Ha! very good
This is nice
Rather nice 10 bed house in New Ross for €435,000. Was used as a nursing home for nuns for some time.
Ad said is was built as a family home and this is the first time it’s come to market. How did the nuns get it then?
You’d have to knock come of these cells, I mean bedrooms, together but it would be a very nice house once that’s done.
I used to drive by that daily to work, the road up to the house is terrible so having that nice bit of tarmac would be welcome
I really doubt that was built as a house, it was purpose built as a nursing home. It would need a lot of re-organising to make a house out of it, and would look very institutional with those windows. Much better to buy it as a nursing home or some sort of b&b type place. Looks like a good building though.
I can't imagine that will be on the market long. The house will be paid for in little under two years if its turned into housing for refugees, it looks ideal for it. A similar size B&B up the road from me was snapped up for the same reason.
how many people will have died in that property between the nuns and the nursing home?
maybe I'm watching too many horror movies
Taking in refugees in this country and getting paid by the government is a licence to print money.
And the refugees will not know who died in the room years ago.
If you stay in a hotel ( or a hospital room ) you never know who may have died there. Some people do die in hotels.
The remaining nuns would’ve had some sour faces on them if they were told that when they were moved out of that nice house! 🤣
I was think more along the lines of if anyone was looking to convert it to a home
What's the collective noun for a crying chair? (or in this case what may have been dying chairs).
Could have been worse. If it was a mother-and-baby home you never might know what you may find in the septic tank.
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We'll leave it at that, please. There are plenty of threads in CA for that particular discussion.
Thanks.
Its nice to see a decor with lots of pops of colour - not just varying shades of grey!
I like how they have 2 TV rooms to stop the arguments over what to watch.
"Sister Bonifacius, shall we watch Mr. Tubridy on the Late Late Show?"
"We will in our shyte, Sister Assumpta of Lourdes, can't stand that prick. Switch over to Channel 4, Naked Attraction is on soon."
But yeah, asylum home it is. Might be hard to get fire insurance for it these days. Money back in less than 18 months, which is a crazy profit.
You might run into this..
I was doing a little work for some nuns before, and they had a line of chairs just like that in the living room area. They had a photo taken of all of the nuns (maybe 20 in total) together for their website and they were all sitting in the chairs. In the original shots that they sent over initially, one of the nuns right in the middle had fallen asleep in her chair. In the final version, they had photoshopped her out entirely 😅
Even with a grand designs budget could that really transform into something attractive to look at without actually gutting most of it?
It’s down to individual taste really. I’ve a soft spot for houses of this vintage up to the early 90’s. Be nice to do a sympathetic restoration on one rather than the usual fate that awaits them; gutted and transformed into a modern house.
In fairness some of them are tired, neglected and need serious work. But some are in great condition and I think it’s a waste to gut them for the sake of modernity.
Lovely location. But the price seems a bit crazy for a house that is not connected to electricity, no mention of septic tank and "upgrade needed" as would say EAs. It could become an expensive house.
The swimming pool is missing
That is a stunning property, beautiful. For some reason when reading the description it felt like an airbnb listing rather than a Daft listing. Maybe they lifted the description from elsewhere. I mean I don't think potential buyers are going to be interested in the fact they have Sky tv but someone renting it for a weekend might!
Also "Walk to Wicklow town" - not judging by location on the map you won't.
Here's something that wouldn't look out of place in Brittany in France - if refurbished churches are your thing.....
St Bartholomews, Lynally, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, R35FY61 is for sale on Daft.ie
That's been for sale for a good while but however the agents are doing it, appears to list near the top when I select newest listings firts option on Daft.
Fantastic house though, I'd love it.
That is very impressive as church renovations go - I love the dining area under the cupola 😍
That isn't where it claims to be on the map, they are keeping it very quiet exactly where it is. Its lovely though, I could fancy it provided I had a staff to keep it up and all I had to do was swan around and do a bit of gentle gardening.
Pointless paying for the land as it's unusable apart from selling plots but I wonder is planning hard to get in a scenic place like that.
You can do plenty with the land. Most of the fields around have been cleared for pasture. The land around it looks a bit neglected for a few years more than anything. A few mowings with a flail mower or a thistle mower in spring and it will look a lot better this summer.
You could also plant a native deciduous wood on it and get grants for it. Especially to the north to help keep the land around the house a bit dry and sheltered from the wind.
House was lived in until a few years back, not sure how long it's empty. Could be eligible for the €70,000 in grants. Fix yourself up with solar for the electricity and an air source heat pump and you're good to go.
Only thing is that price wise it's unreachable for any locals in ordinary jobs. Shame to see that.
Street View from 2009.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4844919,-9.232997,3a,51y,336.66h,92.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scr6YnKF-WtrbK6OqTfqgGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
Fabulous House but it might be a good while on the market with that asking price as there's a fairly small number of people who can reach that level plus maintain it.
Very nice but I would say it is cold as I don't see much insulation in the roof
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