Irish Property Market chat II - *read mod note post #1 before posting*

I doubt it. Generally state bodies do not have land banks in small villages. The Agricultural college is run by a religious order and they tend not to give anything away. There was a boarding school there pre the 1970's. Unusual name to call it The Orchard. However back that direction down by the Shannon was an area where there was a lot of apple grown( close to the Shannon giving an early spring) 50 years ago. I would not be surprised if the land was previously an Orchard. I do recall that there was a lot of development sites around there just before the 2008/10 crash so I suspect it's a hangover from that period.

They have a strong progressive GAA club there. Kildimo/ Pallaskenry. Kyle Hayes plays for them. They are a senior hurling club and are in the Intermediate football final this year. They were two separate clubs and they fully amalgamated and have some record since. I think they were junior Football and intermediate hurling 5+ years ago so have come up two grades in both.

Irish estate agents never were a classy bunch I suppose but this is borderline comedic!

When we purchased bank didn't request engineer report and have never heard of it being a thing. Its just done for purchasers own confidence

I understand taking the picture on a sunny day, and turning up image brightness and the saturation and stuff for the ads. It might seem a bit sneaky but there is no "correct" picture in digital photography, it's all just a subjective decision (it's just that the decision is being made by a computer algorithm instead of a person if they don't adjust it).

What I don't understand is why they edited the whole ground to remove the footpath and grass. That must have taken a bit of time and effort, and I didn't really think footpaths and grass were really that un-appealing to begin with.

He's turning a bit into the White Moose Cafe lad with all his call outs.

Do you have the Eircode so we can check the date of the Google street view?

I guess none of his followers copped the few years of growth on the side wall.

i cant take to that lad at all, he is just another young lad trying to make a few quid off gullible people with his patreon account and has latched onto property as his schtick.

I considered that but assumed that the "2021" on the right image meant it was taken this year. Looking at the actual StreetView, it was taken April 2019, so it is possible it was redone within the past 2.5 years.

Thats exactly it.

We viewed a house that had a google photo from 2014. It was totally different to the wreck of a house that it was in 2014.

I reckon 50% of the buyers looked at the google photo and didnt bother going to look at the house. It really was a gem.

But there really is no excuse for the photo shopping in that photo above. Even the cars are hovering :)

Do you guys think the age old adage of buying the worst house in the best area still applies giving the massive increase in materials/labour costs we've seen over the last 18 months?

I ask because a friend of mine bought a place that was in fairly good condition and embarked on doing a double extension and major renovations of the house inside, insulation/UF heating with heat pump etc, granted he can do a lot himself as he's a tradesman but the materials/labour costs are really taking a toll on his mental health at this point, he bought the house in late 2019 so the rises were somewhat unexpected.

And the bottom right corner of the downstairs front window has been bricked over! As photos shops go it's awful

Updated pic with a new Tweet:

Spot the difference

I'm also baffled by this. It's not even like it's agricultural land very close to a town where it has the potential for development. They're selling it specifically saying there is not and never has been planning permission to build anything. How would anyone farming the land be able to justify spending that much on it?

There is a youtube video for absolutely everything you can think of, that is how I learn everything. The one caveat I generally have is water and electricity, bar basic to medium jobs I would get in a qualified tradesmen. One has the potential to wreck your home, the other to kill you. I'd would have also considered a plasterer before but there is skim tools you can buy now that make a decent finish achievable for a DIYer.

All joinery, carpentry, tiling, painting, I do myself. It requires investing in tools but even then you can buy perfectly adequate tools for DIY for cheap in Lidl now. It won't be perfect but I cant put a price on the satisfaction I get when someone compliments something in my home and I tell them "I made that".