As of this afternoon I am a house owner. Or, put another way, I have a mortgage. I've been living in rented accommodation since I was 18. In the next few weeks I'll be moving in to my new house, which will be soon the place I call "home". The photo above isn't fantastic and today was quite overcast in Carlow, so it doesn't look as well as it could do. And yes, it'll … [Read more...] about I Finally Bought a House
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Maybe I Should Move To Florida
A couple of months ago there was an article in the Sunday Business Post about US properties for sale on eBay. Some of the figures were insane - you basically could buy a house for a few thousand dollars!This weekend's Sunday Business Post has another article on the same subject and is listing houses for sale at prices so low that you could probably get them based on a personal … [Read more...] about Maybe I Should Move To Florida
House Hunting Pet Hates – Price on Application
I'm still trawling property listings sites on a semi-daily basis and I've now got alerts setup with Daft.ieOf course buying a house involves some basic economics. You have a buyer (me) and a seller (either a previous owner or a developer). For the seller to be able to make their money they need to be able to find a buyer who either has the money required or the ability to get … [Read more...] about House Hunting Pet Hates – Price on Application
Auctioneers Rewrite Language
Anyone who wants to master the art of euphemism should spend time with an auctioneer, or just perusing listings of houses for sale. While I might expect someone to "upsell" a house's assets, some of the adverts are either written "tongue in cheek" or by someone with a very weird view of reality. This one amused me: Uninhabited for a number of years this detached … [Read more...] about Auctioneers Rewrite Language
House Hunting Fun
I was househunting again last night via DaftI work in Carlow, so I need to find somewhere that is close to Carlow, but not necessarily in the town.Unfortunately none of the property sites seems to offer a "radius" search function and I also can't filter out "sites for sale", which is really annoying.There are some nice properties for sale under 200k, but I'm still trying to … [Read more...] about House Hunting Fun