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    Rent a Room- who to contact re problem tenant

    I would also point out that many household insurance policies require that no commercial business is carried on at the house - can child minding be consider a commercial business? The household insurance policy could now be invalid with no cover for any claims of any type. What tax is the...
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    Rent a room scheme - lodgers

    I came across this thread whilst looking for information on advising Revenue re renting a room. We are on our second lodger and both have been great. We put a very clear ad on Daft and then weed out the responses. We have gone with non native Irish with strong focus on study/work & have had no...
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    Fair Deal Help

    I employ an au pair for my elderly mother who lives alone. With a few issues, this has worked well for 4 years. However, my mother whilst she can get confused doesnt have the hallunciations etc and is in general easy to manage. I dont think you would find an au pair that would take on the role...
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    surveyor required for north dublin

    we used Patrick Gillooly of Kennedy and Associates for a survey in Marino. €350 plus VAT. Happy with service & they are on EBS panel of valuers which was useful.
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    Elderly parents and the future financial plans

    I'm in a not disimilar situation. Only child looking after disabled mother 2.5hours away. I looked at the social welfare carers benefit but I work too many hours & live too far away - check the conditions. Carers leave from my employment has to be taken in lumps of a year, you cant dip in & out...
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    Type of Property to Purchase

    We were faced with the same dilemia & decided on the older established area- it came down to where would we be happier coming home to at the end of the working day. We are currently bidding but currently without sucess so might still end up in the alternitive!
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    Are second time buyers being put at a big disadvantage?

    I built a house in the country on family land in 2006 with the plan to move home from Dublin, crash happened & there are no longer any suitable jobs in the area. So we rent in Dublin, therefore we are paying a high rent which will increase considerably at next review (we estimate by an...
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    50 year old couple first time buyers, but with other debt

    We just got AIP from BOI. We went to them first as they have some bank accounts & it was easy & we have a querk that means we couldnt calculate ourselves what a bank was likely to lend, tho we are going to investigate AIB etc as rates are better than BOI. The guy from BOI called to the house in...
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    Threat to end lease if we don't agree rent increase

    Ok, spoke to a guy in the PRTB, told him last rent review was August 15 & when could landlord apply another - response was August 2017, subject to correct form of notice, in writting etc, correct no of days in advance etc. I mentioned that the landlord had intimated that they would cancel the...
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    Threat to end lease if we don't agree rent increase

    Ok, thanks all for taking the time to reply. I see it's not just me who is confused about the 24 months! I'm going to ring the PRTB tomorrow & see what they say & I'll post back here.
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    Threat to end lease if we don't agree rent increase

    hi all, We have been tenants in a flat since August 2013. We have been excellent tenants ( in our opinion!) fixing odds & sods, keeping flat in good condition & paying rent on time & in full. We believe landlord is happy with us as tenants, they just want us to pay more. We agreed rent at...
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    Worried house is too big

    You need to consider the cost of completion and the cost to run the house as well as your current and future needs....... Cost to complete - it is very easy to go over budget and you should have a bit extra to cover the "surprizes". also do you want to feel under pressure financially and...
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    Curtains/blinds dilema

    what makes them special for me is that when they are not in use - you can walk into a room an not even notice them - that is my favoirite thing about them. they look like a folded fan and act in the same way, you pull them down to whatever height you want anthe material just " pops out into a...
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    Self Build all advice appreciated

    Factor in County council fees. If not connected to main sewage, look at treatment systems, there are more than Bord na Mona out there but you need to decided before you submit planning as cant change after. Request the infor you need for both water and ESB connection - both can take months to...
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    Land of Leather- good or bad?

    Bought 3+2+1 from them, ready for collection 2 weeks ahead of schedule. I organised for courier to collect as €50 cheaper as courier was doing several jobs for me. Had some problems with collection - they insist on written confirmation from purchaser that courier could collect, invoice and photo...
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    Stage Payments - pay on full amount or amount drawn down?

    I can also confirm, that you only pay on the money you draw down, as you draw it down. What I did was organise a mortage for about max the mortage co would allow, hoping that I wouldnt use it all so gave me that extra leeway......and now house is complete and I didnt use €15,000 so mortage is...
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    Curtains/blinds dilema

    I have thomas sanderson blinds and think they are fab- so far 3 people who have seen them have now placed an order- with me getting €75 a go! so even happier !! the blinds ar tiny - when you walk into the room you dont even notice them until they are pointed out( main reason I bought them as...
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    Anyone been to Czech Republic and not just Pargue?

    Kuta Hura is nice town, much more laid back than Prague but can be day trip on train from Prague, huge church, really olde worlde streets ( the sort i thought Prague would have) and the bone church a must see curio.... they are prepared for tourists but v friendly in a none pushy way, some shops...
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    Rehoboth Beach, Deleware

    No idea from Philly, we traveled form NY. We arrived around midday and were sitting on a bench when a car drove up asking did we want work and a place to stay - that was us sorted ! we stayed and worked for the Budget inn both in Rehoboth and in the sister place out on the highway near the...
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