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How many can you check off this Irish renters' bucket list?

The good, the bad and the ugly. Renting has it all.
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RENTING CAN BE fun. But it can also be a nightmare.

You haven’t really experienced the full extent of life until you have shared a house with some eccentric strangers. For better or for worse, you will certainly learn a lot about yourself and the world around you from renting.

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1. You have had a floor adorned with carpet from pre-1980. Or even worse – lino.

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2. The kitchen appliances were pushed to the limit.

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3. Light fixtures that show some ‘rustic’ exposed wiring are now a point of sentimentality for you.

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4. Storage heaters. Who really knows what they are all about?

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5. Layering – your idea of central heating.

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6. You have harboured a pet and experienced the feeling of impending doom whenever the doorbell rang.

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7. You didn’t check your signal during the viewing…

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8. Daydreaming about painting and renovating the glorified shack you called home was all that got you through your twelve month contract.

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9. Your furniture was smashed up/defiled/stolen during a party so you have attempted to convince the landlord that you never actually had a coffee table/couch/locker.

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10. The open viewing evening you set up to find a new roomie turned into a party.

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11. The result? Your new housemate thought every night was a party.

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12. Everything said housemate did came close to sending you over the edge.

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13. You eventually snapped and subsequently lived in a house of divided fridge shelves and passive aggressive notes.

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14. It all got a bit much and you decided to be the bigger person and move out.

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Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank, trading as The Mortgage Store, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

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