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Who'd live in a house like this? Part 2

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    #15962
    Luna84
    Site Banned Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Luna84
    Mentally Insane User


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823907#Comment_122823907

    Mystified why solar panels and underfloor were not put in

    Cost most likely.



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    #15963
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 63,355 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823909#Comment_122823909

    I pondered that but they don't seem to have had much in the way of spending limits on the rebuild



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    #15964
    Thud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,771 ✭✭✭Thud


    25 pictures before they show the cluttered inside including dirty towels



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    #15965
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,098 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122822820#Comment_122822820

    This lad I think, planning is in his name anyway;

    https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/john-thomas-gallagher/



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    #15966
    dennyk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭dennyk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823210#Comment_122823210

    Ah now, it's not that bad; it just looks like a house that people actually live in. Could have done with a bit more tidying up in a few spots, sure, but it's not like it's some sort of hoarder's nightmare.



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    #15967
    Thud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,771 ✭✭✭Thud


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122824725#Comment_122824725

    It does say something about the seller though, if they aren't bothered to clean up what else have they neglected



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    #15968
    rn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭rn


    If I was a betting person, I'd say the seller is reluctantly down sizing either due to age or due to charged family circumstances. It's a lovely building and probably worth every penny. The fundamentals look very good. Clutter is easy put right.



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    #15969
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,729 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Kinda funny that they made a production of the dining room with the table settings and all, then barely bothered to tidy the bedrooms, looks messy to me, but really if you want a house and are put off by a bit of clutter then you are going to have a problem finding what you want. Also if you allow yourself to be distracted by the fact that a house looks really tidy and superficially attractive you could miss damp patches and dodgy heating pipes and rotten fascias etc.



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    #15970
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 56,426 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    speaking of clutter, the most unusual 'clutter' i saw in a house while viewing one (late 2002 or early 2003) was a small child asleep in a cot. the family living in the house vacated it for the viewing but obviously decided not to wake their kid first.



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    #15971
    BoardsMember
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭BoardsMember


    THe first house we bought had teenage kids, or early twenties. 3 bed house. We viewed twice, both times one bedroom still had a sleeping body and a strong smell of weed. I reckon it scared off other bidders and saved us a few grand.



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    #15972
    Deeec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭Deeec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122824923#Comment_122824923

    I think that is probably the house tidied up!! 🤣. It probably was much worse

    They havent done themselves any favours when trying to sell their house as some people wont be able to see beyond the clutter. I would be embarrassed for anyone to see my house looking like that.



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    #15973
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 56,426 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122825339#Comment_122825339

    Vaguely similar, we once looked at a place which was student digs at the time. Stank of weed and someone had drawn pictures of naked women on the battered white leather sofa, with permanent marker.



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    #15974
    Deeec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭Deeec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122825286#Comment_122825286

    I think they are hoping that the kitchen will sell the house. Its much cleaner than the rest of the house so they must of worked on 'staging' the kitchen.

    I laughed at this photo - they didnt even bother to close the wardrobe doors which would make the room look a bit neater. I cant work out if thats a bag on the floor or someones shorts and underpants 🤣. It looks like someone in the house doesnt want to sell.

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    #15975
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,729 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122826027#Comment_122826027

    Those wardrobe doors have never been closed - look at the bag straps hanging from the top! And the dust and grot on the wardrobes and floors hasn't been disturbed in months.



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    #15976
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122826050#Comment_122826050

    AAghh… it makes me feel itchy just looking at it!



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    #15977
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122825339#Comment_122825339

    Wasn’t in Donaghameade was it? Something Grove. Remember viewing a house there and one room was locked with a ‘sick person’ in it. Rang about another viewing and that room was still ‘unavailable’ to view.

    This is water. Inspiring speech by David Foster Wallace https://youtu.be/DCbGM4mqEVw?si=GS5uDvegp6Er1EOG



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    #15978
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,729 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You really need to look past the superficial stuff - no matter how nice a house looks, once the furniture and pictures are gone it will generally look scruffy and in need of at least a paint job. If it looks shiney-new there is every chance a multitude of sins have been covered by a 'flip' job. Is the roof sound, does it need new electrics, does it need double glazing, is there any damp, are there any legal or planning issues? Are there plans to build a road beside you or a new factory or whatever, might not ultimately matter but you need to know. Never buy right up to your limit, there is always going to be a few thousand to spend on any house. And think very hard about a cute, old cottage - it could easily be a cold, damp money-pit.



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    #15979
    Deeec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭Deeec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122826288#Comment_122826288

    I completely agree but when a house is cluttered you cannot see potential issues that the clutter is hiding. Its much easier to see a houses potential issues when the house is clean and uncluttered. Often clutter can be used to hide issues.



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    #15980
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,729 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I get what you are saying, but I would assume if a house was cluttered then there almost inevitably would be issues to deal with. If you can't be bothered tidying for a sale then you are not likely to have dealt with issues with the fabric of the house as they arose. And as I said, you can cover many sins with a coat of paint, a place can be very tidy and have problems to deal with.



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    #15981
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,209 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823160#Comment_122823160

    you are dead right. The exterior photos don’t include wnough of the sky and the interior is poorly lit. However, looking past that, would be a lively house.



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    #15982
    [Deleted User]
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    Another CAB sale

    The 2nd garage door that was sealed up stands out to me, was it stevie wonder that picked the bricks or was it a rush job for the owner who as you would expect was probably up to something naughty behind it.

    That road coldwater only has a few houses on it but it seems everyone of them has a dodge history associated with them so whoever buys this will have interesting neighbors. It was built by the mansfields so what would you expect

    https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2024/1111/1480260-kinahan-house/

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-10-coldwater-lakes-saggart-co-dublin/5914708



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    #15983
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,951 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122829625#Comment_122829625

    I'd be worried about someone coming along at some point to try to dig bales of cocaine out from behind one of the walls.



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    #15984
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,387 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    What is it about saggart that attracts that cohort? was it proximity to mansfields little air strip or something else?

    actually i see Mansfield gave it to him, makes sense now.



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    #15985
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,062 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122830092#Comment_122830092

    Close enough to your market, far enough out to be away from prying eyes…



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    #15986
    ec18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭ec18


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122830092#Comment_122830092

    where is the air strip? Weston?



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    #15987
    GavPJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭GavPJ


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122830533#Comment_122830533

    Weston Airport.



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    #15988
    Francis McM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,851 ✭✭✭Francis McM


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122829644#Comment_122829644

    Imagine if you were some poor unsuspecting foreigner coming to Ireland legitimately to work (say a manager in a multinational) and you saw that at auction and you bought it for your family : you would get some land when (days or weeks, whenever) you found out after the hammer fell about its history. You would be committed to buying it then. Something not quite right about that.

    Come to think of it, if the government owns it now why not put a dozen or two asylum seekers in it for a few years until the dust settles and sell it off then if necessary? That would have the added benefit of freeing up lots of hotel rooms in some pretty tourism-devasted villages in parts of the west.



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    #15989
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,098 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-3-rochfort-manor-leighlin-road/5909205

    "while the expansive gardens both in the front and rear provide a serene outdoor retreat."

    Expansive? big enough to play hockey or Hurling. (Wrong county though)

    No problem if you can't afford the mortgage.

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    #15990
    Addmagnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭Addmagnet


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122835916#Comment_122835916

    Looks very unloved and grubby to me. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a former landlord offloading it.



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    #15991
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,098 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122835964#Comment_122835964

    edited now to give you another clue.



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