by Liam Hogan
How To
Successfully Find Your New Home
1.
Notifications
Create
an account on Daft.ie or Myhome.ie and set up alerts. (see
below). You will receive notification alerts by email as soon as somewhere that
meets your criteria is posted. That way, you can be one of the first to send a
message to the landlord or the landlord ‘s agent.
Drop
what you are doing and send your email straight away, before the ad is taken
down. Properties are being rented now in 24 to 48 hours.
NB #1:
DO NOT
REPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH DAFT OR MYHOME.
Find the agents email address and reply directly to the agent.
Why? Because Daft and Myhome do not allow
you to attach the pdfs that you will need to attach to make your application
stand out from the crowd.
2.
Enquiry
Create
a message that makes you stand out from the crowd. Messages like; Hi, I Would like to view this property or is this
property still available? Will be ignored. Agents received hundreds of enquiries!
Make
sure that your message stands out from the others. Keep it short and sweet like
a donkey s gallop.
Have
the wording of your email saved as a word document so that you can copy and
paste it into the body of your email. Have it correctly formatted with 1.5 line
spacing because it is easier to read, AND check it for
spelling and grammar.
NB # 2:
Here
are the key points that you need to hit at the very beginning of your
email:
1.
Ready to move immediately.
(Landlords hate void periods and want to get their property rented asap) This
is key.
2.
Deposit and
first month s rent (or two) available.
3.
ALL relevant documents
attached and NAME your documents.
4.
Prove that you
can afford the rent (wages or HAP) Every landlord is legally obliged to accept
HAP and a lot of landlords actually prefer HAP.
5.
If you have a
good job, state it.
6.
State briefly
who will be living in the property, including children, or if you are separated
and have custody of a child at weekend, don t be afraid to say so.
7.
Then, and
only then, start to tell them a bit about yourself and whoever else will be
moving in KEEP IT SHORT.
3.
Introduce Yourself
Write
a little bit about yourself, your employment, your hobbies and who you will
live with. Include the employment status and description of every adult who
would be living at the property. Inform the agency or landlord that you have
references. Inform them that you have a pet if you have one and offer to pay an
extra deposit in relation to your pet. Some landlords are willing to accept
pets, but not all.
4.
Documents
Be
prepared. Have all your relevant documents scanned onto your computer or phone
and saved as PDFs. Alternatively, have good quality photographs of your
documents saved on your phone or computer. Photos are accepted by all landlords
and agents.
References
that are required:
a) photo
ID of all adults who will be living in the property.
b) work
references (if applicable).
c) previous
landlord reference (If you were living with your parents or renting a room,
just provide evidence of same with a reference)
d) college
reference if you are a student.
e) work
permit if you are a non-EU citizen.
5.
Viewings
if you
are offered a viewing of a property, take the viewings that are on offer. Do
NOT say Can I view it another day? It won t be there. It will be gone so don t
kid yourself. If you want the property, you will have to make sacrifices
because if you don t, there will be upwards of a hundred people behind you who
will attend that viewing. If possible, agree to the proposed date and time.
Bookings fill up very quickly so don’t delay with your reply or your viewing
may be offered to someone else.
How To
Create an Alert On Myhome.
Because of the
chronic shortage of rental accommodation, you should really expand your search
to areas other than your number one area preference.
1)
Go to www.myhome.ie
2)
Go to the person symbol in the top right-hand
corner and select the Sign-Up option from
the drop-down menu.
3)
Fill in your first name, second name, email
address and password.
4)
Select I have read
and agreed to the MyHome.ie Terms & Conditions .
5) Go back to the home screen, and sign in.
6) Go to the Rent tab at the top of the screen.
7) Select the type of property you want to rent with
your specified criteria i.e. Location, price, type.
8) Click Search.
9)
When the
search results are displayed, click on ‘Create Email
Alert’ at the top left of the search results.
10) This property search will now be added to
your saved searches and alerts.
11) To receive email alerts on your saved
searches:
a)
Sign in
b)
Go to My
Account
c)
Go to the
saved search you want to receive email alerts on
d)
Click Edit
e)
Choose how
often you would like to receive the alerts and then hit Save.
f)
All done – You
will now receive property alerts via email on the selected searches.
How to
Create an Alert on Daft.ie.
1.
Log into www.daft.ie.
2.
On the top right-hand corner click Sign In.
3.
At the bottom of the screen, click Sign up for Daft.
4.
Enter your e-mail address and select a password.
5.
Click the tick box beside I have read and agree to the terms of use and privacy
policy .
6.
Scroll down. If you want to receive e-mail
notifications from daft, click the appropriate box.
7.
Click Create an Account.
8.
Go back to the homepage and click Sign In at the top right-hand corner.
9.
Sign in with your new username and password.
10. Search
for the properties in the area that you would like to live.
11. Click
the heart ♥️ on the right and side.
12. Go to My Daft and click Saved
Searches and Alerts.
13. You
will see all your favourite searches. Click on the bell
on the right to turn on the alerts.
14. Click
on the box titled Send me Alerts on this Search.