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

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HeidiHeidi

SineadSpears wrote: »

god I love that house so much. and the garden.

very little I'd change, but i'd whip out the bathrooms straight away. especially the stupid bath in the floor.

and the kitchen island is awkward looking.

Wowzers!

That is one fabulous house, and THAT is a piano room (compared to the one posted recently, in a very odd house, didn't get the love for it at all!)

Bit depressing though are the aerial photos, it would be lovely to see it with all its original grounds, instead of built up all round and very boxed in - the garden photos flatter to deceive, I thought it was out in the countryside somewhere until I saw the overview!

inforfun

SineadSpears

Tabnabs wrote: »

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/churchtown-house-weston-park-churchtown-dublin-14/4489370#&gid=1&pid=26

god I love that house so much. and the garden.

very little I'd change, but i'd whip out the bathrooms straight away. especially the stupid bath in the floor.

and the kitchen island is awkward looking.

HeidiHeidi

KathleenGrant wrote: »

I wouldn't live in Lotus Hall if I got it for nothing.

Didn't Francis Brennan merrily trip along there to try and help the owners out?

It was clearly beyond even his magic touch!

freshpopcorn

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You could probably handle that in the bar, games room or theatre :pac: I know it's probably just a name but I don't understand why they don't just call them living rooms. Same with the dining room in that house. It's a mile away from the kitchen (which is big enough to have a dining area). If they use it as a dining room then it is in a terrible place being so far away from the kitchen. If they don't why call it a dining room, just call it a living room.

Some of us have servants and we like to keep them active and make their job as hard as possible.

BattleCorp

KathleenGrant wrote: »

It's on a particularly bleak headland too. I don't find it attractive at all. And being "haunted" is not its only bad point. There were other not so nice happenings reputed to have gone on there.

We're all going to meet the Devil some day. Why not buy the place and meet him earlier than most people.

They'll be lucky to get a million for it.

KathleenGrant

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Neither would I but not because it is haunted. I wouldn't live in it because it would cost an absolute fortune to make it livable and I don't have that money.

It's on a particularly bleak headland too. I don't find it attractive at all. And being "haunted" is not its only bad point. There were other not so nice happenings reputed to have gone on there.

AlejGuzman68

maudgonner wrote: »

A couple of weeks ago I posted a Twitter post about estate agents in America having "Haunted" or "Not Haunted" on For Sale signs.
I've just seen This Irish listing and now I understand the need for them :pac:

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-loftus-hall-loftushall-fethard-on-sea-co-wexford/3165529

Loftus Hall is for sale. The estate agent's description very carefully skirts around the reason Loftus Hall is so well known

(If you are one of the few who doesn't know of the legendary building, the description from loftushall.ie is: "Loftus Hall, Ireland's Most haunted house, House Tours, Paranormal lockdowns, cafe, walled gardens, Gift shop.")

All those poor souls screaming out in anguish at how the current owners made the homeplace so tacky.

AlmightyCushion

KathleenGrant wrote: »

I wouldn't live in Lotus Hall if I got it for nothing.

Neither would I but not because it is haunted. I wouldn't live in it because it would cost an absolute fortune to make it livable and I don't have that money.

nibtrix

maudgonner wrote: »

Loftus Hall is for sale. The estate agent's description very carefully skirts around the reason Loftus Hall is so well known

I did the tour there a couple of years ago, it was excellent. You'd need some money to do it up though.

AlmightyCushion

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I think it’s meant for entertaining the visitors!

You could probably handle that in the bar, games room or theatre :pac: I know it's probably just a name but I don't understand why they don't just call them living rooms. Same with the dining room in that house. It's a mile away from the kitchen (which is big enough to have a dining area). If they use it as a dining room then it is in a terrible place being so far away from the kitchen. If they don't why call it a dining room, just call it a living room.

KathleenGrant

I wouldn't live in Lotus Hall if I got it for nothing.

maudgonner

A couple of weeks ago I posted a Twitter post about estate agents in America having "Haunted" or "Not Haunted" on For Sale signs.
I've just seen This Irish listing and now I understand the need for them :pac:

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-loftus-hall-loftushall-fethard-on-sea-co-wexford/3165529

Loftus Hall is for sale. The estate agent's description very carefully skirts around the reason Loftus Hall is so well known

The property has been featured extensively over the years on television, film, radio, historical writings, etc., and in fact, it would be a rare occurrence to speak to someone who does not know of the legendary building - such is the history of Loftus Hall. With its origins dating back to 1170, the building has had various re-incarnations with the current building having had varied uses including private home, a former hotel and recently a successful tourist destination.

(If you are one of the few who doesn't know of the legendary building, the description from loftushall.ie is: "Loftus Hall, Ireland's Most haunted house, House Tours, Paranormal lockdowns, cafe, walled gardens, Gift shop.")

BattleCorp

Deleted User wrote: »

What's the craic with the price? €310k seems very reasonable, though, no?

(I'm assuming the shop-front was listed, and therefore couldn't be removed?)

If it was listed, they wouldn't have been allowed to remove the thatched roof and replace it with slates.

freshpopcorn

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

One thing a lot of these massive houses have is a drawing room. What the hell is a drawing room meant to be for?

I think it’s meant for entertaining the visitors!

AlmightyCushion

Tabnabs wrote: »

When you need to entertain a small group of 50 family and friends at home.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/churchtown-house-weston-park-churchtown-dublin-14/4489370#&gid=1&pid=26

Better home the floor holds, as it's hiding the empty swimming pool underneath!

One thing a lot of these massive houses have is a drawing room. What the hell is a drawing room meant to be for?

Gregor Samsa

There was no building listed on the helipad house site on the 1888-1913 OSI map.

There was something there by 1995, though.

sabat

Tabnabs wrote: »

When you need to entertain a small group of 50 family and friends at home.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/churchtown-house-weston-park-churchtown-dublin-14/4489370#&gid=1&pid=26

Better home the floor holds, as it's hiding the empty swimming pool underneath!

I think I read an article about this place; it was being used in part for therapy for autistic children or similar so that might explain the screening room.

[Deleted User]

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

No I don't; I just scouted around Google satellite view until I found a helipad

I could be wrong about the shop. Just that buildings that are old enough to be listed were usually built right on the road, not back off it the way we do now.

And everything else about the building screams more money than sense. If you're going to build a thatched McMansion with tiny windows and a helipad, why not stick a fake shopfront on it?

Ah, no, I do understand that a traditional 'shop' (groceries/newsagents etc.) would be built practically on the road itself, but I do know many people who have businesses run from the houses in workshops (cabinet makers, mechanics, metal fabricators etc.) so I was just speculating that may have been a reason for the store-front look.

I'm not actually saying it is listed, but my first thoughts were that it may be (it looked to me like someone else had bought the house, and done it up half-heartedly to sell on, and I couldn't understand the reason for keeping the 'shop front' part, so 'listed' was my go-to presumption).

josip wrote: »

It's possible that 'M Fahy' was the name of the person who lived there.

Oh, I would assume so. You often see on old shops or businesses, the signage is often just the name of the business owner, though.

It just seems unusual that it's part of a house design without some business element having been attached to it. Nonetheless, for 310k, assuming it's not got a million hidden issues, it seems decent value to me.

If I had €310k to spend, I'd be looking at it.

flazio

You could go over to Geohive and check if there was a building there as far back as 1995. If it was just a field then it's somebody's stupid notions (RIP).

humberklog

The Helipad would make a cracking Swing-Ball court.

josip

Deleted User wrote: »

Could well have been a shop. Definitely looks like a shop to me, in the style of windows and doors. Perhaps it was the 'reception' for a mechanics or farm supplies or such and they were working whatever business they had on the site of the house?

You got that old photo of the house pretty fast, so perhaps you know the area better than I/us?

It's possible that 'M Fahy' was the name of the person who lived there.

A Martin Fahy from Kilmurry died in 2016.
RIP link available from Herr Google.

Gregor Samsa

Deleted User wrote: »

You got that old photo of the house pretty fast, so perhaps you know the area better than I/us?

No I don't; I just scouted around Google satellite view until I found a helipad

I could be wrong about the shop. Just that buildings that are old enough to be listed were usually built right on the road, not back off it the way we do now.

And everything else about the building screams more money than sense. If you're going to build a thatched McMansion with tiny windows and a helipad, why not stick a fake shopfront on it?

humberklog

Deleted User wrote: »

Could well have been a shop. Definitely looks like a shop to me, in the style of windows and doors. Perhaps it was the 'reception' for a mechanics or farm supplies or such and they were working whatever business they had on the site of the house?

You got that old photo of the house pretty fast, so perhaps you know the area better than I/us?

Or an estate agent specialising in investment apartments in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

seamus

humberklog wrote: »

Is the Helipad not a bit too close to those overhead wires?

If a helicopter has ever landed there, I'd eat my hat.

It's a contentious one tbh because quite a few helipads were built in the Tiger years without planning permission. Many landowners contended that paving part of your land and sticking a "H" on it is an exempted development. And afaik, helicopters are technically allowed to land anywhere outside of controlled airspace provided that they do so in a safe manner; it doesn't have to be a helipad or airport.

So I imagine loads of people just put in helipads with no consideration for overhead lines or whatever, since that was an issue for the pilot, not the builder.

The question of whether they're exempted development has been well answered at this stage; they're not.

[Deleted User]

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

There's no way that was originally a shop. It's in the middle of nowhere, and way too far back from the road. It's someone's attempt at mock heritage. They thatched the roof of their boiler out-house, FFS!

Could well have been a shop. Definitely looks like a shop to me, in the style of windows and doors. Perhaps it was the 'reception' for a mechanics or farm supplies or such and they were working whatever business they had on the site of the house?

You got that old photo of the house pretty fast, so perhaps you know the area better than I/us?

Toots

My god, imagine sitting on those chairs for a whole movie! Your back would be fecked altogether!

Tabnabs

When you need to entertain a small group of 50 family and friends at home.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/churchtown-house-weston-park-churchtown-dublin-14/4489370#&gid=1&pid=26

Better home the floor holds, as it's hiding the empty swimming pool underneath!

flazio

Why are they listing drive times. I want to know fly times.

Gregor Samsa

Deleted User wrote: »

(I'm assuming the shop-front was listed, and therefore couldn't be removed?)

There's no way that was originally a shop. It's in the middle of nowhere, and way too far back from the road. It's someone's attempt at mock heritage. They thatched the roof of their boiler out-house, FFS!