How does that qualify as a domestic dwelling? Showroom/hotel/exhibition piece? How many staff would you need to occupy that kitchen, and how many to look after the building/grounds/etc?
Probably just for emergency use? And washing certain parts after....
I love the realtor's name - Johnny Hatem Jr :D
It's something that is drilled into our conciseness from the moment we can talk. Stone is better than Wood is better than straw. Ask any 3 little pigs. 🐷🐷🐷
But what about the Faroe Islands, and Iceland? Wet and stormy there, but still an overwhelming use of timber for domestic construction. I get your point about Sweden, but western Norway is one of the wettest places in the world, outside of the tropics. Three times what Donegal gets (on average). I wouldn't forget about our Canadian Atlantic island cousins either, Newfoundland has more rain than Donegal on average, (and the odd hurricane) and yet they build timber houses there too.
It just feels more cultural than environmental the reason for not using timber. And look at the home grown solution which gave rise to the pyrite scandal?!
lads,
our builders couldn't even be arsed to make concrete blocks that wouldn't disintegrate after a few years, what do you think they would do with wooden houses?
I think rain is only one of the issues with wood. Wooden houses are the norm in Canada and America. I remember being told by an architect that our climate is unsuitable for wood due to the dampness in our air. In winter Canada and America have crisp cold air where we have damp cold air.
It has science to back it up and nothing cultural. The vikings even figured it out hence we don’t have traditional Viking buildings here. Go to these countries and you will feel their rain and winds. It literally isn’t the same as here and we have very moist air. The winds are dry unlike here so the wood is helped where as here the wet air is driven into the wood causing it to rot. Ireland is damp not cold with snow
We are not cold enough, the cold removes the moisture from the air.
If we lose the Gulf Stream we might well find the temperatures are cold enough for timber clad houses!
Now, I don't know if brick would hold up better but in North America those wood houses don't really hold up against hurricanes and tornadoes.
We also do not have wood at an abundance like they do in all those countries.
Also you can have a wooden house made out of logs here there is one in the hills of Castlebar and it's there over 25 years at this stage. They are both foreign and dentists and they imported the materials from what ever country they are from.
The reason we do not have log houses is because of what I said above we do not have enough forests with good wood. The forests you mostly see here are crap ever green and that wood is sh*t.
Here it is and it's been there over 25 years.
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.8790454,-9.3226781,3a,75y,19.75h,80.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s9d-P59qazgD0BwQ0dmKrPQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D9d-P59qazgD0BwQ0dmKrPQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D351.13342%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Exactly and hence the materials used in different countries..
And thats that
Nearly a million quid for this nondescript monstrosity of blandness
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-12-saint-margarets-park-malahide-co-dublin/4073203
Christ, I know it's Malahide but you'd have to gut and refurb that.
My sister lives very near there. I think they were built in the 50's or 60's and many haven't been touched. Every time I visit her, there is a house on that street or 'St Margarets Road' which is perpendicular to that one, being completely gutted and renovated. They are more like new builds, but have to look the same from the outside to an extent. Mad money. Buying a house for at least a million knowing that it is going to cost at least another €500k (or more) before you move in.
The Edge's parents were living in one beside that (I was remined every time I went there for a while) and it is being gutted at the minute. Stripped and built back up. I think the majority are/were that generation lifetime homes.
More quare shaped doors and rooms, EAs shouldn't be let loose with cameras.
Indeed. Seems to have gotten really bad recently. I think it’s EAs losing the run of themselves with that new iPhone photo feature that lets you zoom out, effectively step back, and widen the view. Which is great for seaside landscapes. But a bit sh1t for a 1960s kitchen
You don't think you are exaggerating with your €500k refurbishment costs? What would somebody being doing to the property to cost that much?
You could spend it on one of these bad boys.
Actually you'd probably need someone else to chip in anther €500k too.
A feast for the senses
It's just old fashioned decor? It looks like it was well looked after and the garden looks lovely. The accessible bathroom down stores is a big clue why it's for sale.
Nice house that is just a bit tired.
Agreed, needs redecorating, but so do most houses, its far from the worst. Though I am not convinced about the bathroom (with a glass door) off the dining room! That could be sorted though.
May the previous owner rest in peace.
Party like its 1979 for the low-low price of 1.1 millen.
That was a posh house in its heyday. It's a nice area but would need a lot of money to bring it up to modern standards.
I like seeing well maintained older houses, it looks like the previous owners were happy and comfortable there.
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