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

02-05-2021 10:39pm

Nice house and all but is very expensive for where it is.

Cilldara_2000 · 02-05-2021 10:41pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Love the exterior, love Dunmore East, love the layout.

Not keen on those timber beams though. I assume they're purely superficial. They're cluttering and darkening some lovely open-plan spaces that seem to have been planned so as to maximise light. Pick a theme!

750k is hefty, for a house outside Dublin with no land. That can't be realistic.

Them timber posts holding up the first floor/roof in the open plan areas are godawful, particularly in the kitchen. Feck all room on the left hand side of the left one towards the hob/oven or presses, and then feck all room between the island and the posts on both sides. Poor practicality there. Given the sizes of the rooms, you shouldn't have to the squeeze by anything in that house if you're carrying a few extra pounds.

Edit: Looking at the tiles, there's prolly more space than I thought but they're still awful and draw the eye. Could be the best room ever but you'll never know it when all you can see are the two massive posts.

retalivity · 02-05-2021 11:28pm

A converted school in Roscommon for 75k

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-carrownaskeagh-school-carrownaskeagh-strokestown-co-roscommon/3205336

Tbh, I love this, if it was in Wicklow or easy reach of Dublin it would be 500k+

humberklog · 02-05-2021 11:42pm

retalivity wrote: »

A converted school in Roscommon for 75k

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-carrownaskeagh-school-carrownaskeagh-strokestown-co-roscommon/3205336

Tbh, I love this, if it was in Wicklow or easy reach of Dublin it would be 500k

I really like that! Nice and honest, but the overhead presses in the kitchen are making me twitch a little.

Get rid of them and that's a solid 8/10

Leg End Reject · 02-05-2021 11:42pm

retalivity wrote: »

A converted school in Roscommon for 75k

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-carrownaskeagh-school-carrownaskeagh-strokestown-co-roscommon/3205336

Tbh, I love this, if it was in Wicklow or easy reach of Dublin it would be 500k

Very ugly on the outside. The inside is much better, but I couldn't live with the exposed pipes and electrics, the lights look very industrial too. Looking at the high ceiling in the kitchen/living room make me cold.

harr · 02-05-2021 11:54pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Very ugly on the outside. The inside is much better, but I couldn't live with the exposed pipes and electrics, the lights look very industrial too. Looking at the high ceiling in the kitchen/living room make me cold.

Still to much of a school for my liking, and yes I felt cold looking at it . It definitely has potential.

HildaOgdenx · 03-05-2021 12:14am

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Very ugly on the outside. The inside is much better, but I couldn't live with the exposed pipes and electrics, the lights look very industrial too. Looking at the high ceiling in the kitchen/living room make me cold.

harr wrote: »

Still to much of a school for my liking, and yes I felt cold looking at it . It definitely has potential.

Same here. It's quite nicely decorated inside, but too much of a school feeling to it still, for me.

Cilldara_2000 · 03-05-2021 12:17am

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

Same here. It's quite nicely decorated inside, but too much of a school feeling to it still, for me.

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They even kept the blackboard!

Leg End Reject · 03-05-2021 12:23am

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

They even kept the blackboard!

And the lights and tiles. I couldn't lie in bed and look at a fuse boxeither. Still for the price you could do a lot with it if you have extra cash.

Not a bad place overall when you compare it some places posted here.

jaffa20 · 03-05-2021 12:25am

I love it!!

ArnoldJRimmer · 03-05-2021 12:25am

I think that place would give me way too much PTSD. Imagine having that whole being back in school nightmare, and then waking up in an actual school?

Lockheed · 03-05-2021 12:25am

I love exposed pipeworks and electrics, stuff is like magic! it is that much easier to fix too when it inevitably goes wrong

the tiles and hardwood floors be too much for me though. Needs a carpet or rug or two

03-05-2021 12:31am

Love the old blackboard still in place. Good visualisation of time being the 4th dimension.

KevRossi · 03-05-2021 9:01am

I played football against Carniska N.S. a couple of times!

A long time ago.

I love the building and the way they kept some of the old furnishings. I especially love the floors, blackboard, toilets, doors and the huge windows. Great views from there, though it's angled slightly wrong for Slieve Bawn.

A hoor to heat though. No BER which is odd. But you have plenty of space to coppice ash and beech for a wood bruning stove. This would supplement a solar heating system. It would actually benefit from underfloor heating but that means taking the floorboards up. You could also do with a fully insulated suspended ceiling. There's probably empty space under the floorboards making it all a bit colder. Needs a new septic tank too and that would be a fully sealed system in that area , not a percolator.

Up for auction on May 25th, will be interesting to see how much it goes for.

KevRossi · 03-05-2021 11:07am

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WOW!

Not to everybody's taste, the loaction would suit someone who likes their peace and quiet. There is a proposed Greenway along the route of the old Burtonport-Letterkenny line so you could have a line in tea/coffee/sambo's/tubs of ices etc.

Pic above is from Streetview in 2009 when they were renovating the station, it's an area that is incredible for views like that and you get the Northern Lights in winter to boot. Very tastefully done, and when you consider what you get for €300,000 in Dublin it's not too bad.

https://www.formerglory.ie/period-property-for-sale-in-ireland/cashelnagor-railway-station-cashelnagor-gortahork-donegal/

03-05-2021 11:48am

^^^ can't see them getting the smell of that money.

lawred2 · 03-05-2021 12:17pm

It's lovely but that's only fishing in the second property/holiday home market

300k is tasty

KevRossi · 03-05-2021 12:19pm

Deleted User wrote: »

^^^ can't see them getting the smell of that money.

I'd buy it in 10 years when looking to take an early retirement. You also own about 150m of the railway line going north. Put in a small orchard and veg patch behind the house. Live in one unit, rent the other one out to tourists using the Greenway. The green strip along the platform is ideal for a few tents, or even a couple of caravans for a few months a year. Rent bikes on the side. Nice to have the ever-changing company. You'd make a few bob to keep the ball rolling and maybe a bit of WFH.

You do it from mid-May to mid-September and Easter and October holidays as well.

Donegal Airport is 30 mins by car, Glenveagh 20 min, Letterkenny 45 min, Derry 1hr 15 min. Handy to pick tourists up.

Rent either the house or annex by the month as long term accommodation to artists or whomever, or free or nominal rent to a caretaker.

Do plenty of promotion on social media here and abroad and you're laughing. It's not far off the right price. You won't make a fortune but it's a nice earner on the side.

I love wild landscapes like that and I'd have no issue living there for several months of the year.

EDIT: Yes, €300K is 'tasty', but I'd say it can be bargained down a bit.

HeidiHeidi · 03-05-2021 12:22pm

That house has been on Airbnb for a while, I wonder how it did in terms of occupancy?

It's seriously remote - both from the big cities, but also in terms of up there, that's really in the middle of nowhere! (Which could be a good or a bad thing).

Can't see it getting anywhere near that asking price.

Muahahaha · 03-05-2021 2:31pm

Yeah I dont think it will achieve 300k either, probably closer to 250k. Though you never know with holiday homes when the market for them tends to come from city dwellers with very good incomes. Theres also an international market for properties like that in the middle of nowhere too, pretty sure Sarah Jessica Parker still has a holiday home up that way somewhere.

KevRossi wrote: »

A hoor to heat though. No BER which is odd. But you have plenty of space to coppice ash and beech for a wood bruning stove. This would supplement a solar heating system. It would actually benefit from underfloor heating but that means taking the floorboards up. You could also do with a fully insulated suspended ceiling. There's probably empty space under the floorboards making it all a bit colder. Needs a new septic tank too and that would be a fully sealed system in that area , not a percolator.

Up for auction on May 25th, will be interesting to see how much it goes for.

No BER might be because it is a protected structure, they are exempt from the BER system as are old churches converted into houses.

Its got a 75k starting bid at the auction which is designed to drum up interest. Id think it will go for a fair bit over that, probably about 130k-150k. Its actually good value as its not just a shell and lots of the renovation work is already done. Ive seen a similar sized former school in Wicklow in a bad state sell for 230k and it needed a further 150-200k spent on it.

03-05-2021 2:39pm

https://www.leonardauctioneers.com/old-killygorman-school-killeshandra-cavan/622344

Here is another school renovation, higher spec but cannot decide if I like it better or not.
Nicer outside.
Way overpriced for the area though!

freshpopcorn · 03-05-2021 2:57pm

This is another old schoolhouse for sales. It's fairly renovated.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barconny-schoolhouse-ballyjamesduff-cavan/4484652

03-05-2021 2:59pm

That ballyjamesduff one is lovely!

freshpopcorn · 03-05-2021 3:00pm

bubblypop wrote: »

That ballyjamesduff one is lovely!

Ya, I saw it some while ago and I adore it.

BattleCorp · 03-05-2021 4:11pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/baytree-the-fairways-golf-links-road-dunmore-east-waterford/4497957

It's a barn...oh no wait, it's an American beach house!

I'd be black and blue walking into wooden pillars all day.

lawred2 · 03-05-2021 4:13pm

bubblypop wrote: »

https://www.leonardauctioneers.com/old-killygorman-school-killeshandra-cavan/622344

Here is another school renovation, higher spec but cannot decide if I like it better or not.
Nicer outside.
Way overpriced for the area though!

no for me

Leg End Reject · 03-05-2021 4:54pm

bubblypop wrote: »

That ballyjamesduff one is lovely!

Gorgeous, and not a flat roof to be seen!

Ish66 · 03-05-2021 4:56pm

bubblypop wrote: »

https://www.leonardauctioneers.com/old-killygorman-school-killeshandra-cavan/622344

Here is another school renovation, higher spec but cannot decide if I like it better or not.
Nicer outside.
Way overpriced for the area though!

Nice blank page to start, I like it

HildaOgdenx · 03-05-2021 5:52pm

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

lawred2 · 03-05-2021 6:02pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

that's a disgrace

James 007 · 03-05-2021 6:20pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

The landlord needs to throw in the harness for free so that the tenant can safely get to the microwave, it might entice a tenant to take it this time round.:rolleyes:

some random drunk · 03-05-2021 7:08pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

Cheers for posting that. I'm saving the pics here for posterity, in case the ad gets taken down again. Some things just need to be seen to be believed

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Cilldara_2000 · 03-05-2021 7:13pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

Is there anything can be done about this?

I'd email the contact on the ad but I'm sure they have no shame. But would it be worthwhile getting in touch with Daft or the local authority?

03-05-2021 7:16pm

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Is there anything can be done about this?

I'd email the contact on the ad but I'm sure they have no shame. But would it be worthwhile getting in touch with Daft or the local authority?

Daft have already accepted it. The local authority or RTB.

KevRossi · 03-05-2021 7:20pm

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Is there anything can be done about this?

I'd email the contact on the ad but I'm sure they have no shame. But would it be worthwhile getting in touch with Daft or the local authority?

Fire Brigade.

Building Control DCC.

Dublin Gazette.

Joe Duffy.

03-05-2021 7:23pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

I'm sure this was a misplaced comma but "large wardrobe space beside Luas" is accurate

HildaOgdenx · 03-05-2021 7:37pm

some random drunk wrote: »

Cheers for posting that. I'm saving the pics here for posterity, in case the ad gets taken down again. Some things just need to be seen to be believed

Yes indeed, I saved one of them (the main room ie the landing :eek:) when I posted about it here, the first time around. It actually featured on Twitter and Reddit as well.

It was a link in another post that I clicked this evening that brought me to it again.
I sincerely hope nobody rents it. It's shocking.

03-05-2021 7:55pm

Where’s the toilet? Beside some wardrobe in some room? But not the landing.

Daft need to be held partly responsible here. I don’t know if there are actually humans looking at this photos.

Kerry25x · 03-05-2021 8:10pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

They've reduced the price right? I'm sure it was up for €840 last time.

HildaOgdenx · 03-05-2021 8:23pm

Kerry25x wrote: »

They've reduced the price right?I'm sure it was up for €840 last time.

That crossed my mind too, but I wasn't sure.

HildaOgdenx · 03-05-2021 9:02pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

This is another old schoolhouse for sales. It's fairly renovated.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barconny-schoolhouse-ballyjamesduff-cavan/4484652

That's very nicely done.

Leg End Reject · 03-05-2021 9:04pm

Great, another shot for one "lucky" person to experience life on the landing.

Form an orderly queue people!

freshpopcorn · 03-05-2021 9:05pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

That's very nicely done.

I saw it a while and it's one of those houses I'd like to buy if I won the Lotto but moving Cavan might be a stretch!

HildaOgdenx · 03-05-2021 9:14pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I saw it a while and it's one of those houses I'd like to buy if I won the Lotto but moving Cavan might be a stretch!

If you won the euromillions, maybe you could get the house uprooted and moved to your preferred location.

03-05-2021 9:17pm

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

I sincerely hope nobody rents it. It's shocking.

I wonder what it was about the last year of restrictions that made the previous occupier want to move?

Imagine being stuck in there for another Lockdown.

KevRossi · 03-05-2021 9:32pm

Munich is often cited as the most expensive city in Germany.

This is what a one room apartment looks like there. This one is €760. €40 a month cheaper than the stairs in Phibsboro.
It's the first one that popped up on the list. I know the area, it's perfectly safe, a decent place to live. Great public transport too. Distance wise the same as Phibsboro from the city centre.

33m2 in total. Big room, a balcony and you can't hear the next door neighbour farting on the jacks in the morning.

https://www.immonet.de/angebot/44163038

HildaOgdenx · 04-05-2021 12:03am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I wonder what it was about the last year of restrictions that made the previous occupier want to move?

Imagine being stuck in there for another Lockdown.

I hope there never was an occupier and never will be.

mikhail · 04-05-2021 12:24pm

fvp4 wrote: »

Where’s the toilet? Beside some wardrobe in some room? But not the landing.

Down the stairs, was the consensus the last time this was up.

I don't see any button on daft to report an ad. Poor form.

miamee · 04-05-2021 12:41pm

mikhail wrote: »

Down the stairs, was the consensus the last time this was up.

I don't see any button on daft to report an ad. Poor form.

The option to report is down at the bottom on desktop version, I've just reported it myself.

Mollyb60 · 04-05-2021 1:32pm

Surely there are standards for a minimum permitted size of a habitable space? Or is that asking too much?

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

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