We Bought Our Forever Home! I should say “forever garden” really because, while the house is nice, it’s not as important to me. I am more interested in the space that we now have in the garden. It’s huge! The House The house is a large, single-storey bungalow set on 0.9 of an acre in a …
I have made big steps towards my goals and FIRE There has been a significant gap between this post and my last one. Life has been extremely busy and some fundamental aspects of my life have changed. The Biggest Change: I’m now in a relationship After over eight years of being single, I was lucky …
Update on Small Claims Court Hearing, a Career Break and Change Update on Small Claims Court Case I recently posted about my ex-tenant bringing me to the small claims court. The hearing happened just before x-mas 2021 and was heard in the four courts in Dublin. My other housemate came with me as a witness …
Setting Up Your Own Business and Director’s Pension in Ireland An UPDATE ON MY PROGRESS How Did My Company Do in 2021? A while back, I wrote an article about setting up my own company in January 2020 with a view to structuring my income in a more tax-efficient way. At the time, I was …
My Tenant Is Bringing Me to Court The Small Claims Court Ireland Yep, never expected this one. The tenant in question moved in September 2020, this was shortly after the 1st lockdown had lifted but COVID-19 was still an unknown factor in Ireland and vaccines were a long way off. The effect of COVID on …
Renovating an Investment Property in Ireland SEPTEMBER 2021 UPDATE It has been a few months since I have posted anything because I have been insanely busy and also took a much-needed holiday. Since my last update: I have mostly completed the work on the renovations with the help of my friend (she’s a legend) The …
Renovating an Investment Property in Ireland JUNE 2021 UPDATE The slow live-in renovation continues. It has been a busy few months for me, since my last post: I have more renovation works done I found a tenant I now have a very clear and urgent timeline for the renovations I sold some shares to help …
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Renovating an Investment Property in Ireland APRIL 2021 UPDATE I have escaped Dublin in favour of living in a building site and I am honestly pretty happy about that. Since getting the internet sorted, I have purchased some extra computer screens and a docking station and this has allowed me to work from home here …
Tracking my Spending for 2020 On the advice of all of the FIRE blogs and podcasts, I started tracking my spending about half-way through 2018. I posted about how much I spent in 2019 in this article. Considering Coronavirus, there must be some savings made right? Nope. How much did I spend in 2020? € …
The Cost of Renovating an Investment Property in Ireland The cost of renovating an investment property in Ireland is something I am currently learning about first hand. However, I frequently have to remind myself that I am still not sure if the house I bought in Wicklow is actually an “investment property”. From the bank’s …