That water tower is fabulous. Four bedrooms, four bathrooms, about 100 pounds a night each for 8 people if you go for a week. Kind of between Luton and Stansted.
https://www.airbnb.ie/rooms/580082148351672176
True that but I have seen that houses over 1.5m don't seem to be growing at the same rate as everything else, or at least the ones I'm following
The DL house would not be my choice either of style or location but it is a very nice house, lovely job of renovation.
Only a few years, wonder why ? Did the current owners renovate ?
No, it was pristine back then. Possibly painted a few walls, can’t really remember, but that’s the extent of it.
Unusual alright but probably one of the usual suspects.
Divorce, job relocation, up-sizing
I will always love a secret door
probably the sort of thing people who follow this thread would like, drew pritchard's new series documenting him restoring an old georgian house in bath, started last night.
it had been converted to five separate properties and he's knocking down all the stud walls and restoring it back to its original condition. his delight at finding rooms in the house which had been bricked up was great.
What station?
uhh… 163?
just checked - quest. i think if you've virgin, it allows you go back a few days to catch up. it was actually on on weds night, i didn't realise we were watching a recording last night.
Gets a bit of wind up here, see pics 16 & 17.
https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-derradda-ballinamore-co-leitrim/6003170
Wonder if the storm is related to selling up or not?
€189k!! You've have picked that up for 40 to 50k not so long ago.
And Pic 18 sums up just how grim the property is!
Not with nearly 7 acres of prime marshland.
"Solid Fuel Stove in Kitchen/Dining Room"
Should read kitchen shoved into the chimney room
I must be missing something.…what's the wind up?
Edit!! Lol, i should read things slower. 🤣 and the land is exactly like that everywhere around there.
Derrada Wood, knew it sounded familiar. It was where the RA held Don Tidey after the kidnapping.
That chimney wouldn't look out of place in a castle!
I looked it up after you posted it. I do not have catchup, but saw that it is repeated tomorrow at 8pm.
https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/quest?date=2025-02-08
I know a family that sold a beautiful detached house on an acre of land as their kids had (mostly) moved out and they were semi retired and wanted to be more accessible to a town. So they bought a decent sized new build in a very small, nice development in a lovely area.
They were in maybe 6 months before admitting to each other that they hated it. Hated being overlooked. Hated having near neighbours. Hated the road close by. Wierdly they even hate that the house is A-rated, having lived in a period house, they find it too warm even when they didn't have the heating on! They are actively looking to sell up and buy something similar to their old house but there's nothing on the market that suits them.
I also know a family that did the opposite, moved out of an estate to a house in the country. With 2 teenagers needing ferrying to school, activities, friends houses it was a disaster for them. One of them worked from home and hated the solitude. They moved back into an estate within 2 years.
Sometimes moving house can be a very expensive mistake.
speaking of growth at that the higher price levels, i see this is now 1m less than originally advertised for a year ago…. surely it sells at 2.5?
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/arranmore-cunningham-road-dalkey-co-dublin/4813066
That looks great value now, would almost be tempted. Incredible house. Although suspect the sums needed to modernise would be eye watering. €80k stamp duty since the recent changes also would sting.
Have to imagine it goes over asking
Agree dream house but plenty of work needed, at anything around asking it's great value.
Now, that is lovely. If I won the lotto…. but then again, it would be too big for two of us.
And the BER is very low.
That looks great value now, would almost be tempted.
You have 2.5 mil to buy a house?
It's a nice house in a good location but the kitchen is awful. For such a large expensive house I'd expect a double oven at least, also the fridge-freezer is relatively small and the cabinet style is more suited to a modern apartment than a period house. I'd expect solid wood cabinets, a large natural grain wooden table and a completely different island, if any. There's no warmth at all in that kitchen.
You’re tearing every single thing out of it. Doesn’t matter what’s there to start with fixture and fitting wise. Knocking multiple internal walls also, layout is awful. Just taking location and exterior walls. Everything else is a blank canvass for whoever buys it.
The main concern I’d have which isn’t easily fixed with a few quid is the ceiling height. Not sure if just the camera lens but the kitchen ceiling looks really low. Would be such a shame for a house like that if it’s as low as it looks.
Glad you mentioned the ceiling height, I'd forgotten that, and the lighting is disappointing. As you say, you'd have to treat the interior as a blank canvas and do something to make it worthy of the exterior, the location and the price.
The ceiling in the kitchen looks like it’s been lowered, just above the door frame. The height in the rest of the house (apart from the dormer bedroom) looks to be original height, probably 11ft. A relatively easy fix.
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