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House in Rathmines for 250K

  • 24-11-2018 8:20pm
    #1
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭


    I have been told that there is a house in Rathmines which can be bought for 250K. It apparently doesn't need any work. I haven't heard where exactly it is or the size. What sort of a house other than an absolute wreck of a fixer-upper could be bought for this price? IS it a case of too good to be true or is it possible?


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  • #2
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    A mobile home maybe?


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,239 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Definition of "Rathmines" and "house" may vary. The map below just shows the townlands, there are other definitions. While there are lots of large properties, there are also lots of very modest properties. Some people also deliberately advertise at an unrealistically low price.

    This: https://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/property-for-sale/dublin-6/?s%5Bmxp%5D=300000 throws up 13 properties in the area with prices of €220,000-300,000.

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  • #4
    KevinCavan
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    Buy it would be my advice, even if it’s in Crumlin that’s a good price


  • #5
    Alkers
    Registered Users Posts: 6,809 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Is it a house or maybe a ground floor self contained unit or something?


  • #6
    4ensic15
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    All of those properties are apartments. This is a house, in Rathmines within 10 minutes walk of the Swan Centre. Own door. No service charge. All I know is that it is in Rathmines. I don't know the street. A mate of mine told me he is going to look at it. He won't say where it is until he has seen it and decided whether to go for it or not. I find it incredible that there is such a thing.


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  • #7
    Marcusm
    Registered Users Posts: 10,183 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    All of those properties are apartments. This is a house, in Rathmines within 10 minutes walk of the Swan Centre. Own door. No service charge. All I know is that it is in Rathmines. I don't know the street. A mate of mine told me he is going to look at it. He won't say where it is until he has seen it and decided whether to go for it or not. I find it incredible that there is such a thing.

    I liven Rathmines; there are probably a few garden rooms/ancillary family accommodation which might be available for that price if they were approved as habitable accommodation etc but I doubt that any would have the appropriate planning consent to actually allow a sale to proceed.

    The amusing thing about the maps cited is that Leinster Road (which many would see as the epitome of Rathmines flatland) falls outside it as does the Rathmines library and former College of Commerce building!


  • #8
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Marcusm wrote: »
    I liven Rathmines; there are probably a few garden rooms/ancillary family accommodation which might be available for that price if they were approved as habitable accommodation etc but I doubt that any would have the appropriate planning consent to actually allow a sale to proceed.

    The amusing thing about the maps cited is that Leinster Road (which many would see as the epitome of Rathmines flatland) falls outside it as does the Rathmines library and former College of Commerce building!

    It is not a garden room/granny flat. It is a two storey house. The maps are rubbish. York Road and Maxwell Road would be considered as fully in Rathmines. Frankfort Avenue would be in Rathmines for the eastern part of it. Cathal Brugha barracks not in Rathmines?? What a joke!


  • #9
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,164 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Didn't realise Rathmines went that far south, Dartry residents swear it's Rathgar :D

    Far side of the Dodder is in no way Rathmines. The ONLY way you could squeeze that is the area used to be served by the Rathmines telephone exchange back in the 70s. Its Churchtown.


  • #10
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,865 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    It is a garage. The recession is over now lol.


  • #11
    power pants
    Registered Users Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭power pants


    How come you can’t find out yourself? Is it not on line?


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  • #12
    duffman13
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    Even if it's listed for 250k and it's as you describe it'll go for way more. There are no real secrets in the property market bar the odd family sale thst sneaks under the radar


  • #13
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    power pants wrote: »
    How come you can’t find out yourself? Is it not on line?

    The owner was asked by an agent how much he would take for it. He doesn't want a listing or a sign. He doesn't want a sales campaign. It is take it or leave it with individual, one at a time viewings. He told the agent to take one person at a time to it.


  • #14
    KevinCavan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭KevinCavan


    Had a quick look on Daft, you’d be dreaming about getting that kind of property for that kind of price. If you could go back 10 years in a time machine maybe...


  • #15
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users Posts: 18,096 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    This is a house
    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Own door

    A house with its own door? Thats just crazy talk!


  • #16
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    A house with its own door? Thats just crazy talk!

    Exactly.


  • #17
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,239 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Clickable map of Dublin townlands: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/DYf If nothing shows, click "Run". May not work on certain devices.

    This is a map of things with Rathmines in their names: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/DYh
    Marcusm wrote: »
    The amusing thing about the maps cited is that Leinster Road (which many would see as the epitome of Rathmines flatland) falls outside it as does the Rathmines library and former College of Commerce building!
    Haroldscross East townland.
    4ensic15 wrote: »
    It is not a garden room/granny flat. It is a two storey house. The maps are rubbish. York Road and Maxwell Road would be considered as fully in Rathmines. Frankfort Avenue would be in Rathmines for the eastern part of it.
    Ans some of the denizens would rightly insist it is Rathgar.
    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Cathal Brugha barracks not in Rathmines??
    Do you mean the barracks formerly known as Portobello barracks? As a legalese person, surely you must appreciate that townlands and popular .. imagination are different things?
    ED E wrote: »
    Far side of the Dodder is in no way Rathmines. The ONLY way you could squeeze that is the area used to be served by the Rathmines telephone exchange back in the 70s. Its Churchtown.
    It's a map of townlands.


  • #18
    Pelvis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Pelvis


    What an utterly pointless thread.


  • #19
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Victor wrote: »


    Do you mean the barracks formerly known as Portobello barracks? As a legalese person, surely you must appreciate that townlands and popular .. imagination are different things?

    It's a map of townlands.

    Townlands are legal Districts for conveyancing and jurisdiction purposes. Modern Districts do not correapond to them in many cases. Until the 1920s Upper Ranelagh was called Cullenswood. The modern districts correspond with town centres rather than ancient divisions. Portobello Barracks was so called because it has a gate opening onto the Canal at Portobello. The Reality is that its main gate faces the pub once known as the Rathmines Inn, it is across the road from Rathmines Parish Church and is only a few hundred metres from the Rathmines Town Hall. People live in urban villages, not townlands.


  • #20
    dubrov
    Registered Users Posts: 3,544 ✭✭✭dubrov


    Let me guess
    The vendor only accepts western union money transfer


  • #21
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    dubrov wrote: »
    Let me guess
    The vendor only accepts western union money transfer

    It is being shown through a PSRA registered Estate Agent. The mate checked that out.


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  • #22
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,347 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    It is being shown through a PSRA registered Estate Agent. The mate checked that out.

    None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

    It is like some Willy Wonka eccentric decided I must sell this property but I don't want anyone to know. Or is it some divorce thing where somebody is hiding the sale?

    It all sounds very urban legend.


  • #23
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

    It is like some Willy Wonka eccentric decided I must sell this property but I don't want anyone to know. Or is it some divorce thing where somebody is hiding the sale?

    It all sounds very urban legend.

    Without knowing the details how do you know how much it is worth?


  • #24
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,239 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?
    Sometimes people want a quick sale.

    I know of one probate sale where the joint executors wanted a quick, quiet sale so that funds could be put out of reach of the spendthrift in-laws.


  • #25
    nim1bdeh38l2cw
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    Mr.S wrote: »
    Didn't realise Rathmines went that far south, Dartry residents swear it's Rathgar :D

    Just Victoria talking shíte again. Best ignored


  • #26
    power pants
    Registered Users Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭power pants


    Will you be blindfolded on the way to view the property under orders by the vendor?


  • #27
    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    None of what you are saying makes any sense. Why would somebody sell something for much less than it is worth in the worst way possible?

    It is like some Willy Wonka eccentric decided I must sell this property but I don't want anyone to know. Or is it some divorce thing where somebody is hiding the sale?

    It all sounds very urban legend.

    Have seen it happen. House sold through an estate agent, not listed... just offered to people the agent knew were looking at similar houses in the area. Sold for less than market (as per price listed on PPR) because the seller didn't want the hassle of viewings, sign in the garden and people knowing etc..


  • #28
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,347 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    Victor wrote: »
    Sometimes people want a quick sale.

    I know of one probate sale where the joint executors wanted a quick, quiet sale so that funds could be put out of reach of the spendthrift in-laws.

    The quickest way to sell it would be advertise it and if you are offering it at a low price it will be easy to sell.

    It is possibly true but extremely unlikely, surely I am not the only person to hear urban legends repeated and I heard this one before


  • #29
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Well I found this one...it's Ranelagh, not Rathmines: but it IS within a fifteen-minute walk of Rathmines Library. (and the Swan Centre)

    https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/19-colliers-avenue-ranelagh-dublin-1946751/

    For a measly 315K you can have a tiny, tiny freehold, own front door, as handy and central as anyone could want.


  • #30
    ionapaul
    Registered Users Posts: 5,293 ✭✭✭ionapaul


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    Well I found this one...it's Ranelagh, not Rathmines: but it IS within a fifteen-minute walk of Rathmines Library. (and the Swan Centre)

    https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/19-colliers-avenue-ranelagh-dublin-1946751/

    For a measly 315K you can have a tiny, tiny freehold, own front door, as handy and central as anyone could want.
    I imagine it is going to be one of those types, have been inside them before (the area I am thinking of is in Harolds X but can see how people might claim Rathmines; Emmet Street, Darley Street) and they are truly tiny!!!!


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  • #31
    4ensic15
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    The mate went to look at it. It is 2 storey, own door and in Rathmines, off the Upper Rathmines Road. It is only about 350 sq feet and there is no outside space at all. The front door opens directly from the living room into a lane. It is old but has been fully modernised. He wanted to go for it as a starter house but his girlfriend just won't have it. The bedrooms are tiny. Natural light is poor.


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