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

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ohnonotgmail

some random drunk wrote: »

Saw this posted on an Irish interior decor Facebook group

I'd get hungry anytime I took a bath

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I'd start craving wings plus franks red hot sauce every time I went for a wee.

some random drunk

Saw this posted on an Irish interior decor Facebook group

I'd get hungry anytime I took a bath

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humberklog

I like the Moorish style inner courtyard.

Christy Moorish.

BattleCorp

pgj2015 wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-shanballyeden-kilbegnet-creggs-co-roscommon/3205405

The estate agent has some imagination.

He should have included bright and airy in his description. And he forgot to mention the indoor garden that extends through many rooms.

pgj2015

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-shanballyeden-kilbegnet-creggs-co-roscommon/3205405

The estate agent has some imagination.

Kerry25x

Kingp35 wrote: »

Yeah I don't care one bit about 'snobbery' when making the biggest purchase I'll ever make. A settled estate is far more desirable than one full of rental properties.

I've lived in a few estates that were full of renters (as a renter myself). The real problem is when you have a lot of house shares which means lots of cars and can be a real bottleneck getting in and out at peak times. Regular parties can be a problem too. Families renting is a different story. I agree though, I'd prefer a settled estate when buying my own house and think the estate agents remark was perfectly reasonable. I actually think its a bit bizarre that anyone would take it personally.

Kingp35

flazio wrote: »

Because snobbery is offensive, simple as that.

Yeah I don't care one bit about 'snobbery' when making the biggest purchase I'll ever make. A settled estate is far more desirable than one full of rental properties.

Muahahaha

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Looks to me like a reception area for gatherings/parties.

It has two Sean Scully paintings (and a third in the background) that are worth many thousands - I'm not necessarily a big fan of Scully's work (Rocha is), but if I could afford original artwork by by favourite artists, I'd dedicate a room to merely standing in front of them too. You can well imagine 15 or 20 people standing in there, drinks in hand, chatting. It might not resonate with everyone's lifestyle, but then we're not all John Rocha.

yeah I had thought they looked like Sean Scullys art work on the wall. Some of his work is good but Im always amazed how much it sells for. He has sold paintings at Sothebys for $500k and even small ones go for $50k upwards. All his paintings are just broad brush strokes in various colours, they are nice and everything if you like that type of abstract art but also hardly the most difficult thing to create. I watched that documentary he did and he bashes these paintings out in no time at all and he has hundreds of them stored in a warehouse which he drip feeds onto the market to maintain the high prices.

lawred2

Ubbquittious wrote: »

If you have no renters then you probably have settled folk sitting at home all day minding everyone's business and bothering you with petty resident's association shyte

Yeah petty stuff like dog owners leaving dog shyte everywhere

HeidiHeidi

Ubbquittious wrote: »

If you have no renters then you probably have settled folk sitting at home all day minding everyone's business and bothering you with petty resident's association shyte

A different (and equally offensive, and equally ridiculous) stereotype.

Ubbquittious

If you have no renters then you probably have settled folk sitting at home all day minding everyone's business and bothering you with petty resident's association shyte

ohnonotgmail

flazio wrote: »

Because snobbery is offensive, simple as that.

is it snobbery or wanting to live somewhere that is more stable? I wouldn't like to live next door to a house that might have different people at any stage. You call it snobbery but do you not understand why somebody might prefer it?

flazio

Because snobbery is offensive, simple as that.

Kingp35

Lockheed wrote: »

Remember looking round a house and the estate agent tells us that it was a 'nice location' and that there are 'no renters' around as if that was a positive point, knowing full well that we were renting and it was a first time house purchase, why we didn't just walk out after that I don't know.

Eh no renters is a positive point. When we were buying our first house two years ago we looked at estates with no/few renters. No idea how you took offence at that.

Lockheed

SupaCat95 wrote: »

I am dealing with Estate Agent that I never had to deal with before. I swear they are a law unto themselves. They are the singularly most rude, presumptuous, profession I have met. Now in all fairness my last letting agent was great and I have found one that has a sound receptionist and is on the ball to deal with. The rest are an awful shower. They seem to be worse in the rural areas as they think themselves as local heroes or Lords of the manor interacting with the peasantry. The delusions of grandeur are staggering.

In reality they are descended from third class gentry with level 5 night school qualifications.

Remember looking round a house and the estate agent tells us that it was a 'nice location' and that there are 'no renters' around as if that was a positive point, knowing full well that we were renting and it was a first time house purchase, why we didn't just walk out after that I don't know.

SupaCat95

M5 wrote: »

When I was lookingaa few years ago, one particular agent had 3 photos of the property.all from the same angle and all containing the mirror of his jeep. Didn't even bother leaving his vehicle.

I am dealing with Estate Agent that I never had to deal with before. I swear they are a law unto themselves. They are the singularly most rude, presumptuous, profession I have met. Now in all fairness my last letting agent was great and I have found one that has a sound receptionist and is on the ball to deal with. The rest are an awful shower. They seem to be worse in the rural areas as they think themselves as local heroes or Lords of the manor interacting with the peasantry. The delusions of grandeur are staggering.

In reality they are descended from third class gentry with level 5 night school qualifications.

When I was lookingaa few years ago, one particular agent had 3 photos of the property.all from the same angle and all containing the mirror of his jeep. Didn't even bother leaving his vehicle.

[Deleted User]

Alun wrote: »

Somebody should tell the estate agent how to rotate photos to correct all those sloping horizons. That first photo is just ridiculous.

Estate agent going out to site: "this place is a wreck but the landscape is beautiful, I should really impress on that"

*holds camera at random angle and clicks*

"That'll do"

Estate agents in this country are the laziest. Some unsuspecting seller is paying about €6k for his services (at that price) plus fees.
I'm about to sell my house without an agent for this sorta reason. Every day I click on this thread ,I'm praying our pine kitchen and avocado bathroom will not end up within.

[Deleted User]

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Thats what they're hoping but it probably won't happen. They're selling you the dream and the house you still have to build and pay for yourself.

They all think some rich bigshot is going to swoop in and build a mansion to spend a couple of weeks in August in it but in my experience these kind of places stay up for sale for years and eventually taken off the market

There are plenty of large houses in scenic areas. Not all of which will have been owned originally. Some people will have profited mightily from them.

Ubbquittious

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Your basically paying that for the site with an existing structure with likely ability to build bigger. The person buying that will likely build a million euro house on it.

So, some relation of a subsistence fisherman is going to make a lot of money.

Thats what they're hoping but it probably won't happen. They're selling you the dream and the house you still have to build and pay for yourself.

They all think some rich bigshot is going to swoop in and build a mansion to spend a couple of weeks in August in it but in my experience these kind of places stay up for sale for years and eventually taken off the market

[Deleted User]

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Another island dreamer. 265k for a ruin on 1/5 acre.. 65k would be too much! I hope the fishbox comes with it after all the pics they took of it

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-long-island-schull-co-cork/3214839

Your basically paying that for the site with an existing structure with likely ability to build bigger. The person buying that will likely build a million euro house on it.

So, some relation of a subsistence fisherman is going to make a lot of money.

Alun

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Another island dreamer. 265k for a ruin on 1/5 acre.. 65k would be too much! I hope the fishbox comes with it after all the pics they took of it

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-long-island-schull-co-cork/3214839

Somebody should tell the estate agent how to rotate photos to correct all those sloping horizons. That first photo is just ridiculous.

[Deleted User]

timmyntc wrote: »

They look like real wood- you can see some warping at the joints

And at the edge, near the gate, are some of the planks soaking up water and turning dark? :eek:

Ubbquittious

Another island dreamer. 265k for a ruin on 1/5 acre.. 65k would be too much! I hope the fishbox comes with it after all the pics they took of it

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-long-island-schull-co-cork/3214839

flazio

It's amazing how fast we moved on from a narrow "studio" to a house with a larger reception room then the whole apartment.

ohnonotgmail

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I have terrible eyesight and am not wearing any glasses, but these look completely different to the limited eyes I have (images attached). I'm also perplexed by the door-stop trim.

Either way, they're awful, but most likely a practical joke!

the cedar oak not the oak wood effect

timmyntc

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I have terrible eyesight and am not wearing any glasses, but these look completely different to the limited eyes I have (images attached). I'm also perplexed by the door-stop trim.

Either way, they're awful, but most likely a practical joke!

They look like real wood- you can see some warping at the joints

[Deleted User]

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

it looks identical to the cedar oak paving slabs here https://royalestones.ie/categories/the-wood-effects.html

I have terrible eyesight and am not wearing any glasses, but these look completely different to the limited eyes I have (images attached). I'm also perplexed by the door-stop trim.

Either way, they're awful, but most likely a practical joke!

Tabnabs

Looks like a Japanese Soaking Tub. You sit in it with the water up to your neck and soak your worries away. The bath is insulated to keep the water warm for much longer.

-=al=-

Maybe to give it a splash of colour and carry the green from the outside to the inside to merge the theme together as one unified space esp when the doors are open

It's a stunning house that probably suits a fashion designer perfectly