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

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    #4112
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    How have CAB got it up for sale so quickly? Surely they'd have to wait a certain amount of time in case the owner appeals the seizure?

    I assume the seizure of the house was made at the end of the whole legal process.

    Arrests and other seizures in the operation were made in 2018, and even then the investigation was a couple of years old. https://www.killarneytoday.com/three-arrested-operation-tarmac-follow/


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    #4113
    Blowfish
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    No not Maynooth but around Manor Kilbride in Wicklow. The house spoken about is 415k but needs a lot of work, perhaps 150k worth. Was just saying you could find houses in the same area for around 500k that dont need work done on them. Heres one at 575k which is twice the size and in move in condition
    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-kilbride-blessington-co-wicklow/2838591
    Indeed, the cost was the main reason I originally posted it. Manor Kilbride is indeed a nice area, in fact the reason I found that house was it's in one of our shortlisted areas, but that one is definitely not worth 415, you can get much better for not much more.


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    #4114
    stoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭stoneill


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    The elegant staircase, the beautiful coving (if that's your thing), the gorgeous ceiling plasterwork (ditto) - and 3 cheapest of cheap IKEA mirrors stuck to the wall in the most prominent position possible....... off-centre :eek:

    The mirrors are actually the only things I like in this photo.


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    #4115
    loobylou
    Registered Users Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭loobylou


    Fitz* wrote: »
    Why is the toilet seat duck-taped shut?!

    Probably just used a bucket..


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    #4116
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,818 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    ILikeBoats wrote: »
    Is that bath the wrong way round? should the corner not be in the corner?

    Reading back through the thread, this has just made me laugh so much.

    Priceless! :D:D


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    #4117
    Mad_maxx
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    humberklog wrote: »
    Just looking back on the Manor Kilbride house.

    That's in fantatic nick. No damp on the outside nor growth on the slates or discolourisation on the exterior walls, chimney nice and straight. And this for a house surrounded by trees. On the inside there's no sign of mould on the walls or ceiling or around the windows.

    The furniture and fittings and style aren't just of their time, they're fine example of the period and I'd say if you walked into that house in 1979 you'd think you were in some fancy American uncle's house.

    There nice thoughtful touches of design too such as the rounded corners on the shelves as you enter the sitting room from the kitchen.

    Hopefully that furniture isn't skipped (as some of it is seriously cool, then and now) and at the very least there's some hipsters shop owners from Camden Street sniffing the jocks off the estate agent.

    That's a credit to the builders and to the family and it's so rare to see an example of this style from that era that hasn't been eaten by nature or spontaneously combusted.

    I dunno why but for some reason it looks like it might have been a retirement home or retreat house for the likes of Carmalites or some such.
    It's just that the fire extinguisher is sticking out a bit.


    that house is ghastly looking to my eyes but that is a fantastic defense of it may i say


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    #4118
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,694 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Save us St Benildus!

    https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/37-st-benildus-villas-navan-meath-c15w5p0/4501381

    "sold as seen"...


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    #4119
    [Deleted User]
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Save us St Benildus!

    https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/37-st-benildus-villas-navan-meath-c15w5p0/4501381

    "sold as seen"...

    What does that even mean?


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    #4120
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users Posts: 16,375 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    What does that even mean?

    If you buy it you buy all the crap therein too I presume.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    #4121
    HeidiHeidi
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    What does that even mean?

    "Save us St Benildus"? No idea!

    "Sold as seen"? You get to hire the skip and pay to get rid of all the **** they couldn't be bothered to even clear so you could see the rooms properly. They're clearly not in the market for maximising sale price :rolleyes:


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    #4122
    BattleCorp
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    What does that even mean?

    I'd guess it means you have to clear out all the crap inside.


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    #4123
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    If you buy it you all the crap therein too I presume.
    HeidiHeidi wrote: »

    "Sold as seen"? You get to hire the skip and pay to get rid of all the **** they couldn't be bothered to even clear so you could see the rooms properly. They're clearly not in the market for maximising sale price :rolleyes:
    BattleCorp wrote: »
    I'd guess it means you have to clear out all the crap inside.

    Oh, right. :pac:


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    #4124
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    That's the surface meaning. I'd say the underlining meaning is that roomfuls of crap aren't the worst issue with the property.


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    #4125
    BattleCorp
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    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    That's the surface meaning. I'd say the underlining meaning is that roomfuls of crap aren't the worst issue with the property.

    You get that with any house though. I could be wrong but aren't all houses 'sold as seen'?


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    #4126
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    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    That's the surface meaning. I'd say the underlining meaning is that roomfuls of crap aren't the worst issue with the property.

    I was wondering something along the lines of, 'yeah, if you've not noticed the rising damp, the cracks behind the lovely wall paper. Tough.' But, isn't that the same regardless, so I think it's probably that it comes with a skip hire company's phone number on the key to the front door's key-ring.


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    #4127
    tallaghtjoe
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭tallaghtjoe


    This just seems crazy. This has just sold for 251K.

    https://bidx1.com/en/en-ie/auction/property/50339?auctionids=1580,1584,1673


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    #4128
    Baybay
    Registered Users Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭Baybay


    tallaghtjoe wrote: »
    This just seems crazy. This has just sold for 251K.

    https://bidx1.com/en/en-ie/auction/property/50339?auctionids=1580,1584,1673

    Everything is worth only what someone is willing to pay so let’s hope it’s worth it to whoever paid it.


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    #4129
    dotsman
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    BattleCorp wrote: »
    You get that with any house though. I could be wrong but aren't all houses 'sold as seen'?

    Not really. For example, in many cases, the house will be currently occupied. As such, all the furniture/electronics/etc in the photos (and during the videos) are usually not included in the sale (but they can sometimes be). Hence, the agent uses that phrase to say "if you see a piece of furniture in the photos, it is included in the sale".


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    #4130
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    tallaghtjoe wrote: »
    This just seems crazy. This has just sold for 251K.

    https://bidx1.com/en/en-ie/auction/property/50339?auctionids=1580,1584,1673

    Three properties. You're set up for a mini landlord estate. Seems abandoned a long time though - need to get rid of the grass/weed growth, which seems to have overtaken the tarmac.


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    #4131
    Uncle Pierre
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    Seems a highly unusual development too, to have three properties, and therefore potentially three households, on a site like that in a rural area. Another place where you'd really have to get on with your neighbours!


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    #4132
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    It is weird. The whole thing (the 3 houses) are all in one folio according to landirect.ie

    I wonder is there a planning horror story in there somewhere.

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    #4133
    ohnonotgmail
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    Uncle Pierre wrote: »
    Seems a highly unusual development too, to have three properties, and therefore potentially three households, on a site like that in a rural area. Another place where you'd really have to get on with your neighbours!

    It is a single property so probably granny flats or for grown up children.


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    #4134
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    It is a single property so probably granny flats or for grown up children.

    Yeah, that's my guess too, for what it was probably originally intended as. But a whole other kettle of fish about to boil if the new buyer has other ideas!


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    #4135
    TomSweeney
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    The Kilbride house is a good location for commuting but at 415k it is overpriced considering it would need about 150k of works to bring it up to a modern standard. You can buy similar houses in that area for under 500k that wouldnt need much work.

    This is another doer-upper house just a few kilometres south of Kilbride in the mountain village of Ballyknocken which is also close to Blessington. It is bigger than the Kilbride one (126sqm v 165sqm) and has a great view of the Blessington lakes, its just a pity the agent didnt wait for a sunny day to actually take the photos as its a very scenic area. It was put up on Monday for 245k but since then the agent has raised the price to 300k, likely because theres been lots of interest

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    Added bonus is once a year one of Irelands best small music festivals is held in a field on the lake shore just down the road. Its called Knockan Stockan and it is pretty unique in that its a music festival that is run by musicians for musicians. Its all done on voluntary work by people who work in music, theatre and the arts. Have been to it a couple of times and they put on a really great weekend.


    This is Blessignton with those stone walls ???


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    #4136
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    It's close on 20 years ago now, but I spent two years myself living in a flat in this place:
    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-glenbower-house-the-avenue-gorey-co-wexford/2629315

    What does anybody here think of it?


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    #4137
    Darkglasses
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    Uncle Pierre wrote: »
    It's close on 20 years ago now, but I spent two years myself living in a flat in this place:
    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-glenbower-house-the-avenue-gorey-co-wexford/2629315

    What does anybody here think of it?

    I bet the person who sits on the bouncy ball in Photo 5 is great craic :pac:

    Otherwise, lovely


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    #4138
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,421 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    TomSweeney wrote: »
    This is Blessignton with those stone walls ???
    It's Ballyknockan (not Ballyknocken which is also in Wicklow but a long way away!), also known as the granite village. Lots of local granite quarries and a centre for stonecutters and stone craft, so not strange at all. Curious as to why you'd think it was?


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    #4139
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0422/1211432-cab-raid-kerry/



    ....starting at home :D




    'Operation Tarmac' :D:D:D !!!



    That has to be a nod!!!


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    #4140
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    Alun wrote: »
    It's Ballyknockan (not Ballyknocken which is also in Wicklow but a long way away!), also known as the granite village. Lots of local granite quarries and a centre for stonecutters and stone craft, so not strange at all. Curious as to why you'd think it was?


    Because I thought the stone walls were a thing in the west, not so much in the east especially near Dublin, I have seen some - but a lot less - in Wexford though.


    Anyway, next time I am home (maybe summer 2022) I must take a trip to Blessignton, looks like a nice place.


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    #4141
    josip
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    TomSweeney wrote: »
    'Operation Tarmac' :D:D:D !!!

    That has to be a nod!!!


    Headed up by Chief Super Richard Keys, formerly of Sky Sports fame.


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