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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 21,235 CMod ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    If you are looking for mortgage protection, check out LA Brokers. I think the policy is the bare minimum required for the mortgage, so the rates are pretty good. They give you around 50% off the first year's rates, so well worth a look.

    Eoin


  • Registered Users Posts: 78,218 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Irish Association of Self Builders

    http://www.iaosb.com/


  • Registered Users Posts: 78,218 ✭✭✭✭Victor




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Check out neighbours.ie for neighborhood forums. The site has a list of forums in Dublin and nationwide, allowing neighbours to discuss local issues, amenities or just have a natter.

    I'm a mod for my own neighborhood's forum but it's a non-profit resource.

    Thanks

    Stove


  • Registered Users Posts: 78,218 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Environmental Health Officer
    Housing and Residential Services Department
    Dublin City Council.

    Phone 01 222 3751


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  • Registered Users Posts: 78,218 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Abbreviation___|Meaning
    # | Number
    * | Star, as is "5 star hotel"
    @ | At
    + | And
    0044 | UK phone number
    10th | Tenth
    15A | Bus route 15A
    1st | First
    2nd | Second
    31st | Thirty First
    3rd | Third
    4th | Fourth
    50'S | In the period 1950-1960
    accom | Accommodation
    ACCOMM | Accommodation
    accomodation | Accommodation
    acre | Unit of measurement
    AD | Advertisement
    adj | Adjacent
    Advert | Advertisement
    AIRSIDE | Area near Swords, Co. Dublin
    alarm | Burglar alarm
    allowance | As in "rent allowance", a welfare payment
    allowances | Tax credits
    ameneties | amenities
    amenities | Local facilities such as shops, doctor, school, etc.
    AMENTIES | amenities
    ammen | amenities
    AMV | Advised minimum value
    apart | Apartment
    A'port | Airport
    appart | Apartment
    appartment | Apartment
    appliances | Kitchen appliances, e.g. cooker, fridge, microwave
    approx | Approximately
    appt | Appointment (or mis-spelling of apartment)
    APR | Annual Percentage Rate (used with interest charges)
    apt | Apartment
    Apt | Apartment
    apt | Apartment
    APTS | Apartments
    Apts | Apartments
    Assoc | Associates or Association
    Auct | Auction
    Aug | August
    Av | Available or Average
    avail | available
    Ave | Avenue
    balc | balcony
    bargin | Bargain
    bathrm | bathroom
    bband | Broadband internet connection
    bd | Bed
    bds | Beds
    beaut | beautiful
    bedrm | bedroom
    bedrms | bedrooms
    Beds | Bedrooms
    bedsit | Bed-sitter
    bedsitter | Studio apartment, possibly sharing some facilities, e.g. bathroom with another apartment. From Bedroom-sitting room
    BER | A building energy rating is a rating on the overall energy efficiency of a building
    bills | Utility bills, typically electricity, gas or oil, cable TV, phone
    Blanc | Blanchardstown
    Blanch | Blanchardstown
    BLANCH | Blanchardstown
    bsde | Beside - next to
    bthrm | Bathroom
    bung | Bungalow - a single storey house, usually detached.
    c | circa - approximately
    cable | Cable television
    Call | To visit or to telephone
    cash | Money
    CH | Central heating
    Chambers | Shared offices above shops
    Citywest | Area in west Dublin
    Co. | County - typically a rural area
    cond | condition
    cons | Conveniences (as in "all mod cons") = all modern conveniences (a modern kitchen & bathroom)
    cont | Contact
    cont'd | Continued
    cottage | A traditional one- or two-storey usually detached house, where the main rooms stretch from front to back
    country | Countryside - not in the city
    couple | Two people
    creche | Child care
    Cross | A cross roads
    CT | Court
    ctr | Centre
    ctre | Centre
    D1 | A Dublin postcode
    Dart | DART
    Dart | DART train system www.dart.ie
    DART | The DART suburban train system in Dublin
    db | Double
    dbl | Double
    Dbl | Double
    dble | Double
    DCU | Dublin City University
    DEP | Deposit


  • Registered Users Posts: 78,218 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Abbreviation___|Meaning
    det | Detached
    detacted | Detached
    Dev | Development
    devel | Development
    din | Dining
    Dishwasher | A machine for cleaning kitchen ……..
    Dormer | A window projecting from a sloped roof or a house with such a feature
    Dunnes | Dunnes Stores - department store with grocery, clothing and household departments
    Duplexes | An apartment in two storeys
    Edwardian | Dating from the time of King Edward
    EHB | Eastern Health Board
    eircom | eircom - dominant phone company
    elec | electricity
    ensuite | An en-suite bathroom or shower room with direct access from a bedroom and not usually shared
    ent | entrance
    equip | equipped
    ESB | Electricity Supply Board - dominant electricity company
    ess | essential
    Est | estate
    Eurospar | Chain of small to medium convenience shops
    excel | excellent
    excep | exceptional
    Excess | Over
    EXECUTIVE | High quality
    fab | Fabulous
    fem | female
    FF | Fully furnished
    FF | Fully furnished
    flat | An apartment in a non-purpose built building, e.g. one that may have been converted from a large house or other building.
    floor | Storey
    flr | floor
    FPP | Full planning permission
    frm | from
    ft | Foot (plural feet). 3.281 feet = one metre
    FTB | First time buyer
    fur | Furnished
    Furn | Furnished
    Gar | Garage or garden
    gas | Usually Natural gas (methane)
    GCH | Gas central heating
    gdn | Garden
    Gent | Man
    Georgian | Dating from the time of kings George I-IV, i.e. covering the period from 1714 to 1830
    gf | Gas fired
    gfch | Gas fired central heating
    girl | Woman
    grdn | Garden
    grnd | ground
    Hosp | Hospital
    hr | Hour
    hse | House
    Hsp | Hospital
    huge | Very large
    HX | Harold's Cross
    immac | Immaculate = very clean
    immaculate | Very clean
    immdiately | immediately
    immed | immediate
    immediatley | immediately
    inc | included or increase
    incl | included
    int | Internal
    k | Thousand
    KCR | Kimmage Cross Roads
    kids | Children
    kit | Kitchen
    LADY | Woman
    lady | Woman
    Landlord | Property owner
    Lease | A legal document setting out the rules for the landlord and tenant
    lge | Large
    loc | Location
    lounge | Living room
    lrg | Large
    lroom | Living room
    l'room | Living room
    Luas | Luas tram system www.luas.ie
    lux | Luxury
    M50 | M50 motorway. The Dublin ring road
    male | Man
    males | Men
    mezzanine | Part of a building where two low storeys are equal in height to one taller storey
    mid | Middle
    mile | 1 miles = 1.6km
    min | Minimum or minute
    mins | minutes
    mod | Modern
    Mon | Monday
    Mon-Fri | Monday - Friday
    mth | Month
    N2 | National Route N2
    NCR | North Circular Road
    noon | midday
    Nr | Near
    N'r | Near
    NS | Non smoker
    Nth | North
    NTL | Former NTL cable television and / or broadband internet, Now UPC (see below).
    o'c | O'clock
    occup | occupancy
    occupier | The person living in a building
    OFCH | Oil fired central heating
    ono | Or nearest offer
    own | Not shared with others
    parkg | Car parking
    parking | Car parking
    pcm | Per calendar month
    penthouse | The top storey of a building, usually set back from the main street frontage and often to a higher standard than other apartments
    PH | Phone
    Ph | Phone or phase
    Phone | Telephone
    pkg | Car parking
    pking | Car parking
    pkng | Car parking
    Plc | Place
    pm | Per month
    pool | Swimming pool
    PP | Planning Permission
    priv | private
    prk | Park
    prkg | Car parking
    prof | professional
    professionals | Professionals = employed people with good prospects
    pw | Per week
    QBC | Quality bus corridor
    recpt | Receipt
    Ref | References
    ref | References
    references | Letters confirming that you are a person of good character
    Refs | References
    refs | References
    ref's | References
    req | Required
    reqd | Required
    req'd | Required
    rm | Room
    rm | Room
    rms | Rooms
    Sat | Saturday
    SC | Shopping centre or self-contained
    SCR | South Circular Road
    sd | Semi-detached
    semi | Semi-detached
    semid | Semi-detached
    semidet | Semi-detached
    semidetached | Semi-detached
    Semi-detached | A semi-detached house, i.e. two separate houses in one building, attached to one another on one side only
    semis | Semi-detached
    sgl | Single
    sgle | Single
    share | Sharing the property with people you don't know
    shared | Sharing the property with people you don't know
    sharing | Sharing the property with people you don't know
    SHED | A small external building used for storage
    Shr | Shower
    sitter | A bed-sit
    sngl | Single
    solicitor | Lawyer
    sq | Square
    sqft | Square feet (area). 1 square metre = 10.764 square feet
    sqm | Square metres
    Square | The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght
    stg£ | Pounds Sterling (UK)
    STH | South
    stn | Station
    Tce | Terrace
    Terrace | A series of houses all attached
    townhouse | Often a terraced house with no front garden
    Tues | Tuesday
    TV | Television
    tv | Television, TV
    twin | Two single beds in one bedroom
    UCD | University College Dublin
    unfurnished | No furniture
    Upr | Upper
    UPC | UPC (formerly NTL) cable television and / or broadband internet www.upc.ie
    UPVC | A type of plastic often used to make windows
    VGE | Village
    vhigh | Very high
    Victorian | Dating from the time of Queen Victoria
    VILLAGE | A small town
    W | West
    Wardrobes | Piece of furniture for storing clothes
    wc | Toilet
    WED | Wednesday
    wlk | Walk
    X | Cross
    XS | Excess
    yr | Year


  • Registered Users Posts: 78,218 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Abbreviation___|Meaning
    occup | occupancy
    occupier | The person living in a building
    OFCH | Oil fired central heating
    ono | Or nearest offer
    own | Not shared with others
    parkg | Car parking
    parking | Car parking
    pcm | Per calendar month
    penthouse | The top storey of a building, usually set back from the main street frontage and often to a higher standard than other apartments
    PH | Phone
    Ph | Phone or phase
    Phone | Telephone
    pkg | Car parking
    pking | Car parking
    pkng | Car parking
    Plc | Place
    pm | Per month
    pool | Swimming pool
    PP | Planning Permission
    priv | private
    prk | Park
    prkg | Car parking
    prof | professional
    professionals | Professionals = employed people with good prospects
    pw | Per week
    QBC | Quality bus corridor
    recpt | Receipt
    Ref | References
    ref | References
    references | Letters confirming that you are a person of good character
    Refs | References
    refs | References
    ref's | References
    req | Required
    reqd | Required
    req'd | Required
    rm | Room
    rm | Room
    rms | Rooms
    Sat | Saturday
    SC | Shopping centre or self-contained
    SCR | South Circular Road
    sd | Semi-detached
    semi | Semi-detached
    semid | Semi-detached
    semidet | Semi-detached
    semidetached | Semi-detached
    Semi-detached | A semi-detached house, i.e. two separate houses in one building, attached to one another on one side only
    semis | Semi-detached
    sgl | Single
    sgle | Single
    share | Sharing the property with people you don't know
    shared | Sharing the property with people you don't know
    sharing | Sharing the property with people you don't know
    SHED | A small external building used for storage
    Shr | Shower
    sitter | A bed-sit
    sngl | Single
    solicitor | Lawyer
    sq | Square
    sqft | Square feet (area). 1 square metre = 10.764 square feet
    sqm | Square metres
    Square | The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght
    stg£ | Pounds Sterling (UK)
    STH | South
    stn | Station
    Tce | Terrace
    Terrace | A series of houses all attached
    townhouse | Often a terraced house with no front garden
    Tues | Tuesday
    TV | Television
    tv | Television, TV
    twin | Two single beds in one bedroom
    UCD | University College Dublin
    unfurnished | No furniture
    Upr | Upper
    UPVC | A type of plastic often used to make windows
    VGE | Village
    vhigh | Very high
    Victorian | Dating from the time of Queen Victoria
    VILLAGE | A small town
    W | West
    Wardrobes | Piece of furniture for storing clothes
    wc | Toilet
    WED | Wednesday
    wlk | Walk
    X | Cross
    XS | Excess
    yr | Year


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,278 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor




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  • Subscribers Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Draco


    I've had a go at geocoding all the addresses in the register (with varying levels of success): http://karlmonaghan.com/property/


  • Registered Users Posts: 983 ✭✭✭rat_race


    DaftDrop, Irish property price drop search engine & stats, recently rebuilt and given a new lease of life:

    http://www.daftdrop.com


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