Cheapest habitable house in Ireland?

MLH1

Cheapest habitable house in Ireland?

fleet_admiral

Cheapest habitable house in Ireland?

NotCominBack

70 squids - beat that

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/id-445-old-school-house-lisnagirl-virginia-cavan/2576053

myshirt

And even at that, it's overpriced.

Came across a 3 bed in portroe for 20k,sher you wouldn't buy a car for that. Leitrim is also great value, but of course there is one obvious drawback, it's Leitrim

fleet_admiral

NotCominBack wrote: »

70 squids - beat that

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/id-445-old-school-house-lisnagirl-virginia-cavan/2576053

Ha, stick in a bid for 65

Supercell

According to daft its maybe this one @ 15K - http://www.daft.ie/sales/trieneragh-duagh-kerry/1104797/
Looks liveable from the outside, though no interior shots which isnt too promising.

The first one with pictures of the interior is this one @ about 20k - http://www.daft.ie/sales/redhills-village-redhills-cavan/1108344/
Wouldn't need to spend much to get it a basic standard of living with a BER of Z no doubt

This is the first one IMHO you could walk in and do nothing for a while @ 21.5K - http://www.daft.ie/sales/2-st-brendans-terrace-listowel-kerry/1106604/

If you can push it to 22k this Offaly one looks in pretty good condition with no obvious signs of damp from the pictures though you need to invest in a lawn mower - http://www.daft.ie/sales/no-10-st-marys-terrace-shinrone-offaly/1079795/

I've stayed in worse student accomodation in my time.
So OP it seems like Kerry or Offaly is the place for you!

donegaLroad

according to this article, the 5 cheapest places to buy property in Ireland are

Donegal, Cavan, Leitrim, Roscommon, Laois.

*such a bad example of scenery in Donegal in the article



http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/rock-bottom-the-five-cheapest-places-to-buy-in-ireland-30277952.html

dav32cs

http://www.daft.ie/sales/38tower-hill-ballymote-sligo/1076949/
http://www.daft.ie/sales/1-towerhill-ballymote-sligo/1021201/
http://www.daft.ie/sales/37-tower-hill-ballymote-sligo/1104939/

No real pictures of the €15k one and one says in need of 'extensive' renovation.

Few pictures inside the 25k one.

Previous tenants probably had a good go through on them before they were kicked out so....

If you search there is ones higher up in price could give you and idea of the finishes for the some of them.

MarkAnthony

Why in the name of all that is Holy aren't these being bought up, done up and used to house Dublin's unemployed masses.

In there before anyone else! :pac:

road_high

Cheapest houses are always going to be in obscure towns in the west of Ireland and parts of the midlands, often ex council or cottages in need of repairs.
Places with limited job opportunities or links to larger cities. Listowel or Shinrone tick all the boxes I'd imagine!

Nekarsulm

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Why in the name of all that is Holy aren't these being bought up, done up and used to house Dublin's unemployed masses.

In there before anyone else! :pac:

Because unemployed Dublin people won't live in those locations. No transport links, no cinemas, no large shops etc, etc.
Also no support system from the extended family, as they are all 70 miles away.
First thing you need is a car.

Anyway, there are lots of boarded up houses in Dublin, just take a walk around, for example Phibsboro and down to the Basin, loads of empty / semi derelict properties. Probably tied up in legal limbo/ family disagreements whatever. Only the price is different!

MarkAnthony

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Because unemployed Dublin people won't live in those locations. No transport links, no cinemas, no large shops etc, etc.
Also no support system from the extended family, as they are all 70 miles away.
First thing you need is a car.

Anyway, there are lots of boarded up houses in Dublin, just take a walk around, for example Phibsboro and down to the Basin, loads of empty / semi derelict properties. Probably tied up in legal limbo/ family disagreements whatever. Only the price is different!

They can have a car too and room to keep a small horse.

biko

Cheapest habitable house in Ireland?

frozenfrozen

Cheapest habitable house in Ireland?

doolox

There are several complex causes of homelessness and it is not merely lack of money, scarce houses or dear houses that causes it.

Marital breakdown or relationship dysfunction within the immediate family. eg mother /father with adult son/daughter, estranged husband wife etc.

Drug addiction, Alcoholism and various mental disabilities or disorders can trigger it.

While it is now much more likely that someone in Dublin or other job rich areas of the country will experience homelessness if they are in a job and have some access to a steady wage and a support system they will usually get sorted eventually. It may not be ideal and may involve crowding or long travel etc but if they are healthy and in good form it can be done.

Trouble starts with people who have behavioural or physical difficulties that make it impossible for them to organise their place to stay and get on well enough with other people to share a place reasonably etc.

The problem is now starting to affect people in good standing with reasonably good competencies in jobs and reasonably good social skills who are beginning to find it impossible to get a place to live where they need to be for work etc.

It is unlikely that they will tolerate this situation for too long and will start to agitate for a speed up in the supply of houses, a simplification of the planning process and more investment by government agencies or properly trained, qualified and funded private agencies in housing.

The abolition of bedsits without an adequate substitute in place was a big mistake.

The imposition of extra taxes on rental income by the govt in the past 5 yrs was a big mistake, Many landlords bailed out and made housing scarcer, others who might have entered the business went elsewhere with their money and others could not get into the business because their wages were so heavily taxed. Banks also stopped lending to lower waged buy to let people etc... all these negative influences have made rental housing scarcer.

Also people losing their jobs and having to move temporarily to other locations "for a few months or years" has increased the demand for rentals.
When you add in the people who are in rentals for longer than usual because of the scarcity of mortgages etc then you have a very serious situation.

The govt need to put in place an infrastructure program similar in scale and cost to the road building program on the late 90's and early 00's which has given us our motorway network. The banks and educational institutions could look at fostering and developing people interested in entering the landlord business as a professional career choice rather than the accidental ad hoc sideline it is for many people at the moment. The banks could offer loand more favourably to suitably qualified people in the landlord business, thereby linking proven expertise with the loans and rates etc.

This housing programme will cost every taxpayer money. In the long run it should act to dampen rising rental costs and shore up standards and level of service in the sector which is very patchy and unpredictable at the moment.
This will be of benefit to most taxpayers.

We have very good roads at the moment, a lot better than they used to be
We have very good schools etc also a lot better than they used to be.
Our hospitals, court houses, police stations, libraries etc are a lot better than they used to be. The missing link in all this is housing and that needs to be addressed now as a matter of urgency.

Boom_Bap

OP, it doesn't appear that you are looking for a discussion here.
Google would probably give you your answer on this question.