Room to Improve.

Call me Al

traineeacc wrote: »

Know it well Maynooth

Yes it's just outside Maynooth and its a huge old house.

Flippyfloppy

Call me Al wrote: »

Yes it's just outside Maynooth and its a huge old house.

I saw Patricia Power outside it last week, and there was something going on in it yesterday, *possibly* dermots car outside and loads of people going in, was thinking the housewarming....but would they really have it airing next week?

Call me Al

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

I saw Patricia Power outside it last week, and there was something going on in it yesterday, *possibly* dermots car outside and loads of people going in, was thinking the housewarming....but would they really have it airing next week?

Was the scaffolding down? It certainly didn't look broadcast-ready from my T-junction stop the last day.
But where there's a will there's a way I suppose.
Eta re-reading your post obviously the scaffolding was down!

deco nate

Call me Al wrote: »

Was the scaffolding down? It certainly didn't look broadcast-ready from my T-junction stop the last day.
But where there's a will there's a way I suppose.
Eta re-reading your post obviously the scaffolding was down!

It may be one that they are going back to? What ever they are calling it. Oh revisited

RobertKK

Do people live in zoos now?

Again no blinds anywhere to be seen.

Atlantic Dawn

One house left and a revisit after that, this series is way too short, I hope they do another series during the summer months, it's clearly popular if you look at the viewing figures.

stapolinhosting

I loved living in that house, but it was great to see it get a new lease of life. I wasnt crazy about what they did to it, but the attic space was definitely something I would loved to have seen happen when I lived there. The flat roof they put on the back was way out of character of the neighboring houses. So many memories in that house, was hard to watch the program tonight.

Autosport

RobertKK wrote: »

Do people live in zoos now?

Again no blinds anywhere to be seen.

Blinds were sooo 90's

HeidiHeidi

RobertKK wrote: »

Do people live in zoos now?

Again no blinds anywhere to be seen.

I live in a terraced house and have no net curtains or blinds - I do close my curtains at night though! It would be a huge luxury for me to not have to close off the windows at night - and having your living space on the first floor would do that, I reckon - OK, if you stood right across the road and craned your neck you might see in, but the casual passer by would not see in the first floor windows.

Loved what Dermot did with the house tonight - didn't quite get what all the staircases were about - was there one or two? (It kind of reminded me of that Fiddler on the Roof song
"There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show" )

It was refreshing to see clients just roll with all the plans, and no nitpicking over window frames (although I'd have had a huge problem with those last week) or cupboard door handles (again, I'd have probably argued over those) or whatever. Not a negative word throughout the whole episode - when's the last time that happened?

That view is to die for - I am soooooo envious!

Overall price of the house (purchase + rebuild) was kind of scary, but as some poster pointed out, that really doesn't matter as long as you don't need to sell and you can afford it - and on that basis those girls have a winner of a house in my book!

stapolinhosting

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Overall price of the house (purchase + rebuild) was kind of scary

They got the house for half price.. so they got a pretty dam good bargain is you ask me.

HeidiHeidi

stapolinhosting wrote: »

They got the house for half price.. so they got a pretty dam good bargain is you ask me.

Near enough 700K in the end for a 3-bed house with a view is pretty flipping steep IMO - but like I say (and this is from someone who paid stupid money in the boom years for a house that I love) if you can afford it, and don't have to sell, then off with ya.

Atlantic Dawn

stapolinhosting wrote: »

I loved living in that house, but it was great to see it get a new lease of life. I wasnt crazy about what they did to it, but the attic space was definitely something I would loved to have seen happen when I lived there. The flat roof they put on the back was way out of character of the neighboring houses. So many memories in that house, was hard to watch the program tonight.

Did the previous owner feel any shame on what was found with the way the extensions were built, sort of out and out cowboy lashed together with not a building regulation in sight?

stapolinhosting

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Near enough 700K in the end for a 3-bed house with a view is pretty flipping steep IMO - but like I say (and this is from someone who paid stupid money in the boom years for a house that I love) if you can afford it, and don't have to sell, then off with ya.

Thats my old family home, so its a bit hard to see it go for the money they got it for.. was worth nearly double what they paid, but banks need to be paid so the house had to sell quick and cheap.

The new owners are really nice tho, and what they did to the house was amazing in some parts. Personally, im not sure I would have gone with the same layout upstairs, but the downstairs and the loft looked really well.

I think their hearts are in the house, and I hope they get as many happy years in the house that we got. When you look out the windows at sunrise, and the tide is in, its one of the best views you will ever see in Dublin.

FAILSAFE 00

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Did the previous owner feel any shame on what was found with the way the extensions were built, sort of out and out cowboy lashed together with not a building regulation in sight?

I wonder did they even know about it themselves.

Atlantic Dawn

stapolinhosting wrote: »

Thats my old family home, so its a bit hard to see it go for the money they got it for.. was worth nearly double what they paid, but banks need to be paid so the house had to sell quick and cheap.

The new owners are really nice tho, and what they did to the house was amazing in some parts. Personally, im not sure I would have gone with the same layout upstairs, but the downstairs and the loft looked really well.

I think their hearts are in the house, and I hope they get as many happy years in the house that we got. When you look out the windows at sunrise, and the tide is in, its one of the best views you will ever see in Dublin.

So you think it was worth a million? Me hole it was. €470k was daylight robbery to begin with.

stapolinhosting

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Did the previous owner feel any shame on what was found with the way the extensions were built, sort of out and out cowboy lashed together with not a building regulation in sight?

First off, that extension was there before we even moved in some 30+ years ago, it was an old hallway with no real use that lead to an old shed at the back of the house. All that was done to it was it was tidied up a bit on a budget. I think the plan was to eventually knock it down and build a proper extension on the side of the house some day, but obviously that never happened.

stapolinhosting

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

So you think it was worth a million? Me hole it was. €470k was daylight robbery to begin with.

It was worth more than that during the boom, 3 houses down the street went for well over that much after the bubble burst.

mickdw

As a constriction professional, I believe the two areas of cost overrun were a disgrace. On what planet was it a surprise that the roof would need major alterations when the design was opened up in this manner. In addition, the long room was clearly an extension to the dwelling and certainly appeared like a shed converted just from the show footage. That being the case, some investigation of makeup of that extension would have been prudent.
It just appears that the project sent to site without the input of an Engineer and suffered for it.

stapolinhosting

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

I wonder did they even know about it themselves.

Nope, no idea. But we did know that extension was never gonna be there forever, so I guess we didn't really think about it too much.

HeidiHeidi

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

So you think it was worth a million? Me hole it was. €470k was daylight robbery to begin with.

Well, daylight robbery might be egging it up a bit.

But while it may have been "worth" gazillions in the boom years, I don't think the sellers can complain about a 470K sale price, assuming it was recently sold!

Atlantic Dawn

stapolinhosting wrote: »

It was worth more than that during the boom, 3 houses down the street went for well over that much after the bubble burst.

But you moved in over 30 years ago, it was pure casino economics thinking it was worth anywhere near what those 2 acually paid for it. Only for there was a house connected to it the best choice would have been to level it to the ground and start again.

stapolinhosting

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

But you moved in over 30 years ago, it was pure casino economics thinking it was worth anywhere near what those 2 acually paid for it. Only for there was a house connected to it the best choice would have been to level it to the ground and start again.

Maybe, but the house was sold cheap to satisfy the bank. To us, we would have loved to have not sold it at all, so I suppose any price paid will never be enough, im just glad that the couple qho have it now love it as much as we did.. and when I say love it, i mean the area, the views, the neighbours etc etc.. those things, they are priceless.

stapolinhosting

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

But you moved in over 30 years ago, it was pure casino economics thinking it was worth anywhere near what those 2 acually paid for it. Only for there was a house connected to it the best choice would have been to level it to the ground and start again.

As a house, it was fine but for the design they wanted, yeah, any house would probably have been better to level and start again.

stapolinhosting

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I don't think the sellers can complain about a 470K sale price, assuming it was recently sold!

Yeah, was sold in the last year. Not complaining so much as disappointed. I think anyone would be when you have to sell what you thought you would be living in for your retirement

goochy

It may have have gone for a million in Celtic tiger years but 470k was not cheap. Whatever about Sutton , baldoyle village is fairly run of the mill area.

galljga1

RobertKK wrote: »

Do people live in zoos now?

Again no blinds anywhere to be seen.

I'm not into blinds. I walk around naked all the time. People may look in once. They won't do it again.

amdublin

stapolinhosting wrote: »

Maybe, but the house was sold cheap to satisfy the bank. To us, we would have loved to have not sold it at all, so I suppose any price paid will never be enough, im just glad that the couple qho have it now love it as much as we did.. and when I say love it, i mean the area, the views, the neighbours etc etc.. those things, they are priceless.

Im sorry to hear you didn't want to sell it at all. Hope you are settled in new home. I guess it might have ben sold for half of what it was worth at one point (the peak/boom). But I'm assuming it was sold for ten/twenty times it was worth at another time (30 years ago).

Hollister11

goochy wrote: »

It may have have gone for a million in Celtic tiger years but 470k was not cheap. Whatever about Sutton , baldoyle village is fairly run of the mill area.

TBH I don't now why Sutton houses are extortionate. Howth is a much nicer place to live and houses for some reason are cheaper

sadie06

stapolinhosting wrote: »

Yeah, was sold in the last year. Not complaining so much as disappointed. I think anyone would be when you have to sell what you thought you would be living in for your retirement

I'm sorry to hear that. Must have been tough. Can I ask you what the soundproofing was like between the properties? Probably irrelevant as they more or less gutted it.

As others have mentioned flipping the house creates the problem of living space against sleeping space, noisy floors etc.

stapolinhosting

sadie06 wrote: »

I'm sorry to hear that. Must have been tough. Can I ask you what the soundproofing was like between the properties? Probably irrelevant as they more or less gutted it.

As others have mentioned flipping the house creates the problem of living space against sleeping space, noisy floors etc.

You couldn't hear a thing from the neighbours. Can't remember hearing a door close or floorboard creek, or anything.