The extension, remedial works, new layout upstairs, upgrading insulation, solar panels, more than likely rewire and replumb, external work, new kitchen etc - I'd say they'd be lucky to break even, everything costs a fortune now.
Maybe someone knowledgeable could give a better answer, but it looks like a case of buyer's regret to me. It's clearly being lived in rather than staged to flip.
I think even calling it Dun Laoghaire is a stretch, it seems to be more Monkstown despite being next to IADT
Gonna live up to my user name and be a total princess!
While I think old council houses are extremely well built and rooms are usually good proportions etc. It would absolutely kill me to pay 700K for an ex council house (I'm not familiar with the area but that house looks extremely like the old council houses near me so I'm making an assumption)
Yeah but is the lane big enough to get cars down it and turn? Plus again only takes one neighbour to be a w*nker and block the lane (I've seen this happen before in similar situations)
Now putting on my princess crown.…it's a massive garden wouldn't fancy the weekly shop back and forth. Then trekking down with kids in the rain etc.
Yeah I get your point but for that amount of money I want daily tasks easier.
Could anyone mae a guestimate on how much those improvements would have cost?
If it sold for asking, how much profit would they have made?
(eta) th extension looks like it could be used for rent-a-room?
The rooms all look small, dark and poky, the upstairs bathroom is a big bonus but the loo is too close to the shower.
As said above, the layout is very poor downstairs, it wouldn't be a comfortable house to live in or keep clean.
The kitchen layout wouldn’t be for me. The window faces into a study and has been covered over. I want a kitchen on an outside wall, easier for any issues with drains, extraction etc I can’t figure out the layout outside. Is there an alcove to the left of the white door? It’s not there on the plan but looks like it in the photo. Maybe for a down pipe into a gully ??
Yeah, considering they added an extension, the use of the resulting space is certainly not to my taste - but then, I'm not a huge fan of all-in-one living spaces (i.e. kitchen/dining/living). The smell of sprouts you boiled two days ago wafting around while you're trying to relax, or the view of the washing up created when you sit down to eat your dinner etc.
I don't think they have extended it at all looking at the two footprints side by side. They have completely remodelled the downstairs to include 2 studies where there used to be a bathroom and separate toilet and they have added an upstairs bathroom where there was none before. Hard to imagine putting that much work and effort into remodelling to move so soon afterwards (unless that was the plan all along)
Strike all of that, I just looked again they have added a huge extension…I need to finish my morning cuppa before posting 😂
Sitting room appears to be tiny. Kitchen looks too dark - I can't make out if they have a blind down in the kitchen or the window is facing into the wall of the covered in alleyway. That downstairs wouldn't work for me - I would need to do alot more work to that house so for that price it would be a no from me
id agree, if it suited you the way its been done.
to go and line up the workers and get it all done would be a lot of hassle and a lot of money.
That is the most confusing house layout I have ever seen! I have absolutely no sense of the flow through the house, or where anything is. But it seems to have been done to a high standard. Although I HATE the bathroom tiles.
It's also been extended by approx 30%. And the BER brought from E3 to A3. And the gardens vastly improved.
So probably yes.
I saw this house back on the market and thought it was interesting. 66 Ashgrove, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire
Sold for 423,000 in May 2023 according to the ppr (based on 395k asking)
Now asking 695,000 having been renovated
Before pics:
After pics:
Upgrades worth the extra money?
Lovely house, but the traffic and the frequent stench of rotting algae and seaweed out there would be a dealbreaker for me.
There's plenty room down the back for a garage, there's already a fine shed there, accessed via the lane that runs along the rear of the houses.
You'd be safe enough on the cycle lane as there's one on the other side of the road that runs non stop to Sutton , they've spent a fortune on it.
However it just takes one neighbour to be a w*nker over parking. Plus how do you charge an EV car , without having to rely on public chargers.....I know people are saying we should be moving away from car ownership, but we're not there yet and for that price it would be a deal-breaker for me.
That rain shelter blocking the view would irritate me. Especially if you look at the later pictures (27-29) where there is a whole stretch of houses with an unobstructed view.
Lots to like, I love the big pink bedroom. That would be mine. Though there seems to be lots of wasted space in that green bathroom?
Agree on the parking. Especially if there is any chance of bike lane being installed at some point. I wouldn't buy any house that did not have its own driveway. That would be a dealbreaker for me.
For that price I'd want off street parking. I know the area relatively well and that's a busy road. Not the place you want to be flaffing about with parallel parking, that's if you get a spot outside the house.
I love those shelters, a real throwback to times past!
That is an Art Deco rain shelter :-)
That green yoke really destroys that view.
That's lovely, it needs some work inside and the garden is a mess. I hate the conservatory though, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
A nice view, if you don't mind rising sea levels and the traffic
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/305-clontarf-road-clontarf-dublin-3/4780144
I’d want the whole field in front of it too. Presume the neighbouring farmers have designs on it already though…
You could be onto something there.
I reckon the stripey cushion on the rocking/crying chair in the toilet comes to life at night in the form of a clown and murders people. Zebra cushion by day, scary zebra striped clown horror by night
I like the tilted attic shot. Very 1960s Batman villain lair.
It can help to bring on a 'movement' if required.
Biggest question I have on that house is why there's a rocking chair beside the toilet.
I had the same thought. There is a lot of work to be done to reorder the interior, probably reroof, modernise and make energy efficient. And the size of the site is very restrictive, another 15meters to the east and north would make all the difference. Given the aspect, you’d want to do something with the south facing gable to let more light in, or build on a sun/living room, or incorporate the nearest outhouse. The outhouses will also swallow a lot more money to reach their potential. And it’s quite out of the way/remote. So much potential though.
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