Loftus Hall for Sale

cute_cow

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?search=1&selected_agent=&id=407322&s[agent_id]=2853&s[p]=rpvyvsww

timmywex

Its fairly run down nowadays, anyone know amv? Think its about 1.8million iirc

Sully

cute_cow wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?search=1&selected_agent=&id=407322&s[agent_id]=2853&s[p]=rpvyvsww

www.daft.ie/1407322 for short

Looks very nice I must say. Hope its not knocked!

byhookorbycrook

big colour feature on Loftus Hall in today's sunday times

smodgley

id like this place lol

Dilbert75

TBH I can't see anyone paying that, especially to open it as a hotel. Whatever about the condition of the place or the land its on, you'd be plagued with sightseers coming to have a free look. I'd have thought it'd be unusual that this type of visitor would provide big custom to any business. And its not as if there's anything to the story....

after all, to me the story suggests the young wan got up the Damien by some guy they took in for the night. Wasn't socially acceptable so they found an excuse to lock her away ("she went mad") and yer man was long gone.

byhookorbycrook

Agree with you re the young one..but that was in an earlier house anyhow, so if it was the devil the house is long gone..

capedcrustacian

so hang on, if it's for sale, then people can view it again yeah? I mean, actually get in around the grounds and the house itself??

sheliainwex

THE OLD HALL HAS SOME MAD STORIES ATTACHED TO IT IM SURE RTE DID A PROGRAMME ON IT YEARS AGO think its on youtube...

byhookorbycrook

yes, there was a programme done by RTE, the model of the hall used in on display in Hook lighthouse..

kikel

Any of ye locals know if loftuus hall sold yesterday?

Edit: I heard the auction was on Wednesday, just checked Daft, it looks like the auction is today. I wonder will it sell.

1966

Auction scheduled for 3 today.
Will be interesting to see what happens.........

maisymarshall

1966 wrote: »

Auction scheduled for 3 today.
Will be interesting to see what happens.........

Do you know what the outcome was?

Araniell

Any word on who bought it?

maisymarshall

Heard that there was a lot of interest and offers but no sale as such from the auctions someone on Flicker knew someone at the auction and that was the crack? Nothing in any local news?

timmywex

maisymarshall wrote: »

Heard that there was a lot of interest and offers but no sale as such from the auctions someone on Flicker knew someone at the auction and that was the crack? Nothing in any local news?

Will be in the people on wednesday i would suppose!

maisymarshall

timmywex wrote: »

Will be in the people on wednesday i would suppose!

Could you let me know, I'm in England so dont see the People. Thanks much appreciated.

Judgement Day

According to the Enniscorthy Guardian (22/10/08) the house failed to sell at auction. The Auctioneers started the bidding at 1.8 million Euros but with no bids it dropped to 1 million and still with no bids it was witdrawn. According to the paper it was sold to a commercial interest after the auction for an undisclosed sum. I wish them luck with this pile as it is in poor condition and with a glut of hotels it is hard to see what they can do with it.:)

Dilbert75

If the rumours of the identity of the buyer are true, I doubt he'll be turning it into a hotel. Not a paying hotel anyway, maybe for all his megastar friends and international leaders. Allegedly.:cool:

secman

Pray tell, who is rumoured ?



Secman

sam_mom1

hahaha the locals said that Bono popped by in his helicopter.... if a helicopter landed it must be Bono :D

Dilbert75

Like sam_mom1 said... Allegedly.

minxie

yep word on the street is that bono did indeed pay up.....
seems kay herself turned up with her nephew to the auction...
must have been a sad day for her...

sam_mom1

http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/loftus-hall-bought-by-bono-1515254.html

they're carryin it in the papers this week hahahaha

ArthurGuinness

An auctioneer in the family has said it was defo not bono who bought loftus. But the fecker wont tell me who did but swears it wasnt bono

minxie

ArthurGuinness wrote: »

An auctioneer in the family has said it was defo not bono who bought loftus. But the fecker wont tell me who did but swears it wasnt bono

grab him and shake him till he tells!!!!:D

MrLoftus

Three nights spent in Loftus Hall back in the summer

The whole place was explored from top to bottom

Uploaded the photos on Flickr and Pix. Get them while you can!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32677070@N04/sets/72157609670380437/

http://pix.ie/mrloftus/album/330434

Regards,
Mr Loftus

bmaxi

Shame to see the place in such a state. Let's hope whoever bought it will restore it and not gut it and replace with chrome and plastic

minxie

class photos mr loftus!!!!

ArthurGuinness

Cool tell us more Mr.Loftus what were you doing there how did you get in, did you notice any thing freaky going on.

Murtinho

Excellent photos, amazing building, hope they do something decent with it and open it to the public occasionally.

sam_mom1

thanks Mr Loftus, satisfied my years of curiousity...

you can nearly smell the mould and the damp from those pics... hee hee

kleefarr

Maybe Mr Loftus is the buyer?

AI

Anybody know what the story is at Loftus? Did it actually sell? Anything going on there with regard to renovating the place?

xFROSTY Gx

Nothing has been done to the place yet anyway. Its still boarded up and whatnot

Ger57

MrLoftus wrote: »

Three nights spent in Loftus Hall back in the summer

The whole place was explored from top to bottom

Uploaded the photos on Flickr and Pix. Get them while you can!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32677070@N04/sets/72157609670380437/

http://pix.ie/mrloftus/album/330434

Regards,
Mr Loftus

Fantastic pictures,thanks for sharing them as i was there many years ago when it was open and in good repair.Lovely old house and sad to see it let go to this.Having said that it will take some amount of money to restore it.How were you so lucky to get in there.I was at Kilcooley House in Tipperary yesterday,same story as Loftus,but apparently some guy from Monaghan has bought it for 4.5mill.Few pics on Flickr,but no entry to house.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canon_addict/

byhookorbycrook

Kilcooley was inhabited to recently,it was the venue for AIRC dressage championships for a bit.

conlof

Its for sale again

Judgement Day

conlof wrote: »

Its for sale again

It's on Sherry FitzGerald's website for €625,000 sale agreed - including 63 acres of good farmland, so essentially the house is thrown in free with the land worth €10,000 per acre. You would need a fortune to restore it and I suspect it's heading for an arson attack some day.

allthedoyles

'tis a brave man that will attempt any attack on that building with its history .

Afterwards , he'd better watch his back !

smodgley

if i had the money i would buy it, the history is exactly that history !!!!!!!!

Mahatma coat

Word on the Grapevine is that its been Bought by someone on My side of the bay

smodgley

and where iks that?

Missent

Yeah, heard it was bought by someone in the Wellington Bridge/Bannow area. Mahatma, that would make you a Rhubarb City native, more or less.

Mahatma coat

Yeah, heard it was bought by someone in the Wellington Bridge/Bannow area. Mahatma, that would make you a Rhubarb City native, more or less.

:eek::eek:
MODS!!!!!! I'm being abused AND insulted

close but NOT from W/Bridge

. .M_
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. WW

Mahatma coat

OH Yeah, I asked Mammy & She said that these fellas have Deffo bought the gaff, and She'd know

Mammy's tend to know these sorts of things
:D:D

allthedoyles

Keep us posted

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Best of Luck to the buyers ....................They will need it .

This place has serious history . - I wonder what plans they have for the building .............

A visitor centre ?................. It will end up a ghost estate like all the other one in Ireland

Mahatma coat

It would seem that the building has been wrecked inside by nogoodniks

Acording to the buyer the facade has a preservation order but they can do what they want inside it.

McLoughlin

The locals in the area do not want any kind of tourism to do with the building. The same with Curracloe they dont want any tourism place regarding Saving Private Ryan.

bruschi

McLoughlin wrote: »

The locals in the area do not want any kind of tourism to do with the building. The same with Curracloe they dont want any tourism place regarding Saving Private Ryan.

cant say I ever heard that. sure it used to be a hotel up to the late 80's. and it would be a big boost to have a good business out there for all in the local area. would have heard the complete opposite in regards to it, and people there hoping it would sell and something would be done with it and be restored as a tourist spot in some shape or form.

McLoughlin

bruschi wrote: »

cant say I ever heard that. sure it used to be a hotel up to the late 80's. and it would be a big boost to have a good business out there for all in the local area. would have heard the complete opposite in regards to it, and people there hoping it would sell and something would be done with it and be restored as a tourist spot in some shape or form.

They wouldnt mind it to be a hotel Im sure but its all the haunting\devil stories to do with the place there sick of people coming down asking about ghosts and ghouls and all that crap.