Offaly monthly room rental now costs up to €650
ROOMS to rent in Offaly are costing up to €650 a month, figures from a property website reveal.
One double room in a house in Clonminch, Tullamore is being advertised on daft.ie for between €600 and €650 a month.
The double room is in a “large private house” and the monthly rental includes all bills such as heating, electricity, internet and bins.
Renters will also be able to avail of off road secure parking “in a very quiet area”, according to the advertisement.
A bathroom will be shared and there are already two other people living in the house.
Amid reports of hundreds of people on waiting lists for the very few available houses to rent all over Offaly, viewing times for the bedroom in Tullamore are being arranged.
Demand for accommodation is now so high that rental prices are now being quoted on a per week basis.
In Edenderry a single room with a shared bathroom in a detached house “in a quiet estate” is being rented for €150 per week.
Elsewhere in the same town a double bedroom and separate TV room are being advertised for €650 per calendar month or €150 per week and the rent includes all utility bills, including TV and internet.
In Tullamore, Birr, Portarlington, Kinnitty, Mucklagh and Ballinahown, double rooms are available for between €100 and €160 a week.
A double ensuite bedroom in Birr will cost renters €160 a week and that will cover all bills and “bedding will be provided”.
A single ensuite bedroom in an estate in the Chancery area of Tullamore is on offer for a monthly rent of €320.
The rooms are being advertised on daft.ie at a time when the property website says just six houses or apartments are available for rent.
Renting a new three-bed house on the Clara Road in Tullamore will cost €2,000 a month, a four-bed elsewhere in the county town is €1,800, while a three-bed in Clara is being advertised at €1,400.
In rural Ballyboy, a three-bedroom house is being offered at €1,500 and a two-bed townhouse in Birr is €1,100.
Also in Birr, a one-bed studio is €700 per month but there is an additional monthly €150 service charge for electricity, heating, hot water, internet, bins and parking.
Renters are routinely required to provide references and some landlords accept applications by email only.
Furthermore, substantial deposits are being sought with one house in Tullamore being advertised on myhome.ie for €1,500 a month with a security deposit of two months' rent.