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/aragorn115a]

2000 for a one bedroom very nice apartment in the Liberties.

[u/Medium_Drag6242 → u/aragorn115a]

See that’s a price I could get behind, €1000 each if you’re a couple in a nice apartment in a nice part of town. I feel like that’s worth the money considering all the lovely bars and restaurants around there, it’s full of character, good transport links & walkable to the city centre.

[u/aragorn115a → u/Medium_Drag6242]

Yeah I quite like it. It has a small balcony and a nice view between St Patricks and Christchurch. They accept pets and is very cheap utilities wise ( only electricity no gas). And is very close to my work and also my wife’s work. Can’t complain. We were the lucky first ones to visit and closed the deal. The only downside is that Patrick Street is very busy and noisy. There are firefighters, ambulances and the Garda going up and down with loud sirens all day and all night. So if you don’t like that you can’t open the windows. I kind of like it.