November 19, 2007
The Price of Paradise
Even on Inishbofin island, off the Galway coast, the property boom is beginning to flag. I photographed this old cottage on the August Bank Holiday weekend, and it is still on the market. According to the auctioneer
[the cottage above] is a once off opportunity to have your own little piece of paradise
Who could put a price on paradise ? Well, as it happens, the auctioneer has - he's looking for 200,000 euro. As is.
200,000 smackers for a hovel ? I'd expect him to throw in a widow with a dowry for that.
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Posted by Monasette at November 19, 2007 11:28 PM
I remember a place for sale on the border of Cork/Kerry we looked at a decade or more ago; we couldn't have afforded it even then at IR50K, but at least it was habitable. LOL
We had to vacate our rental house after 13 years when the landlord jumped into the land boom last year...we would have tried to buy if he'd taken $60K...which is more than the old place was worth, but he priced it at $160K...so it sat vacant for a year before it went for a bit less.
I loathe money hungry speculators no matter where they live.
Posted by: Angharod at November 20, 2007 08:00 AM