Non-smoker. I’m not a meat eater. Don’t ask. There are no visitors or guests.
These are just a few of the rules in the ads currently published on the rental website Daft.ie.
Affordable accommodation has proven elusive in Ireland in recent years, but now it seems that tenants are making their money even less valuable due to the amount of warnings associated with renting a home.
Landlords occupying the homes they rent seem to be the most noisy, but tenants looking for roommates may also have a long list of requirements.
Home workers are the latest controversial issue that is damaging home share, with tenants and landlords concerned about health and safety, rising utility bills, and lack of space.
When we contacted a residential advertiser in Dublin city center about the possibility of remote work, we confirmed that tenants could do so, even though the property was “not provided with broadband”.
They also included a list of questions in their answers: “What is your income?” “What are your hobbies and interests?”, “Do you smoke or have a pet?” “?” And “What do you eat for dinner?”
The days of having to provide references from previous landlords and agree not to hold a wild party are over.
Rents for some properties not allowed to work from home ranged from € 700 to € 1,000 per month.
Judging from the pictures, they were an average enough home and would have been shared between two or four people.
To be honest, the standards for accommodation in the Irish rental market are probably not suitable for remote work. It’s rare to find a single room that you don’t need to share with others, but a one-bed apartment isn’t affordable for many.
Still, it still seems unfair that someone pays a fortune to live somewhere and has no option to work from home. Of course, some homes are not suitable for people who work in remote areas, but some landlords do not want to be inconvenienced. They are happy to rent a spare room in the house for some additional money, but they are not so happy to make it their home to the tenants.
According to an ad for a room of € 850 per month, future renters must be quiet, inaccessible to the living room, unable to work from home, donate 25% to utility bills and be non-smokers Said. There are few most attractive rental situations, but someone will agree to pay to stay in the bedroom because there is no other choice.
In 2016, I wrote a story about a woman who gave her tenant a list of 108 “rules” that she must follow when renting a house in Fingrass. It got a big reaction because of some of those ridiculous properties. The above requirements may be considered acceptable, but again, the tenant seems to be responsible as they were told, but you can also create rules.