House in Rathmines for 250K

4ensic15

I have been told that there is a house in Rathmines which can be bought for 250K. It apparently doesn't need any work. I haven't heard where exactly it is or the size. What sort of a house other than an absolute wreck of a fixer-upper could be bought for this price? IS it a case of too good to be true or is it possible?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

A mobile home maybe?

Victor

Definition of "Rathmines" and "house" may vary. The map below just shows the townlands, there are other definitions. While there are lots of large properties, there are also lots of very modest properties. Some people also deliberately advertise at an unrealistically low price.

This: https://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/property-for-sale/dublin-6/?s%5Bmxp%5D=300000 throws up 13 properties in the area with prices of €220,000-300,000.

KevinCavan

Buy it would be my advice, even if it’s in Crumlin that’s a good price

Alkers

Is it a house or maybe a ground floor self contained unit or something?

4ensic15

All of those properties are apartments. This is a house, in Rathmines within 10 minutes walk of the Swan Centre. Own door. No service charge. All I know is that it is in Rathmines. I don't know the street. A mate of mine told me he is going to look at it. He won't say where it is until he has seen it and decided whether to go for it or not. I find it incredible that there is such a thing.

Marcusm

4ensic15 wrote: »

All of those properties are apartments. This is a house, in Rathmines within 10 minutes walk of the Swan Centre. Own door. No service charge. All I know is that it is in Rathmines. I don't know the street. A mate of mine told me he is going to look at it. He won't say where it is until he has seen it and decided whether to go for it or not. I find it incredible that there is such a thing.

I liven Rathmines; there are probably a few garden rooms/ancillary family accommodation which might be available for that price if they were approved as habitable accommodation etc but I doubt that any would have the appropriate planning consent to actually allow a sale to proceed.

The amusing thing about the maps cited is that Leinster Road (which many would see as the epitome of Rathmines flatland) falls outside it as does the Rathmines library and former College of Commerce building!

4ensic15

Marcusm wrote: »

I liven Rathmines; there are probably a few garden rooms/ancillary family accommodation which might be available for that price if they were approved as habitable accommodation etc but I doubt that any would have the appropriate planning consent to actually allow a sale to proceed.

The amusing thing about the maps cited is that Leinster Road (which many would see as the epitome of Rathmines flatland) falls outside it as does the Rathmines library and former College of Commerce building!

It is not a garden room/granny flat. It is a two storey house. The maps are rubbish. York Road and Maxwell Road would be considered as fully in Rathmines. Frankfort Avenue would be in Rathmines for the eastern part of it. Cathal Brugha barracks not in Rathmines?? What a joke!

ED E

Mr.S wrote: »

Didn't realise Rathmines went that far south, Dartry residents swear it's Rathgar

Far side of the Dodder is in no way Rathmines. The ONLY way you could squeeze that is the area used to be served by the Rathmines telephone exchange back in the 70s. Its Churchtown.

Spanish Eyes

It is a garage. The recession is over now lol.

power pants

How come you can’t find out yourself? Is it not on line?

duffman13

Even if it's listed for 250k and it's as you describe it'll go for way more. There are no real secrets in the property market bar the odd family sale thst sneaks under the radar

4ensic15

power pants wrote: »

How come you can’t find out yourself? Is it not on line?

The owner was asked by an agent how much he would take for it. He doesn't want a listing or a sign. He doesn't want a sales campaign. It is take it or leave it with individual, one at a time viewings. He told the agent to take one person at a time to it.

KevinCavan

Had a quick look on Daft, you’d be dreaming about getting that kind of property for that kind of price. If you could go back 10 years in a time machine maybe...

bucketybuck

4ensic15 wrote: »

This is a house

4ensic15 wrote: »

Own door

A house with its own door? Thats just crazy talk!

4ensic15

bucketybuck wrote: »

A house with its own door? Thats just crazy talk!

Exactly.

Victor

Clickable map of Dublin townlands: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/DYf If nothing shows, click "Run". May not work on certain devices.

This is a map of things with Rathmines in their names: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/DYh

Marcusm wrote: »

The amusing thing about the maps cited is that Leinster Road (which many would see as the epitome of Rathmines flatland) falls outside it as does the Rathmines library and former College of Commerce building!

Haroldscross East townland.

4ensic15 wrote: »

It is not a garden room/granny flat. It is a two storey house. The maps are rubbish. York Road and Maxwell Road would be considered as fully in Rathmines. Frankfort Avenue would be in Rathmines for the eastern part of it.

Ans some of the denizens would rightly insist it is Rathgar.

4ensic15 wrote: »

Cathal Brugha barracks not in Rathmines??

Do you mean the barracks formerly known as Portobello barracks? As a legalese person, surely you must appreciate that townlands and popular .. imagination are different things?

ED E wrote: »

Far side of the Dodder is in no way Rathmines. The ONLY way you could squeeze that is the area used to be served by the Rathmines telephone exchange back in the 70s. Its Churchtown.

It's a map of townlands.

Pelvis

What an utterly pointless thread.

4ensic15

Victor wrote: »

Do you mean the barracks formerly known as Portobello barracks? As a legalese person, surely you must appreciate that townlands and popular .. imagination are different things?

It's a map of townlands.

Townlands are legal Districts for conveyancing and jurisdiction purposes. Modern Districts do not correapond to them in many cases. Until the 1920s Upper Ranelagh was called Cullenswood. The modern districts correspond with town centres rather than ancient divisions. Portobello Barracks was so called because it has a gate opening onto the Canal at Portobello. The Reality is that its main gate faces the pub once known as the Rathmines Inn, it is across the road from Rathmines Parish Church and is only a few hundred metres from the Rathmines Town Hall. People live in urban villages, not townlands.

dubrov

Let me guess
The vendor only accepts western union money transfer

4ensic15

dubrov wrote: »

Let me guess
The vendor only accepts western union money transfer

It is being shown through a PSRA registered Estate Agent. The mate checked that out.

Ray Palmer

4ensic15 wrote: »

It is being shown through a PSRA registered Estate Agent. The mate checked that out.

None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

It is like some Willy Wonka eccentric decided I must sell this property but I don't want anyone to know. Or is it some divorce thing where somebody is hiding the sale?

It all sounds very urban legend.

4ensic15

Ray Palmer wrote: »

None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

It is like some Willy Wonka eccentric decided I must sell this property but I don't want anyone to know. Or is it some divorce thing where somebody is hiding the sale?

It all sounds very urban legend.

Without knowing the details how do you know how much it is worth?

Victor

Ray Palmer wrote: »

None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

Sometimes people want a quick sale.

I know of one probate sale where the joint executors wanted a quick, quiet sale so that funds could be put out of reach of the spendthrift in-laws.

nim1bdeh38l2cw

Mr.S wrote: »

Didn't realise Rathmines went that far south, Dartry residents swear it's Rathgar

Just Victoria talking shíte again. Best ignored

power pants

Will you be blindfolded on the way to view the property under orders by the vendor?

mloc123

Ray Palmer wrote: »

None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

It is like some Willy Wonka eccentric decided I must sell this property but I don't want anyone to know. Or is it some divorce thing where somebody is hiding the sale?

It all sounds very urban legend.

Have seen it happen. House sold through an estate agent, not listed... just offered to people the agent knew were looking at similar houses in the area. Sold for less than market (as per price listed on PPR) because the seller didn't want the hassle of viewings, sign in the garden and people knowing etc..

Ray Palmer

Victor wrote: »

Sometimes people want a quick sale.

I know of one probate sale where the joint executors wanted a quick, quiet sale so that funds could be put out of reach of the spendthrift in-laws.

The quickest way to sell it would be advertise it and if you are offering it at a low price it will be easy to sell.

It is possibly true but extremely unlikely, surely I am not the only person to hear urban legends repeated and I heard this one before

Day Lewin

Well I found this one...it's Ranelagh, not Rathmines: but it IS within a fifteen-minute walk of Rathmines Library. (and the Swan Centre)

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/19-colliers-avenue-ranelagh-dublin-1946751/

For a measly 315K you can have a tiny, tiny freehold, own front door, as handy and central as anyone could want.

ionapaul

Day Lewin wrote: »

Well I found this one...it's Ranelagh, not Rathmines: but it IS within a fifteen-minute walk of Rathmines Library. (and the Swan Centre)

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/19-colliers-avenue-ranelagh-dublin-1946751/

For a measly 315K you can have a tiny, tiny freehold, own front door, as handy and central as anyone could want.

I imagine it is going to be one of those types, have been inside them before (the area I am thinking of is in Harolds X but can see how people might claim Rathmines; Emmet Street, Darley Street) and they are truly tiny!!!!

4ensic15

The mate went to look at it. It is 2 storey, own door and in Rathmines, off the Upper Rathmines Road. It is only about 350 sq feet and there is no outside space at all. The front door opens directly from the living room into a lane. It is old but has been fully modernised. He wanted to go for it as a starter house but his girlfriend just won't have it. The bedrooms are tiny. Natural light is poor.

caviardreams

4ensic15 wrote: »

The mate went to look at it. It is 2 storey, own door and in Rathmines, off the Upper Rathmines Road. It is only about 350 sq feet and there is no outside space at all. The front door opens directly from the living room into a lane. It is old but has been fully modernised. He wanted to go for it as a starter house but his girlfriend just won't have it. The bedrooms are tiny. Natural light is poor.

Bedrooms? In a 350 sq foot 2 story house? Given the wasted space with stairs and landing etc. I am very surprised there is more than one bedroom.

4ensic15

caviardreams wrote: »

Bedrooms? In a 350 sq foot 2 story house? Given the wasted space with stairs and landing etc. I am very surprised there is more than one bedroom.

The stairs is a dogleg . The landing is about 26 inches square. Toilet and h/b in a cubicle in front and a bedroom on each side.

handlemaster

4ensic15 wrote: »

The stairs is a dogleg . The landing is about 26 inches square. Toilet and h/b in a cubicle in front and a bedroom on each side.

for the whole thread. tis very odd

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Day Lewin wrote: »

Well I found this one...it's Ranelagh, not Rathmines: but it IS within a fifteen-minute walk of Rathmines Library. (and the Swan Centre)

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/19-colliers-avenue-ranelagh-dublin-1946751/

For a measly 315K you can have a tiny, tiny freehold, own front door, as handy and central as anyone could want.

That's some layout. It looks like there's a laneway behind it and the neighbours have built up though so you could probably replace the extension with a two storey and make it a very cool singleton's pad. Lot of money though.

AlmightyCushion

Day Lewin wrote: »

Well I found this one...it's Ranelagh, not Rathmines: but it IS within a fifteen-minute walk of Rathmines Library. (and the Swan Centre)

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/19-colliers-avenue-ranelagh-dublin-1946751/

For a measly 315K you can have a tiny, tiny freehold, own front door, as handy and central as anyone could want.

It's more than 10K a Sqm. That's insane.

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AlmightyCushion wrote: »

It's more than 10K a Sqm. That's insane.

I wouldn't pay it but five cottages have sold on that street in the last two years and they've gone for 325, 365, 580, 304 and 450. Some people really want to live in Ranelagh I guess.

Effects

4ensic15 wrote: »

The mate went to look at it. He wanted to go for it as a starter house but his girlfriend just won't have it.

So it's all yours now?

4ensic15 wrote: »

The landing is about 26 inches square.

And the landing is smaller than can actually fit a human?

4ensic15

Effects wrote: »

So it's all yours now?
It wouldn't suit me. It might work as a buy to let if I had the money.

Effects wrote: »

And the landing is smaller than can actually fit a human?

I don't know how big you are.

KevRossi

4ensic15 wrote: »

The stairs is a dogleg . The landing is about 26 inches square. Toilet and h/b in a cubicle in front and a bedroom on each side.

Ron Jeremy would struggle to get his thingymajig into a 26 sq inch space