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

What.Now · 30-06-2021 02:30PM

Purple Mountain wrote: »

It's all fine and dandy when you have a family at home but then they fly the nest and you and your OH (if you have held onto them too!) suddenly have all this unnecessary extra room to rattle around in.
I see it with my home place too.

That's when you need the extra room!!!

BattleCorp · 30-06-2021 05:44PM

dmn22 wrote: »

Just seen this house in Leitrim

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-beagh-dromahair-co-leitrim/3411961

Is it just me or this sound extremely dodgy?

Also included in the sale are all the new appliances in the cottage ie. cooker, fridge, TV, also included are some tools, electric equipment, 20ft steel shipping container, caravan , 4x Seater Golf cart , trailers, Land Rover jeep, VW Toureg 2006 diesel , Toyota RAV 4 2005 petrol, Suzuki Jimny , Ford Transit Tipper truck 2005 diesel, 6 Ton Bedford Dumper diesel , 3 Ton Nissan Mini Excavator / Digger Diesel

I bought a house in 2009 and the car in the driveway was thrown in. Seriously.

looksee · 30-06-2021 05:58PM

Was it any good?

30-06-2021 07:23PM

Bare plywood kitchen is tacky enough (thank you Dermot Bannon) but it looks like whoever did it managed to take any cosyness out of it whatsoever.

What made me want to post it here was the bathroom, though... (pic 8). You have to walk through the shower to get to the toilet..?

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-6-windmill-road-drogheda-co-louth/3431805

The asking is also €87k higher than this, 3 doors down in the same terrace..

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-3-windmill-road-drogheda-co-louth/2756289

I have been following Drogheda property for a long time, and I can't see a butchered house on that road selling for 225k, current madness or not.

EDIT: Also, first bedroom only has the door in and out.. is that a fire safety thing? or is that allowed? I always thought bedrooms had to have a window big enough to get out of? or am I mistaken? (the bedroom is in the video if you scroll down the page).

L1011 · 30-06-2021 07:24PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

A very unusual property, an old train station, including the signal cabin and goods sheds.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/ballinlough-station-ballinlough-co-roscommon/4511817

The railway line is still active including freight at night and runs right by it, they've done a good job not having it in the pics!

There was a large goods setup here hence the buildings and signal box away from the main line.

BattleCorp · 30-06-2021 08:24PM

looksee wrote: »

Was it any good?

Nissan Primera. A feckin tank of a yoke. I used it for three years and was glad of it.

BattleCorp · 30-06-2021 08:33PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The asking is also €87k higher than this, 3 doors down in the same terrace..

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-3-windmill-road-drogheda-co-louth/2756289

There's an awful lot of work needed on the cheaper house and you wouldn't likely have any change out of €87k if you went about doing the work.

nibtrix · 30-06-2021 09:28PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

This is what 1600 a month can get you in Dublin city.

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/studio-apartment-3-avondale-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3433165

Boils my blood reading muck like this

"REDMOND PROEPRTY GROUP are delighted to bring this Studio apartment in 3a Avondale Road to the letting market.

3a presents itself in pristine condition with open plan living, one bedroom, kitchen area and separate bathroom."

Some example photos incase it gets taken down, or god forbid, rented.

Says €600 a month on the ad?

Top Dog · 30-06-2021 09:30PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

This is what 1600 a month can get you in Dublin city.

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/studio-apartment-3-avondale-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3433165

Boils my blood reading muck like this

"REDMOND PROEPRTY GROUP are delighted to bring this Studio apartment in 3a Avondale Road to the letting market.

3a presents itself in pristine condition with open plan living, one bedroom, kitchen area and separate bathroom."

Some example photos incase it gets taken down, or god forbid, rented.

It wouldn't be for me, but I clicked the link out of curiosity and the advert says rent is €600 - not €1600

punisher5112 · 30-06-2021 09:30PM

nibtrix wrote: »

Says €600 a month on the ad?

Yeah just seen that now myself.

Top Dog · 30-06-2021 09:31PM

nibtrix wrote: »

Says €600 a month on the ad?

Snap!

retalivity · 30-06-2021 10:12PM

It definitely had 1600 on it earlier when I clicked through to it, must have been a typo they have since corrected

some random drunk · 30-06-2021 11:18PM

This is a new one for me, a "lean-to" bedroom. Which is in fact the house's only bedroom. The Dublin property market never ceases to amaze.

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-59-harty-place-portobello-dublin-8/3434260

Leg End Reject · 30-06-2021 11:36PM

some random drunk wrote: »

This is a new one for me, a "lean-to" bedroom. Which is in fact the house's only bedroom. The Dublin property market never ceases to amaze.

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-59-harty-place-portobello-dublin-8/3434260

That is bizarre! Is the unfinished mezzanine the bedroom?

I don't understand the industrial floor covering, I presume it's industrial lino. Still, it would suit a single person with very few possessions and a healthy salary who wanted to be near town.

The old outdoor loo would be handy for the lawnmower. :pac:

Larsso30 · 01-07-2021 12:01AM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

That is bizarre! Is the unfinished mezzanine the bedroom?

I don't understand the industrial floor covering, I presume it's industrial lino. Still, it would suit a single person with very few possessions and a healthy salary who wanted to be near town.

The old outdoor loo would be handy for the lawnmower. :pac:

It's the floor, kept looking at it and couldn't figure out what I hated, horrific floor.

Very, very weird house. Where is the bedroom? ðŸ˜‚

Mullinabreena · 01-07-2021 12:23AM

some random drunk wrote: »

This is a new one for me, a "lean-to" bedroom. Which is in fact the house's only bedroom. The Dublin property market never ceases to amaze.

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-59-harty-place-portobello-dublin-8/3434260

An absolute gem!

:rolleyes:

some random drunk · 01-07-2021 12:23AM

The "lean-to" is the bedroom.

A "lean to" is generally speaking an additional, often ramshackle structure that is built onto the back wall of a house and has a roof whose rafters lean against that wall. I've seen them before on this type of old cottage, generally used for storage or as a sun room.

In this case however, it's the main bedroom, which was why I was highlighting it

. Why would having a bedroom in a lean-to be a bad idea? Well firstly the awkward layout, where you'd have to walk through the bedroom to access the bathroom or backyard. Also the lack of privacy where the kitchen window looks straight into the bedroom. However, the main issue is the thin, plastic roof, wooden exterior wall and the complete lack of any sort of central heating

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AlmightyCushion · 01-07-2021 12:32AM

The first three words of the estate agent spiel on the ad 'An absolute gem!'. I feel sorry for that fella's girlfriend when they get engaged. It'll probably be a lump of dog shít on the ring.

humberklog · 01-07-2021 12:50AM

Nothing like falling asleep to the gentle patter of rain on...checks notes...Perspex roof?

lintdrummer · 01-07-2021 01:17AM

humberklog wrote: »

Nothing like falling asleep to the gentle patter of rain on...checks notes...Perspex roof?

Forget the rain, imagine the sun beating in on Summer mornings waking you up at half 4. You'd need a four poster bed covered in black out blinds to sleep in there!

PommieBast · 01-07-2021 03:49AM

L1011 wrote: »

Someone trying to get away very, very quickly?

Ian Usher style?

Mollyb60 · 01-07-2021 08:54AM

"will particularly appeal to those who are location driven" - Yeah coz that's the only good thing the house has going for it! Christ on a bike you'd freeze to death in that "bedroom" in the winter.

BattleCorp · 01-07-2021 09:03AM

lintdrummer wrote: »

Forget the rain, imagine the sun beating in on Summer mornings waking you up at half 4. You'd need a four poster bed covered in black out blinds to sleep in there!

T'wud be the Winter that would more concern me with that kind of roof.

looksee · 01-07-2021 09:10AM

How much longer are agents going to mess about with those ridiculous cameras that supposedly make places look enormous? Once your eye has adjusted to it its obvious how small places are by the degree of distortion. Like the kitchen in the windowless house.

edit, yes, sorry, lenses, not cameras.

01-07-2021 09:23AM

looksee wrote: »

How much longer are agents going to mess about with those ridiculous cameras that supposedly make places look enormous? Once your eye has adjusted to it its obvious how small places are by the degree of distortion. Like the kitchen in the windowless house.

They don't always need to use the fisheye lens,

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Kintarō Hattori · 01-07-2021 09:49AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Bare plywood kitchen is tacky enough (thank you Dermot Bannon) but it looks like whoever did it managed to take any cosyness out of it whatsoever.

What made me want to post it here was the bathroom, though... (pic 8). You have to walk through the shower to get to the toilet..?

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-6-windmill-road-drogheda-co-louth/3431805

The asking is also €87k higher than this, 3 doors down in the same terrace..

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-3-windmill-road-drogheda-co-louth/2756289

I have been following Drogheda property for a long time, and I can't see a butchered house on that road selling for 225k, current madness or not.

EDIT: Also, first bedroom only has the door in and out.. is that a fire safety thing? or is that allowed? I always thought bedrooms had to have a window big enough to get out of? or am I mistaken? (the bedroom is in the video if you scroll down the page).

In fairness now I think that's quite nice. Yes it's not cosy as such but it's clean and modern. I've no idea about the price of property in Drogheda but overall that's a nice update of an old house.

KevRossi · 01-07-2021 10:42AM

In the house in Portobello, the bedroom is the Mezzanine. The 'lean-to' is a cover over what was the yard with a patio door on it, I doubt it's meant to be any kind of room. It's meant as a sun room, but it should have at least a double glazed ceiling with blinds on it for it to be workable. Handy for drying clothes and sitting there on a cold, sunny day but unusable as a standard room. It's an unfinished house, just patched up to look half-decent. Lack of central heating would be my worry. Spiral staircase doesn't conform to regs AFAIK if you want to rent it out, but I could be wrong. You need €50K to finish that off properly.

I'm very sure that house is owned by a friend of a friend. If it is, he's a hipster twat who is endlessly tweeting about the HSE and the housing crisis. The irony in him flogging that, but as I said to other people, we'd all sell at €100K above asking if the market was preparing to pay that. I'll text a couple of people this evening to see if it's him, but he definitely lives in one of those cottages.

retalivity · 01-07-2021 10:54AM

Those houses on Harty place are some of the smallest in Dublin, I remember seeing one a few years ago there for €100k and about 30sqm
€275k for 46sqm, which appears to include an unfinished mezzanine and a covered yard is disgraceful

LaChatteGitane · 01-07-2021 10:59AM

I love these types of cottages, but I would reconfigure the whole place if I were to live in it. In that case the asking price is a bit steep.
The rooms are tiny and it would benefit from open plan living, except the bedroom and bathroom (obviously).

I wondered if that is an RSJ sticking out into the garden area ? When you look back to the house from the garden on the LHS ?

2ndcoming · 01-07-2021 11:17AM

It's hipster central around there. Few last remaining oul local spinsters and bachelors must get a land seeing these hairy yokes with holes in their ears walking around the place.

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

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