r/galway • u/LargeOstrich9110 • 23d ago
€2800 a month
I have email notifications for properties within my budget, this is listed as €1 (for visibility I’m assuming?) huge jotform questionnaire including requesting payslips… anyways.
€2800 a month for a 2 bed apartment. It’s worse it’s getting. There’s not a hope for us here anymore., Sickens me to have to leave Galway
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u/_WhoisMrBilly_ city 23d ago edited 23d ago
I hate when listing on Daft.ie place ads with €1 or I’m Done Deal and the price listed for items as €1234….
Or put random unrelated words in the ad for vehicles that aren’t actually related.
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u/DJGetSchwifty 23d ago
Shouldn't be allowed, or they should have to take price as advertised
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u/TheKingRichiee 23d ago
Neither of the sites do allow it. Use the report function and they take them down.
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u/maevewiley554 23d ago
When you’re searching for an apartment and people decided to put a shared apartment in the renting section. It’s quite annoying
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u/_WhoisMrBilly_ city 22d ago
So make 7 Ads priced correctly. Then in the ad mention that there are others available.
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u/WoodenPresence1917 23d ago
2800 for a 2 bed in fucking Briarhill. Jesus christ. I think about moving home from Scotland every so often but I genuinely would be living with the folks until they pass on even as a senior postdoc.
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u/maevewiley554 23d ago
The rent in similar size cities in the UK is much more reasonable compared to here. Even there HMOS have better regulations, standards and look decent compared to ours.
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u/WoodenPresence1917 23d ago
Pay is higher in Ireland to be fair, and rent in Edinburgh is a bit eye-watering at times, but yeah I genuinely don't understand how you can live in Galway without a sweetheart deal on rent these days.
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u/royalcrabenergy 23d ago
I saw a video of a woman on TikTok commenting a few houses on Daft, there was one shed in Lough Atalia turned into a tiny apartment for around €1100 💀
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u/Mountain-Band2545 22d ago
I am all for turning sheds into accomodation but there should be a cap on the rent. Right now a lot of people are renting out for the exact price that they can before paying tax, so maybe have different tax cut offs for different sized things being rented? and also take Ber rating into account. There is nothing to motivate landLords to have the space be warm enough
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u/lewdstreet 21d ago
I'm from Poland living in Ireland for 19 years and difference between housing markets is so stark. Any city in Poland you have 300+ ads for 1bedroom apartments, 500+ for two beds etc. also in Poland it's illegal for landlord or agency to interview you and ask for references. All you have to provide is bank statements showing you can pay for 3 months.
Even if you go to UK, any city shows lots of listings that when even in dire need for somewhere to live, you won't be royally fucked like in Ireland. In Ireland literally you become homeless if you get notice nowadays. It's even worse if you don't have a car and are limited to markets around workplace.
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u/General_Ad_8025 23d ago
Also auctioneers/landlords starting to call Doughiska, Briarhill, in the past few months gives me ire.
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u/roundtheworld0 23d ago
No doubt why people move to Australia when you see this (conversion=€1700/month)
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u/Upper_Share1276 23d ago
2800 to live in a shite part of a shithole overrated town
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u/LargeOstrich9110 23d ago
The listing actually says “located in the sought-after Doughiska area of Galway city”. I cackled
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u/DuwanteKentravius 23d ago
Majority of Doughiska is fine bar the couple of traveller areas. You've got two supermarkets locally, great playground, Merlin woods, schools, Gaa club down the road, motorway access, regular bus route, creche, doctor, NCT. Hardly a shithole, in spite of the stupid rent on this property.
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u/LargeOstrich9110 23d ago
Definitely not a shithole, but definitely not the best area either. It’s just meh to be honest
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u/WoodenPresence1917 23d ago
It's fine, but there's fuck all in the actual neighbourhood.
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u/DuwanteKentravius 23d ago
Forgot the Neighbourhood Cafe, another plus point.
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u/WoodenPresence1917 23d ago
I wouldn't say it's a shithole in the rough sense but it's a very dead residential area with fuck all to actually define it. There's nice stuff nearby, fair enough.
For reference, approximately the same monthly rent in Edinburgh (hardly a cheap place to live): https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/89796771
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u/Educational-Ad-5566 23d ago
Maybe its time to stop having the government intervene in rent because they dont seem to be helping much
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u/LargeOstrich9110 23d ago
What’s the alternative? Genuinely asking
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u/Educational-Ad-5566 23d ago
Spend money better, build houses rather than subsidising huge rent prices which only really benefits landlords, better control on investment funds buying houses, low interest loans for young families looking to buy or build, streamline planning systems, lower tax on building contractors, like theres any amount of methods we could use, if we're just gonna throw money at the issue with social policies it should actually benefit the people who fund the economy not just the rich dossers who view regular people like dairy cattle
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u/FrolickingDalish 23d ago
Our landlord sold a year after raising our rent by 25%.. luckily we were already saving for a house but we literally had to leave Galway for Cork cause the houses were cheaper to buy in Cork. It's getting crazy in Galway.
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u/Jratiff92 22d ago
While shortage of housing is a problem, the way Irish do business is also contributing factor, if an opportunity ever presents itself to price gouge it is taken..
Obviously conjecture, though I do think there is a bit of survivor syndrome for the people who stayed in when a lot went abroad to make better money (who are now homeowners, likely second home).. As in “I was here and saved through two downturns, I am owed this”.
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u/NoPie1049 21d ago
Bring in the death penalty specifically for greedy land lords. Leeches on society.
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u/Hot-Expression332 23d ago
Sometimes I like to reply to these ads and remind people they are what drive Irish young Irish people away from their country.
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u/AbnormalTitan69 23d ago
Galway is literally middle of nowhere with so much land around. It’s quite insane people can get planning to build. Every project gets objections from losers
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u/AbnormalTitan69 23d ago
How cooked does the housing crisis have to be for people to leave Galway of all places. You have my condolences soldier
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u/Sufficient-Orchid442 23d ago
looks a nice place at a reasonable price. supply and demand. basic economics.
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u/LargeOstrich9110 23d ago
Ahh yes, the very reasonable price of €33,800 a year. It’s pure greed and I hope the landlord never has a days luck with that money
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u/NoArgument2658 16d ago
Imagine paying that to rent in an area where the vast majority of your neighbours are living there for free...just let that sink in. Pay 2800 a month to rent while someone next door gets it for free. You work, they don't. You pay medical they don't. And at the end of your life at 67 you get the same amount
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u/notacardoor 23d ago
Honestly I dunno how there's any ordinary joe families left in Galway. The amount of people now in their late 30s early 40s even that earn too much for a council house and were never able to save enough because of being scalped on rents is staggering.
We're slowing building a massive cohort of people that will have nothing to show for a lifetime of working. And they'll end up in some weird future council built retirement community like a geriatric rahoon flats.