I am guessing Kerry is also suffering from an accommodation crisis?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
Countless economic problems are being caused by the rich hoarding assets. This is another example of it.
The tax on these should be absolutely punitive.
Surprised it isn’t more tbh
Under normal circumstances, I’d have no problem with Airbnb. It should not be allowed in a housing crisis.
I imagine a lot of these houses were granted planning permission as family homes and not holiday homes or for short-term leases.
Nobody needs a holiday house. Plenty of families need a house.
Edit: just to add. I firmly believe that any building being repurposed for anything other than its original purpose should have to reapply for planning permission.
If you tried buying around the big towns in Kerry you just won’t be able to afford it. Anyone who has a house is using it as a short term let holiday let (usually air bnb). Holiday homes are another factor. But this is not a new problem it has happens in lots of places around the world, Cornwall in the UK is getting hit bad, it happens in places where the main industry is tourism and there is great scenic beauty.
Paywalls so I can’t dig too deep, but how do they count them? We bought a home that was a down as a holiday home on planning. We confirmed we could get a mortgage on it as a full time residence and that we’re could live there year round before before going ahead on it, but I do wonder how we are categorised. Neighbours next door airbnb theirs basically from April to September.
A holiday home…. in Kerry?!
Just to note how people savagely attack one off housing, but then go on as if having empty houses requiring all the same services is somehow alright. Also to mention the carbon intensity of keeping these places dry and warm during the winter.
There might be a less of a demand for new one off housing if all these empty gaffs weren’t driving up prices and serving as a way for people avoid deemed disposal.
Reckon it’s higher in Donegal.
Whole towns ruined by occasional weekenders
It’s such a shame that the new generations are penalised from access to the property market. The older people have climbed the ladder, reached the top and then kicked it to the ground.
It feels very unfair.
There’s villages in cork that go to more than 50 percent vacant for the winter.
Similar to Heaven then.
A lot of vacant rooms there as well!
Doesn’t solve the problem but looks like (quick search) there’s actually double the amount of houses available to purchase in Kerry than Dublin when you take into account the population of both counties. Being able to purchase one, plus infrastructure etc is another story.
One in seven in Kerry overall, sure I’d say it’s more like 1 in 3 for areas like the dingle peninsula, parts of the Iveragh peninsula, and the beara peninsula. I’m in all three often enough, and you could drive for miles passing houses, and you can tell most are empty for most of the year.
The property crisis is not being caused by people owning holiday homes in fucking Kerry
The property crisis is being caused by successive governments not tackling it head on because there are too many conflicts of interest and influential third parties.
This is diversion tactics. Ignore it.
I think we need to prohibit foreign property buyers. Unless you are Irish or have a visa or citizenship, you shouldn’t be allowed to buy.
Same thing that Canada and New Zealand do. There’s been quite a bit of media coverage that Americans in particular have been entering the irish market a lot more post covid buying up holiday properties. In particular, in places like Kerry.
I live on the Dingle Peninsula. Dingle is the oldest town in Ireland according to the last census. We recently bought a house here and it would have been much easier to buy in Dublin.
There is nothing on the market and everything that comes up is sold to either someone selling up and moving here with cash or someone local who wants to flip the property as an Airbnb. We have personally been outbid on four occasions with each house later appearing on Airbnb. There are more Airbnb beds in dingle town than people who filled out the census here. There are villages on the peninsula with more holiday homes than locals. I don’t know anyone who is from here who can buy something without family help.
There are loads of people here who can work remotely but because there are no houses the population just gets older and older, it’s literally unsustainable.
I live in a rural Kerry but beaches are near by , I can safely say that a lot of the houses here are used as holiday homes that are vacant for 9 months of the year , any house that comes up for sale in this area is quickly snapped up for a holiday home . Local people are being outbid every time and can’t afford to buy these houses. These are people that have grown up in the area , have links in the area , would be sending their children to the local schools and facilities in the area etc so yes these homes are causing a housing crisis in this area .
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Something doesn’t add up
madness.
I am guessing Kerry is also suffering from an accommodation crisis?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
Countless economic problems are being caused by the rich hoarding assets. This is another example of it.
The tax on these should be absolutely punitive.
Surprised it isn’t more tbh
Under normal circumstances, I’d have no problem with Airbnb. It should not be allowed in a housing crisis.
I imagine a lot of these houses were granted planning permission as family homes and not holiday homes or for short-term leases.
Nobody needs a holiday house. Plenty of families need a house.
Edit: just to add. I firmly believe that any building being repurposed for anything other than its original purpose should have to reapply for planning permission.
If you tried buying around the big towns in Kerry you just won’t be able to afford it. Anyone who has a house is using it as a short term let holiday let (usually air bnb). Holiday homes are another factor. But this is not a new problem it has happens in lots of places around the world, Cornwall in the UK is getting hit bad, it happens in places where the main industry is tourism and there is great scenic beauty.
Paywalls so I can’t dig too deep, but how do they count them? We bought a home that was a down as a holiday home on planning. We confirmed we could get a mortgage on it as a full time residence and that we’re could live there year round before before going ahead on it, but I do wonder how we are categorised. Neighbours next door airbnb theirs basically from April to September.
A holiday home…. in Kerry?!
Just to note how people savagely attack one off housing, but then go on as if having empty houses requiring all the same services is somehow alright. Also to mention the carbon intensity of keeping these places dry and warm during the winter.
There might be a less of a demand for new one off housing if all these empty gaffs weren’t driving up prices and serving as a way for people avoid deemed disposal.
Reckon it’s higher in Donegal.
Whole towns ruined by occasional weekenders
It’s such a shame that the new generations are penalised from access to the property market. The older people have climbed the ladder, reached the top and then kicked it to the ground.
It feels very unfair.
There’s villages in cork that go to more than 50 percent vacant for the winter.
Similar to Heaven then.
A lot of vacant rooms there as well!
Doesn’t solve the problem but looks like (quick search) there’s actually double the amount of houses available to purchase in Kerry than Dublin when you take into account the population of both counties. Being able to purchase one, plus infrastructure etc is another story.
One in seven in Kerry overall, sure I’d say it’s more like 1 in 3 for areas like the dingle peninsula, parts of the Iveragh peninsula, and the beara peninsula. I’m in all three often enough, and you could drive for miles passing houses, and you can tell most are empty for most of the year.
The property crisis is not being caused by people owning holiday homes in fucking Kerry
The property crisis is being caused by successive governments not tackling it head on because there are too many conflicts of interest and influential third parties.
This is diversion tactics. Ignore it.
I think we need to prohibit foreign property buyers. Unless you are Irish or have a visa or citizenship, you shouldn’t be allowed to buy.
Same thing that Canada and New Zealand do. There’s been quite a bit of media coverage that Americans in particular have been entering the irish market a lot more post covid buying up holiday properties. In particular, in places like Kerry.
I live on the Dingle Peninsula. Dingle is the oldest town in Ireland according to the last census. We recently bought a house here and it would have been much easier to buy in Dublin.
There is nothing on the market and everything that comes up is sold to either someone selling up and moving here with cash or someone local who wants to flip the property as an Airbnb. We have personally been outbid on four occasions with each house later appearing on Airbnb. There are more Airbnb beds in dingle town than people who filled out the census here. There are villages on the peninsula with more holiday homes than locals. I don’t know anyone who is from here who can buy something without family help.
There are loads of people here who can work remotely but because there are no houses the population just gets older and older, it’s literally unsustainable.
I live in a rural Kerry but beaches are near by , I can safely say that a lot of the houses here are used as holiday homes that are vacant for 9 months of the year , any house that comes up for sale in this area is quickly snapped up for a holiday home . Local people are being outbid every time and can’t afford to buy these houses. These are people that have grown up in the area , have links in the area , would be sending their children to the local schools and facilities in the area etc so yes these homes are causing a housing crisis in this area .