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At least we're the best at being the worst.
A recent article by Independant.ie has prompted Vice to declare Dublin as the 'Absolute Dirt Worst Place To Rent In History'. A two-bedroom apartment located in Bluebell, Dublin 8 is the subject of the article with the crux of the issue being that the landlord was advertising an inflatable mattress as a legitimate option for tenants in one of the rooms.
Vice, which publishes a weekly tongue-in-cheek 'London Rental Opportunity of the Week', has had to include properties from the Irish capital several times over the past few months.
Joel Golby, who runs the column, declared his disgust at the sleeping options reported in the article & christened Dublin as the new worst city to rent in:
That's a plastic pouch full of some landlord's breath, or, to use the proper parlance, 'an inflatable mattress flopped artlessly on the floor'.
Dublin, which for some reason is the worst city in the world, now, for awful rental opportunities, RIP London, you had a good go.
Joel proceeded to baulk at the notion that the room advertised would be home to three people:
This is the latest from Dublin, which for whatever reason in the last three to four months has transformed into The Absolute Dirt Worst Place To Rent In History (see: this, this, this), with this particular mattress situation being the cherry on the turd sundae. To be clear here: this is not just an inflatable mattress on the floor. This is an inflatable mattress on the floor in somebody else's room. This is a room conceived in hell for three people to live in.
The inflatable mattress was advertised as costing €325 with the double bed beside it setting potential tenants back €425.
Independent.ie contacted the landlord advertising the room, who had this to say:
Only PRTB can control better than every department this situation. If you receive the complaints then try to make contact with the PRTB to get it reviewed, and for any amendment of the terms and conditions for private tenancy in the state.
No admission of guilt there then.
Full Vice article
Original Independent.ie article
