r/HousingIreland

Welcome to hear more thoughts from people who know better than myself.

Do you think the social housing system here is fit for purpose?

Besides the obvious lack of housing, it seems to me the criteria to be eligible is difficult to understand

For example I know a couple mid 40’s who have been on the housing list for 10 years. Getting offered more places lately they can express interest in.

They don’t have any young kids, no disability or other factors. One works full time one works part time by choice the last 10 years.

Just seems bizarre to me they are eligible?

Am I missing something

Hi everyone,
My partner and I are currently looking at buying a property in a new build estate (Ballinderry gardens Mullingar) . We’ve had a really difficult experience with anti-social behavior from a neighboring property in our current place, so we are being extra cautious about the layout and positioning of the homes in this new development.
Does anyone know which houses /how to find out which specific plots or houses have been allocated as social housing by the local council? Also, is there a reliable way to find out when the council expects to hand over or fill these tenancies?
We've asked the estate agents, but they've been quite vague about it. Any advice on where to look (like planning portals) would be appreciated
Thank you!

Friend of mine said this house got agreed at 790 in a bidding war. This is completely nuts https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/166-the-vale-alderbrook-ashbourne-co-meath/6632884. I heard that it was agreed at 685 in March

I’m leaving my house and my flatmate is taking over the lease. If he refuses to return my share of the deposit, can I withhold the keys? I was mentally harassed and threatened so I want to be careful.

I’m looking at an apartment but it has management fees of over €3k. This seems a lot to me. Does such a fee seem reasonable to folk?

Well lads with all the talk of the lucky dip gang and the increase in young lads lifting bikes, cars, in my area - I’m getting a bit worried about my own house. I rent in a housing estate that is generally ok on the north side, but its pretty easy to hop the side entrance into our garden. The neighbours are setting up a neighbourhood watch thing with the local garda station but does anyone have advice for something like motion sensors/alarms/lights that would trigger when breaking through garden door or hopping over it ?

Myself and my partner have pretty expensive bikes (one electric) that we lock in the garden but can’t bring inside. I’m a bit nervous about cheap cctv cameras especially as that footage could be sent anywhere and we spend a lot of time outside. I guess the same goes for inside the house but all the theft in our area seems opportunistic. Thankfully we don’t have a car !

Interested to know what everyone else is using to deter thieves or troublemakers in their homes !

First time buyer, going between Avant and BOI for our mortgage, has anyone any experience or advise on which is best to go for? The house we are buying needs a good bit of work so our broker advised PTSB can be very strict lenders

Hi All, my solicitor sent my documents and drawdown request to PTSB on Monday and they are still under review today (Thursday) anyone have any idea what the usual timeline is and when I can expect them to send the funds?

Projected timeline for drawdown is between Oct 30th - Nov 30th.

I want to get mortgage protection sorted ASAP because I like having things done.

I’m only worried if I take it out too early the bank will refuse it and if I leave it too late it’ll cause me stress and also might lead to delays if there’s any issues with it in the end.

When can/should I sort this out, am I going too early if I start now or get a quote now for the insurance to start in September?

Thank you!

Hey all recently applied for mortgage with PTSB!

What's been your experience timeline-wise from

Application with underwriters to AIP

And from

AIP to Loan offer if you already have a sale agreed house

Thanks in advance!

Wasn’t impressed with our initial snag, good few obvious marks and scraps missed. Only 2-3 items caught that we wouldn’t have. List was just bullet points. We spent 2 evenings ourselves editing the list, adding our own snags, and adding pictures. Felt like we did the majority of the work.

But the big issue I had, was he said they “check floors” and he literally eyeballed it. We had a laser lever to check a full room and it looked way off to me. He claimed he “usually has a straight edge to check floor levels” but didn’t have that on the day. So what are we paying for? Called up the foreman and they were of course immediately defensive. Our snagger didn’t even try push back, we had to.

I complained about this after snag and he did apologise and attempted to return to check level but denied access.

My question is, now that we’ve been called for our 2nd snag, do we bother hiring this guy again, get someone else, or just go in ourselves.

How far into the process do you have to be to get your "sale agreed" badge on an Auctioneers website?

Our prospective house has "sale agreed" in the description but no red badge under the photos like all of the other houses on the same site. Some that even went up after we went Sale Agreed. My nerves aren't able for this 🫣

Hey everyone, looking for some advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation.

We bought a new-build and have already signed the contract. Our house is around 110 sq m.

The frustrating part is that the developer has now reduced the price of some of the other houses. Some of these are 123–132 sq m and are now around the same price as what we paid for our smaller house.
Because we’ve already signed the contract, we’re obviously tied in and can’t just go and buy one of the other houses. We asked the developer if we could switch, but they’ve said no.

I’m just wondering what our options are here. Has anyone been in a similar situation where the developer reduced prices after you signed?

Is it worth trying to negotiate some sort of compensation, upgrade, extras, or price adjustment? Or is there realistically nothing we can do once the contract is signed?
Would appreciate hearing from anyone who’s dealt with this before!

Guys if anyone have any idea about the launch of wicker walks phase 2, I just had a call with agent who told me that next launch is particularly for apartment and duplexes and phase 2 is really noway near even next year but also said that all priority house with parking and HTB have long waiting list. Not sure whats going on. Is there a luck or its just waste of time . We need 3 bed within 500k with Parking.

Recently bought a 3-bed semi-detached, and we're having concerns about the sound insulation between us and the adjoining house.

We can hear our neighbours' conversations (although slightly muffled) and general day-to-day activity quite clearly, as well as footsteps. The footsteps are particularly noticeable and can sometimes sound as though they're coming from inside our own house / directly above our living areas.

Our snagging inspector had also raised some initial concerns about the acoustic separation but developed assured were all up to building standard.

I raised it with the developer, who provided us with a SITRI sound test report from other houses in the estate (apparently not all houses need to be tested, only 1 per batch). The tested walls in similar house achieved 56 dB, against a stated requirement of ≥53 dB, so they passed.

The developer also mentioned on the phone that they've previously tested other houses by having buyers go into the adjoining property and talk loudly/shout between the houses, and apparently very little, if anything, could be heard.

That doesn't seem to match our experience at all as mentioned. Pafticually when the neighbours have large groups over.

The developer has now offered to have our specific house tested, but has said we'd have to cover the cost if it passes. The testing company has also indicated that the retest would be limited to assessing compliance with the Building Regulations.

Has anyone here had a similar issue with a new-build semi/terraced house?

Is this level of noise normal even with a 56 dB party wall?

Should normal conversations be clearly audible through the wall?

Could the footsteps be a separate impact/flanking transmission issue?

Would you recommend paying for the developer's test, or getting an independent acoustic assessment that looks at the wider issue?

Any experiences or advice would be appreciated.

Are we finally seeing the end of this madness of ever increasing property prices in Dublin and across IE ?

Residential Property Price Index - CSO - Central Statistics Office

Has anyone here received a funds transfer from their parents in India to Ireland for purchasing a house?

I’m currently in the process of buying a house in Ireland and my parents will be transferring some funds from India towards the purchase.

For anyone who has been through a similar situation, what proof/source-of-funds documents did your solicitor and bank ask for?

Did you have to provide things like:

- Parents’ Indian bank statements showing the source/history of the funds

- Parents’ salary slips or ITRs/tax returns

- Gift deed or gift letter

- Proof of relationship

- Evidence of how the money was accumulated

- Bank statements showing the transfer from India to Ireland

Also, did the Irish bank or solicitor ask any additional questions about the transfer or the source of the funds?

Would really appreciate hearing about your recent experiences, particularly if you’ve gone through this for a house purchase in Ireland. Thanks!