Tragic story of Sligo Apartment Block that didn't land softly

Rabidlamb

Author of this piece takes a look inside an apartment complex in Sligo, this place gives Pripyat a run for it's money.
He juxtaposes photos of todays development against the wording in the original sales brochure, works well.
2 beds were asking €320k back in the day.

http://zxcode.com/2011/05/the-mill-apartments-ballisodare/

markesmith

Cool Tragic story of Sligo Apartment Block that didn't land softly bro

Edit: That's actually mental

Sindri

What pissed me off most is the poor building quality of these buildings.


They are uninhabitable because of it and what could have been an asset that people may have eventually bought and contributed to turning around the housing market is useless.

Doc Ruby

Yep, that'll all have to bulldozed.

cocoshovel

Thats nothing compared to the huge Ard Ri Hotel perched over Waterford city. Its tidied up a bit now and closed up since the tall ships festival but going up there before the druggies swamped the place felt like being in post apocalyptia. Freaky yet awesome place to explore, and sad too seeing as I used to go swimming up there as a kid.

Unfortunately sights like these are pretty common around Ireland.

gurramok

It really sums up what the Celtic Tiger was all about! That piece should be taught to kids in school.

sgb

Such a waste

Almaviva

Should be declared a national monument and preserved as a memorial to the celtic Cheshire cat.

RichieC

kinda sad tbh..

Bah hah ha!

Who the hell would spend 320k to live in Ballisodare?!

kinetic

Bertie Ahern should be banished there.

saywhatyousee

The problem with that apartment complex was that it was not built properly as apposed to them not being able to find tenants.Its not in a bad location it only 5 mins From Sligo and Strandhill

My name is URL

I remember seeing this some time last year. Comparing it to Prypiat is a bit of stretch!

Owl Tickler

salonfire wrote: »

Bah hah ha!

Who the hell would spend 320k to live in Ballisodare?!

Probably some dumb bogger.

Mike 1972

saywhatyousee wrote: »

.Its not in a bad location it only 5 mins From Sligo and Strandhill

Until you accumulate 12 penalty points......

Sindri wrote: »

What pissed me off most is the poor building quality of these buildings.

My name is URL wrote: »

Comparing it to Prypiat is a bit of stretch!

I have been in Soviet era apartment blocks in both Poland and the former GDR (East Germany). Despite their reputation for shoddy construction they looked a damn sight better built than anything Ive seen in Ireland.

ilovesleep

The link is not working for me but I'm guessing the complex was poorly built and perhaps giving problems.

For people who bought them and at that price they only have themselves to blame.

Many didn't believe the scaremongering of house prices going up and up and up.

I remember looking the local paper in the property section and seeing a 2 bed apartment in the village next to me going for 500,000. It just didn't make sense. My neighbour built his house back in 96 and it's a fine house and he wouldn't have spent more than 75 000 on it.

But having this I can see clearly how people were duped. We were led to believe that the good times were going to keep rolling. Rents were high too.

Logical Fallacy

Owl Tickler wrote: »

Probably some dumb bogger.

None of them appear to be that dumb.

They have sold for 500K+ in a city though, and people would have been shanking each other for the privilege.

Stercus Accidit

My name is URL wrote: »

I remember seeing this some time last year. Comparing it to Prypiat is a bit of stretch!

Yeah, it took a nuclear disaster to get people to leave Pripyat, a nuclear disaster couldn't force people to live in that mess in Sligo!

Owl Tickler

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

None of them appear to be that dumb.

They have sold for 500K+ in a city though, and people would have been shanking each other for the privilege.

A few people did buy them.

donegal_road

Owl Tickler wrote: »

Probably some dumb bogger.

500k + for the same type of place in Dublin, and people bought them in their droves. Hardly any of these sold

saywhatyousee

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Until you accumulate 12 penalty points......

Easy 5 minute drive its motorway spec dual carriageway from that apartment block to the Summerhill roundabout

magnumlady

I had a look around these before they put fences up. It really is something else, I don't know how planning permission was given.

Owl Tickler

donegal_road wrote: »

500k + for the same type of place in Dublin, and people bought them in their droves. Hardly any of these sold

What's your point?

Mike 1972

saywhatyousee wrote: »

motorway spec dual carriageway

Distance from Sligo = "5 miles" (8Km)

Speed limit on said dual carriageway = 100 Km/h (50Km/h in town)

The only way one can legally drive to Sligo from there in 5 minutes is if the apartments exit directly onto dual carriageway and one only drives when there is little or no traffic and perfect weather conditions /visibility.

paddydriver

Owl Tickler wrote: »

Probably some dumb bogger.

Those same dumb boggers that sold all the land to the greedy builders;)

Owl Tickler

paddydriver wrote: »

Those same dumb boggers that sold all the land to the greedy builders;)

I doubt they bought one of the apartments after they sold the land.

fortwilliam

Sindri wrote: »

What pissed me off most is the poor building quality of these buildings.QUOTE]


What about the lowlife scumbag c*nts who went into new buildings and made sh*t out of them, smashing windows, stealing cables & copper water tanks etc...

Is this now accepted behaviour when there are vacant buildings?
What are the Gaurds doing to apprehend these criminals?

Disgusting.

Broads.ie

markesmith wrote: »

Cool Tragic story of Sligo Apartment Block that didn't land softly bro

Edit: That's actually mental

Epic thankwhore fail.

Basq

There's another webpage showing a property on the Bundoran Road side of Sligo.. and it's a fantastic house that I think was built by a young couple, and they ran out of money soon after construction. And there's just loose fittings and fixtures everywhere... and a couple of photo albums too (unsure why they were left). Bit sad!

Will see if I can find it.

saywhatyousee

Basq wrote: »

There's another webpage showing a property on the Bundoran Road side of Sligo.. and it's a fantastic house that I think was built by a young couple, and they ran out of money soon after construction. And there's just loose fittings and fixtures everywhere... and a couple of photo albums too (unsure why they were left). Bit sad!

Will see if I can find it.

Where bout's is that i live round that general area never noticed anything before?

billybudd

Whats really shocking is the complete poetry in motion waffle thats in the brochure, whoever came up with that should be spanked with slipper.

Crazy Horse 6

It will all happen again one day. Nothing has changed in this nation.

westendgirlie

fortwilliam wrote: »

Sindri wrote: »

What pissed me off most is the poor building quality of these buildings.QUOTE]


What about the lowlife scumbag c*nts who went into new buildings and made sh*t out of them, smashing windows, stealing cables & copper water tanks etc...

Is this now accepted behaviour when there are vacant buildings?
What are the Gaurds doing to apprehend these criminals?

Disgusting.

The "low life scumbags" were more than likely "not been paid sub-contractors". Perhaps they took back the materials that they had paid for to fit elsewhere or return to the suppliers in an attempt to reduce their losses?

billybudd

westendgirlie wrote: »

fortwilliam wrote: »

The "low life scumbags" were more than likely "not been paid sub-contractors". Perhaps they took back the materials that they had paid for to fit elsewhere or return to the suppliers in an attempt to reduce their losses?

That would explain the cans of cheap gargle in the pics :pac:

Basq

saywhatyousee wrote: »

Where bout's is that i live round that general area never noticed anything before?

No clue..

.. I remember reading it was near Bertie's, but I've never seen the place - just photos.

Pete M.

Basq wrote: »

No clue..

.. I remember reading it was near Bertie's, but I've never seen the place - just photos.

Heading out the Bundoran road, turn right just after old red Cottage B&B, towards the tennis club (Can also go out the old Bundoran road onto the main road, last on left).
The house (or there could be two) is first on the right, daubed with graffiti.

Apparently it was a company called Cordil Construction who bought it for top dollar, let people stay in it after they bought it and planned to build a sh1tload of houses there and behind it and where that B&B used to be.

But guess what happened then...

The full story of what happened with regard to the purchase, 'planning', construction and demise of the apartment complex in Ballisodare should be made into a move though.

Tis like the fall of Rome I tells ye!!

:eek:

phill106

I've definitely seen those apartments mentioned here on boards before, mad stuff though.

SeanW

Most Irish apartment blocks were built to rubbish standards. No insulation, no sound proofing so you can hear your neighbors going to the toilet, no communal facilities, abominable construction quality (to the point where some buildings had their roofs blown off by a big wind storm), and that's probably just for starters.

The people who didn't buy these shoebox pieces of s.... were lucky. Nothing tragic here. It's the mugs who bought all the other apartments nationwide that I feel are tragic cases.

I say knock these eyesores and any other uninhabited apt. blocks. Anywhere.