Wow that looks draughty! That's 200 for the view and 75 for the house and the land.
Its remote, but where I live is about the same distances to facilities and its not a problem.
Lovely scenery, miles away from anything, the nearest bar is a 10 minute drive, Centra is a 15-20 minute drive. It would be freezing from Autumn until Spring...
Nice though. 🙂
But pricey. €300k and whatever it would cost to do up and modernise, and get the equipment out to it.. Probably close to a million finished?
It didn't look too bad at all, I thought. The roof, doors and windows look recent, it needs some refurb but depending on what they are asking its a reasonable enough proposition for a town terraced house. Its all down to the price though, otherwise I would say its an honest enough property.
My granny's house (in another area of the town) had exactly what AlmightyCushion mentioned in her house 20 years ago. Technically outside the envelope of the house but it had a plastic roof and was wired so she could keep the freezer etc out there. Had a door and all.
It could be one of those cheap patio area where they have windows and a see through plastic sheeting roof. They look awful but some houses have them and I imagine the units would be relatively fine once they are sheltered from the rain.
Appliances all relatively new and included (Washing machine, dryer, fridge and cooker)
Yeah, but half of them are sitting outside in the elements.
No, you can do it without them. Also, estate agents are more for helping you sell a house than buy one. Like obviously, the first place most people go to buy one is an estate agent, and they faciliate the transaction, but on the whole (apart from maybe the spendy end of the market) an estate agent will just point you at their listings on their website and won't actually do any work to help you find a house to buy.
I used to know someone years ago who set up a company after they sold their own house themselves. The company sold a pack for a couple of hundred euro that gathered together a checklist of all the things you needed to do, various tips (around photography, advertising, staging, etc), a professional looking sign to put outside the house with your phone number printed on it, and a listing on their website. Their website still seems to be online, but all the house listings and the registration page throw errors, so I don't know if they're sill in business or not. I assume you can also find all the information you need to do it yourself without buying such a pack. I think the solicitor stuff is the only thing you can't do yourself.
No issues buying and selling without estate agent. The only person not in the party is the estate agent. I've done it twice in the past. Agree price and then the two solicitors take over. Result.
Whats with the hastags in the adverts.....is "Recently rewired" trending?
Its in a very poor state. It seems the best thing about the house they could photograph was the open fire ( think there was 4 or 5 pics of the fire) which says it all.
Hopefully the seller is sensible to realise that it is in a poor state and needs alot of work. Sometimes a private seller means the seller doesnt accept the valuation of the auctioneer and thinks its worth alot more.
I didn't even know you could buy a house without an estate agent.
That's a sad looking home. Adapted on the cheap for elderly person, looks like not a penny was spent on it since it was built.
Looks like a DIY sale, no texts and phone after 5:30 on weeks days. As for price, it can 'command up to 800 per month' so the basic time honored rule of 10 years rent (800x12x10) gives a price of 96,000.
Of course this may be no where near what the seller wants :-)
This poor house is dire. When I saw picture 13 and the subsequent ones I thought there had been a serious leak, but I think they had maybe just mopped the floors and didn't leave time for it to dry? Which begs the question - how dirty were the floors before? It's on a really busy road into the town too but maybe a plus is that it would have a nice view of the COI church and graveyard across the road?
POA usually means that a house is too expensive for the rest of us plebs, but I don't think that's the case here for some reason. 😕
Fair play to them though, now all the meighbours can watch the sacrifices at the centrally located covered fire pit altar
I love it. Can see Edward Scissorhands pottering around there when he eventually sells the castle.
Jokes aside I love the look.
You'd wake up every morning worried you had gone blind.
I particularly liked the "Today is a good day for a good day" one. I like it. I'm not a fan of brightness in general, so I reckon I could easily live in that house. Perfect for my gamer self really. Can't imagine the heating would be needed too often!
Fair play to them, they went all in, the whole hog, the full nine yards.
I'm not sure but something tells me they like black. Haha! 🤣
Bizarre, the outside looks like a gimp mask, yet the interior is dotted with faux-motivational Live Laugh Love type crap
Black, black all is black!!
why dont americans have fences etc
The rugs and the walnut sideboard in a bedroom are literally the only nice things in that house!
I had the shivers just flicking through the photos.
Horrible.
You could kind of forgive them the outside, maybe all the recent exterior work didn't turn out the way they intended. But then the inside! The outside was deliberate! I reckon it would take about 5 coats of paint to completely obliterate that black on the ceilings and walls if you wanted white. I suppose you could paint it light grey, be like living in fog. Its actually a nice house, interesting layout and a good site, but I don't fancy their chances of selling it in its present colour scheme.
When I turned goth.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/110-Edgar-St_Lincoln_IL_62656_M76574-13448
That's the thing, it has potential but the decor is I think, incoherent. Some of the furniture clashes with the finish of the floors, light fittings etc. The 'feature wall' in the living room is somewhat questionable and clashes with the rugs, sideboards etc. As you say, it has potential, it just needs a better fitout.
It could be a really nice house - the decor is too cold as the moment with all the back, grey and stark white hard surfaces.
Change the decor and make it more cosy and it would be a lovely house. The price isnt too bad either for Dublin - seen alot smaller older houses with a bigger price tag.
I remember myself and my then partner rented a house in a rural area and it was very nice, very good value just after the 2008 crash, but it was ridiculously huge for two people.
Unless you’re planning to have about 8 kids, or moving your entire extended family in or running a small hotel, it doesn’t make sense. We ended up with rooms we didn’t even remember we had. You just run out of purposes for them.
There were bathrooms that I never used, a downstairs shower and bathroom in the utility room that I think I washed my hands in a couple of times and that was about it…
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-2-an-pairc-wotton-the-ward-the-ward/3290267 - It strikes me as a bit 'new money', inconsistent and glitzy.
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