Garda stations sell off

doiringlas

Minister Hayes made it clear, apparently, in March 2013, he wanted the first 41 former Garda stations to be on sale in the summer of 2013.
As yet nothing is for sale, not a single one. We will soon be in 2014.
He now refuses to make any comments. No-one at OPW will make a comment either. Either sell them, or put Gardai back in them, make your mind up.
Minister Hayes hasn't a clue what he is doing. Does anybody at Fine Gael have a clue what is going on, absolutely ridiculous.

hfallada

I know Whitehall Garda station is being converted into another state office. I'm not 100% sure what though.

Selling the Garda station will net hardly anything. Most closed Garda station were rural ones , which are really shacks in the middle of no where. There is bigger problems within the government than selling a few glorified offices in rural areas.

gaius c

doiringlas wrote: »

Minister Hayes made it clear, apparently, in March 2013, he wanted the first 41 former Garda stations to be on sale in the summer of 2013.
As yet nothing is for sale, not a single one. We will soon be in 2014.
He now refuses to make any comments. No-one at OPW will make a comment either. Either sell them, or put Gardai back in them, make your mind up.
Minister Hayes hasn't a clue what he is doing. Does anybody at Fine Gael have a clue what is going on, absolutely ridiculous.

Which former station are you hoping to buy?

PRAF

Presume you are referring to this

http://www.opw.ie/pressreleases/title,24554,en.html

I think the policy is a little more nuanced than you're suggesting but I would also be a little disappointed if it is true that we're holding onto large numbers do unused properties

Overall though, this is small beer. We've bigger challenges to address than this

Flanagan

I can't find any for sale ?
Brian Hayes is a complete waste of space, neither use nor ornament.

Car99

Flanagan wrote: »

I can't find any for sale ?
Brian Hayes is a complete waste of space, neither use nor ornament.

I can't find any for sale either . I trust these stations will be sold publicly and not to well connected individuals.

Stroke My Trout

Ganley Walters handling the sales of nine rural stations

Idbatterim

lets hope they dont buy them back in a few years at inflated prices when they decide they want to increase rural policing, probably in the run up to the 2016 general election :rolleyes: Angela Kerins and Rehab might be interested in the property, certainly less unorthodox than the coffin business...

foxy farmer

Several of them advertised in todays Sunday Independent. I think the highest price was 83k. Lowest was 38k for derelict building like 2 storey farmhouse. Ffs you'd pay more than that for a site. Some nice buildings.

Damien360

foxy farmer wrote: »

Several of them advertised in todays Sunday Independent. I think the highest price was 83k. Lowest was 38k for derelict building like 2 storey farmhouse. Ffs you'd pay more than that for a site. Some nice buildings.

A few of them looked like no more than a shed. The one for 83 was a nice detached 2 story resisdence with a room attached on one side. Most were long past their sell by date and in dire need of a refurb

robp

foxy farmer wrote: »

Several of them advertised in todays Sunday Independent. I think the highest price was 83k. Lowest was 38k for derelict building like 2 storey farmhouse. Ffs you'd pay more than that for a site. Some nice buildings.

I see one in Ardagh Longford for 125k but you are spot one, they are very very cheap!

Farmer Pudsey

Most of these Garda stations would be in a poor state of repair. Also these are opening prices I expect a good few will exceed these prices. I recently saw a uncomplete commercial development for sale by a bank it also seemed cheap however the cost finishing it was substandcial.

The fact that most are period type buildings sorting planing issue etc may be hassle. Will you have to apply for change of use from commercial to residential and if so will there be situplations. The one in Ardagh may well be a listed building. I expect them to exceed these prices but not to a large degree

Round Bale

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Most of these Garda stations would be in a poor state of repair. Also these are opening prices I expect a good few will exceed these prices. I recently saw a uncomplete commercial development for sale by a bank it also seemed cheap however the cost finishing it was substandcial.

The fact that most are period type buildings sorting planing issue etc may be hassle. Will you have to apply for change of use from commercial to residential and if so will there be situplations. The one in Ardagh may well be a listed building. I expect them to exceed these prices but not to a large degree

Yes, but unlike other commercial properties, if you buy a Garda Station, you get a whistleblower, thrown in for free:cool:

doiringlas

The auction is next Thursday, with Ganly Walters. But you cannot get any legal documents from them, you have to email Eimear,

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OPW solicitors decide if they want to send you anything. All sounds a bit fishy to me, is that normal ?
Has anybody managed to get anything from them ?
They announced this sale a year ago, and still nothing ready.
Are they deliberately being awkward so hardly anyone turns up ?

MouseTail

A few have been handed over to community groups.

rodento

doiringlas wrote: »

Minister Hayes made it clear, apparently, in March 2013, he wanted the first 41 former Garda stations to be on sale in the summer of 2013.
As yet nothing is for sale, not a single one. We will soon be in 2014.
He now refuses to make any comments. No-one at OPW will make a comment either. Either sell them, or put Gardai back in them, make your mind up.
Minister Hayes hasn't a clue what he is doing. Does anybody at Fine Gael have a clue what is going on, absolutely ridiculous.

Heard there was issues with mobile phone masts hindering any potential development of these sites

bbsrs

Where can I get a list of what ones are for sale now or will be for sale and what sold?