You'd have to wonder if that's some sort of distressed/forced sale, and they're just giving two fingers to the whole thing?
It's in the middle of nowhere, and it's the middle bit of not-a-huge garden - and even if you ever did get planning permission, some bit of your house would be looking straight in the windows of the existing one.
No buyer in their right mind would ever consider that, even if they were giving it away for free!
I think it sounds straight forward enough. They are just basically saying you could build a house if you got planning, but the sale isn't contingent to you obtaining that planning.
I highly doubt they are going to fool anyone into buying the plot to be honest. Who would want to be hemmed in on three sides like that, in the countryside.
Someone else and not the homeowner might own the plot along by the road.
Yes, that's what I said?
0.21ha is 0.51 acres. A hectare is 2.47 acres. The original homeowner owns that whole site, the area for sale has been registered and given right of way onto the existing drive.
I may go to Specsavers. I didn't notice the 'ha'. Where's the embarrassed emoji? 😳
Alright, let's frame the question this way, if you inherited it from a dead relative, how would you get rid of it?
It not in the middle of nowhere, it at the edge of Sligo town down a cul de sac adjacent to the racecourse.
Being as it is so near the town I wonder was the public sewer bought out that far. I suspect it is as it would be impossible to sell the site otherwise.
The owners would have had to get planning to reconfigure the site unless this land was not originally on the site map. If it was not originally on the site map the sewer is definitely there, if there is a septic tank it has to be on the lawn on the outer part.
If there is a septic tank it unlikely the council would allow the reconfiguration of the site untill the new septic tank system was installed. The 20k AMV would not pay for tearing up tarmac and installing the system.
If you look at the satellite images and street view one of the adjacent properties look like it's some sort of treatment plant. Concrete slab over tank with vents. The other large property beside it is some sort of commercial premises. It has two silos on one side of it. However there is four individual bays at the back of one of the building with what seem is only walking access
The access to this site is opposite the treatment plant. This is a kerbed road.
Since the water treatment plant is adjacent, the main sewer has to go past the house, so septic tanks probably don't come in to it. Whether you would get permission for an additional connection is another matter.
Even worse that I thought, you have to share a driveway!
Or, if the road down to the treatment plant is a public road (even though it's a cul de sac), you could maybe apply as part of your planning permission application to have an entrance onto that road?
That Sligo one smacks of someone owes money but 'can't pay' so is trying to demonstrate that they are trying to liquidise property to settle amounts owed. The plot offered is deliberately awkward to discourage interest.
I wonder is there a smell from the treatment plant?
Edit, I just Googled and it's not a waste water treatment plant. It supplies Sligo with drinking water so I'd assume no smell.
Would the sewer line run that far from the city? Or is it specifically needed for the water treatment plant to run properly?
My guess is that its the town supply treatment plant for potable water only given its location next to the lough. Doesnt make sense to pump sewerage up hill if you can avoid it for obvious reason.
Exactly. I'd assume the sewage plant is closer to the sea, for discharge.
Both correct. It's for supplying Sligo with drinking water. It's known as the Fox's Den Water Treatment Plant.
Public sewer is probably gone down there as well. There would be toilet facilities in the plant as they are treating drinking water there they would not put a septic tank near it at the plant.
Far simpler to install an Alternative Treatment Unit onsite and have it serviced once or twice a year for a toilet or two that get little use.
There is also what seems a commercial premises on the he cul de sac beyond the water plant.
As I said as well around the house is all tarmac on the site part retained. The house would need to reconfigure there own waste treatment before selling. 20k would not make a dent in the cost of that.
Im a bit late for Halloween posting this.
Would of been some craic back in the day. The plaque of one its former residents, Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton, has an interesting life.
I feel as though it should appeal to me, but it doesn't. Heck of a lot of work putting it back together, interesting place though.
You would need a couple of million with the price of the place. However you could turn it into some money spinner. Small boutique hotel and restaurant. Change one of the out houses into a comfortable dwelling.
What's a black hole room? Listed with cellar, dairy etc.
Presumably the EA peered into an unused cellar (root cellar?) and said 'what's this?' and the owner replied 'Oh we call that the Black Hole'.
That could be a real "Escape to the Chateau" type restoration project for someone. It could be beautiful. But expensive!
always wanted an oubliette for my posting enemies
Sometimes you'd have to wonder what sort of eijit would pay these prices. I tip my hat to the owners though, they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.
Auctioneers ate no fools either. They generally have a grasp of the market. It's a 0.6 acre site. It will probably be bought for development. You could possibly put 12+ units in an apartment type building on it. On the other hand somebody could buy it and put a big f@@k off house on it. 875k seems a good bit strong depending on the target market but auctioneers are seldom out by more than 10%
I love those chateau restoration channels on youtube. I'd love to do something similar with this sort of building but sadly I'm both broke and boring. lol.
It reminds me of Bellinter House in Navan, I loved it there. I think it'd do very well as a wedding venue/boutique hotel. I'd 100% visit anyway.
Looks like someplace I could have built, all by myself, when I was 14. Can people just pick what ever BER they think they'd like for their house, and just go with that?
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