Moving to Dublin!

let us know how you fair out!

thanks for all the advice! much appreciated. Apologies for lack of response till now - ended up being offered a room at a friend's Uncle's house free of charge while I look for permanent accommodation. It's in Dublin 22, but at least I know where I'm going from the airport!

I think I would like to look for a place to live in Dublin 6. Any tips on what the area is like? I've heard it's nice and I have other reasons to want to live there, but tips would be welcomed. To give you an idea, right now in Sydney I live on the fringe of the city centre - close to everything, lots of cafes, pubs, shops etc but chilled and friendly as opposed to pretentious like some other areas. Would love a similar lifestyle in Dublin (minus the weather...sigh).

Ranelagh or Rathmines in Dublin 6 should be good for you. Mix of students and young professionals, as well as some families, generally plenty of rented accommodation especially in Rathmines, and the city centre is just over the bridge.

Portobello, inside the canal, might also work, though there are pretentious tendencies there perhaps.

Or, on the other side of the river, Phibsborough - though it's more old-fashioned.

Interesting fear_rua!
But what are the prices like in those areas?
What is considered a good deal these days?

thanks for the advice :) Sounds like my kinda area then.

hellojohn, I've been monitoring costs on daft.ie and rent prices in that area seem to be between 400-600 Euro a month, which seems reasonable to me?? I am a foreigner though so I might be judging it wrong, but anything is better than Sydney rent prices!

Diklab83 ...gald you are getting your bearings, and 400 is a fair enough price...Good Luck