Ireland's prettiest ghost estate.

Finnbar01

Ireland’s prettiest ghost estate: Quaint £700,000 thatched cottages sit empty because no one can afford them

As the Irish economy lies in tatters, the so-called Celtic Tiger now kept alive by an 85billion euro bailout, residents across the country have one reminder of the good old times.Ghost estates have become a new feature of the Irish landscape - hundreds of newly built properties that lie empty after the crash But one is perhaps prettier than all the rest - and all the more poignant.
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Ghost estate: Auctioneers say the properties are now more likely to fetch 200,000 euros than the stated asking price of 800,000 euros

Why the hell won't they sell them then at €200,000?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004295/Quaint-700k-thatched-cottages-sit-afford-them.html#ixzz1PSVJ4P10

Finnbar01

Ooops, just realised that I should have posted this in the Waterford county forum.

ziedth

I can actually see then from my front gate. They we stunning when they were first built but have gone very shabby looking now. If I ever won the euromillions I'd buy them all.

caroj

Just read this article, I logged into DM a few minutes ago and got a shock to see their headline story was about Stradbally , unfortunately not a positive one though.

STIG83

It's gone very dilapidated in that estate, it's a pity to see, well the developer is to blame, it was crazy money for them!!
And the place the same guy built near Bridgie Terries, another white elephant :rolleyes:

Finnbar01

I've never being down to Stradbally heard it's a beautiful place.

ziedth

It's a nice spot and that estate would have been class but even in the silly season of property they were much to expensive.

JustAddWater

Looks a bit like mosney

I'll pass...

700k? Fools and their money are easily parted

STIG83

And if anyone who has driven to Dungarvan or Cork passing Lemybrien seen an unfinished garage on the left after it, that's another property of the developer who done the place near Bridgie Terries(was talks of it been a Bar/Nightclub) and them houses in Stradbally.

dayshah

They look nice from Google Street View, but no way worth what they were asking for.

I reckon a thatch roof is a pain in the hole to live in though.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=ga&q=waterford&biw=1366&bih=606&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4842c69c63d9e44d:0xc5bb81888b67b9fb,Port+L%C3%A1irge,+Co.+Port+L%C3%A1irge&gl=ie&ei=xz36Tfu7MsTF8QPZ_r2pCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ8gEwAA

STIG83

dayshah wrote: »

They look nice from Google Street View, but no way worth what they were asking for.

I reckon a thatch roof is a pain in the hole to live in though.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=ga&q=waterford&biw=1366&bih=606&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4842c69c63d9e44d:0xc5bb81888b67b9fb,Port+L%C3%A1irge,+Co.+Port+L%C3%A1irge&gl=ie&ei=xz36Tfu7MsTF8QPZ_r2pCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ8gEwAA

Some waste of thatch and the time spent putting it on!

ziedth

JustAddWater wrote: »

Looks a bit like mosney

I'll pass...

700k? Fools and their money are easily parted

Nobody actually bought any.

Nolanger

Those houses need a big garden and driveway and they're too close to each other.

dayshah

Nolanger wrote: »

Those houses need a big garden and driveway and they're too close to each other.

Yep, the traditionalism is ruined by the housing estate style.

wmpdd3

Just reminds me of Bunratty folk park!

http://www.travelsignposts.com/Ireland/files/2010/11/Bunratty-Folk-Park_AJP_8449-300x201.jpg

Hoffmans

its not too pretty now

jayboi

Is it on google maps or street view?

seanybiker

Lovely looking houses.

dayshah

jayboi wrote: »

Is it on google maps or street view?

I posted the link but it doesn't work

Grindylow

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=ga&geocode=&q=stradbally+co+waterford&aq=&sll=52.258176,-7.126565&sspn=0.013581,0.042272&gl=ie&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stradbally,+County+Waterford&ll=52.131064,-7.462978&spn=0.01362,0.042272&z=15&layer=c&cbll=52.131035,-7.463582&panoid=LDykaaLoYGJwlTHUBm7s2Q&cbp=12,221.91,,0,5.22


That's the google street view..

The Scientician

I still think they're tonnes prettier than the bullshirt Scandanavian style flats and maisonettes that proliferate around Dublin. Such a pity they were overpriced and undercherished.

fricatus

Which one is Bilbo Baggins's house?

Ricardo G

I'm sure the same developer is the guy who stalled work on the huge petrol station before entering leamybrien on the Dungarvan side and the thatched hotel opposite Brdgie Terry's

STIG83

Ricardo G wrote: »

I'm sure the same developer is the guy who stalled work on the huge petrol station before entering leamybrien on the Dungarvan side and the thatched hotel opposite Brdgie Terry's

Yeah same guy, I have it posted already on this if you look back.

BlaasForRafa

dayshah wrote: »

They look nice from Google Street View, but no way worth what they were asking for.

I reckon a thatch roof is a pain in the hole to live in though.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=ga&q=waterford&biw=1366&bih=606&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4842c69c63d9e44d:0xc5bb81888b67b9fb,Port+L%C3%A1irge,+Co.+Port+L%C3%A1irge&gl=ie&ei=xz36Tfu7MsTF8QPZ_r2pCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ8gEwAA

They look like hobbits should be living in them or something. €700k was an insane price for them.

Finnbar01

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

They look like hobbits should be living in them or something. €700k was an insane price for them.

And the developer holding out is a fool. He should sell them for whatever the market dictates. Each and everyday they fall into further ruin. The elements and vandals will see to that.

Smiley Burnett

he actually marketed them initially as holiday homes/second homes!!!!????

STIG83

My mam said there's talks of them been knocked.

eolasguy

anyone have pics of the inside?

Nolanger

Get a few protected bats into the attics and those houses will never get knocked down!

Finnbar01

Not looking good.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34700914@N03/8458246849/in/photostream/

stefan idiot jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3JuChbfDmk Sad.

road_high

This is such a waste. Surely in somewhere reasonably well populated and well off they could sell these, albeit at knock down prices? Could understand these not selling in Leitrim or somewhere. I'd love to live somewhere like this, though the thatch rooves would be a concern as regards maintenance etc.

Finnbar01

road_high wrote: »

This is such a waste. Surely in somewhere reasonably well populated and well off they could sell these, albeit at knock down prices? Could understand these not selling in Leitrim or somewhere. I'd love to live somewhere like this, though the thatch rooves would be a concern as regards maintenance etc.

That would be the best thing to do. Sell them at knock down prices. Each and every day that goes by they fall further into ruin.

mike65

TV3 should buy it and make a rural soap.

A Brookside Close for the Yokels if you will.

0rt

i do like the style of the houses..
I believe there are a few people squatting up that way nowadays.

ziedth

I'm no property developer but it couldn't cost that much to bring that estate around to a nice condition. Surely whoever owns them could spend the €50k or whatever and rent them out short term as summer homes as an option. It is a nice area for that kind of thing.

Finnbar01

I know this is an old thread but it would be unreasonable to start a new one.

Anyway, they've been refurbished and are up for sale.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/st-james-wood-stradbally-waterford/4605896#&gid=1&pid=19