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

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  • #4472
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,140 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    The pool doesn't seem to have the jet unit for creating the current to swim against. And it's 6m long, which as you say is too short for doing proper swimming, but longer than most endless pools.


  • #4473
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,764 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    So its just a kids pool really, nice to have but they'll grow out of it. I suppose you could retrofit a jet unit to make it into an endless swimming pool. Lots of Olympic level swimmers built small 3m long pools in their back gardens when pools closed during lockdown and then added a jet unit so they could keep up their practice. I was going to do it myself but then thought I wasnt that bothered about entering the Olympics so I watched Tiger King instead


  • #4474
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    ah you can see the current in the photos, it's definitely endless


  • #4475
    Mullinabreena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭Mullinabreena


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    ah you can see the current in the photos, it's definitely endless
    Same as the one here. I did some work in this house.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-summer-winds-convent-lane-portmarnock-co-dublin/3200699


  • #4476
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,784 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Where's the fridge in that house?


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  • #4477
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,140 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Where's the fridge in that house?

    looks like this is it:

    554321.png


  • #4478
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,784 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Massive house, tiny fridge. Haven't they heard about the triangle??? :rolleyes:


  • #4479
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,140 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Massive house, tiny fridge. Haven't they heard about the triangle??? :rolleyes:

    Maybe it's as deep as the shower room :pac:


  • #4480
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,722 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Regarding the swimming pool wasn’t there an episode of Room tin improve and the clients put in this sort of big Hydro Pool and you could use it swim against a type of current or something but it wasn’t as big as a swimming pool.


  • #4481
    lintdrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,850 ✭✭✭lintdrummer


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Regarding the swimming pool wasn’t there an episode of Room tin improve and the clients put in this sort of big Hydro Pool and you could use it swim against a type of current or something but it wasn’t as big as a swimming pool.

    That's what has been discussed above...
    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Is the swimming pool an endless one, it might be but its hard to tell from the photo. If its not an endless pool then at only 6m long you would push off, do two breast strokes and have to turn around again which is pretty pointless.
    Cheensbo wrote: »
    ah you can see the current in the photos, it's definitely endless
    Mullinabreena wrote: »
    Same as the one here. I did some work in this house.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-summer-winds-convent-lane-portmarnock-co-dublin/3200699


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  • #4482
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Is the swimming pool an endless one, it might be but its hard to tell from the photo. If its not an endless pool then at only 6m long you would push off, do two breast strokes and have to turn around again which is pretty pointless.

    I think they tie a rope around their waist that is 1m that keeps you 1m away from the other end of the pool.


  • #4483
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    So its just a kids pool really, nice to have but they'll grow out of it. I suppose you could retrofit a jet unit to make it into an endless swimming pool. Lots of Olympic level swimmers built small 3m long pools in their back gardens when pools closed during lockdown and then added a jet unit so they could keep up their practice. I was going to do it myself but then thought I wasnt that bothered about entering the Olympics so I watched Tiger King instead

    So for years we were told the country needed 50m pools because Olympic swimmers couldn’t train in 25m pool. But now they can train in a glorified jacuzzi in their back garden?


  • #4484
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,722 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    lintdrummer wrote: »
    That's what has been discussed above...

    I must have missed a page I was wondering why nobody mentioned it!


  • #4485
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    SpraySafely wrote: »
    Sums up this thread perfectly.

    A lot of money spent and yet not worth half it.

    Very difficult to **** it up given the beauty of the location. A big lump of symmetry and shiny materials. Whoever is responsible should be embarassed.

    No attempt made to integrate the house with the surroundings. Very much overlooking the landscape and not part of it.

    I don't even want to imagine how bad the acoustics are, fairly cold too I'd imagine.

    It looks fine to me. Inside I’d make it less open plan, perhaps, and a bit of a refurb.


  • #4486
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    This house belonged to Daniel O'Donnell at one time.
    He sold it in 2007.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-donegal-shore-house-cruit-lower-kincasslagh-co-donegal/3245303


  • #4487
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,922 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    HildaOgdenx wrote: »
    This house belonged to Daniel O'Donnell at one time.
    He sold it in 2007.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-donegal-shore-house-cruit-lower-kincasslagh-co-donegal/3245303

    I read that as Daniel O'Connell and was very confused.

    The decor wouldn't be my cup of tea but it is a fantastic looking house in a great location.


  • #4488
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    I read that as Daniel O'Connell and was very confused.

    :D
    I quickly checked in case I had typed O'Connell by mistake, when I saw your post.


  • #4489
    Leg End Reject
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    HildaOgdenx wrote: »
    This house belonged to Daniel O'Donnell at one time.
    He sold it in 2007.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-donegal-shore-house-cruit-lower-kincasslagh-co-donegal/3245303
    Very traveller chic, but the views are amazing. It must be very bleak for most of the year though.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




  • #4490
    Ish66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭Ish66


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Very traveller chic, but the views are amazing. It must be very bleak for most of the year though.
    Not with a full bar and stunning company, You would be grand !


  • #4491
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I would say its more Nashville chic.


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  • #4492
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,604 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    I presume that the fireplace doesn't actually burn anything. No sign of a chimney.

    This too shall pass.



  • #4493
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    HildaOgdenx wrote: »
    This house belonged to Daniel O'Donnell at one time.
    He sold it in 2007.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-donegal-shore-house-cruit-lower-kincasslagh-co-donegal/3245303

    Nice house, with fine views. I'd have to un-Liberace it though.


  • #4494
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,935 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    HildaOgdenx wrote: »
    This house belonged to Daniel O'Donnell at one time.
    He sold it in 2007.

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-donegal-shore-house-cruit-lower-kincasslagh-co-donegal/3245303

    That house has been for sale 3-4 times since Daniel sold it. Nearly sure it was up for 800k 2-3 years ago.
    Its the last house before the golf course at the end of an island, pretty remote to get to.


  • #4495
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,338 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Nice house, with fine views. I'd have to un-Liberace it though.

    That decor, for "good" decor, is as bad as I've seen in a long time!

    The swag curtains in the bathrooms :eek:

    A fine house on a fabulous site, though.


  • #4496
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,221 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    M_Murphy57 wrote: »
    Jesus, you really can smell that carpet just by looking at the photo.

    That's one of the many overlooked advantages of buying a murder house - the guards rip out the old carpets for you

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #4497
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,293 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    Stunning location, décor is it a bit Liberace-y but for a cool mil, I'd deal with it... for a short time before the practicalities kicked in


  • #4498
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    That decor, for "good" decor, is as bad as I've seen in a long time!

    The swag curtains in the bathrooms :eek:

    A fine house on a fabulous site, though.

    Decor definitely not my taste, even though I haven't looked at it properly yet.

    Must figure out sometime how many times my house would fit into it :D
    Eight bedrooms! :D


  • #4499
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,221 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Sure you'd spend your whole life hoovering :pac:

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #4500
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    It looks like a waiting room in Dignitas for disappointed architects, dejected interior designers and light fitters that were given the wrong dimension drawings.

    And they're all going down that stairway into hell.

    51208704142_4fcd22edc5_z.jpg[


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  • #4501
    Leg End Reject
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Sure you'd spend your whole life hoovering :pac:

    And just the curtains at that, you'd never get to the floors.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




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