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

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  • #1832
    Porklife
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Porklife


    Looking at that house makes me feel itchy.. it's like I'm allergic to it! Get it off me!! I feel like it's on me!!


  • #1833
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,018 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ryath wrote: »
    It reminds me of the Swiss Cottage in Cahir but that was built as a folly!
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    web-chris05399-min.jpg

    Right! That's what it was saying to me, Swiss Cottage. The interior of Swiss cottage has a charm that the other one is missing though, its as though it was saying 'well a teaspoonful of this effect is lovely, so a ladleful will be even lovelier'!


  • #1834
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,720 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Ryath wrote: »
    It's hardly the worst it is at a cross roads surrounded by another cluster of houses. They are mile from the village that has a pub and a petrol station/shop. I'd have a bigger issue with the massive 300m2 mcmansions built in the middle of the country side on 2 acre sites in sites in locations where they stick out like a sore thumb. Parts of the country are absolutely blighted with them. A lot of them even ran out money and can't even afford to landscape them.

    tumblr_inline_oln7rgeibD1sppt0x_1280.png

    tumblr_inline_oln7pbnIZk1sppt0x_1280.png

    None are aesthetically pleasing, neither the dick waving McMansions or the Hansel and Gretel house.
    If the latter was toned down a bit, then maybe.
    Looks a nightmare from a maintenance pov.


  • #1835
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    The Hague, The Netherlands

    8b2a12e359843e281434bbb9f4b3a6f7.png

    https://www.funda.nl/koop/den-haag/appartement-41633458-laan-van-nieuw-oost-indie-197/#foto-1

    36 pics.
    €250.000

    Notice anything?
    You have to sleep at your parents place because there isnt a bedroom for your €250.000


  • #1836
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,018 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    It says in the info that it is a one bedroom house?


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  • #1837
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,758 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    inforfun wrote: »
    You have to sleep at your parents place because there isnt a bedroom for your €250.000

    It's an open plan space that wouldn't be my preference but there are two distinct sides to that big long room that is parallel to the kitchen. One side a living space and the other side a bedroom.


  • #1838
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    looksee wrote: »
    It says in the info that it is a one bedroom house?
    Correct... but where is that bedroom?
    A 3 room house in Holland means exactly that, 3 rooms. I only count 2, front and back room on the ground floor. Then there is the basement and the shed.

    BattleCorp wrote: »
    It's an open plan space that wouldn't be my preference but there are two distinct sides to that big long room that is parallel to the kitchen. One side a living space and the other side a bedroom.

    Old(er) Dutch houses were all built like that. Front room and a backroom. And then 2,3,4 whatever bedrooms. I dont think either room was ever a bedroom.

    I actually think it used to be a massive house that has been "chopped up" into smaller apartments.

    The one i posted is at no 197 in that street. Also in a part of The Hague that used to be chique.
    This is 263 for sale.

    If you take the 2 floorplans, they are quite similar. Certainly on ground floor level.


  • #1839
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,951 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    quarter of a million for that.

    Has The Netherlands got mad house prices like Ireland as well?


  • #1840
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Certain parts, definitely.


    The Hague is not exactly a village though. Government buildings are to be found there and most, if not all ministeries too.
    Then a buttload of embassies not too far away from this Laan van NOI.
    Plus there are 17 million people on that ****ty little bit of land.

    And still..... i could afford to buy a place of my own in any of the 4 big cities. Something i cant here in Dublin.


  • #1841
    redcup342
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭redcup342


    https://www.immobilienscout24.de/expose/115126065

    Checkout the "Kitchen" in this place ... 125k.


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  • #1842
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,420 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    A real doer upper

    https://www.daft.ie/tipperary/houses-for-sale/cashel/brickendown-cashel-tipperary-2390272/


  • #1843
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    redcup342 wrote: »
    https://www.immobilienscout24.de/expose/115126065

    Checkout the "Kitchen" in this place ... 125k.

    Plus the photo of what the view would have been 100 years ago


  • #1844
    Aceandstuff
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭Aceandstuff


    dolanbaker wrote: »
    Here's something different, a property without a door!

    I want it. I want to buy it now. I don't care if I have to use a ladder to get in and there's no plumbing, 100 for a room is 100 for a room.


  • #1845
    dublintweety
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭dublintweety


    The Nal wrote: »
    A real doer upper

    https://www.daft.ie/tipperary/houses-for-sale/cashel/brickendown-cashel-tipperary-2390272/

    Should the BER not be Z!!


  • #1846
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    dublintweety wrote: »
    Should the BER not be Z!!
    No it still has a roof!


  • #1847
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,376 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    dolanbaker wrote: »
    Here's something different, a property without a door!

    That's easy enough to get in to.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0D3y3ljync


  • #1848
    Kitty6277
    Registered Users Posts: 6,204 ✭✭✭Kitty6277


    The Nal wrote: »
    A real doer upper

    https://www.daft.ie/tipperary/houses-for-sale/cashel/brickendown-cashel-tipperary-2390272/

    Brickendown? More like broken down! “Fixer upper”? :eek:


  • #1849
    emeldc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭emeldc


    The Nal wrote: »
    A real doer upper

    https://www.daft.ie/tipperary/houses-for-sale/cashel/brickendown-cashel-tipperary-2390272/

    A house with what looks like four solid walls and a roof on an acre for €15K. Maybe I'm missing something but in the right hands I think that looks like a bargain.


  • #1850
    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    emeldc wrote: »
    A house with what looks like four solid walls and a roof on an acre for €15K. Maybe I'm missing something but in the right hands I think that looks like a bargain.

    It's in the back arse of nowhere


  • #1851
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,102 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    It's in the back arse of nowhere

    less than 10 miles from the bustling metropolis of Fethard.


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  • #1852
    emeldc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭emeldc


    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    It's in the back arse of nowhere

    No, it's just rural. It's less than 10 miles from Cashel. We don't all live in Dublin :)


  • #1853
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,758 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    It's in the back arse of nowhere

    It's only 10 minutes from Cashel so it's not exactly a million miles from anywhere.

    The site is a decent enough size given that it's just shy of an acre and you are pretty much guaranteed planning permission as there is already a house on the land.

    It seems very cheap though, even for somewhere quite rural. I'm wondering if there are drainage problems etc?

    I'm from a rural enough area and that site is about 1/4 to 1/6 of the price of similar sites around here.


  • #1854
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users Posts: 3,569 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    It's only 10 minutes from Cashel so it's not exactly a million miles from anywhere.

    The site is a decent enough size given that it's just shy of an acre and you are pretty much guaranteed planning permission as there is already a house on the land.

    It seems very cheap though, even for somewhere quite rural. I'm wondering if there are drainage problems etc?

    I'm from a rural enough area and that site is about 1/4 to 1/6 of the price of similar sites around here.

    It looks like there's some awkwardness about what you actually get, the adjoining shed and entrance don't seem to be included in the sale...


  • #1855
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    _Godot_ wrote: »
    My favourite was the one with the toilet and the bed in the same room.

    https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/vb5n33/rental-opportunity-of-the-week-the-most-horrifying-new-landlord-move-of-2019

    Sorry to dig up an older one, but that is by far the best review I have ever read.


  • #1856
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    dolanbaker wrote: »
    Here's something different, a property without a door!
    Inaccessible first-floor Wisbech property for sale for £100

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...shire-51310566



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    A town centre property is going under the hammer for what might seem like the bargain price of £100 - but the only problem is you cannot get into it.
    The 12sq m river-view first-floor room, wedged between two properties and suspended over an alleyway is for sale in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
    However, it is blocked off from both sides and even the auctioneer has not been in, as the Cambs Times reported.
    It is "one of the weirdest" things the auctioneers have seen, they said.




    Just sold for £1
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51578026

    A town centre property with river frontage and far-reaching views has been snapped for a cool £1 at auction.
    Although it might seem like a bargain, the drawback is there is no way to get into the 12sq m first-floor space.
    However, the room, wedged between two properties and suspended over an alleyway in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, appealed to one bidder whose hand shot up when the £1 price tag was announced.
    The guide price of £100+ was dropped to £1 at the last minute.


  • #1857
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,758 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    dolanbaker wrote: »
    Just sold for £1
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51578026

    You'd have to wonder why one of the properties either side didn't buy it seeing as it was going for next to nothing.

    Probably bought for nothing with legal fees of a few grand.


  • #1858
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    You'd have to wonder why one of the properties either side didn't buy it seeing as it was going for next to nothing.

    Probably bought for nothing with legal fees of a few grand.
    Yeah, it would be a useful bit of extra space for either property, seems odd that neither were interested in it.


  • #1859
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Oh deary me......

    https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/47-kilmartin-avenue-fettercairn-tallaght-dublin/4150665


  • #1860
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,369 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Oh deary me......

    https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/47-kilmartin-avenue-fettercairn-tallaght-dublin/4150665

    The most alarming thing about that is that it's sale agreed :eek:


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  • #1861
    BandMember
    Registered Users Posts: 1,702 ✭✭✭BandMember


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Oh deary me......

    https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/47-kilmartin-avenue-fettercairn-tallaght-dublin/4150665

    That one just reeks of a property being sold by CAB.

    Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole as I imagine that the new owner(s) will have a few visitors advising them to seek alternative accommodation elsewhere....


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