Chestnut Lodge. Very easy to find on the Eircode finder.
I think the house you are thinking of is the one that is the focal point
in the book The Witness?
150k for "The Ballroom of Romance"
I can see Niall Toibin still hanging around by the door with the fag hanging out of his mouth;
Didnt see the Fiona Bruce one for a long time!
Where is the pic of fiona Bruce?
They appear to have removed the photos. Someone else on twitter has a screenshot, Fiona bruce between the 2 flags
Is that Jimmy Saville?
Its his autobiography, pride of place alongside Thatcher and the Yorkshire Ripper!
That photo was there when I looked but I just couldn't see her. I was looking for a photo not a life size cutout.
Beautiful
That is nice but every ten years or so you have to re-do your roof.
I like the sea views out the front then fields and hills with forests out the back.
Personally, I feel this falls between two stools; if you want modern, design & build modern, if you want Olde Worlde, design and build Olde Worlde.
Having decided on a thatched roof, why go for a tiled extension? And the gardens need to look a little wilder, imo.
I'm paying over a million for a standard pendant light fitting with no lampshade??
That useless space that just collects dust and grease and is difficult to clean, again:
And while you're not exactly cheek-by-jowl with the neighbours, for the price and the style I'd want to be a little more isolated.
According to the description it's every 30 years because it's made out of reed.
Wonder how much it costs to replace.
From a 2015 article:
"Thatching an Irish cottage costs around €10,000-€20,000 and takes a month to two months to complete."
"Maintenance normally involves re-ridging every 8-10 years."
depends on the materials used. water reeds can last up to 60 years so replacing every 30 is reasonable.
The most durable thatching material is water reed (Phragmites Australis) which can last up to 60 years but in Ireland 40+ years is more typical
So the estate agent is telling porkies.
Still, I'd imagine someone buying a home that costs over a mill can probably afford 20k every 10 years.
Its not so much the cost, though of course that is significant, my slates will be there as long as the house is standing, but the hassle of organising someone to come and do it. If builders are anything to go by you could be trying to organise it for a couple of years, and I would guess thatching is worse.
I don't think you could thatch that for 20k, Or maybe you could, using your own oat straw and a local lad who learnt it from You Tube.
Not necessarily. see my post just before yours.
Last year there was a woman thatching a house in Claregalway by herself which I thought was odd. Turns out I seen a article on Facebook on her by coincidence around the same time as I seen her do the roof. Turns out she is a foreign woman who came to Ireland and lived with two old men who were thatchers and she learned the trade off them.
I don't know if this house was mentioned on this thread. I saw an article about it: Here's What €695k Can Buy You Just Outside Limerick City (evoke.ie)
"Derrybeg House is a six-bedroom detatched property that needs a little bit of TLC, but the potential holds no limits."
I suspect there is something more than just a bit of TLC. It is on bidx1 so I imagine there is an issue with it.
I like that a lot. Not necessarily my style, but serious potential.
I hadn't seen it before either - I was expecting it to be in much worse condition. Definately there are areas that need maintenance, but planty of spaces are very liveable. C3 rating, but still it would be a small fortune to keep warm simply by the sheer volume to heat.
Some significant damp problems in a couple of rooms, probably the whole flat roof needs attention. I didn't look at all of it, depending on repairs it looks like an interesting place.
I think it's just off it.
This is what it looked like before hand.
Not a great find. Saw this place, needs a lot of work and they seem to have increased the size of the wall since 2009, some rooms seem semi refurbished.
Bid X1?....
....I'll pass.
695k won't buy that, that's a Bidx1 guide price, will probably go for near a million
Surprising there's not a few caravans parked around there.
It looked a lot happier in 2009!
A swimming pool and 4 car garage would the first things I’d have to add to it. It looks to be finished to a very good standard inside and out. Built in furniture, quality bathrooms etc. Great size site too.
Compared to the million euro McMansion beside the Waterford by-pass that is regularly posted here, (cheap windows, poor layout, acres of tarmac) these two houses are like chalk and cheese.
Presume some of these big places coming up the last year or so are as a result of Ulster Bank leaving? UB probably had them in life support since 08 but the new funds that have bought the bad loans want shot of them quick to make a return on their investment.
Went back for a look they also have metal sockets and switches that cost more than the standard plastic ones.
"The property is arranged over ground and one upper floor beneath a pitched roof."
Looks like a flat roof in the pictures.
