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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Needs more cowbell ovens.

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  • Posts: 1,686 [Deleted User]


    KevRossi wrote: »
    That house needs to be preserved in a time warp as a memorial to the worst of the Celtic Tiger. It has some of the worst excesses and notions of that time; fountain, grand piano, 'butlers kitchen', double garage, no real theme to the decor throughout... and it comes with a C2 BER which is crazy considering the year it was built, the size of it and the money that went into it.

    I wonder will any group ever step up like the Georgian Preservation Association and agitate for these to be kept as they are.

    That's quite a mish mash of themes alright - from traveller chic to Japanese.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭Suckler


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Nice house apart from the ceiling. Not mad about the red and black colours in the bathroom either but it's not too bad.

    I'd agree, there are some elements done well (dare I even say tasteful?) but the other bits, like the ceiling, garish colours etc. just completely drown out.
    KevRossi wrote: »
    That house needs to be preserved in a time warp as a memorial to the worst of the Celtic Tiger. It has some of the worst excesses and notions of that time; fountain, grand piano, 'butlers kitchen', double garage, no real theme to the decor throughout... and it comes with a C2 BER which is crazy considering the year it was built, the size of it and the money that went into it.

    So many bit's just scream "w@nker". Bedroom 4 opening in to the reception room says....weird...Pampass grass weird.
    C2 is a joke.
    That's quite a mish mash of themes alright - from traveller chic to Japanese.

    I've seen this so many times though; The 'designer' has a folder of random pinterest clips/design mag clippings that they bring to life.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,682 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Stranmillis is quite a studenty area in Belfast so when I clicked on this one I expected to see more of the same. But I audibly gasped out loud when I saw the state of the rooms. Some developer would need an awful lot of money to get that into a fit state for habitation.

    https://www.propertypal.com/34-stranmillis-gardens-belfast/675964


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,579 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    That's quite a mish mash of themes alright - from traveller chic to Japanese.

    And its called Lothlorien FFS!!!
    Galadriel would have a fit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭LaChatteGitane


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Stranmillis is quite a studenty area in Belfast so when I clicked on this one I expected to see more of the same. But I audibly gasped out loud when I saw the state of the rooms. Some developer would need an awful lot of money to get that into a fit state for habitation.

    https://www.propertypal.com/34-stranmillis-gardens-belfast/675964

    Poor house :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,579 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Stranmillis is quite a studenty area in Belfast so when I clicked on this one I expected to see more of the same. But I audibly gasped out loud when I saw the state of the rooms. Some developer would need an awful lot of money to get that into a fit state for habitation.

    https://www.propertypal.com/34-stranmillis-gardens-belfast/675964

    Looks like the last owner didn't bother and just rented it out anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,276 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    You wouldn't get permission out there
    That's why buying an existing site with a house is so expensive

    No planning or existing house with it

    https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/bellavaum-inishturk-islands-mayo/3831767


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,573 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail



    85K for a field of rocks that they are not even sure the size of.
    Please note that the exact site boundaries of the lands for sale have not yet been fully identified and marked.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Stranmillis is quite a studenty area in Belfast so when I clicked on this one I expected to see more of the same. But I audibly gasped out loud when I saw the state of the rooms. Some developer would need an awful lot of money to get that into a fit state for habitation.

    https://www.propertypal.com/34-stranmillis-gardens-belfast/675964

    £100,000 would barely cover it? All education will be full online by 2025. Is 250,000 a suitable price for a house in that area? Everything from electrics, plumbing, roof and who knows what else?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    though I suppose if you list a house for $19 you should put in a bit of effort with the listing. This is the listing for those who like a bit of house p0rn https://www.redfin.com/CA/Newport-Coast/6-Shoreview-Dr-92657/home/4748988
    And the agent stands to make up to half a million commission on the sale. I imagine it's getting all of their attention.
    85K for a field of rocks that they are not even sure the size of.
    They are also offering the sale on a subject to PP basis though, so you won't get stuck with a field of rocks.

    That said, I understood for most of those islands you're not allowed build on them unless you plan on living there year-round.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,573 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    seamus wrote: »
    And the agent stands to make up to half a million commission on the sale. I imagine it's getting all of their attention.

    yeah the commissions get a bit silly at that level but it might take 2 or 3 years to sell it or they might not sell it at all. that house has been on the market for 14 months already.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,321 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    That's quite a mish mash of themes alright - from traveller chic to Japanese.

    When I was looking through the photos I couldn't help but think of Nidge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,573 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    seamus wrote: »
    And the agent stands to make up to half a million commission on the sale. I imagine it's getting all of their attention.


    They are also offering the sale on a subject to PP basis though, so you won't get stuck with a field of rocks.

    That said, I understood for most of those islands you're not allowed build on them unless you plan on living there year-round.

    "subject to PP" just means there is no planning permission for the land. it doesn't add any value to the land. it is still just a field of rocks. Given it is also in a national heritage area it will take a patient buyer with deep pockets to get a house built there.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    KevRossi wrote: »
    That house needs to be preserved in a time warp as a memorial to the worst of the Celtic Tiger. It has some of the worst excesses and notions of that time; fountain, grand piano, 'butlers kitchen', double garage, no real theme to the decor throughout... and it comes with a C2 BER which is crazy considering the year it was built, the size of it and the money that went into it.

    I wonder will any group ever step up like the Georgian Preservation Association and agitate for these to be kept as they are.

    If they had put in more insulation to get the BER rating up they might not have been able to afford to put in a powder room or dedicate an entire wing of the house to wardrobes.

    I sometimes think a house that big would be great but then I realise the sheer hassle of a huge house. Imagine being in the laundry room or kitchen and realising you left your phone up in the main bedroom. It would probably be quicker just to go out and buy a new phone than go upstairs and get it.

    "Honey, have you seen my slippers?"
    "I think they're in the wardrobe"
    "Which one, there's about 600 sq feet of wardrobes in the main bedroom alone".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,789 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    "subject to PP" just means there is no planning permission for the land. it doesn't add any value to the land. it is still just a field of rocks. Given it is also in a national heritage area it will take a patient buyer with deep pockets to get a house built there.

    I know my County Council have a major problem when it comes to allowing one-off houses. Their policy is to only give permission if the person has a link to the area. I think most Councils have this policy. It would be easier for someone from the island to get permission than someone from the mainland.

    I think you'd be p1ssing into a gale force wind trying to get permission for a house on that site.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,776 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    NIMAN wrote: »
    When I was looking through the photos I couldn't help but think of Nidge.

    I'd love to know the back story to the house - drug dealer or tech millionaire or what?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,579 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    I'd love to know the back story to the house - drug dealer or tech millionaire or what?

    Also appears to have dropped 200k in 3 years, when property prices have been rising across the board?

    https://www.talkofthetown.ie/unique-haggardstown-home-jacuzzi-outdoor-water-pool-hits-market/

    Smells of a CAB/Bank repossession...


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    retalivity wrote: »
    Also appears to have dropped 200k in 3 years, when property prices have been rising across the board?

    https://www.talkofthetown.ie/unique-haggardstown-home-jacuzzi-outdoor-water-pool-hits-market/

    Smells of a CAB/Bank repossession...

    Love the video. You'd want some neck to call a jacks with a urinal in it a 'powder room'.

    Remarkable that a house built around that time has that BER rating. Just goes to show the crap that was slapped up around then.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    I'd love to know the back story to the house - drug dealer or tech millionaire or what?

    The ceiling suggests gambler - bookie or professional poker player were my thoughts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,067 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    2ndcoming wrote: »
    The ceiling suggests gambler - bookie or professional poker player were my thoughts.

    With a wife who's into animal print and weird ornaments!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    With a wife who's into animal print and weird ornaments!

    Animal print is standard attire on the poker wags circuit :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,498 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Stranmillis is quite a studenty area in Belfast so when I clicked on this one I expected to see more of the same. But I audibly gasped out loud when I saw the state of the rooms. Some developer would need an awful lot of money to get that into a fit state for habitation.

    https://www.propertypal.com/34-stranmillis-gardens-belfast/675964

    I used to do clear outs like that in Germany for a builder. 4 men need 4-5 days to strip it out entirely, including removing all the ceilings (floors stay in), stripping easily peeled wallpaper etc. 3-5 of the mega skips would do you, depending on whats in the garden. Probably best to remove all wiring and plumbing as well and start from scratch.

    I used to love that job, was really well paid and 'finders keepers', so any stuff you found that was of value you got to keep it. Used to hit the flea market once every couple of months a flog off anything we found.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,498 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Love the video. You'd want some neck to call a jacks with a urinal in it a 'powder room'.

    Remarkable that a house built around that time has that BER rating. Just goes to show the crap that was slapped up around then.

    But 'powder rooms' (ahem) were all the rage in the Tiger.
    Suckler wrote: »

    So many bit's just scream "w@nker". Bedroom 4 opening in to the reception room says....weird...Pampass grass weird.
    C2 is a joke.

    .

    Thought that was odd. Having a reception, someone goes to their en suite to drop the kids off at the pool and comes back to the reception room trailing the stench of shlte behind them. :confused:


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    KevRossi wrote: »
    Thought that was odd. Having a reception, someone goes to their en suite to drop the kids off at the pool and comes back to the reception room trailing the stench of shlte behind them. :confused:

    Not only that but why does the dressing room have a balcony. That's a fairly odd choice.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,702 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Londons narrowest house is up for sale, 1.6 metres wide and yours for 1.1m euro


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    The new owner will have to get used to walking up and down stairs all the time

    NINTCHDBPICT000608434950.jpg?w=620

    https://www.winkworth.co.uk/properties/sales/goldhawk-road-shepherds-bush-w12/SHE121014


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,573 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    I looked at the pic and thought "it doesn't really look that narrow" and then i realised it is the blue building i was meant to look at.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Muahahaha wrote: »

    The bathtub is right beside the window on the front of the house. Nice for the people living across the street to get a bit of a gawk at you in the nip every morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,275 ✭✭✭✭josip


    A million pounds, London is nuts.


    Very clever with the photos never to show the stairs which happens to pass through the bathroom and one of the bedrooms.


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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Londons narrowest house is up for sale, 1.6 metres wide and yours for 1.1m euro

    Reminds of this house in Buttevant, Co. Cork. Used to be a lane way. Could possibly be got cheaper.

    https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2324533,-8.67,3a,75y,97.19h,88.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRoaaCD4d3RQiOpuzJQCO9Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,494 ✭✭✭✭Alun




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,789 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Love the video. You'd want some neck to call a jacks with a urinal in it a 'powder room'.

    Remarkable that a house built around that time has that BER rating. Just goes to show the crap that was slapped up around then.

    I'd happily live in a house like that. Paint the ceiling in the kitchen and it's quite a decent house. Might have to pay a few extra bob on heating but it's not the worst BER rating either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,579 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Reminded me of Dublin's skinniest house that was up for sale not too long ago.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/slim-picking-check-out-dublin-s-skinniest-house-for-285k-1.3822843

    285k, a relative bargain!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,871 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    josip wrote: »
    A million pounds, London is nuts.


    Very clever with the photos never to show the stairs which happens to pass through the bathroom and one of the bedrooms.
    You'd also need to be sure you close the trap door into the bedroom when drunk!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,275 ✭✭✭✭josip


    You'd also need to be sure you close the trap door into the bedroom when drunk!


    If I ever returned home drunk, I might make it as high as the ground floor, before giving up and going asleep on a sofa.
    Not a chance of navigating the spiral stairs up another few levels unless stone cold sober.


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    BattleCorp wrote: »
    I'd happily live in a house like that. Paint the ceiling in the kitchen and it's quite a decent house. Might have to pay a few extra bob on heating but it's not the worst BER rating either.

    Just a bit of fun, it's obviously a nice house, but a huge bang of Celtic Tiger OTT off it. Given the amount it must have cost to build that house, the fact that they neglected to insulate it properly is ridiculous. Given its size, imagine how cold and draughty it would be on a night like tonight? You rarely see anything less than about B2 being built these days. Good insulation and a proper BER rating is probably the main thing I would look for in a house.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,130 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    josip wrote: »
    Very clever with the photos never to show the stairs which happens to pass through the bathroom and one of the bedrooms.

    Photographer probably couldn’t turn around to include the stairs in the shot without the lens hitting off the wall.

    The arrangement with the stairs is a bit dodgy, though. As is the hole in the floor access to it in the top bedroom.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Photographer probably couldn’t turn around to include the stairs in the shot without the lens hitting off the wall.

    The arrangement with the stairs is a bit dodgy, though. As is the hole in the floor access to it in the top bedroom.

    Seen it photographed in FHM years ago. You buy it for the address to run a business out of and you bring the client for lunch. Its in Kensington if I remember rightly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭some random drunk


    Check out the shower in this place (pics 18 to 20) and see if you can work out what makes it "interesting"!


    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-5-liffey-terrace-chapelizod-dublin-20/2901252


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,718 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Check out the shower in this place (pics 18 to 20) and see if you can work out what makes it "interesting"!


    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-5-liffey-terrace-chapelizod-dublin-20/2901252

    :eek:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭padjocollins


    Check out the shower in this place (pics 18 to 20) and see if you can work out what makes it "interesting"!


    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-5-liffey-terrace-chapelizod-dublin-20/2901252

    I see the vessel in the shower i can't figure out how or what it's used for or to store ....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,682 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    It always annoys me how daft/myhome don't ask for or provide floor plans for their listings most of the time. It has become almost the norm on the NI websites and it makes a place way more real in my head when I'm looking at the pictures.

    For example, is that shower..............at the top of the stairs?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭emeldc


    I see the vessel in the shower i can't figure out how or what it's used for or to store ....
    Just a lamp shade I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    You would have a shocking good shower in there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭some random drunk


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    It always annoys me how daft/myhome don't ask for or provide floor plans for their listings most of the time. It has become almost the norm on the NI websites and it makes a place way more real in my head when I'm looking at the pictures.

    For example, is that shower..............at the top of the stairs?

    It is fairly ridiculous when basic information is missing from ads like that. Always makes me wonder what the estate agent is trying to hide.

    From the description of this place I've managed to work out that the only toilet is on the ground floor, off the dining room whereas the only shower as can be seen from the photos is upstairs on the landing with the 2 bedroom doors opening in to it.

    This raises all kinds of questions and scenarios in my head. Imagine coming out of your bedroom in the morning to go to work and being greeted by the sight of your housemate's fat hairy arse in the shower right in front of you :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,321 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Check out the shower in this place (pics 18 to 20) and see if you can work out what makes it "interesting"!


    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-5-liffey-terrace-chapelizod-dublin-20/2901252

    Looks to me that the shower & bathroom is at the top of the stairs in the landing.
    Hope I'm wrong.

    No way you would get a mortgage on that property in that state. That's in breach of many building regulations.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,067 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Jokes about criminals houses are sometimes mentioned here. This is owned by a couple and the wife stole over €400,000 from her work place.
    I guess the matching curtains and three piece were expensive.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-kilshanny-mitchelstown-co-cork/2907880


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    Jokes about criminals houses are sometimes mentioned here. This is owned by a couple and the wife stole over €400,000 from her work place.
    I guess the matching curtains and three piece were expensive.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-kilshanny-mitchelstown-co-cork/2907880

    Doesn't look like she spent it on the house. Possibly gambling issue.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭SuperS54


    I see the vessel in the shower i can't figure out how or what it's used for or to store ....

    It's for putting your pride and dignity in.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,498 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Jokes about criminals houses are sometimes mentioned here. This is owned by a couple and the wife stole over €400,000 from her work place.
    I guess the matching curtains and three piece were expensive.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-kilshanny-mitchelstown-co-cork/2907880

    Proof that you can't buy taste.


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