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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,659 ✭✭✭Ezeoul


    I can't see past the 86 photos of clutter. Gave up half way.



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


    Fire lit outside near a stream all I can think about is all the flies on a summer evening.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    I've seen that place flooded in the past. before it was rebuilt.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 61,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    I like it, I don't want my house flooded with light and imagining it with less 'stuff' everywhere it seems like a good combination of old world and modern building advances.. Mystified why solar panels and underfloor were not put in



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


    Mystified why solar panels and underfloor were not put in

    Cost most likely.



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 61,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭Thud


    25 pictures before they show the cluttered inside including dirty towels



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭chooseusername


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

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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭dennyk


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭Thud


    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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,680 ✭✭✭✭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.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,229 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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,609 ✭✭✭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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Deeec


    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.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,229 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Deeec


    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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,680 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,659 ✭✭✭Ezeoul


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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,680 ✭✭✭✭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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Deeec


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,680 ✭✭✭✭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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,800 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    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.



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,379 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,817 ✭✭✭✭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.



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,879 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭ec18




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