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| Very good value in the current climate space-wise. It was a one-bed apartment with lots of south facing light in the bedroom, high ceilings, lots of storage. Property was old and needed renovation but letting agency had re-painted and put in a new mattress (but old decrepit bed). Benefitted from being the middle flat for heat (one basement flat below and one above) but heating was electric space heaters which frequently stopped working. Many problems when I first moved in as it was a first time rental under the new letting agency and they hadn't surveyed properly. Dead pigeon in water-tank meant I had no water for a few weeks (horrifying - feathers started coming out through my taps and had to convince handy man that there was a problem when he didn't want to believe me. Water pressure was low and the water smelled bad. I had been showering at my boyfriend's house to avoid). Huge hole in roof that I saw one morning from the dart was letting pigeons in, agency slow to get it sorted. Pigeon incident meant there was a problem with the tank and we got a flood through my upstairs neighbours flat into mine. Had to beg agency to get me an industrial dehumidifier for a week. After that I got my own dehumidifier to keep my flat dry. Never had any issues but think there would have been a damp problem otherwise. Would have been impossible to dry clothes. TINY bathroom in a cupboard with a leak in the ceiling over shower from my neighbours shower. They sent someone out to fix reluctantly a few times but it never got sorted by the time I had moved out. Mouldy damp spot on the ceiling as a result. Neighbour downstairs didn't live there but other friends and family stayed there regularly and one smoked like a chimney inside and the smell would come up through the floor of my wardrobe making everything smell bad. Was constantly on the phone to said neighbour to ask her to ask her relatives to smoke outside but they often did anyway. Neighbours next door liked to have very loud parties at the weekend and it was hard to sleep (I worked irregular hours so would often go stay with my parter to avoid if I had to work the next day). Lots of reggaeton. Very close to the train line so you could hear the dart but it never bothered me much and close to a busy main road which was noisy if you left the bedroom door open, but again, wasn't really a problem for me. Only way to heat the water was with the immersion as the heating wasn't connected which was also a bit annoying but there was an electric shower at least. Bathroom was attached to the bedroom which meant guests had to go through your bedroom to get to the toilet. | 50, East Wall Road, Dublin 3, Dublin | View Place on Map | View This Place's Price History |
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