It's kinda sad because it's probably that the owners are dead and that's why it's up for sale.
It looks like a house that was well loved. It will be a lovely home for someone. They have to keep the fireplace!
Leitrim in general is a beautiful and underrated county, imo.
I always love seen those immaculate kept houses.
Whilst they mightn't have a high energy rating.
There was no waste throwing everything out for the next fad.
They are, a nice couple that never had children.
I would say they probably moved in end of the 70s early 80s, was probably the height of indoor decor back then!
Complete with an aerial photo of the house, just like my parents had.
I like this one and went to see it, unfortunately there is already a bidding frenzy happening so I'm giving it a skip. A lot of these cottages are divided into too many rooms or have a horrible falling apart flat roof extension at the back but this one doesnt.
I don't worry about the BER , if it's very poor it doesn't take much to improve it and usually means the most basic/cheapest improvements haven't been bothered with yet
Same as my grandparents, when they died I got the aerial photo of the house!😁 .delighted actually because my cousin that got the house has completely changed it.
Very 80s!
Bottom right of first pic does a farmer have to go through your garden to access his field?
Doesnt look like it's in use but I'd say there is at least one twisht in the tail with the auld access and rights of way
Whilst its not my taste, I've always admired the Tudor style probably because of the timber work. A lot of maintenance though I suspect. The energy bill to heat this huge place would be frightful in winter!
I really like it, but for that money I'd prefer something more private in the country.
Oh I love that, it is absolutely beautiful!
Is that black plastic on the floor?
That's stunning.
It's a tiled or slate floor that is sealed. It looks poxy.
As an aside, I wouldn't live in a house near Rathkeale for all the tea in China.
That seems a low price to me given how much house there is and what similar houses closer to Dublin can make.
There is a lot of old money in that part of Greystones. I remember going to a wedding of a friend of my wife's in this same area and it was held in a huge marquee that the brides family had installed over their tennis court. The house itself was fabulous, a Jack B watercolor in the hall, some Le brocquy's in the 'parlor'. Serious wedge.
Fake stone by the look of it.
I hate to see exercise equipment in living rooms etc especially when they
have outbuildings to use as a gym. They make a house stink and if you really
like cycling, get out on your bike! There is a lovely greenway in Rathkeale that
brings you to Newcastle West. Rathkeale isn't that bad, it has it's fair share of
"bad folk" but I know a lot of decent people from there. It does have a bad name
and is a spectacle to see at Christmas with all the "visitors" in flash cars.
That is Liscannor stone flag, polished.
Really like this, reminds me of a summer cottage in Finland or Sweden, just needs a sauna!
I think you have to go outside to get to the bedrooms though?
Every time I look for the BER and it always changes my opinion or interest in a place. Now I'm lotto money away from anything on the thread but once the place has services the heating is somehow my sticking point.
That place looks like wide open rooms and with a G rating I can't begin to imagine the remedial work even with a grant.
The name of the closest town, Shercock. That some mad name for a town. People nearby may have heard of it before so used to it but for me on the west coast it's my first time seeing it. I'm going out on the town to share cock. 🤣
My Local council is Cockburn. Pronounced co-burn like Mrs Bucket from one foot in the grave..
With some of these ones you are better off looking at it as a site with a good chance of getting planning permission and and allow €10k for demolition, clearance and site preparation. Plus the cost of your new build.
A few other things about it the flat roof is a potential liability. There is water resting on the felt. That adds to a potential leak. I would like to see it's height above the lake from a flooding PoV. Between the roof and the lake it may be insurable.
I say planning was a struggle before hense the flat roof. Even looking at site potential because of the possible planning issues it probably better off looking at drawing the vacant house and SEAI grant if possible and work with what you have.
However it's insurance I would be worried about
Photo 4, that pull-down table in the kitchen is a brilliant idea, I saw something similar in France but it was cantilevered, this one looke like it has screw-in legs.
Moher Flag stone tiles ? Sealed and polished, very dark but hide a multitude. Think pub floor !
I think that is what was on most of the floors in this house, horrible things, impossible to keep clean and gloomy to look at. I removed or tiled over them.
This place looked a bit special but there’s no land in the sale. Place is huge, a bottomless pit perhaps.
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/treanlaur-lodge-newport-mayo/4701092
Even looking beyond the current condition, I'm not sure I can see any prospect of an appealing house there. Its ,on just half an acre, there is no vehicle access from the front, access is via a right of way not owned by the property a distance down the road. It would really only make a hostel, though a lovely situation for one.
I hate big oul piles that have trees so close to them, it just makes it all look so damp and the place can't breath.
Could be lovely, but it's a shame there is not much land in the sale because it's the surroundings that makes it special.
