I'm still trawling property listings sites on a semi-daily basis and I've now got alerts setup with Daft.ieOf course buying a house involves some basic economics. You have a buyer (me) and a seller (either a previous owner or a developer). For the seller to be able to make their money they need to be able to find a buyer who either has the money required or the ability to get … [Read more...] about House Hunting Pet Hates – Price on Application
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More House Hunting Adventures
Before turning in for the night I thought I'd do another trawl of the house listings online.I've been using Daft.ie up until now, but I thought I'd try something different, which was a problem.The only real competitor for Daft seems to be MyHome.ieI'm pretty sure there were other property sites floating around, but I couldn't find any with listings last night (I don't count … [Read more...] about More House Hunting Adventures
Auctioneers Rewrite Language
Anyone who wants to master the art of euphemism should spend time with an auctioneer, or just perusing listings of houses for sale. While I might expect someone to "upsell" a house's assets, some of the adverts are either written "tongue in cheek" or by someone with a very weird view of reality. This one amused me: Uninhabited for a number of years this detached … [Read more...] about Auctioneers Rewrite Language
House Hunting Fun
I was househunting again last night via DaftI work in Carlow, so I need to find somewhere that is close to Carlow, but not necessarily in the town.Unfortunately none of the property sites seems to offer a "radius" search function and I also can't filter out "sites for sale", which is really annoying.There are some nice properties for sale under 200k, but I'm still trying to … [Read more...] about House Hunting Fun
A Semi-Productive Weekend
With Jason's assistance I finally got the frontpage of DVDs.ie to look a little bit more palatable. I'm still trying to sort out a new backend and am considering upgrading the server hardware as well. The main complaint I've had from people is that the pricing is in Sterling only, which is understandable. Useless fact of the day - shredders overheat easily. I've been trying to … [Read more...] about A Semi-Productive Weekend