Anyone finding it hard to rent a room out in lucan

SNOWBALL said:
Howtizer

I posted her because i wanted to see if anyone else is suffering the same problem as my friend.I dont want a lecture on if she is obeying the tax system.€125 a week she is ok for the rent a room scheme.Please dont post if you have nothing that is relevant to my post

Thank You
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I don't think he was lecturing - he wanted to ensure your friend understood the implications. As her friend surely you want to be sure that the advice you give her is valid and not going to cause her tax compliance issues? Fair enough it might not be an issue, but what if subsequently she extended it to 2 students that might put her over the threshold?
 
Howitzer has raised a very relevant issue for anyone considering renting under the rent-a-room scheme and I do not think his post merited this sort of reply. Other people might use this thread for information besides yourself.

BTW, if you friend is living in an attic conversion how many rooms are they renting out? The €10,000 limit might be of more relevance than you think.
 
just to clarify she is only renting the one room out she has not interest in having anymore than one person in her home.Can we stick to the question please and not tax issues.

Anyone finding it hard to rent a room out in lucan?
 
television said:
Good constructive comment there> not.

Drop the price of the room is the only answer, and dont include the bills.
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television, read the OP's previous response - I have 'stuck to the question' as requested.
 
as far as I can see she's had 2 pages worth but doesn't appear willing to heed the advice.
 
if you can post something that is of interest please dont post.Just posting
NO in that manner you come across as being someone who has nothing
constructive to say.I can understand you are probaly living at home and have no knowledge of the rental sector and that is ok.
 
there are 55 rooms available in lucan on daft between €400-€500 at the moment, all she can do is look at what else is available and price accordingly, if she doesn't want to do the student thing then dropping the price is the only option.
tell her to add similar properties to hers to her saved adds list and then see how many are still available in a weeks time, likelihood is that those that are priced lower will have been let and those at the higher level will still be available.
 
I don't mean to hijack the OP's original post but just as she mentioned that her friend is considering renting a room to a language student, I'm just wondering if anyone else has done this and what has been your experience of it. We have the opportunity of renting a room to German student, half-board (which in effect really only means dinner in the evening as he/she will be at college during the day) for €140 per week.
 
SNOWBALL said:
just to clarify she is only renting the one room out she has not interest in having anymore than one person in her home.Can we stick to the question please and not tax issues.

Anyone finding it hard to rent a room out in lucan?
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Listen snowball - if teh room has been empty for weeks with no interest then quite obviously the price is too high.
I don't see why you have difficulty in getting this.


Lower the price - other people on this thread are renting in that area for lower.

And this whole 'bills included' is a very bad idea.

As soemone else says, people go on to daft with their ranges of say 400-450.
As a result they don't even see teh ad for 500 - regardless of bills being included.

To sum up this thread - lower the price and keep bill seperate.
 
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