Who'd live in a house like this? Part 2

humberklog

The architect* in Clonakilty got so excited at putting in 5 different roof elevations that he forgot to leave proper head space on the landing. He then lost interest in the project, stuck up some swingy lights in the ceiling and walked away.


*I doubt it was an architect.

miamee

The walls in this house are paining my eyes https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-9-ard-mor-avenue-tallaght-dublin-24/3162601

hots

miamee wrote: »

The walls in this house are paining my eyes https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-9-ard-mor-avenue-tallaght-dublin-24/3162601

it's like they left the paint with the kids for the weekend and let them at it! At least the EA acknowledges it.

Ronaldinho

hots wrote: »

it's like they left the paint with the kids for the weekend and let them at it! At least the EA acknowledges it.

Love the description. None of the pretentious shyte they normally run with.

cml387

In a seller's market they can afford to be realistic:
"Commands outstanding views of a halting site and waste dump"
"Requires extensive renovation of a sort only a fool would undertake"
"Massively overpriced for what is a typical Celtic tiger thrown-together shack"

Gregor Samsa

Ronaldinho wrote: »

Love the description. None of the pretentious shyte they normally run with.

Pfff! Any real estate agent worth their salt would have made a feature of the "roof garden".

For Forks Sake

Ronaldinho wrote: »

Love the description. None of the pretentious shyte they normally run with.

Apart from calling it CityWest.

It's Fortunestown/Jobstown, the Lidl at the end of the road is the one that got looted and demolished in the snow a few years back.

blackwhite

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Apart from calling it CityWest.

It's Fortunestown/Jobstown, the Lidl at the end of the road is the one that got looted and demolished in the snow a few years back.

Clicking the google street view link in the ad brings up a gable wall, and the remains of a burnt-out wheelie bin lying in the road


https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2875731,-6.4174639,3a,89.9y,0.45h,89.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si_qGu0Qb7nvI3coKp3ZjPw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Greentree_uk

love the painted sockets lol

AlejGuzman68

I always wonder from looking at different houses, why there is sofas in the kitchen area. I know the kitchen is the heart of a home but a sofa is a bit extreme imo.

Gregor Samsa

AlejGuzman68 wrote: »

I always wonder from looking at different houses, why there is sofas in the kitchen area. I know the kitchen is the heart of a home but a sofa is a bit extreme imo.

My wife moved a sofa into our kitchen at one point. It ended up being a shelf for coats and bags. Moved it back out pretty quickly.

gary550

miamee wrote: »

The walls in this house are paining my eyes https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-9-ard-mor-avenue-tallaght-dublin-24/3162601

I love the OSB board side gate, really gives the place that rustic feel

Gregor Samsa

This bit of grass outside would annoy me. It's not a front garden. It continues on along the side outside the wall of the property. The listing doesn't mention a front garden or driveway - just a "parking space" outside. And according to the land folio (below), it's not part of the property.

Yet it's in the exact place a front garden should be.

freshpopcorn

AlejGuzman68 wrote: »

I always wonder from looking at different houses, why there is sofas in the kitchen area. I know the kitchen is the heart of a home but a sofa is a bit extreme imo.

Any house I've been in that has a sofa in the kitchen they generally spend there day and evening in the kitchen and would rarely venture into the living room.

josip

I hope that they at least used marine ply in the side door.

gary550

josip wrote: »

I hope that they at least used marine ply in the side door.

That's OSB, if you look at the listing its held up about as well as you'd expect raw OSB to hold up in the outdoors, I.E its a gust of wind away from being open planned.

Mollyb60

AlejGuzman68 wrote: »

I always wonder from looking at different houses, why there is sofas in the kitchen area. I know the kitchen is the heart of a home but a sofa is a bit extreme imo.

A huge bugbear of mine is sofas in the kitchen. It's in nearly every new development brochure I see these days and it just boggles my mind. There's never enough room in the kitchen for a sofa plus a dining table. If I'm in there I'm either cooking or eating, neither of which takes place on a sofa.

Mad_maxx

Mollyb60 wrote: »

A huge bugbear of mine is sofas in the kitchen. It's in nearly every new development brochure I see these days and it just boggles my mind. There's never enough room in the kitchen for a sofa plus a dining table. If I'm in there I'm either cooking or eating, neither of which takes place on a sofa.

definately a generational thing , we dont have one in our kitchen , my mother has one in her house and sits on it a lot more than the one in the living room

flazio

Loving the carpet in the sitting room.

https://www.daft.ie/share/dun-na-coiribe-headford-road-headford-road-co-galway/3165908

And this is a room share rent, not a buy so that carpet ain't going nowhere.

AlejGuzman68

flazio wrote: »

Loving the carpet in the sitting room.

https://www.daft.ie/share/dun-na-coiribe-headford-road-headford-road-co-galway/3165908

And this is a room share rent, not a buy so that carpet ain't going nowhere.

Carpet and curtains are lovely. The rest of the house is meh.

calfmuscle

calfmuscle wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-ojai-cottage-kilpedder-co-wicklow/3150888

Damp, needs gutting, no parking, no garden, really a 1 bed as the 2nd bedroom is a wardrobe with a water tank in it. The extension is self build, unfinished and needs pulling down. 230,000 euro.

That's lovely. A short drive to the Dart station, for easy access to Dublin. I'm not seeing the issue.

Maybe I lived in Dublin for too long.

calfmuscle

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's lovely. A short drive to the Dart station, for easy access to Dublin. I'm not seeing the issue.

Maybe I lived in Dublin for too long.

To sort the damp and the extension and modernise is going to cost 80 to 100k approx. Then you're left with a property that has cost you 300k to 330k that has 1 bedroom, no parking and no garden.
Access to Dublin is 90 minutes each way door to door. 15min drive to the park and ride, 10 min from car to dart, 55 min on dart then walk to office.

300 to 330 you could get a bungalow in the same area that is modern and has garden front and back.

Yellow_Fern

calfmuscle wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-ojai-cottage-kilpedder-co-wicklow/3150888

Damp, needs gutting, no parking, no garden, really a 1 bed as the 2nd bedroom is a wardrobe with a water tank in it. The extension is self build, unfinished and needs pulling down. 230,000 euro.

Don't seem damp. A lot of damp can be solved by digging a trench around the perimeter and filling with gravel which can be done for free. I don't see why it needs gutting, aside from that extension which might be very fragile.

calfmuscle

calfmuscle wrote: »

To sort the damp and the extension and modernise is going to cost 80 to 100k approx.

Ah I dunno. When I moved into my first house I discovered there was damp, and most of the back had no foundations. It didnt cost anywhere near 100k to fix, it was a small fraction of that.

I wouldn't mind, but it was an an aunt who sold it to me. Just goes to show, always get a surveyor in!

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Any house I've been in that has a sofa in the kitchen they generally spend there day and evening in the kitchen and would rarely venture into the living room.

Of course not, that’s where they cook. :-p

freshpopcorn

The fussy fascia on the outside is normally a good tell!





https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-587-carnlough-road-cabra-west-cabra-dublin-7/3165525

BattleCorp

freshpopcorn wrote: »

The fussy fascia on the outside is normally a good tell!





https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-587-carnlough-road-cabra-west-cabra-dublin-7/3165525

Where do you park the caravan trailer or keep the piebald?

HeidiHeidi

I can't figure that house out at all.

Did they split the living room in two, creating what looks like an altar or something in one bit, and a telly room barely wider than the couch in the other?

No wonder they haven't provided a floor plan!

freshpopcorn

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I can't figure that house out at all.

Did they split the living room in two, creating what looks like an altar or something in one bit, and a telly room barely wider than the couch in the other?

No wonder they haven't provided a floor plan!

One of the things does look like a strange baptism font.

Cilldara_2000

As far as I can make out, the baptismal font room is at the front of the house. The narrow sitting room is at the back, you can see the exterior of it in the 11th photo.