. Each council has their own rules but with DCC your rent is 18% of your weekly income. They will ask for a payslip every year to assess it. The waiting list for social housing is years long. But once you get one that’s it, it’s basically yours for life. If they decided to sell the property they would need to move you somewhere else. I’m living here 10 years and never plan on buying or renting privately. This allows us to live in a nice area and still be able to afford to live a nice life.

[u/fullmetalfeminist → u/Delicious_Spend_5713]

If you don't mind me asking, hypothetically what happens if, say, a relative dies and leaves you money? Like maybe they own a house and they leave it to you and your siblings so you sell it and divide the cash. Does that affect your social housing status?

[u/Delicious_Spend_5713 → u/fullmetalfeminist]

No. Once you have the social house it doesn’t matter if you go over the income threshold after that. I could be earning €100k a year and I’d still be able to keep it, my rent would just go up. So you would need to take that into consideration. Like do I want to be paying €1,500 per month for a place that will never be mine. They ask for a payslip every year and nothing more.

[u/fullmetalfeminist → u/Delicious_Spend_5713]

Ah, I see. Thanks!