That's some executive level bullshit right there :)
A spectacular example of a mid 90's house. The light shades with fringing, the 'good' sitting room in cream, the flowery wallpaper, the mahogany fireplace surround, the pelmets, the fake flowers, the extreme colour coded peach and purple bedrooms. I hate it. It's amazing.
https://www.propertynews.com/property-for-sale/70-onslow-parade-belfast-bt6-0as/property/VRF995824/
the excessively compressed jpgs add to the 90s feel.
I agree, I don't like it at all. But, someone loved it and maintained it in apparently very good order, they liked it, it was their home, and it doesn't seem to be an outrageous price. Redecoration and a change of furniture etc could change it to anything.
A great find for the thread. It's like a time capsule, and was obviously someone's much loved home.
I think you are off by a decade and that looks likes a mid 80s property. The fitted wardrobes are closer to the 70s than the 90s. I would doubt you could have gotten many of the fittings in the 90s without buying 2nd hand. The light fittings are definitely 80s
My aunt and uncles house in England is just like that!!! They are in their 80's and 90s!!!
I do think it's been lovingly cared for and seems like a solid house. Right beside Ravenhill rugby grounds so it'd be busy on match days but I've a friend lives on that street and it's a nice enough area. It's a great price for it considering it's just cosmetic work that needs done.
I think you're missing the point. It's not about showing the filler houses that they will never buy (which obviously happens).
In this case the couple were looking at, and "bought" their own house, that they had built themselves a few years ago. Complete by high-balled an "offer", and putting the house on the market after the show. Absolutely ridiculous.
The state of that Belfast house. What a dump. You would have to rip everything out. It was obviously owned by a old person or couple who never modernised it over the years. The narrow kitchen as well, shít hole.
That's a very harsh comment on someone's home.
If this house was built in the 80's, as it would appear to be, then the owners would be elderly now (if not deceased). A lot of the furniture and fittings would have been expensive, solid pieces at the time so people became attached to them. Not everyone likes the shiny, modern look and, believe me, the upheaval of 'modernising' isn't enticing as you get on in years either.
I live in an 80's built house and while I have pulled it forward a few times over the years (and never was a lover of dark furniture) I'm happy at this stage to let the next owner do the dirty work.
Sorry for off topic rant.
Y'is are a weird breed. All liking dumps like that house in Belfast while someone posts a really nice house in the country and it all claws out. Mc Mansion this and that. Tbh I actually think you are all jealous you cannot afford a large fancy modern house in the countryside.
It is one thing to look at a pretty ordinary house with people with ordinary money and call it names for not being new and modern. It is another to look at a very expensive property when masses of money was spent on it and comment on the design and taste. The ordinary house was very unlikely to have been designed by the owner and cost of goods back in the 80s was way more expensive than now.
It isn't jealousy but a matter of taste and understanding what money was spent on it.
Anyone biting??
Horses for courses, we want all like or hate different places - like my mad obsession with BER.
Is it feeding time?
School holidays.
Ah yes, because being as big and ignorant as possible is all that matter.
Really large houses are harder to design well (really small are too). People with the money afford a really large bespoke house, are likely to have money throw at non-standard decor and finishes. That opens the door to bad taste much wider.
I like seeing more "normal" houses like these on the thread.
While I appreciate the big mansions, and they are fun to look at, for the majority of us they are unattainable unless we win the lotto.
This house may be out of date, but I would not call it a dump by any means. It is clearly someone's much loved and cared for home, even if not to all (or any) of our tastes.
All you need is vision, and everything can be updated. :)
It's important to be able to look past the cosmetic stuff when you're buying a house. So whilst #70 on that street is a time capsule, this one was also added to the market yesterday, same street, mostly same layout but it's been modernised and I think it's gorgeous.
https://www.propertypal.com/22-onslow-parade-belfast/997189
Those are structurally good quality houses. So we can laugh at the decor but all it takes is some updating and new fittings and fixtures and any (most) houses can be made to suit your own taste. So yeah, #70 is interesting to look at and it doesn't suit my tastes but it's by no means a dump.
What I find remarkable about NI houses is the price. A turnkey, 4 bed period house, near the centre of town, for less than €300k. What would you be paying in Cark for similar?
Number 22 looks like a nice comfy home.
I agree, even number 70 could be updated.
The downstairs could be re-configured into a nice size living room and kitchen / diner (open plan, if that's your thing).
Someone will probably do it!
I assume good examples of houses are alright too? Maybe this one has been posted before:
Villa Nova, Cahersiveen.
€398,000
It appears to be on the list of protected structures in Kerry, so with a bit of luck the next owner won't do it wrong.
is 'sale arranged' the same as sale agreed?
Wow that Kerry house needs a lot of work, getting rid of the damp will be a major undertaking and putting insulation into those roofs and dormers will be next to impossible. If you had the money and the expertise to do though you would end up with a nice house.
Think the bathrooms are the best part of it.
Imagine that view blocked by those dreadful olde worlde windows and curtains !
I was going to ask…. does it come with a ghost?!? 👻
Goodness me, that Caherciveen house is a Project with a Capital P!!
But what a fabulous house, if you had the €€€ to do it up. And the location is just gorgeous.
Totally agree, not sure why the stove gets special mention:
I don't see it on the list of protected structures, which is surprising. Castlequinn castle nearby is though.
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