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

Loughc · 09-11-2018 12:46am

Thargor wrote: »

WTF is the government thinking? New builds are still miles below basic maintenance level, how bad will it have to get?

More taxes, bigger public servant pay increases and increased rents for their rental properties is prob what they are thinking.

redcup342 · 09-11-2018 9:22am

Loughc wrote: »

More taxes, bigger public servant pay increases and increased rents for their rental properties is prob what they are thinking.

check_six · 09-11-2018 4:12pm

Simona1986 wrote: »

ok it's not a rental but look at this place:
https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/walkinstown/35-bunting-road-walkinstown-dublin-1954319/

Check it out on the satellite imagery if the above link doesn't show it, they've enclosed the entire rear garden in and somehow made 9 separate units out of the place - I'd say they're nightmare neighbours.

How they think that an illegal development in the back garden has almost tripled the value of the house though! And sad that the €70k in rent per annum figure is probably correct!

This place was up for sale for €1.5M back in 2008! :eek::eek::eek:

Don't know if it sold though. Owner tired of hoovering up 70k rent per year??

AlmightyCushion · 09-11-2018 4:22pm

Thargor wrote: »

5000 new Facebook jobs coming to Dublin, should be a cause for celebration but this thread was my first thought...

WTF is the government thinking? New builds are still miles below basic maintenance level, how bad will it have to get?

What do you mean, what were the government thinking? The government can't tell Facebook to stop hiring people.

Aglomerado · 09-11-2018 5:32pm

Not funny but significant as it once belonged to Ireland's oldest man, close to where I grew up. A real time capsule and full of character

http://www.gvp.ie/cgi-bin/ICS/GVP/prevobj6.cgi?obj=GVP0000270

ArnoldJRimmer · 09-11-2018 5:59pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

Not funny but significant as it once belonged to Ireland's oldest man, close to where I grew up. A real time capsule and full of character

http://www.gvp.ie/cgi-bin/ICS/GVP/prevobj6.cgi?obj=GVP0000270

He clearly didn't spend much of his 106 years cleaning the place anyway

HeidiHeidi · 09-11-2018 6:02pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

Not funny but significant as it once belonged to Ireland's oldest man, close to where I grew up. A real time capsule and full of character

http://www.gvp.ie/cgi-bin/ICS/GVP/prevobj6.cgi?obj=GVP0000270

Aw jeepers, that's kinda sad.....

09-11-2018 6:12pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

Not funny but significant as it once belonged to Ireland's oldest man, close to where I grew up. A real time capsule and full of character

http://www.gvp.ie/cgi-bin/ICS/GVP/prevobj6.cgi?obj=GVP0000270

Interesting "features"

Other Features

No water supply. Previous owners probably used rainwater
No septic tank. Planning will be required
No central heating
No bathroom or toilet
Neighbour nearby
Reasonably good quality land with great views from hill
BER exempt

Just a single neighbour, unless you like solitude it could get very lonely if you fall out with them.

Surreptitious · 09-11-2018 10:25pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

Not funny but significant as it once belonged to Ireland's oldest man, close to where I grew up. A real time capsule and full of character

http://www.gvp.ie/cgi-bin/ICS/GVP/prevobj6.cgi?obj=GVP0000270

Some of those pictures look like an Art installation or photography project. There's something kind of sparse and beautiful about it all.

Aglomerado · 09-11-2018 10:31pm

Surreptitious wrote: »

Some of those pictures look like an Art installation or photography project. There's something kind of sparse and beautiful about it all.

I think so too, a real feeling of a bygone age. I knew many houses like this in Clare and I'm only slightly north of 40.
This man was very happy, fit and healthy for almost all his life.

Surreptitious · 09-11-2018 10:36pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

I think so too, a real feeling of a bygone age. I knew many houses like this in Clare and I'm only slightly north of 40.
This man was very happy, fit and healthy for almost all his life.

There is a lot to be said for a simple life

jaffa20 · 15-11-2018 8:38pm

A done up shed in someones garden for 285k, sure why not

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/sandyford/ticknock-hill-sandyford-dublin-1969696/

retalivity · 15-11-2018 9:21pm

Via broadsheet.ie - 855k for a 2bed cottage in Churchtown

However, it does come with quarter of a mini

Sardonicat · 15-11-2018 9:27pm

^^^
My eyes! I think my retinas are melting.

BandMember · 16-11-2018 1:26am

jaffa20 wrote: »

A done up shed in someones garden for 285k, sure why not

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/sandyford/ticknock-hill-sandyford-dublin-1969696/

A total legal minefield regarding title, deeds, access etc. Anyone who even thinks about this one needs their head examined!

This thread depresses me at times....

inforfun · 16-11-2018 8:58am

Come home after a long day at work, fall down in your couch. End up in Galway.

ILikeBoats · 16-11-2018 9:38am

jaffa20 wrote: »

A done up shed in someones garden for 285k, sure why not

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/sandyford/ticknock-hill-sandyford-dublin-1969696/

Where is the 2nd bedroom?!

D3V!L · 16-11-2018 9:43am

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2548892,-6.2517745,3a,15y,120.17h,95.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSpM3LD01cgAFrs0jJmfh4g!2e0!5s20090401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

Looks like it started life as a shed.

Graces7 · 16-11-2018 10:04am

Surreptitious wrote: »

Some of those pictures look like an Art installation or photography project. There's something kind of sparse and beautiful about it all.

Yes that was my reaction too... So evocative and empty now so long.. Would love to be able to restore it.

The agent here is Green Valley; they are different from most agents and their write ups are distinctive.

He has some awesome properties and always mentions anyone living nearby etc as some are seeking isolation, as I do

Above all he is honest to a fault; as he says they do not call a spade a long handled soil manipulator..

See

http://www.gvp.ie/

Thargor · 16-11-2018 10:29am

Look at the hideous plastic hospital trolley wheels on that mini couch...

Toots · 16-11-2018 10:32am

BandMember wrote: »

A total legal minefield regarding title, deeds, access etc. Anyone who even thinks about this one needs their head examined!

This thread depresses me at times....

I bet if you ring the estate agent it'll be cash buyers only. I'd say it would be a nightmare to try and get a mortgage on that.

Graces7 · 17-11-2018 3:55pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

I think so too, a real feeling of a bygone age. I knew many houses like this in Clare and I'm only slightly north of 40.
This man was very happy, fit and healthy for almost all his life.

I reread all this and only then noticed that he lived to 106.

The last resident on this small island to die was 104. An old lady.

Like the man in Clare, most of her life would have been before electricty came to the island and before a modern water/sewage provision. The old water tower still dominates.

We still most of us rely on turf for heating and then that was the only way. Island turf..

Does indeed give pause for thought.. at this time of year we are cut off more than we are in contact. Simplifies. Slows us down. Calms and prioritizes.

And that house typifies old folk of that era. Nothing ever thrown out until it just stays and builds.

Thank you

mikhail · 17-11-2018 4:06pm

There have always been old people, but the idea that people used to live longer is an infantile fantasy.

Dia1988 · 17-11-2018 5:40pm

This house in Wexford house with collapsed ceiling and abandonment look like a repossession.
Then, in one pic looks like a a squatter left his Guinness/Heineken beside his mattress on the floor and their quality streets with fajitas in the kitchn with the collapsed ceiling. Also, every light bulb is gone from the fittings.

#img=7

https://www.daft.ie/wexford/houses-for-auction/murrintown/kildavin-lower-murrintown-wexford-1967705/

Ted_YNWA · 17-11-2018 6:08pm

Is there a need to leave the toilet seats up when taking the photos too?

Pretzill · 18-11-2018 1:07am

Graces7 wrote: »

I reread all this and only then noticed that he lived to 106.

The last resident on this small island to die was 104. An old lady.

Like the man in Clare, most of her life would have been before electricty came to the island and before a modern water/sewage provision. The old water tower still dominates.

We still most of us rely on turf for heating and then that was the only way. Island turf..

Does indeed give pause for thought.. at this time of year we are cut off more than we are in contact. Simplifies. Slows us down. Calms and prioritizes.

And that house typifies old folk of that era. Nothing ever thrown out until it just stays and builds.

Thank you

Graces do you write? Because I'd read your island memoirs

Graces7 · 18-11-2018 7:47am

Pretzill wrote: »

Graces do you write? Because I'd read your island memoirs

Embarrassing me!

Yes I do. There are 4 books, pod, "Island Hermitage" theme.... sold to fund the work my extended family and colleagues do rescuing babies... Have a plan also for "Looking over my shoulder; a lancashire childhood"

Graces7 · 18-11-2018 7:56am

Not sure if this one qualifies, but hey! It is Sunday..

I am abed a lot just now and love pottering on daft.... among all the wrecks etc this gave such delight..

https://www.daft.ie/kerry/houses-for-sale/ardfert/calla-breena-banemore-ardfert-kerry-1558642/

The sheer flower glory and the soft toys atop the dog pens.... and yes, rather charmingly eccentric inside

Wondering what befell the owner... oh that flower garden!

Sheeps · 18-11-2018 9:41pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Not sure if this one qualifies, but hey! It is Sunday..

I am abed a lot just now and love pottering on daft.... among all the wrecks etc this gave such delight..

https://www.daft.ie/kerry/houses-for-sale/ardfert/calla-breena-banemore-ardfert-kerry-1558642/

The sheer flower glory and the soft toys atop the dog pens.... and yes, rather charmingly eccentric inside

Wondering what befell the owner... oh that flower garden!

In fairness, that's not too bad.

Dia1988 · 18-11-2018 9:48pm

Dia1988 wrote: »

This house in Wexford house with collapsed ceiling and abandonment look like a repossession.
Then, in one pic looks like a a squatter left his Guinness/Heineken beside his mattress on the floor and their quality streets with fajitas in the kitchn with the collapsed ceiling. Also, every light bulb is gone from the fittings.

https://www.daft.ie/wexford/houses-for-auction/murrintown/kildavin-lower-murrintown-wexford-1967705/

What do people think?

skooterblue2 · 18-11-2018 9:55pm

Dia1988 wrote: »

What do people think?

I would live in that in a minute if I had a job in Wexford. Yes cosmetically its rough but everything else is there and only a short commute on the train to Dublin.

Dia1988 · 18-11-2018 10:03pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I would live in that in a minute if I had a job in Wexford. Yes cosmetically its rough but everything else is there and only a short commute on the train to Dublin.

Okay, I wouldn't be keen to live in Wexford because I find Wexford people very clannish. But that's neither here nor there.

I was just asking what people thought the situation of the house? Could there be a squatter?

Also how much effort would it take to actually pick up the ceiling debris or at least hide the guinness/Heineken bottles and the squatter mattress before taking the pictures?

skooterblue2 · 18-11-2018 10:17pm

Dia1988 wrote: »

Okay, I wouldn't be keen to live in Wexford because I find Wexford people very clannish. But that's neither here nor there.

I was just asking what people thought the situation of the house? Could there be a squatter?

Also how much effort would it take to actually pick up the ceiling debris or at least hide the guinness/Heineken bottles and the squatter mattress before taking the pictures?

Every rural place is clannish, ever read the Valley of the Squinting windows? All auld Biddies gossiping and dying men rethoric in half whiskey glasses. My father and mother moved into one of those communities in the 1970's, built a house, raised a family and carried on. In those communities they have old grudges, grippes and cliques. You wont get into them so just carry on and take time out for tea. I find not living up against my cousins and having a "family history in de toon" is very liberating.

Squatters dont have rights. I would love if someone properly qualified could comment on this. I think they have to be paying bills and making improvements to the property. What ever you do, dont recognoise them. If necessary run them off the property and move someone else in immediately. Vacant buildings are asking for trouble.

Graces7 · 19-11-2018 9:21am

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Every rural place is clannish, ever read the Valley of the Squinting windows? All auld Biddies gossiping and dying men rethoric in half whiskey glasses. My father and mother moved into one of those communities in the 1970's, built a house, raised a family and carried on. In those communities they have old grudges, grippes and cliques. You wont get into them so just carry on and take time out for tea. I find not living up against my cousins and having a "family history in de toon" is very liberating.

What ever you do, dont recognoise them. If necessary run them off the property and move someone else in immediately. Vacant buildings are asking for trouble.[/QUOTE]

Having... er facilitated the expulsion of a squatter.... they have to be in sole possession of a property for 12 years, more if it is council property.. ie the owner not setting foot thereon or on land. One case when a sqautter applied to the court for adverse possession was dismissed when the owner proved he had walked the boundary of the land once in that time.

Getting them out can be a tricky process indeed; ususally court then legal eviction.a. Keep an eye on any vacant houses..

Many squatters try to persuade fol k the law is different eg that they need only be there 12 weeks..12 years or 20... and only then if there have been significant improvements made

skooterblue2 · 19-11-2018 10:36am

Graces7 wrote: »

Having... er facilitated the expulsion of a squatter.... they have to be in sole possession of a property for 12 years, more if it is council property.. ie the owner not setting foot thereon or on land. One case when a sqautter applied to the court for adverse possession was dismissed when the owner proved he had walked the boundary of the land once in that time.

Getting them out can be a tricky process indeed; ususally court then legal eviction.a. Keep an eye on any vacant houses..

Many squatters try to persuade fol k the law is different eg that they need only be there 12 weeks..12 years or 20... and only then if there have been significant improvements made

The time and effort you put into to sneaking into a property and holding and renovating that same property. You would have honestly bought, refurbished and retained your own property without any stress. I know a scumbag neighbour who tried to do this to a widow, not sure how far they got. Really it is a bad show when this happens. If you cant find a tenant then move your own kin onto the property.

zell12 · 19-11-2018 11:23am

RTB going to monitor Boards.ie (and other social media) by ministerial order!
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BattleCorp · 19-11-2018 12:05pm

Dia1988 wrote: »

I was just asking what people thought the situation of the house? Could there be a squatter?

Also how much effort would it take to actually pick up the ceiling debris or at least hide the guinness/Heineken bottles and the squatter mattress before taking the pictures?

The property will sell easily enough and the auctioneer knows this so that's why they didn't bother cleaning up and trying to make the place look good.

I'd say there was a squatter at one stage but they probably have been cleared out. Looks like a wino rather than a long term squatter too.

Grayson · 19-11-2018 12:44pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I would live in that in a minute if I had a job in Wexford. Yes cosmetically its rough but everything else is there and only a short commute on the train to Dublin.

I did a quick search this morning. Wouldn't describe the wexford - Dublin train as a short commute. Maybe that shows what we're like now. A long commute is Kerry - Donegal

Deebles McBeebles · 19-11-2018 12:45pm

For 170k I'd be willing to clean up after a squatter. Nice gaff with lovely outside space.

skooterblue2 · 19-11-2018 2:00pm

Grayson wrote: »

I did a quick search this morning. Wouldn't describe the wexford - Dublin train as a short commute. Maybe that shows what we're like now. A long commute is Kerry - Donegal

With laptops and trains its not so bad. its not the distance its the time lost travelling. Plus you would have country rates with city privileges

19-11-2018 3:20pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

With laptops and trains its not so bad. its not the distance its the time lost travelling. Plus you would have country rates with city privileges

Unless you stay over from time to time, the only "city privileges" you get are traffic and commuting.

mikhail · 19-11-2018 3:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Unless you stay over from time to time, the only "city privileges" you get are traffic and commuting.

By city privileges, he means a job.

skooterblue2 · 19-11-2018 3:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Unless you stay over from time to time, the only "city privileges" you get are traffic and commuting.

You get to work with companies situated in Dublin, You can study in Dublin After hours. You can socialise if you wish. Access to all the things you cannot do in a rural setting. I commute alot to Dublin for part time education and its a drag on your soul but worth it in the end.

skooterblue2 · 19-11-2018 3:27pm

mikhail wrote: »

By city privileges, he means a job.

Very little work for having a masters in STEM in a rural envoirnment. Teaching doesnt pay and few job in the County council. Off to Dublin/Cork/Galway with ye

zell12 · 20-11-2018 12:34pm

4 beds crammed into a one bed flat availble for all ladies in very good location at the five lamps north strand available immedietly in Dublin
€400 per bed = €1600pm for the flat
https://www.daft.ie/31050240

Deebles McBeebles · 20-11-2018 12:41pm

zell12 wrote: »

4 beds crammed into a one bed flat availble for all ladies in very good location at the five lamps north strand available immedietly in Dublin
€400 per bed = €1600pm for the flat
https://www.daft.ie/31050240

4 beds, ad says 4 people currently live there and there are 2 beds available....do they sleep under the bottom bunks?

Grayson · 20-11-2018 12:56pm

two photo's. I have a feeling that they're the only rooms in the place besides the bathroom.

engiweirdo · 20-11-2018 1:21pm

zell12 wrote: »

4 beds crammed into a one bed flat availble for all ladies in very good location at the five lamps north strand available immedietly in Dublin
€400 per bed = €1600pm for the flat
https://www.daft.ie/31050240

This is happening enough these days that even disregarding fire regulations, could any structural engineers shed a light on to whether continuing over occupancy could cause structural issues and shorten buildings lifespans?

I'm sure the floors are plenty strong but 4 adults in bunk beds over x years and then possibly repeat through multiple units. Thats a lot of fatigue and creep loading in excess of design surely?

Graces7 · 20-11-2018 1:22pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

The time and effort you put into to sneaking into a property and holding and renovating that same property. You would have honestly bought, refurbished and retained your own property without any stress. I know a scumbag neighbour who tried to do this to a widow, not sure how far they got. Really it is a bad show when this happens. If you cant find a tenant then move your own kin onto the property.

This case was land, not a house. he was after a house, but someone moved in literally days before he planned to.

Hector Savage · 20-11-2018 2:03pm

zell12 wrote: »

4 beds crammed into a one bed flat availble for all ladies in very good location at the five lamps north strand available immedietly in Dublin
€400 per bed = €1600pm for the flat
https://www.daft.ie/31050240

How is this allowed ?
Some scumbag landlord is f*cking people here ...

regulation ???

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

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