Purchase of a house in receivership

Expect documentation issues at the very least. Your solicitor will need to make very sure that there is a marketable title. Are you using a mortgage?

On the bordering on scare story level, try find out how sane the people it was removed from are. Retaliation is not unheard of, albeit very very rare. In rural areas there's more chance of risks I'd say.

It could still be in receivership if it was owned by a company

Maybe I'm wrong and the term is also used for personal assets. Someone else on here will correct me if I am wrong hopefully

Ask the EA for the folio if they have it, it will give the owners name on the top you can also get it yourself from landirect but you'll have to pay, think it's about 5 euro you'll know then if it's a bank/reciever and the previous owners will be listed.

It can drag on a bit, some of the recievers can be tricky, will want proof of funds and proof of how you got those funds, If your trying to mortage it the EA and the Reciever might not have much intrest, I'd proceed as a cash but have a mortage agreed on the side.

Check the plumbing and electrics inside out, could be surprise in there somewhere if the owners weren't happy leaving. There also could be an expensive electric re connection fee if it's been turned off a long time, have a word with Electric Irleand about that they may do something for you.

Spend the 5 euro on https://www.landdirect.ie/ and you might find out some useful information.

Is there anything in the Particulars that's where the change would be listed...

That says more about the inbred clowns living in that village than anyone else lol..

You are, of course, wrong. A receiver can be appointed over a property under the terms of its mortgage. There is in fact a statutory right to appoint a receiver in addition to the terms of the mortgage. It is not availed of in the csase of family homes because of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears etc but is used frerquently in the case of buy to lets. the majority of houses auctioned by Bidx1 are receiverships of buy-to let properties.

The main issue for a purchaser is that the receiver cannot answer some of the requisitions on title and excludes himself from all liability and contracts out of important information. I would be surprised if the o/p succeeds in getting a mortgage to buy such a property. If his solicitor has to qualify the title (almost inevitable) a lender may well refuse a loan.

Is there nothing under that, i'd assume it should have been transferred to somewhere else if it's in receivership.

Ours was a bank repossession so the former owners had no say in how or when it was sold, it was the bank (AIB) that dragged their feet on the sale.

It probably would have gone on longer only there was a storm and some of the trees on my property blew over and damaged the neighbours property which the bank was liable to repair. After that the bank just wanted rid and the sale moved on pretty quickly.

Receiver is usually appointed to buy to let properties as they are bought as an investment and therefore are not considered family homes.

If you look at any decent online auction such as bidx1 you will see many are receiver sales. Some are tenanted, some are vacant. I would not see much of an issue. Banks will have no issue giving a mortgage either.

A bank repossession sale however may have more "personal" interest from a small number of people as usually that would be their home, but receiver sale is effectively an investment property sale.