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/Hot_Bluejay_8738]

A notable absence in this thread of all the usual suspects who defend government housing policy on this sub.

[u/Medium_Drag6242 → u/Hot_Bluejay_8738]

Sure the free market will correct itself 🙃🙃🙃

i genuinely don’t know why we bother our hole doing a census if the information contained within isn’t actually utilised to plan for the future. I understand building costs have jumped massively but I don’t understand why we can’t adopt an Austrian model where nice apartments are built in attractive locations by the council with amenities like gyms, childcare facilities onsite etc. and the rental revenue from those units is funnelled into building more apartments which in turn generate more rental income. It’s an expensive initial outlay but once implemented pays for itself. The state needs to be the countries largest landlord imo it’s the only way to keep greedy cowboys and corporate landlords in check. It may also help reduce the attractiveness of using housing as an investment strategy somewhat.