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Knocking old house and building new

  • 08-04-2024 10:51AM
    #1
    CL17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭


    Helko,

    My partner and I are thinking about buying my childhood home, in co. Kerry,, an old bungalow farmhouse that is in a bad state now, internal ceilings falling down, damp etc, and building a new home on the land.

    Does anyone know what the approx cost of knocking a house or clearing about an acre of land is these days? Anyone done it recently?

    I know there are grants available for vacant/derelict houses but how much of the existing house would have to be kept? We'd like to build further back from the road but obviously if keeping part of the existing house meant getting one the grants then we'd do that.

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  • #2
    SodiumCooled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭SodiumCooled


    Planning is another consideration - it is situation dependant of course but it may be a lot easier to get planning if some of the original house is retained along with the possible grants. I know one situation where a full new house is being built onto an old cottage as they are availing of some grants and planning was far easier.



  • #3
    CL17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭CL17


    Im pretty optomistic about getting planning since I grew up there and my child woukd be the 5th generation to live there. And a couple who dont have those kind of ties to the area got planning permission just up the road for a far bigger house than we want.

    Ive had architets look at the old house, when discussing a new build,and they have said that even if we got every grant available it would still cost less to build cos the existing house is in such a bad state it would eat up thre grant money in no time



  • #4
    tman1976
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭tman1976


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122004922#Comment_122004922

    In that situation I assume they already qualified for local needs? What I was looking to do is buy somewhere in the country - a small house thats already being lived in, but one that isnt in great condition - then knock it down and get a modular home built instead - is that possible? And what would be the chances of applying for permission to build a slightly larger home in the place of the old one….or does that bring you back into the local needs planning permissions again?



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