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

tea and coffee · 02-07-2021 8:16am

On the portobello hipster house: without the lean to, where would the bedroom be in those houses? Doesn't seem to be one. Where do the neighbouring hipsters sleep?

02-07-2021 8:54am

KevRossi wrote: »

For €215,000 you can have this 2-bed with loads of space for expansion. About 15 mins from Sligo town centre by car, or less than 40 by bike. But the location.... I know it well from cycling out there and it's incredible, pics on Strret View don't do it justice as it's a bit cloudy and overcast. Build a small platform on the lakeshore to swim from and you're good to go.

Streetview - turn around for the house. https://www.google.com/maps/@54.3381857,-8.4060944,3a,75y,124.42h,82.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxgBydOc7va0XWcqScDNv8A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/glencar-north-sligo-sligo/4346633

Would make a good holiday home investment.

retalivity · 02-07-2021 9:17am

tea and coffee wrote: »

On the portobello hipster house: without the lean to, where would the bedroom be in those houses? Doesn't seem to be one. Where do the neighbouring hipsters sleep?

There's 2 more on the same street for sale that both have 2 bedrooms squeezed into 50sqm or less. Finished much better, but prices are eye-watering

€495k - https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-1-harty-place-dublin-8/3230734
€375k - https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/bungalow-12-harty-place-south-circular-road-dublin-8/2945254

The estate-agent lingo is hilarious:
"A fully paved rear courtyard is located off the second bedroom which also benefits from the south facing aspect, ideal for al fresco dining. " - Cheers for the 9 tiles needed, don't think you'll see much sun except for a few days in June when it is highest in the sky
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"The accommodation is very much open plan " - Err...a hallway between living room and kitchen and a dining room under the stairs kinda goes against the spirit of "open plan"
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knucklehead6 · 02-07-2021 9:59am

KevRossi wrote: »

€199,000 for this. It's about €70,000 cheaper than most of the similar houses in the area and it's been for sale for months. Needs a good clean out, new floors, new wallpaper/paint, probably new windows and a boiler. No pics of bathroom so probably needs to be refurbished along with the kitchen. Probably good value if you're not too fussy. If you're handy with DIY and you laid into it for 4 weeks you'd get the important bits done and you could do the rest over few months, saving a fair few quid on similar houses. With the extension at the back it's easy to make a 3 bed (one an ensuite) out of it later on.

I don't know how good or bad that end of the road is, or how much anti-social behaviour goes on in the park opposite it, but you're 25 mins walk from the Phoenix Park, less than 10 on a bike. Chapelizod, Inchicore and Kilmainham are very near and Ballyer has most shops like Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, etc. There's a few shops 2 mins walk down the road as well.

Bus outside the door (literally) goes every 10 mins in the morning and evening, every 15 outside of that.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/167-decies-road-ballyfermot-dublin-10/4477851

That house is SCREAMING probate sale

some random drunk · 02-07-2021 10:02am

retalivity wrote: »

There's 2 more on the same street for sale that both have 2 bedrooms squeezed into 50sqm or less. Finished much better, but prices are eye-watering

€495k - https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-1-harty-place-dublin-8/3230734

Christ the photos with the CGI furniture are incredibly disingenuous! :eek:

Taking a photo with a wide angle lens is one thing, but then creating an image where the shrunken down cgi furniture fits in with loads of room to spare is just downright lying!

02-07-2021 10:31am

That’s the craziest price I’ve seen for a cottage yet. Will Someone actually pay that? Who would it suit?

Tabnabs · 02-07-2021 12:45pm

A real hidden gem, very difficult to believe this house is in Dublin at all.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/glenasmole-lodge-glenasmole-co-dublin-d24-tp86/4509222

Mollyb60 · 02-07-2021 1:53pm

Stunning house, obviously well loved too. I had to laugh at the estate agent's statement that it'd be an easily accessible weekend retreat. Who the fcuk has 4.25 million to spend on a holiday home?

Rossi IRL · 02-07-2021 2:05pm

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Stunning house, obviously well loved too. I had to laugh at the estate agent's statement that it'd be an easily accessible weekend retreat. Who the fcuk has 4.25 million to spend on a holiday home?

Probably the same type of person who has 4 million to spend on a normal home

Leg End Reject · 02-07-2021 2:15pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

A real hidden gem, very difficult to believe this house is in Dublin at all.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/glenasmole-lodge-glenasmole-co-dublin-d24-tp86/4509222

Wow, that's just stunning. Fantastic location yet seems rural with all that land.

ec18 · 02-07-2021 2:19pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Wow, that's just stunning. Fantastic location yet seems rural with all that land.

no did a quick check on the bookshelf in pic 7

220 acres? I did read that right ?

Leg End Reject · 02-07-2021 2:22pm

ec18 wrote: »

no did a quick check on the bookshelf in pic 7

220 acres? I did read that right ?

34.3 acres, that's lot of land!

The stuffed animals are probably a relic of the past, but a lot of people hunt with that kind of property.

ec18 · 02-07-2021 2:24pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

34.3 acres, that's lot of land!

The stuffed animals are probably a relic of the past, but a lot of people hunt with that kind of property.

The book on the right of pic :P

Pleasure grounds comprising some 34.3 acres / 13.9 hectares surround the house and compliment the wider acreage of picturesque mountainous lands that extend to in excess of 220 acres (89 Hectares) - is that just the surroundings or is it part of the property?

Mullinabreena · 02-07-2021 2:28pm

ec18 wrote: »

The book on the right of pic :P

Pleasure grounds comprising some 34.3 acres / 13.9 hectares surround the house and compliment the wider acreage of picturesque mountainous lands that extend to in excess of 220 acres (89 Hectares) - is that just the surroundings or is it part of the property?

The 220 acres is probably state owned or commonage the 34 acres is private

Leg End Reject · 02-07-2021 2:31pm

ec18 wrote: »

The book on the right of pic :P

Pleasure grounds comprising some 34.3 acres / 13.9 hectares surround the house and compliment the wider acreage of picturesque mountainous lands that extend to in excess of 220 acres (89 Hectares) - is that just the surroundings or is it part of the property?

Eeehhhh ... there's a lot of books, nothing is jumping out. Hang on until I turn on my bionic eye.

ec18 · 02-07-2021 2:36pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Eeehhhh ... there's a lot of books, nothing is jumping out. Hang on until I turn on my bionic eye.

Have a look at the attachment

Leg End Reject · 02-07-2021 2:40pm

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

Oh! Probably a history buff rather than a fan, or it could have been bought as part of a collection to fill the shelves.

In my defence that's the left of the picture. :cool:

ec18 · 02-07-2021 2:41pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Oh! Probably a history buff rather than a fan, or it could have been bought as part of a collection to fill the shelves.

In my defence that's the left of the picture. :cool:

my bad....it's a bit too close to the weekend lol

02-07-2021 2:45pm

To be fair. Very few post war books on Hitler are favourable to Hitler.

Yeh that place is ok. No hunting these days though.

Gregor Samsa · 02-07-2021 2:57pm

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

The badger seems to have a little square moustache too.

Lovely house in stunning location. A true gem.

josip · 02-07-2021 3:06pm

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

Mike Godwin eventually surfaces in the "Who'd live in a house like this?" thread.

02-07-2021 3:13pm

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

It's hardly Mein Kampf in a bookcase on it's own, uplit with a spotlight :pac:

seamus · 02-07-2021 3:27pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

A real hidden gem, very difficult to believe this house is in Dublin at all.

Unbelievable property, it's barely in Dublin though to be fair. You wouldn't be popping out for a walk down to the pub or the shop. It all gets very rural once you start climbing into the mountains.

Great little spot to develop into a high-class party location. Build some additional accommodation, a small bar, auditorium, outdoor activities, etc. Rent it out for weddings, corporate & political junkets, etc.

Tabnabs · 02-07-2021 3:44pm

seamus wrote: »

Unbelievable property, it's barely in Dublin though to be fair. You wouldn't be popping out for a walk down to the pub or the shop. It all gets very rural once you start climbing into the mountains.

Great little spot to develop into a high-class party location. Build some additional accommodation, a small bar, auditorium, outdoor activities, etc. Rent it out for weddings, corporate & political junkets, etc.

No, just absolutely no. A quieter country location you won't find in any county in Ireland, never mind Dublin. There is no mobile signal up that end of the valley never mind any type of broadband. The road approaching is a single lane country road, and extends that way for quite a few kilometres.

This is a rural retreat for the uber-wealthy, not a play ground for the Instagram generation.

Mollyb60 · 02-07-2021 4:01pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's hardly Mein Kampf in a bookcase on it's own, uplit with a spotlight :pac:

My husband has a copy of Mein Kampf in the house. I refused to allow it be in the bookshelves in the living room in case people thought the worst. In fairness to him, he's a history and politics nerd so he wanted to read it. Said it was the biggest pile of sh!te he's ever read. And he's read Moll Flanders.

inforfun · 02-07-2021 5:23pm

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So... you are going to watch the tv sitting on the stairs then?

some random drunk · 02-07-2021 6:02pm

inforfun wrote: »

So... you are going to watch the tv sitting on the stairs then?

This picture is a good example of what I was saying about the shrunken cgi furniture.

Compare the size of the couch with the steps of the stairs, the front door and the window. No way you'd actually fit a real couch in like that. It's like the furniture images were reduced to circa 60% of actual real life size, giving the impression of loads of room in that house.

02-07-2021 6:02pm

inforfun wrote: »

So... you are going to watch the tv sitting on the stairs then?

The crying stairs.

Muahahaha · 02-07-2021 6:24pm

Look at the bottom right of the photo- "Virtually staged using CGI furniture". Thats a new one on me, estate agents have gotten into the CGI business

In any case that tv is not for watching, its so Karen can have the digital version of 'Live, Laugh, Love' on it or whatever other inspirational quote she saw on Instagram that day.

punisher5112 · 02-07-2021 6:25pm

some random drunk wrote: »

This picture is a good example of what I was saying about the shrunken cgi furniture.

Compare the size of the couch with the steps of the stairs, the front door and the window. No way you'd actually fit a real couch in like that. It's like the furniture images were reduced to circa 60% of actual real life size, giving the impression of loads of room in that house.

I don't think I've seen this CGI crap on a house sale before, very cute and it definitely shouldn't be allowed.
I'd class it exactly the same as false advertising and should be outlawed.

Muahahaha · 02-07-2021 6:47pm

Article on some of the converted churches for sale in the UK at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2021/jun/25/homes-for-sale-in-former-churches-in-pictures

This one the pick of the bunch, 4 bedrooms, £550k
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More pics here https://www.fineandcountry.com/uk/property-for-sale/accrington/bb5-2sb/2128004

looksee · 02-07-2021 7:00pm

On the cgi furniture. It will backfire same as the fish eye lense will eventually. People go for a viewing and say, hang on, a bed would not fit there, and a sofa would be a tight fit there, no thank you. And the estate agent has wasted ah hour of his time. I agree it should be investigated though, think I will drop a line to https://www.ipav.ie/

I contacted them about the practise of rounding up site sizes - anything slightly over a half acre described as an acre etc. Now they put the actual size on the ad. (not suggesting that I had anything to do with it, but if enough people complain...)

Larsso30 · 02-07-2021 9:31pm

https://clarkeauctioneers.com/property/25-castle-street-wicklow-town-co-wicklow/

180k for 4 walls. Nice location but house is small and gonna cost you fortune to get it liveable

nibtrix · 02-07-2021 9:44pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

Article on some of the converted churches for sale in the UK at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2021/jun/25/homes-for-sale-in-former-churches-in-pictures

I always think that you’d need a fairly strong personality to be comfortable living in a converted church. Not because of any religious element, but they are buildings designed to be overwhelming, with very high ceilings, narrow (but ornate) windows, the opposite of cosy. Unless they’ve been completely converted with additional floors or false ceilings etc. to make them standard room-sized, which then kind of defeats the purpose. I think it would be cool to stay somewhere like that for a holiday, but as a permanent home I’d find it very tiring to live in.

Muahahaha · 02-07-2021 10:26pm

Yeah I would feel largely the same, living in one wouldnt appeal to me.

There are some good conversions that add floors but also leave one part of it as the full height space, a kind of a middle ground. The big downside for me though is the narrow windows that the planners will dictate have to remain as stained glass which lets very little light in. Even the big massive round window behind the churchs alter doesnt let much light in. Id find it claustrophobic never being able to properly see the sky because of the stained glass.

If you were allowed normal glazing the inside of the building would be a different proposition. But still wouldnt fancy living in one.

Baybay · 03-07-2021 11:52am

Larsso30 wrote: »

https://clarkeauctioneers.com/property/25-castle-street-wicklow-town-co-wicklow/

180k for 4 walls. Nice location but house is small and gonna cost you fortune to get it liveable

It’s a lovely location, almost beside the Black Castle.

Larsso30 · 03-07-2021 10:57pm

Baybay wrote: »

It’s a lovely location, almost beside the Black Castle.

Yeah right beside it. My mam just up the road from it. But it's literally a shell, and small!

Trigger Happy · 04-07-2021 9:35am

Meanwhile in Vancover $680 per month will get you a bed in a bathroom.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/this-bathroom-with-a-bed-was-listed-as-a-micro-studio-for-680mo-in-vancouver-photos-3927000

HildaOgdenx · 04-07-2021 9:37am

Muahahaha wrote: »

Article on some of the converted churches for sale in the UK at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2021/jun/25/homes-for-sale-in-former-churches-in-pictures

This one the pick of the bunch, 4 bedrooms, £550k

More pics here https://www.fineandcountry.com/uk/property-for-sale/accrington/bb5-2sb/2128004

That looks beautiful, but has absolutely no appeal to me as a home.

The Nal · 04-07-2021 9:52am

100 odd decaying corpses in your back garden.

04-07-2021 10:13am

The Nal wrote: »

100 odd decaying corpses in your back garden.

Bit of miracle grow, could do wonders.

And as the saying goes, you've nothing to fear from the dead.

Gloomtastic! · 04-07-2021 10:34am

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Meanwhile in Vancover $680 per month will get you a bed in a bathroom.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/this-bathroom-with-a-bed-was-listed-as-a-micro-studio-for-680mo-in-vancouver-photos-3927000

That’s a wind-up surely. No power points. :rolleyes:

04-07-2021 11:05am

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

That’s a wind-up surely. No power points. :rolleyes:

Presumably there's access to another room, such as a kitchen.

Leg End Reject · 04-07-2021 11:35am

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

That’s a wind-up surely. No power points. :rolleyes:

There's 2 over the sink, it's Canada where sockets and light switches are the norm in bathrooms.

Murt10 · 04-07-2021 1:27pm

Ok I know a builder might buy this one but there's an awful lot of work to be done and you don't know how well it was built in the first place. They're asking €219k, which is not exactly giving it away. And given the price of houses in the area, I can't see anyone turning a profit on it, but then, what do I know?

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-83a-fortlawn-avenue-blanchardstown-dublin-15/3422952

And the neighbouring one isn't any better

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-83-fortlawn-avenue-blanchardstown-dublin-15/3422679

flazio · 04-07-2021 1:33pm

I feel like you'd still be pulling needles out of the walls years after refurbishment.

punisher5112 · 04-07-2021 1:59pm

Murt10 wrote: »

Ok I know a builder might buy this one but there's an awful lot of work to be done and you don't know how well it was built in the first place. They're asking €219k, which is not exactly giving it away. And given the price of houses in the area, I can't see anyone turning a profit on it, but then, what do I know?

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-83a-fortlawn-avenue-blanchardstown-dublin-15/3422952

And the neighbouring one isn't any better

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-83-fortlawn-avenue-blanchardstown-dublin-15/3422679

Up already

04-07-2021 4:24pm

The decoration would not be quite to my taste.

KevRossi · 04-07-2021 4:27pm

Anyone know what the story with this would be? It's been up for several months, possibly more than a year. I'm looking at houses in that price bracket. Turns out it was auctioned for €266,000, but must have fallen through and i's back up on Daft.ie.

This is the ad on Daft.ie, priced at €215,000 https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/house-290-galtymore-road-drimnagh-dublin-12/3437212

This is the ad on the auctioneers website, highest offer 6 months ago for €266,000. https://eddempsey.ie/Residential-Property/290-Galtymore-Road-Drimnagh-Dublin-12/44&ser=1

Murt10 · 04-07-2021 4:53pm

KevRossi wrote: »

Anyone know what the story with this would be? It's been up for several months, possibly more than a year. I'm looking at houses in that price bracket. Turns out it was auctioned for €266,000, but must have fallen through and i's back up on Daft.ie.

This is the ad on Daft.ie, priced at €215,000 https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/house-290-galtymore-road-drimnagh-dublin-12/3437212

This is the ad on the auctioneers website, highest offer 6 months ago for €266,000. https://eddempsey.ie/Residential-Property/290-Galtymore-Road-Drimnagh-Dublin-12/44&ser=1

The add on Daft states that it is for auction on 4 Aug 2012. The advised minimum value is€215k, which means absolutely nothing.

That previous bid of €266k is dead. One party has decided to pull out. The buyer may have found something better or maybe the seller thought that the offer wasn't high enough.

Incidentally, 4 or 5 years ago, a house near where my parents lived came up for sale. It achieved an excellent price,and went sale agreed. Many months later I noticed it up for sale again. I made inquiries and found out that the buyers had simultaneously, had offers and gone sale agreed on 4 different properties, with 4 different estate agents because the poor things couldn't make up their mind which one they wanted the most.

Once they decided which one they wanted, in their own time, they went back into the estate agents and received all their deposits back on the three houses they were no longer interested in.

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

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