Buying a house

[Tony Baloney]

On reflection, I regret not buying a wee flat ( even a doer up) for my kids when they went to college in UK.
Renting in UK has got so expensive...robbed

£800-£1000 per month in Belfast
Be better of buying them a car but then miss out on the whole experience?


https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/norther-ireland-parents-spending-1000-on-student-digs-as-holylands-housing-shortage-bites-MR6JJFV365EJRHZ42CDIMQM5JA/

Anyboy know how much the new student accom. is in Belfast city centre? The ones beside UU.

Were they not built to take the pressure off the Holylands area?  Alhough students probably prefer the Holylands area for the craic. 

I have had 2 in them - 1 a couple of yeaes ago and another just started. They are a great 1st year option but not cheap - £7-8k for Sept to June. There is a good reason why they are being built on every square inch of land around York St.

The Holylands is a slum so I wouldn't let them live in it but they'll spend plenty of time there at parties.

Hearing it is turning into a bit of dump these days, lived there myself for 5 - 6 years back in the late 90s but if our ones end up in Belfast in the next few years would be pushing them towards Stranmillis.

I've news for ya, it was a dump in the 90's.

I wouldn't put a rat in it. That said student accommodation areas attract the dirt outside of campus set ups, that's in most cities btw

It was but far worse now. What were once 3 or 4 bedroom houses turned into flats so loads more students on top of the druggies and immigrants living in the area. The young lad was at his first party in it during the week, so already having gis head turned by all the craic, but he gets to leave at night! 

[Milltown Row2]

On reflection, I regret not buying a wee flat ( even a doer up) for my kids when they went to college in UK.
Renting in UK has got so expensive...robbed

£800-£1000 per month in Belfast
Be better of buying them a car but then miss out on the whole experience?


https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/norther-ireland-parents-spending-1000-on-student-digs-as-holylands-housing-shortage-bites-MR6JJFV365EJRHZ42CDIMQM5JA/

Anyboy know how much the new student accom. is in Belfast city centre? The ones beside UU.

Were they not built to take the pressure off the Holylands area?  Alhough students probably prefer the Holylands area for the craic. 

I have had 2 in them - 1 a couple of yeaes ago and another just started. They are a great 1st year option but not cheap - £7-8k for Sept to June. There is a good reason why they are being built on every square inch of land around York St.

The Holylands is a slum so I wouldn't let them live in it but they'll spend plenty of time there at parties.

Hearing it is turning into a bit of dump these days, lived there myself for 5 - 6 years back in the late 90s but if our ones end up in Belfast in the next few years would be pushing them towards Stranmillis.

I've news for ya, it was a dump in the 90's.

I wouldn't put a rat in it. That said student accommodation areas attract the dirt outside of campus set ups, that's in most cities btw

It was but far worse now. What were once 3 or 4 bedroom houses turned into flats so loads more students on top of the druggies and immigrants living in the area. The young lad was at his first party in it during the week, so already having gis head turned by all the craic, but he gets to leave at night! 
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On reflection, I regret not buying a wee flat ( even a doer up) for my kids when they went to college in UK.
Renting in UK has got so expensive...robbed

£800-£1000 per month in Belfast
Be better of buying them a car but then miss out on the whole experience?


https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/norther-ireland-parents-spending-1000-on-student-digs-as-holylands-housing-shortage-bites-MR6JJFV365EJRHZ42CDIMQM5JA/

Anyboy know how much the new student accom. is in Belfast city centre? The ones beside UU.

Were they not built to take the pressure off the Holylands area?  Alhough students probably prefer the Holylands area for the craic. 

I have had 2 in them - 1 a couple of yeaes ago and another just started. They are a great 1st year option but not cheap - £7-8k for Sept to June. There is a good reason why they are being built on every square inch of land around York St.

The Holylands is a slum so I wouldn't let them live in it but they'll spend plenty of time there at parties.

Hearing it is turning into a bit of dump these days, lived there myself for 5 - 6 years back in the late 90s but if our ones end up in Belfast in the next few years would be pushing them towards Stranmillis.

I've news for ya, it was a dump in the 90's.

I wouldn't put a rat in it. That said student accommodation areas attract the dirt outside of campus set ups, that's in most cities btw

It was but far worse now. What were once 3 or 4 bedroom houses turned into flats so loads more students on top of the druggies and immigrants living in the area. The young lad was at his first party in it during the week, so already having gis head turned by all the craic, but he gets to leave at night! 

Late 80's was bedlam, old (before it was burnt down) Bot had the old disco look, parties every night, the houses were rammed, mad country lads up goin bonkers on mad dog 20/20