Yeah I remember hearing of a bank manager somewhere in Meath living above the bank in the 70's. The tradition goes a long way back but is well gone now.
Imagine living above a bank with your family in the 1870's and hearing a window breaking and the candles in the room flickering, oh bollox, here we go again..... 😂
When I was growing up, there was a house behind (attached to) the bank in the village. As young teenagers we found places to climb and explore all over the place. One place was the wall behind the bank, where we noticed there was a house/dwelling, with skylights, and we walked across that roof. There was somebody sitting in there, no idea if he had a brandy or a cocked shotgun though.. We didn't do it often, found better places, but we did try and convince others to go and have a look.
That Mountmellick house is a superb renovation job. All the bedrooms are en suite so Id guess they must have stripped it back, knocked some walls and started afresh.They have got underfloor hearing under those very old oak floors so that shows the money that has gone into the place as retrofitting underfloor heating is a seriously expensive job.
Theyve done a really great renovation on it and a big part of the price for the new owners is that they wont have to endure the pure stress a renovation like that involves with problems popping up everywhere and the budget getting blown asunder. Im not sure how far 350k goes in County Laois but if that house was in Dublin it would easily be a million quid upwards.
From the listing it says it was the bank managers home who lived with his family above the bank. It would be interesting to know when that tradition died out, it began in Victorian times. And to know what went on back in those days with the bank manager living above the bank. My minds eye sees him relaxing upstairs in the evenings with a brandy in one hand and a shotgun cocked and ready to go by his side.
Worth about 8K without PP
The mistake they made here was not labelling the first photo "kileenmore_remove_weeds_from_gravel_and_rename_file_jpg"
I've viewed a few places in Dublin that had stuff not far off these.. 🤐
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Nice surrounds. The Slieve Blooms have become a nice Wicklow alternative, Emo Court is a grand walk.
Mountmellick is a toilet.
Looks like it used to be a B&B.
What's mountmellick like? I have heard of it all my life, don't think I have ever been there, or possible ever even passed through.
Gosh that's fantastic. Presume it will go for much more though. :)
Unless that's built on top of an old Indian Ground it's a steal. 😍
Definitely looking to hook in a Dermot Bannon fan who will throw in another 750k developing the existing buildings to overlook the bay with an entire side of the house made of glass.
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-the-old-bank-house-the-old-bank-house-mountmellick-co-laois/3434703
I can't comment on the price as I don't know the area but I thought this place was fabulous. It oozes so much character and style. I'd very happily live there.
Nothing says classy like Blue LEDs.
Half a million quid for a crappy old house, on a scrap of land in the back of nowhere, in Galway? You're grand...
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/funachree-roundstone-connemara-co-galway/4522631
Spot on in your description. The, er, mural... Jesus wept (well, he would if he saw it). A few tins of white paint would do miracles to that place.
Dolores O'Riordan's homeplace (Ballybricken). Nice part of Limerick.
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-56-leopardstown-road-foxrock-sandyford-dublin-18/3502489
I think the word "eclectic" was written for this house. Overall I'm impressed by how much house you get from what looks like a small dormer from the front. The bar in the entrance hall is pure amazing, and the bedrooms look good. But some of the other choices....
Re the Limerick mansion. I Street viewed the crossroads where the pub is located to get an idea where all the nearest towns are. Let's just say that the pub facade tells you exactly what type of people live around there. Tally-Ho.
It's not that it's a fine home, but if you had a million would you spend it on that given the choice.
I don't know a lot of you seem to dislike that Limerick house. I would love it. But I can't even afford a normal house never mind one close to a mil.
There isn't one thing I like about that Limerick house. It looks like it was built that size to impress the neighbours rather than create a home and all the landscaping is on the approach to the house, from inside you're looking at stones.
All the interior pine, the decking and leather couches are tacky AF too. No year mentioned, but I'd guess early to mid 00s and Celtic Tiger notions.
There is an inflation calculator that you can go to and it told me that £29 punt is the same as €76 today.
Just shows how much people are getting rode for rent in 2021. When I was a student in Dundalk 4 of us rented a 3 bed house for 80 punt a week and that was in the early 90's.
It seems way over complicated with its dressing room/wardrobe/en suite arrangements; I'd have every bit of that varnished wood painted and there is a kind of souless cheapo-looking finish to the interior decoration, though nothing wrong with the quality I'd guess. Its a house that needs a bit of love.
Its not all that isolated, there are other houses around and a pub nearby and they say 10 minutes to Limerick which probably means about 20 minutes. I wouldn't reject it on that basis, but it isn't nearly a million's worth.
jaysis 106 photographs in the listing, the estate agent must have thought he was a papparazzi.
Its an interesting design with the drive through car port, no need for reversng out of there. But yeah its a bit soulless because of its sheer size of 520sqm. I dont think its ever possible for a house of that size to feel homely
If it had planning that would be its single biggest selling point so an agent would definitely mention it. It wouldnt surprise me if it is being advertised on US sites with the hope of snagging a wealthy dreamer, I cant see any Irish person paying 400k for a stoney field with no planning
It's big I'll give it that, but to my mind it's soulless and another house you'd ideally need shares in Ronseal.
If you'd a classroom of kids or wanted to run a B&B, but would you pay nearly a million for this fairly isolated Limerick house?
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-mountain-view-rochestown-grange-co-limerick/3491810
Oh yea another point I have a car so alot of places above shops in main streets are out for me since no free parking.
Usually residents in town centres can buy an annual parking permit off the council to park on the street, should be info on the councils website
There must surely be planning that has just been omitted from the listing. And weirdly, it states ‘mains water’ as an attribute?
Its Sherry Fitz, hardly a cowboy outfit. Something doesn’t add up
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