Work in Dublin - where to live

[kelsaecobbles]

DD ( currently in England ) has the offer of a job in Trinity College Dublin !

but is in two minds to accept because of the possible accommodation difficulties

her ideal is under 1000€ for a spacious flat within walking distance ……

she could afford 1500€ ( or buy for up to 200k if her nannas money has come through )

she wants her own space and wants to minimise commute time - where would you look ? This is not about naice - it’s about safe and reasonable compromises

I think she’ll struggle unless she’s willing to house/apartment share. Dublin rents are crazy tbh.

Take a look at my home.ie, daft.ie and rent.ie to get an idea of what’s available.

Thanks - she has had a very bad experience in a shared house so I think that would be too much trauma

she wont get a small flag in walking distance for 1k. She wont buy anything for 200k .

Look at Daft for rentals & My Home to buy

Which direction out would be best? I guess away from the coast ?

She could head out towards Fairview Marino glasnevin Drumcondra on the northside or Rathmines on the southside. She wont get a flat for 1k though

Accommodation is an absolute nightmare right now in the whole of Ireland, Dublin is the highest for rents but surrounding Counties have risen massively too.

As others have said daft.ie is a great site, you can put in what you are looking for and you can even put in how much you are looking to spend.

Dublin city centre is easily accessible from the north and south side of Dublin, also Counties outside of Dublin there's public transport but it's rubbish, it's mostly busses, some Counties have a train. A car is definitely needed however traffic is so bad that journeys take forever.

The Irish government introduced a payment for people from the Ukraine, it was 800.00 a month but has been reduced to 600.00 a month, this is towards rents so any affordable properties are whipped up as the people only have to make up the difference which is easily done as the weekly social welfare they also get is at the higher end of the benefits scale Plus they get monthly payments of child benefit of 140.00 per child. There's a protection payment too but I think they have to be in designated accommodation but they can apply for job seekers which is 200.00+ .landlords hiked up prices as they knew they could charge whatever they wanted for even the scummiest of properties. This has had a huge effect on no properties being available and a serious housing crisis.

My eldest had to move back home as his rent went from 1800.00 a month to 2400.00 and that was a one bed apartment in Tallaght. That's 4.5 times my mortgage!

Even places like rathmines which was always affordable as it's mainly renters is crazy high.

She'll get a room in a shared property for your budget but she doesn't want that, maybe there will be someone who's working in trinity who has or knows of a safe place she can share with, trinity is a great place to get a job and it would be a pity to turn it down.

Gosh livingthebestlife that is shocking. I didn't realise how much the refugees were getting. No wonder people are up in arms. We should look after our own firstly.

Op your dd could also look in areas on the train line such as the coastline of Co Meath. Lovely parts with maybe a 45 minute commute.

Yeah it's pretty rubbish and that's not to even mention that they get full medical card plus food allowance and the list goes on and here's us poor beggars caring for the sick and disabled and we're getting means tested for carers allowance and the disregard is so low for that, that one person working in the house pushes you over, plus we pay tax on it and a person working for temu or shein gets paid more than us.

Thank you all

1,500 a month might get fairly central “student accommodation “ which is a spacious room but shared living areas. This might be less stressful than a normal house share. Trinity might share details of these themselves, they certainly used to.

But she hasn’t a hope of getting a spacious one bed nearby for that. She’ll need to make some compromises. Have her look at the sites advised above.

@Livingthebestlife The Ukrainian refugees do not get €600 . The people providing a room or a landlord gets it towards rent . Can we please remember why Ukrainians are here in Ireland? Not illegal immigrants, not coming by choice but rather fleeing a war initiated by Russia . They were happily living their lives until their country was invaded and their homes destroyed.

@kelsaecobbles I am surprised there is no provision or suggestions made by Trinity . Is it an academic role . Sorry but her budget is too low . Even for flats outside Dublin city centre. She will have to accept that she will have to share accommodation in some form . Maybe a type of digs situation where a room with older people might work . If it's a deal breaker then she will not be able to accept the job .

I didn't actually word it like that. I said the government introduced a payment which is now 600.00 towards rent. I never said they're handed 600.00 and that this payment gets people from the Ukraine 600.00 off the cost of their rent. They are still paying a cheaper rent prices compared to other people. Nicely twisted 😁

I'm loving the idea of a spacious apartment within walking distance to Trinity for less than £1k! She'd have more luck renting a bed in a shared bedroom with four others in bunk beds in that area.

I think she should lodge (rent a room) first for a while and get a feel for the city and the suburbs. There are websites out there that offer rooms for short lets, pay per night about €50 or so. My niece did this for six months while searching for a place and it worked out really well.

www.homestay.com/ireland/dublin

Then she might hook up with a colleague, or get word of mouth info about places. Trinity have an accommodation office that can help too. Don't forget that Trinity lets out its student accommodation for the Summer at good rates, so she could check that out as it might tide her over. Those places are generally in great areas of Dublin.

Trinity is great. My Alma mater! (many years ago though....).

Well yes I think we know that won’t happen!

Sorry if I wasn’t clear - trying to get a feel for what the options might be - what commute time/ space/cost trade offs might be - which areas outwith the city tend to be a bit cheaper, which areas might have the worst commutes - what would the cost be for a small place say 30mins out, or 40 mins out?

Check out areas on the LUAS (Tram) Green line. Avoid North Inner City stops. (The tram stops beside Trinity). Look at areas like Cabra, Phibsborough, and any stop on the South Side. Some stops have connections to mainline rail and commuter trains which means she could move further out and connect. Look at stops on the DART commuter line. Northside might be a bit cheaper than Southside, although everywhere is the same now more or less.

The Red Line Luas is mostly southside and connects with rail too. It can be dodge now and then but it connects outer suburbs like Clondalkin and Tallaght.

Unfortunately nowhere is cheap in Dublin now.

The cheapest one bed I found on daft.ie is E1350 and that's a 50 minute commute.

@Livingthebestlife You went on to further castigate Ukrainians and all they "get " . And you chimed in with a fellow poster saying that it was disgusting. Dublin rents are not because of anyone get subsided rent in any form. Problem is too many people with not enough housing like many bigger older cities where growth has outstripped availability of housing .

Do you need to get your eyes tested ? I never said the word disgusting.

The people from Ukraine are contributing a lot to the housing crisis. The government know they messed up that's why they reduced the 800 to 600 and paying people 10k to leave the country.

My uncle and cousins lived in Bray and the cousin got the dart into Dublin for work. I’ve got no idea of rent though.

They aren’t paying 10k to Ukrainians. They are paying money to asylum seekers who have a request for asylum in, to encourage them to drop their claim and leave. Ukrainians are under EU temporary protection which is a different scheme. The 600 euro payment (which is to hosts not Ukrainians themselves) was to open up more housing availability, specifically in people’s homes. It adds some pressure but it is not one the top drivers of rental costs.

Even if every Ukrainian and aslyum seeker left the country tomorrow, we would have a housing crisis. It’s caused by a complete lack of planning in housing by successive governments. The insane cost of rent is caused by a housing shortage , our population growth was predicated but the housing was never built to meet this predication in growth. We now live with the consequences of this and rent has doubled over the last 10 years or so,

Co Wicklow is among one of the most expensive places to live in the country.

I’d advise your DD to search on daft.ie with her budget. Dublin is a fairly compact city and anywhere in the county is commutable to the city center. But it’s a low budget for a whole apartment, she may get a studio but it will be hard to get anything at all to be honest. Looking into a home stay would be wise. She could go to the surrounding counties - Kildare, Meath… but would face a long commute and it’s still difficult to find anything.

30 minutes out is nothing. I know Dublin might seem small by UK standards but it is still a bustling city with all the traffic problems ect that entails. I live within 5km of the city center and it takes me 40 minutes to get there in the morning. The 1 beds in the apartment beside me are 1,800 euro a month.

Like I said I have no idea of rent there.

She will massively struggle with that budget in Dublin. Maybe have a look at somewhere like Drogheda that has 30 min Express trains? Or towards Maynooth/Kilcock - they have a good service to Pearse station beside Trinity. Still might struggle with the budget though.