This shouldn’t be legal

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1. Nobody would complain about the legality of it if the housing situation was fine.

   This is just a distraction from the real problem.

2. It isn’t legal. They wouldn’t have the planning permission to support how they are using it.

3. >I’d rather live in a tent than pay someone to live in a glorified shed in someone’s backgarden

   That is a choice you are free to make sir.
   I don’t think that unit will stay empty for too long though.

4. Out of interest, why should it be illegal? Maybe its a total rip off but if it has its own bathroom, shower, separate living room and bedroom.

5. As far as I can make out (going by the location map link to google on the daft ad vs the Galway County Council online planning system map), the only planning permission on record for this site is from 1997 and was for the demolition of the existing house and construction of another: [https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/971276/0](https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/971276/0)

   Complaints can be made here: [https://www.galway.ie/en/services/planning/enforcement/](https://www.galway.ie/en/services/planning/enforcement/)

6. >I’d rather live in a tent than pay someone to live in a glorified shed in someone’s backgarden

   but what if it was your shed on your little piece of land and you wanted to live in it? Regularly enough that there are posts here of people looking into how they can get their own tiny house?

7. Weird they mention there are schools nearby as if someone could raise a child in there.

8. If it had everything in relation to mod cons I wouldn’t mind it at all. Seems fine for one person or a couple and I’d take it a million times over a Palace that was a house share anyday.

9. If that thing in the corner is the hob, then no it’s not legal. Hobs must have four rings in rental properties. I’d imagine that’s only the tip of the iceberg as to why its not legal, but I stopped looking after that

10. “No parties” 😂😂 who’s gonna host a party in that shit box

11. It’s not legal. It doesn’t meet minimum standards (no oven or four-burner hob, and I don’t see a washer in the photos), and it almost certainly won’t have planning permission to be used as a dwelling.

12. Who’s responsibility is it to mow the lawn-steps?

13. Is the ad gone?

14. That’s a cuck shed and it’ll only become more prevalent as time goes on and property prices continues to become unaffordable for single Pringles.

15. I lived in a bedsit in Rathmines for years and it was right sized for me. As long as it’s safe, comfortable and not overpriced then someone might appreciate it rather than being on the streets.

16. Couple of nights in a tent and I bet you would change your mind

17. How much is it up for? Maybe I’m blind but I can’t see the price. One upside to a place like that is you could hotbox it in about 5 seconds and get you and your mates nicely baked

18. how much where they asking for it?

19. “No parties”

    Aye in a tiny shithole like that I reckon the postman popping around would constitute a party…

20. Not going to lie, I would love to see party in that glorified shed.

21. I mean it’s a Kip but we need studios this size in cities 100% .

22. The choice of toilet seat alone should be illegal…camouflage

23. >I’d rather live in a tent than a glorified shed like this”

    That’s patently not true though its it?

24. All those decrying that cabin, I should point out that Galway CoCo actually supply & use them for (mainly) elderly people all the time.

    Usually in a case where the original house is no longer fit for habitation and providing these keeps them on the homestead/in the community.

25. You’ll have the usual clowns on here like “ah if someone wants to live in it let them”. People want to live in this the same way they want to wait days on a trolley in A&E.

26. And what constitutes a party, if I have two friends over are they going to kick me out because I broke the rules? I mean I doubt they’re registered with prtb but still