“Se un proprietario può acquistare una capanna per € 30.000 e addebitare € 2.000 al mese, è un gioco da ragazzi”

I lived in one for a couple of years. Honestly couldn’t tell the difference between that and an apartment from the inside.

This reminds of a landlord i had who, despite already having 4 of us in the house (one room being a converted garage with no radiators) informed us he might want to turn our dining room into another bedroom. Every rented house with a garden now will have one of these yokes. 

The log cabins would also be to a higher standard then some of the places that are already being rented

I hate the state of housing in this country. I hate that landlords have all the power. I hate that tenants have no rights. I hate that laws and rules are not enforced and may as well not exist. I hate that I’ll never own a home unless I take on an insane mortgage. I hate that no one actually wants to fix any of these problems. They say they do, but when you outline to reality and consequences of fixing these problems, they turn tail and run. It’s a mess we don’t want to clean up because it’s a profitable mess that benefits property owners.

To be fair I own a home with the Ex been 5 years of hell. If I can get one of these I. My garden ill be a happy camper.

Yet at the same time D.C C. prosecute people for placing small bike sheds in their green

A coworker of mine rents a house he bought in Finglas to a young family.

Last summer he was contemplating building something like this out the back garden of that house and also renting that out, with the family in the main house. Asked him would the family not go mental since it’s a serious invasion of privacy, he just said he’d fuck them out if they said a word.

I’d say himself and many like them are licking their lips at this new legislation

I 100% understand the concern people have about this stuff.

But even allowing this on a temporary basis has the potential to really ease off the rental crisis.

Ok, so we’ve got landlords sticking these in back gardens and people renting them.

That’s rental supply going up, which means stable or lowering rents.

But you’ve also got other scenarios here. Think about all those people who’ve moved back into their parents’ houses to save money for mortgages.

For every one of them, there are two more who can’t or won’t move back home. Parents don’t have room, or whatever. So they’re still renting.

Instead if those parents say, “We’ll stick a temporary house in the back garden for you”, then moving back home to save becomes a much more appealing prospect for everyone.

And that reduces demand in the rental market, stabilising rents.

Will this be abused and used to stick in ten lads from Asia? Yes.

Is that a good enough reason to not do it? No. The potential benefits to a country in a housing crisis are too big to be ignored.

Materials, foundation, tying into water and sewer, power, insulation, basic finishes and labour are not 30,000. I have no idea how this could be done for under 200k, even with no land cost. At that point, I can justify rent at 1500 if I’m not declaring the income. If you’re doing it legally, then yes, it’s probably close to 2k if I also include utilities and taxes.

The solution is greater density in the city. We need to build vertically and not worry about whether someone loses their view of the scenic Poolbeg incinerator.