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

ArnoldJRimmer

I think that place would give me way too much PTSD. Imagine having that whole being back in school nightmare, and then waking up in an actual school?

Lockheed

I love exposed pipeworks and electrics, stuff is like magic! it is that much easier to fix too when it inevitably goes wrong the tiles and hardwood floors be too much for me though. Needs a carpet or rug or two

Love the old blackboard still in place. Good visualisation of time being the 4th dimension.

KevRossi

I played football against Carniska N.S. a couple of times! A long time ago.

I love the building and the way they kept some of the old furnishings. I especially love the floors, blackboard, toilets, doors and the huge windows. Great views from there, though it's angled slightly wrong for Slieve Bawn.

A hoor to heat though. No BER which is odd. But you have plenty of space to coppice ash and beech for a wood bruning stove. This would supplement a solar heating system. It would actually benefit from underfloor heating but that means taking the floorboards up. You could also do with a fully insulated suspended ceiling. There's probably empty space under the floorboards making it all a bit colder. Needs a new septic tank too and that would be a fully sealed system in that area , not a percolator.

Up for auction on May 25th, will be interesting to see how much it goes for.

KevRossi

gortahork.PNG

WOW!

Not to everybody's taste, the loaction would suit someone who likes their peace and quiet. There is a proposed Greenway along the route of the old Burtonport-Letterkenny line so you could have a line in tea/coffee/sambo's/tubs of ices etc.

Pic above is from Streetview in 2009 when they were renovating the station, it's an area that is incredible for views like that and you get the Northern Lights in winter to boot. Very tastefully done, and when you consider what you get for €300,000 in Dublin it's not too bad.

https://www.formerglory.ie/period-property-for-sale-in-ireland/cashelnagor-railway-station-cashelnagor-gortahork-donegal/

^^^ can't see them getting the smell of that money.

lawred2

It's lovely but that's only fishing in the second property/holiday home market

300k is tasty

KevRossi

Deleted User wrote: »

^^^ can't see them getting the smell of that money.

I'd buy it in 10 years when looking to take an early retirement. You also own about 150m of the railway line going north. Put in a small orchard and veg patch behind the house. Live in one unit, rent the other one out to tourists using the Greenway. The green strip along the platform is ideal for a few tents, or even a couple of caravans for a few months a year. Rent bikes on the side. Nice to have the ever-changing company. You'd make a few bob to keep the ball rolling and maybe a bit of WFH.

You do it from mid-May to mid-September and Easter and October holidays as well.

Donegal Airport is 30 mins by car, Glenveagh 20 min, Letterkenny 45 min, Derry 1hr 15 min. Handy to pick tourists up.

Rent either the house or annex by the month as long term accommodation to artists or whomever, or free or nominal rent to a caretaker.

Do plenty of promotion on social media here and abroad and you're laughing. It's not far off the right price. You won't make a fortune but it's a nice earner on the side.

I love wild landscapes like that and I'd have no issue living there for several months of the year.

EDIT: Yes, €300K is 'tasty', but I'd say it can be bargained down a bit.

HeidiHeidi

That house has been on Airbnb for a while, I wonder how it did in terms of occupancy?

It's seriously remote - both from the big cities, but also in terms of up there, that's really in the middle of nowhere! (Which could be a good or a bad thing).

Can't see it getting anywhere near that asking price.

Muahahaha

Yeah I dont think it will achieve 300k either, probably closer to 250k. Though you never know with holiday homes when the market for them tends to come from city dwellers with very good incomes. Theres also an international market for properties like that in the middle of nowhere too, pretty sure Sarah Jessica Parker still has a holiday home up that way somewhere.

KevRossi wrote: »

A hoor to heat though. No BER which is odd. But you have plenty of space to coppice ash and beech for a wood bruning stove. This would supplement a solar heating system. It would actually benefit from underfloor heating but that means taking the floorboards up. You could also do with a fully insulated suspended ceiling. There's probably empty space under the floorboards making it all a bit colder. Needs a new septic tank too and that would be a fully sealed system in that area , not a percolator.

Up for auction on May 25th, will be interesting to see how much it goes for.

No BER might be because it is a protected structure, they are exempt from the BER system as are old churches converted into houses.

Its got a 75k starting bid at the auction which is designed to drum up interest. Id think it will go for a fair bit over that, probably about 130k-150k. Its actually good value as its not just a shell and lots of the renovation work is already done. Ive seen a similar sized former school in Wicklow in a bad state sell for 230k and it needed a further 150-200k spent on it.

https://www.leonardauctioneers.com/old-killygorman-school-killeshandra-cavan/622344

Here is another school renovation, higher spec but cannot decide if I like it better or not.
Nicer outside.
Way overpriced for the area though!

freshpopcorn

This is another old schoolhouse for sales. It's fairly renovated.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/barconny-schoolhouse-ballyjamesduff-cavan/4484652

That ballyjamesduff one is lovely!

freshpopcorn

bubblypop wrote: »

That ballyjamesduff one is lovely!

Ya, I saw it some while ago and I adore it.

BattleCorp

Purple Mountain wrote: »

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/baytree-the-fairways-golf-links-road-dunmore-east-waterford/4497957


It's a barn...oh no wait, it's an American beach house!

I'd be black and blue walking into wooden pillars all day.

lawred2

bubblypop wrote: »

https://www.leonardauctioneers.com/old-killygorman-school-killeshandra-cavan/622344

Here is another school renovation, higher spec but cannot decide if I like it better or not.
Nicer outside.
Way overpriced for the area though!

no for me

Leg End Reject

bubblypop wrote: »

That ballyjamesduff one is lovely!

Gorgeous, and not a flat roof to be seen!

Ish66

bubblypop wrote: »

https://www.leonardauctioneers.com/old-killygorman-school-killeshandra-cavan/622344

Here is another school renovation, higher spec but cannot decide if I like it better or not.
Nicer outside.
Way overpriced for the area though!

Nice blank page to start, I like it

HildaOgdenx

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

lawred2

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

that's a disgrace

James 007

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

The landlord needs to throw in the harness for free so that the tenant can safely get to the microwave, it might entice a tenant to take it this time round.:rolleyes:

some random drunk

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

Cheers for posting that. I'm saving the pics here for posterity, in case the ad gets taken down again. Some things just need to be seen to be believed

Cilldara_2000

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

Is there anything can be done about this?

I'd email the contact on the ad but I'm sure they have no shame. But would it be worthwhile getting in touch with Daft or the local authority?

Cilldara_2000

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Is there anything can be done about this?

I'd email the contact on the ad but I'm sure they have no shame. But would it be worthwhile getting in touch with Daft or the local authority?

Daft have already accepted it. The local authority or RTB.

KevRossi

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Is there anything can be done about this?

I'd email the contact on the ad but I'm sure they have no shame. But would it be worthwhile getting in touch with Daft or the local authority?

Fire Brigade.

Building Control DCC.

Dublin Gazette.

Joe Duffy.

HildaOgdenx

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

I'm sure this was a misplaced comma but "large wardrobe space beside Luas" is accurate

HildaOgdenx

some random drunk wrote: »

Cheers for posting that. I'm saving the pics here for posterity, in case the ad gets taken down again. Some things just need to be seen to be believed

Yes indeed, I saved one of them (the main room ie the landing :eek:) when I posted about it here, the first time around. It actually featured on Twitter and Reddit as well.

It was a link in another post that I clicked this evening that brought me to it again.
I sincerely hope nobody rents it. It's shocking.

Where’s the toilet? Beside some wardrobe in some room? But not the landing.

Daft need to be held partly responsible here. I don’t know if there are actually humans looking at this photos.

Kerry25x

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

https://www.daft.ie/for-rent/flat-cabra-road-phibsborough-dublin-7/3193063

The furnished landing :rolleyes: for rent in Phibsborough is back up on Daft again.

They've reduced the price right? I'm sure it was up for €840 last time.

HildaOgdenx

Kerry25x wrote: »

They've reduced the price right?I'm sure it was up for €840 last time.

That crossed my mind too, but I wasn't sure.