The housing crisis truly keeps on going, doesn’t it?
It’s tough to believe that the housing situation in Ireland is still defined as a crisis, even after all this time. Things take some time to fix, there aren’t overnight fixes to problems as complex as housing, but this particular crisis appears immovable in its tenacity to linger. It feels like every other week we come across some crackpot scheme to place an adult in an unassailable space and charge them large amounts of money for the luxury of it. This week’s doozy was spotted by the eagle eyes of Rory Hearne policy lecturer and author of ‘Gaffs why no one can get a house‘.
Another enterprising landlord
Must have been inspired by hearing about the poor woman living in a cow shed in Cork
Limerick 800 a month for this…
Advertised on Daft pic.twitter.com/mD5qIzZtgx— Rory Hearne (@RoryHearneGaffs) December 5, 2023
Sharing a single image of a portable structure which appears to be standing in the middle of a farm yard complete with cattle gates in the left foreground and a pile of gravel to the right. The place is in the incredibly rural location of Laught, Lisnagry, Castleconnell, Ahane, co. Limerick, which according to Google Maps is a rough 20-minute drive from Limerick City.
The small structure which has since been removed from Daft.ie, was up for rent for a whopping €800 a month and €9,600 for the year. Described as a “studio” by the potential landlord, which is code for mostly everything being in one room.
Taking to Twitter Hearne shared a picture of the rental with the words “Another enterprising landlord. Must have been inspired by hearing about the poor woman living in a cow shed in Cork. Limerick 800 a month for this… Advertised on Daft”. A commentator on the post has contented that these portable structures are appearing “all over. Pods in the back yard,” and questioned whether there are any “Local authority inspections anymore?”.
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