any decent auctioneer in the Ballinrobe area

johngod

just moving from dublin and need a house

Oldtree

Auctioneers are the same the world over.

There are four main ones in Ballinrobe for you to try (plus a few small ones).

http://www.walkinauctioneers.com/

http://www.burkeauctioneers.com/

http://www.feerickproperty.com/

http://www.michaelburkeauctioneers.com/

If you are looking to buy then there is great value to be had here, but watch out for the quarrys (that don't come up on a council search), waste permits, water issues, through traffic, where the bypass is to be build!!!!?!?!?

hughs

Whatever about auctioneers, don’t engage a solicitor in this town, even if your bank advises it. I have heard too many bad stories, they are all incompetent.

Bob the Builder

hughs wrote: »

Whatever about auctioneers, don’t engage a solicitor in this town, even if your bank advises it. I have heard too many bad stories, they are all incompetent.

FYP. But in all fairness is that not making assumptions. I'd be very cautious before making a generalisation like that and/or listening to the reviews on certain sites.

Note for the OP, www.mayo-ireland.ie generally has good info on mayo towns and has contacts for auctioneers and things like that.

Also, before even approaching an Auctioneer - be it Mayo or elsewhere, I would always check out a website like myhome.ie or daft.ie - not only does it give you an upfront range of peoperties, it also gives you guideline prices and contact details for local auctioneers.

That being said, My dad has sold two houses through the newspaper privately, and has saved thousands of euro on auctioneers fees, which runs from between 2% and 4.5% at the moment around Mayo.

Good luck on your house searching.

nuac

Hughes comments re Ballinrobe solicitors are defamatory. He/she refers to stories. From personal knowledge I believe all the solicitors in Ballinrobe are most competent.

Hughes should withdraw his/her defamatory remarks

Bob the Builder

Heyho, easy up on the defamatory claims - each to their own opinion, but if you feel that such a post breaks the rules - report it. Don't throw around legal terms please. I agree that Hughs did throw an unwarranted opinion out there without backing it up though.

Oldtree

I would always start an assertion with

"It is my belief that................."

But i would hesitate to make comments on stories from hearsay as that is just gossip.

1daisy1

We used Peter Walkin in Ballinrobe and found him wonderful, reliable and worked hard for us, we also used a local solicitors and had no problem.

Oldtree

Peter is a nice friendly helpful reliable person, who also is heavily involved in community efforts and the GAA. As well as having a young family of his own.

glenamaddy

I ve used Adrian Burke a good few times in the last few years and I find him excellent to deal with!!! There are very good deals available now as you know yourself on houses, What type/price house are you after, I might be looking at selling my 5 bed detatched house in a small housing estate in Ballinrobe, it may or may not interest you!!!!:) Let me know if your interested.......:)

johngod

Thanks old tree for the web links, made my purchase outside ballinrobe tried all the auctioneers in Ballinrobe, found Adrian and Orla most helpful and with the best range of property can u recommend a good engineer

Oldtree

See here:

http://www.irishbuildingindustry.ie/JPS-Property-Developments-Ltd.html

that gives a number 094-9541096 but the phone book has it as 094-9542922, and see if they can give you a number for Des May, He's excellent.

Sorry for delay in reply but phone lines been down since saturday.