The Crying Bed

Mmf.

Meanwhile, in yesterday’s Irish Times, Una Mullally wrote:

Dublin City Council flew a kite last week about reducing the size and the number of windows in new apartments. Nihilum didicimus [we have learned nothing]. The Construction Industry Federation has been calling for smaller apartment sizes for a while. More units per development equals more money.

The city has gone through several phases of apartment building, including builders who were so clever they didn’t even need architects. Now, as citizens are left wincing at so many terrible developments that got planning, the council is talking about rolling back on size standards for the sake of “kickstarting development”. Nihilum didicimus.

FIGHT!

Flat 6, 190 Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 (Daft.ie)

Una Mullally: A dark day for Dublin apartment dwellers (Irish Times)

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35 thoughts on “The Crying Bed”

fluffybiscuits August 4, 2015 at 8:51 am

Acquiescing to the construction industry- AGAIN!

Jonotti August 4, 2015 at 8:56 am

Haha suckers. I’ve left that behind and have my own 160sqm place now.
“And close to your sheep friends in Leitrim” says Mani.

Nein. In a much better place than piss stained Dublin.

mike August 4, 2015 at 9:15 am

thanks for that
Janet, I ate my avatar August 4, 2015 at 12:13 pm

You’ll fit right in in the 4th reich
realPolithicks August 4, 2015 at 4:15 pm

Perhaps, but your still a miserable f**ker.
George August 4, 2015 at 10:59 pm

G’wan.. tell us. Limerick?
1. Bad At Memes August 5, 2015 at 6:24 am
  
  Leave Limerick alone!
  An 89yr old may have gotten robbed of €20 on her doorstep coming home from Bingo last Sunday night, but as every person in Limerick will tell you…
  Eh…
  
  I give up.
  
  http://goo.gl/QNumLq
  1. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq August 5, 2015 at 6:49 am
    
    I agree with the above comment.
    
    Limerick is great.
    There’s loads of roads leading out of it, and every one’s a winner. You can’t go wrong.

classter August 4, 2015 at 8:59 am

Stupid, stupid proposal.

The real problem is that apartment-living has such a poor reputation in Ireland that anybody over 35 or anybody with children refuses to live in them and we end up trying to shoehorn in semi-ds in and around every urban area.

Reducing apartment sizes, reducing apartment standards generally just reinforces this.

Trying to find reasonable quality apartments to rent in Dublin City Centre is really difficult compared to many other European capitals. And for once, let’s not refer to the UK. This is something they do really badly.

MarkA August 4, 2015 at 9:05 am

“in Ireland [nobody] over 35 or anybody with children refuses to live in them…”

Erm, there are families and people over 35 living in apartments.
1. classter August 4, 2015 at 9:24 am
  
  But in relative terms, rather few – see figure 2 here.
  http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-analysis/urban-audit/comparing-uk-and-european-towns-and-cities–2010-2012/urban-audit-v—comparing-united-kingdom-and-european-towns-and-cities–2010-12.html?format=print
  
  This is why we have one of the least dense capital cities in Europe & it makes it far more difficult & expensive to put decent urban systems (public transport, water etc.) in place.
2. Notsayin August 4, 2015 at 9:24 am
  
  I wouldnt say its out of choice
Kieran NYC August 4, 2015 at 5:13 pm

+1

I’m dreading moving back and trying to find a decent place to live that doesn’t have the same cheap wood floors, finishing and Ikea crap pre-installed.
1. Joe the Lion August 5, 2015 at 7:38 am
  
  I’m sure you’ll find a better standard than downtown Manhattan

nogoodstarttgecans August 4, 2015 at 9:18 am

Compared to Luxembourg, Dublin apts are sub standard, suitable for the less well off, awful really when you see how it should be done.

Colm August 4, 2015 at 9:23 am

Some of these units make you wonder if whomever built or designed them considered what it would be like to live in them for even a second!

Stewart Curry August 4, 2015 at 9:53 am

I’d imagine a small apartment designed from the start to be a one-bed studio would be a lot more appealing than this converted mess.

Paul Davis August 4, 2015 at 11:00 am

Shhh…

Sense is not allowed be spoken here.

Go to IKEA and see what they can do with 25m², actually amazing.
1. dereviled August 4, 2015 at 11:12 am
  
  Really? With storage for a family?
  And no hallway? Swish!
  1. Paul Davis August 4, 2015 at 3:39 pm
    
    A family in 25m², what are you talking about?
    
    One person.
    
    No one needs a hallway btw…
    1. dereviled August 4, 2015 at 10:59 pm
      
      My mistake, you’re right.
      One person.
      With smaller windows.
      You could pretend you live on a boat.
2. Mr. T. August 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm
  
  “Sense is not allowed be spoken here.”
  
  Or proper English.

Billy H August 4, 2015 at 11:05 am

FYI: Maximum rent allowance in Dublin is €520 per month for a single person.

Gag August 4, 2015 at 8:45 pm

I wish I got €520 a month to pay some of my mortgage instead of having to pay it all with my own money out of my own wages. Fing benefits society and take, take, take for nothing.
1. Paul Davis August 4, 2015 at 10:52 pm
  
  It’s easy, buy a house:
  
  http://www.myhome.ie/
  1. Anne August 4, 2015 at 11:12 pm
    
    Go way and buy a dictionary and some measuring tape.. and ask Santy for a personality and some scruples this year while you’re at it.
  2. gav August 5, 2015 at 11:03 am
    
    What? You need to read more carefully. I already have a house, hence I have a mortgage, which I am paying all on my own without any €520 a month payout from other taxpayers payslip deductions.
    1. Paul Davis August 5, 2015 at 4:27 pm
      
      http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/owning_a_home/home_owners/rent_a_room_scheme.html
      
      €12K for free, even better
2. No, the other one August 5, 2015 at 11:55 am
  
  +1