I have a feeling that they're no stranger to drugs these past few years.
Looking at google maps, they were sold back in 2019, so must be back on the market after planning.
35m2 too... they must be on drugs
State of these yokes for 320 whole thousand! One of them is literally just a shed, but they have planning. So youre pretty much paying the owner for the houses you still have to build yourself. It will cost many 100,000 to build them the way they have in the plans.
The only people I know that ever moved to Leitrum did it to retire there. And they only lasted a year before they moved back to Dublin.
He lost the younger electorate when he went against the grain and voted against Christmas. Some say it was a self preservation decision.
And humble enough to still drive a Hiace. I believe he's never been to Meath.
Don't forget about the greatest Eurovision entry of all time.
The above also applies to Mick Wallace
Dustin is a well known politician, tv personality and entertainer. He started out in the construction industry and became a very successful developer. He built some of the finest eco homes on the long mile road.
unfortunately he lost a lot of money in Leitrim’s financial district, harboring bad feeling towards the county since then.
No wiser! lol.... local folk lore?
Didn't they only get a set of traffic lights in 2003, and it didn't last long either.
Ah stop. Leitrim has come along in leaps and bounds. Telecommunications for starters is vastly superior there these days....
I heard they drive around with square wheels on their cars in Leitrim.
Hi Grace, it's not an attitude towards Leitrim, it's a fact, I'm sure it's a grand place to live in retirement but if you want to work or commute anywhere it's just not practical.
It's not even Westmeath, it's Offaly according to Google maps.
The Westmeath house might not qualify as a 'house' for replacement purposes, its very far gone, it would have to be knocked completely. A buyer would want to check with the Planning office - that's exactly the sort of question they will give a fairly clear answer on at pre-planning stage.
The argument (in some Planning areas anyway) is that if too many houses pop up in an area they become a (something) meaning a group of houses that require services. Once you get beyond a certain number of houses the CoCo has an obligation to provide services and they are trying to avoid these scattered groups and have people living in larger groupings depending on the County Plan zoning requirements. I am willing to be corrected on any of this but that is the gist of it as explained to me by a planner. The planners are stuck with houses that were built up to about 10 or 15 years ago when planning was more of a free for all, and now they are trying to rationalise it.
Edit - 'something' - hub maybe?
It comes from a generation growing up listening to Dustin the Turkey taking the piss out of Leitrim on Den TV/The Den
Looks like a good deal to be honest. You wouldn't get a 3 acre site with a derelict house around here for twice that.
House with a grand load of land for 60k, and the house isn't right on the edge of the road like it is with most of these
I'm not a mica expert but this doesn't look right to me. It looks like cracks have been filled in over the windows. Without a doubt it looks like it was patched up.
I always wonder why the attitude re Leitrim? I lived a few happy years there
Not in a house only 4 years old - for most it takes close to a decade before structural warping starts to happen.
Pic 13 shows a good lot of discolouration running horizontally across the entire front of the house (except for cladded porch) - having seen many positive mica houses, that looks like one of the early signs. In 5 years time those could be big horizontal spider cracks, in 10yrs big deep chunks.
Just for some more price context:
This house at similar size and slightly more remote location (albeit with a neighbour right next door) is listed at 360k. Worse BER, not nearly as modern a finish inside, but much higher price. A house of the quality of the OP at only 200k is very suspect unfortunately.
Sorry to go off topic, but here's a recent example of the type of thread I was talking about.
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058264665/building-a-flat-pack-log-cabin
I be surprised if there is an mica issue with that houses. The mica problem was well highlighted 5 years ago so I would be very surprised if it was an issue. However because of the history there I would get a mica test done.
You would be looking for cracks, bulges and lifted floors, and there does not appear to be any inside or in the render outside. There is one very carefully placed mat in a doorway that could be a danger point, but other than that the interior walls appear to be pristine. Not sure what the marks on the outside are, do they imply movement?
A MICA test has been carried out and a report is available on request.
The pictures dont show it very well, but you can see what I would consider significant damage to outside render given the house is only 4 years old. Definitely issues. If it was MICA free they would say as much in the ad. Clearly hoping to get some gullible blow in to buy it - but they cant put their hands up and say "we didnt mislead"
While Donegal is one of the cheaper counties to buy a house in, this isn't bad value if the blocks don't contain mica or any other harmful contaminant.
The average house price of a 3 bed semi in Donegal is €136k according to this.....ahem........ very reputable source. 😁 A house on its own like this would be more expensive.
Given that the house is pretty modern, is A rated and appears to be in good condition, I wouldn't consider €200k to be a very high price for that house.
I think to people who live in counties such as Dublin think it's cheap as they wouldn't get a 'shite in a shoe box' for €200k. There the average is over €350k for a three bed semi and you wouldn't get anything like that Donegal house in Dublin for that money.
€200,000 doesn't seem cheap to me. But yea I'd get the house tested by more than one company if I was in the market for that house. Afaik Donegal is the worst place for pyrite/mica.
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