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

THe island would annoy be - no overhang, so you can't sit up at it on a stool.

Your post doesn’t make a lot of sense but I’m going to assume you think anyone who wants a fire is weird.
I love a fire, 1; for the atmosphere, 2; it’s a cheap heat source, 3; it’s a backup when you have no power as has been brought home to many recently.
Why someone would only rely on heat sources that require electricity seems weird to me, but then you are mentally insane.

No stamp duty on self build. Vat is paid on construction supplies and builders fees on a self build

The original poster I replied to said you couldn't build the same house for that price - the truth is you would build it for a lot less but most people won't be able to go down the route of a self build. I still think it's way overpriced for a new build in tullamore. Aside from being A rated there is nothing at all special about that house

I assume they mean a door from the utility to walk in with muddy boots, bring out washing etc.

Forgive the intrusion - I usually hang out in other parts of board :-) - but I randomly stumbled across this deviation into French property and couldn't resist the temptation …

Something people in Ireland (and Britain) seem to have trouble understanding is the apparent contradiction between much of France's being in "the middle of nowhere" and it'd being pretty close to the centre of the Universe. If the château that kicked off this discussion is in the equivalent of Longford, the I live in the equivalent of Leitrim. And deliberately so, because it gives me such great access to so much of continental Europe. And when you live here, you know how to look for information that Google doesn't willingly give you - so I can tell you the nearest bus stop to that château is precisesly 0km from it's front gate. Yep - same as in my neck of the woods - you phone up the bus company, tell them you need to get to the shops/doctor/station/school on such and such a day, and they send to bus to pick you up ; 2€50 a trip. Public transport and amenities extend into the most remote areas of France, and are generally exceptionally good value because our local governments do everything possible to make rural living attractive.

I moved here just over 20 years ago, paid a little over a tenth of the price of that chateau for 2/3rds of the floor space ready-to-use (plus lots more not immediately ready) ; and with each passing year it boggles my mind to hear the amounts people in Ireland are saving up just for a deposit and a 30-year mortgage.

Well, I would expect anyone choosing to live in a non-English speaking country to make enough of an effort to learn enough of the local language to be able to buy a bus ticket before they bought a house (or chateau) …

Looks like there has been some serious water damage in there? You would wonder about the multitude of sins that may have been covered with the new plaster. What a very strangely shaped house, you can see on Google Maps how they came about, but a strange solution, and the back gardens are a bit odd too.

Ballynew North, Cleggan, Co. Galway, H91E3XT

Check out this bleak, horrible yoke. There are blots on the landscape, but they knocked over the inkwell with this one. As with all these hideous McMansions designed by people who shouldn't be allowed to design dog kennels, the front hall is the most bleak and soulless, probably because it's traditionally a part of the house that's meant to be inviting.

Apologies if it's been posted before.

Adding a link!

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-ballynew-north-cleggan-co-galway/6020910

That was a great find, made my morning, it gets more and more blue, even the back of the house. But the price, wow.

I’m not even sure where you’d start de-blueing it!

Definitely Eiffel 65 fans

I don't like the exterior appearance of the Cleggan house, but I do like much of the interior. Those views are stunning, and they've made the most of them.

It's been staged as a neutral blank canvas to sell - "character" (or soul if you prefer) could be added by personal touches in furnishing, pops of colour, artwork, all to the taste of whomever buys it.

The split floor level in the entrance hall would be an immediate dealbreaker for me, though.