A big House in Dublin but it looks tacky to me
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/ashleaf-carberry-road-drumcondra-dublin-9/4770705
Tacky as feck! Nothing says 'new money' more than a modern house decorated inside to look like an estate house.
Pillars, ceiling roses, plaster cornices, marble fireplaces, chandelier.. it has it all! I even see the remnants of what was a snooker room in the attic.
Is that house in Drumcondra in the estate/road were Bertie and Samantha Mumba lives/lived?
Or for the same money you can have this in county Meath!
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/amharc-rathfeigh-tara-navan-meath/4773989
Drumcondra house...no. Where to start? The bank effect 'stone' in the hall? The tacky dark varnished skirting everywhere? The too big cornice that needs to be in a room half as high again? No.
The one in Meath however, most impressive house. Wouldn't suit my lifestyle but couldn't fault it for - anything really. I think if I had built it I would be very sorry to leave it, a lot of thought has gone into it.
Wonder how much for this. I would say the land value means it is likely to be demolished
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/woodhurst-coolock-lane-santry-dublin-9/4767095
Its rather charming, though a very strange layout - access to the kitchen and the serious shortage of bathrooms in a five bedroom house being the main problems. Including the land registry map was a very smart move though, how many diddly box houses could you put on that site!
I've driven by it a few times and was always keen to see the inside of it!!!
There are some lovely houses around Rathfeigh/Skryne area.
Why do people build these dream houses with no expense spared and then a few years later put them up for sale....you see it a lot particularly in rural areas.
Sell them on after being left another property maybe.
how bleak is this for 600k
I assume it is because they over spend and the debt makes them sell. You see it occasionally on Grand Designs.
Even see it in Dublin housing estates when a house is gutted and extended but sold within a year or 2.
That seems insane. The house needs a lot of work
Divorce?
Estate agent obviously blowing smoke up the owners ar*e with that valuation.. not a hope even in this market is it worth that
Debt maybe/ repossession by the banks is another reason...
“Why do people build these dream houses with no expense spared and then a few years later put them up for sale..”
A few years later?
Nearly a hundred years later.
Probably farmland around there when it was built.
I know you could run into financial trouble long after the house is built but that house has no signs of them running into trouble during the build. It's finished off to the highest of standards.
My money would be on divorce or leaving the country.
The final photo really shows the difference between old and modern rural dwellings. Just look at the contrast between it and the neighbours house. Before any Fr Ted fans chime in, I appreciate the neighbours house is further away :)
I'm talking specifically about the house below....
That is why the run into financial trouble. They don't spare any expense and ignore a budget and then find out they can't afford to pay back all the money so they sell. They may find out the property is worth way more than they spent so a good idea to sell. I obviously don't know them personally but the guy on Grand Design (light house) built 2 properties spent 10 Year and lost his wife as a result
Look at the size of the jacks in photo 15, that's quite an impressive arse. You'd loose a small child in that bowl.
I know of 2 different cases, not houses on this scale but very nice ones.
First one, the person qualified for local need planning. Was gifted a site. Built and stayed for the required time and then sold for a handsome profit and moved back to the city.
Second one, farmer had a son living in Australia. Gifted him a site and he qualified for planning as he said he was coming home and needed somewhere to live. Same story, built, left vacant for a while and then sold. Son is still in Australia, never had any in intention of coming back.
Love these 1930’s houses. Be a pity to see it go (probably).
I think that is really nice. It doesn't seem too wild
Sauna but no toilet seat
An absolutely fantastic house came up for sale near me in 2020. On 12 acres of land, with access to a lake, and the house itself was modern and finished to the highest standards. A dream home, and it sold for the asking price of only €620k (this was right smack in the middle of the pandemic after all). I still dream about it.
Same question as you - why on earth were they selling after building what appeared to be a perfect house. Divorce? Downsizing? Financial problems? No, the owner was an executive in an aircraft leasing firm. And he was being promoted to a position in the UAE.
I've viewed 2 different houses in the last 6 months - again, top quality, highly desirable homes. One is a new build that hasn't even been moved into yet, the other was a top quality renovation of an existing house. Both are professionals who moved back to Ireland from Australia during the pandemic, and now want to go back to Oz because their kids prefer it there (and probably the compelling reasons for being near family aren't as necessary any more).
Obviously there can be a myriad of reasons, but there's some people at a certain level in certain careers that just need to up sticks an move on at various points in their lives.
The four reasons for selling a great house…. Debt, Death, Divorce and Downsizing.
...and d'immigration
Wouldn't that be d'emigration?
I like it, now to just find the money to buy it! Only quibble I have is the acres of tarmac driveway, surely for a house of that ilk there's a more stylish solution?
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