This weeks BOL that I won't be buying

Tabnabs

I tend to idle away a few hours on sites like myhome.ie and their kind. I came across this property and thought it would make a first class BOL (or not, observations welcome!).

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/lug-na-groagh-blessington-co-wicklow/2190158

Comprising 185 acres / 75 hectares the lands are mainly in forestry, with a small amount of broadleaved woodland adjacent to the stone farmhouse.

Khannie

Looks lovely. What was the damage?

Tabnabs

€550,000.

It seems reasonable to my naive eyes. (ok, probably 150k+ to rebuild house to high standard)

Conmaicne Mara

Wouldn't be for me, surrounded by forestry, anyone could be watching you. I'd prefer to be able to see my victims coming

wolfeye

I'll have this one.

Cloghan Castle ,dating from the 14th Century, is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited castles in Ireland, and is located on about 157 acres of rural splendour in the heart of Ireland.

http://www.premierpropertiesireland.com/?p=5355

wood,water,walled gardens.
Fish and birds to supplement the diet.
I'd need raise a small army to defend it.

Danpad

I regularly torture myself by looking at fields/acres/half acres of land for sale for around the €5-7k mark. Some of them are out of the way, unserviceable bogs but some of them are pretty decent too with road access and gates etc. They'd be ideal to plonk a mobile home on and have a little garden. If used as a BOL you could probably get a veg patch started too. "Maybe next year," I keep telling myself as the wife smiles at me, nodding sympathetically.

sheesh

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/mullinacuffe-tinahely-co-wicklow/2190114

on 5 acres would probably need more to be self sufficent but seems out of the way enough to be workable.

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/greenhills-fahy-rhode-co-offaly/2100430 land and outbuildings in need refurbishment

if I could have some sort of farm near a fresh water source and near the sea preferbably southerly facing.

wolfeye

Another one i like.just need a spare 1.25 million.

Carbery Island and Cold Island are situated on the South side of Dunmanus Bay, West Cork on 34 acres with its own beach and floating landing pontoon. New four bedroomed two-storey house with own private water supply and Septic Tank Waste Disposal System. Separate generator house. House finished in attractive West Cork stone.
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/carbery-and-cold-islands

i really like the generator house and the
2 tanks providing 500 Gallons Water Storage for the private Well, which has been filtered and tested and approved as fit for Human Consumption

the drifter

man....BOL's are expensive round here...

Tabnabs

the drifter wrote: »

man....BOL's are expensive round here...

Very true, it;s easy to go way overboard.

At the other end of the scale, four bedroom house with 3 acres for €70,000

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/autumn-leaves-cornacartha-corrigeenroe-co-roscommon/2125242

By the sounds of it, a BOL within your BOL too

wolfeye

Another i like.
But you could way overboard on this one also and get out of your dept:D

http://www.apolloduck.ie/advert.phtml?id=281173

ShadowFox

Like everyone ive thought about winning the lotto and buying somewhere with land dont think id go over the 10 acre mark unless there were more people going to be with me as i think it would be too hard to defend and secure with just my family. In saying that it would be great to get somewhere with 100 acres and 8 to 10 like minded families together to share the work and security of it rather than hiring off site labour

the drifter

Tabnabs wrote: »

Very true, it;s easy to go way overboard.

At the other end of the scale, four bedroom house with 3 acres for €70,000

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/autumn-leaves-cornacartha-corrigeenroe-co-roscommon/2125242

By the sounds of it, a BOL within your BOL too

now thats more like it..

aaakev

Since watching kevin mclouds man made home i have been looking at land too and thought of building a shead hide out on it. Still looking for my ideal location...

Danpad

I like the look of this. http://www.thevillage.ie/

wolfeye

I like the different designs of houses in that village especially the cylindrical ones.
It does not look like a big estate of similar boring boxes plonked down in rows.
That ecovillage was designed by someone with vision.

nuub

grapeape wrote: »

Like everyone ive thought about winning the lotto and buying somewhere with land dont think id go over the 10 acre mark unless there were more people going to be with me as i think it would be too hard to defend and secure with just my family. In saying that it would be great to get somewhere with 100 acres and 8 to 10 like minded families together to share the work and security of it rather than hiring off site labour

I am the same I always imagine if i won the lotto what would I do for a BOL. First thing I would do would be to high tail it to the states (better gun laws better hunting laws) second would be to buy one of these

http://www.missilebases.com/properties

Some videos of converted ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H036mUwO7nA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tht-Th7HnXA

ShadowFox

nuub wrote: »

I am the same I always imagine if i won the lotto what would I do for a BOL. First thing I would do would be to high tail it to the states (better gun laws better hunting laws) second would be to buy one of these

http://www.missilebases.com/properties

Some videos of converted ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H036mUwO7nA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tht-Th7HnXA

Apply for planning permission for one of them over here just for a laugh

nuub

The fact that you have to from Wicklow to have any chance of building there. I wonder what a Dublin mans chances of building a 20 acre missile silo for "recreation" purposes would be like

ShadowFox

nuub wrote: »

The fact that you have to from Wicklow to have any chance of building there. I wonder what a Dublin mans chances of building a 20 acre missile silo for "recreation" purposes would be like

Slim to none unless you got someone on side I went to put a basement in the extension I was adding to my house and was refused totally when it came to planning

Doc Ruby

nuub wrote: »

I wonder what a Dublin mans chances of building a 20 acre missile silo for "recreation" purposes would be like

Good luck with that, I ain't living nowhere that doesn't have at least four exits.

aaakev

grapeape wrote: »

Slim to none unless you got someone on side I went to put a basement in the extension I was adding to my house and was refused totally when it came to planning

Ou of interest what was the reason it was refused? Thinking about it now i dont think iv seen a house in this countey with one..

When i lived in sweeden every house had a basement, it was class. We had 4 huge rooms, one with the wood burner that heated the whole house and the other 3 we used for wood storage but could easily be used as a bunker in a storm or the like

ShadowFox

aaakev wrote: »

Ou of interest what was the reason it was refused? Thinking about it now i dont think iv seen a house in this countey with one..

When i lived in sweeden every house had a basement, it was class. We had 4 huge rooms, one with the wood burner that heated the whole house and the other 3 we used for wood storage but could easily be used as a bunker in a storm or the like

The main reason was it would cause problems with the foundation of the house even when i got statements off of builders saying it wouldnt effect the house in anyway due to the reinforcing being done they still rejected it I appealed twice but no luck and time beat me so had to scrap the plans

nuub

aaakev wrote: »

Ou of interest what was the reason it was refused? Thinking about it now i dont think iv seen a house in this countey with one..

When i lived in sweeden every house had a basement, it was class. We had 4 huge rooms, one with the wood burner that heated the whole house and the other 3 we used for wood storage but could easily be used as a bunker in a storm or the like

I lived in Sweden for a good while myself (thats were the misses is from) and I love how its set up over there! Did you get a chance to see the community bomb shelters ? "skyddsrum" they were called. So every house that didnt have a basement could have a shelter all there own. Great idea or not ?

Tabnabs

My pick for this week.

€65k for a glorified shed
http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/slieve-anore-flagmount-co-clare/356175

or €59 for more land and more work
http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/glenbower-rathcabbin-roscrea-co-tipperary/356257