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SOME PROPERTY BUYERS love the sense of potential that comes with a fixer-upper – the prospect of putting your own stamp on a home as you bring it up to the right condition.
But plenty more would rather have a place that feels like home from day one. The sort of home that’s in perfect condition and just needs furniture to make it yours.
This week, we’re looking at four homes around the country which come ready for moving day.
Derrinturn, Co Kildare – €395,000
An impressive family home on an attractive site, Dreenane is a four-bedroom property sitting on a large footprint with some 357 square metres of space in total. It is close to the village of Derrinturn, with good access to the M4 and M7 motorways as well as a number of nearby towns. The home is decorated in muted neutral tones and in very good condition.
Unusually, the ground floor is centred around a striking feature staircase which has a room to itself. Adjoining this are a large kitchen, dining and family area, a separate sitting room, one bedroom and the family bathroom. On the first floor are the master bedroom with its own balcony, the two remaining bedrooms, and a study.
Malahide, Co Dublin – €495,000
Just a short stroll from the sea, 16 Seabury Wood is a family home that has been thoughtfully extended with considerable attention to detail. The entrance hallway opens into a spacious kitchen, dining and living area that is tailored to family life as well as offering good possibilities for entertaining, with skylights that keep the space bright. Throughout, the home is tastefully decorated and in walk-in condition.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, with the master en-suite, and a family bathroom; while a landscaped garden is to the rear.
Tullamore, Co Offaly – €465,000
The spacious five-bedroom home at 7 Clonminch Avenue in a well-established area of Tullamore has been well cared for, with each room fitted to a high level. A light-filled kitchen and dining area is the centrepiece of the home, with cream-coloured cabinets that contrast attractively with the thoughtful green walls. This room opens out to a south-west facing garden perfect for summer entertaining.
Above the ground floor – which also offers two reception rooms – are four double bedrooms and one single which could serve as a perfect home office. One of the bedrooms is en-suite, and there is also a family bathroom.
Ladysbridge, Co Cork – €295,000
Positioned conveniently between the town of Midleton and the beaches and coastal walks at Ballycotton and Garryvoe, 4 Na Banta is a five-bedroom home that has been kept in good condition since it was built in 2007. It sits a short walk from the village of Ladysbridge.
The downstairs accommodation is made up of a kitchen and dining area which opens out to a sunroom, leading in turn onto the lovingly maintained rear garden. There are two reception rooms, one of which is currently in use as a home office. Upstairs are five bedrooms, one en-suite, and a family bathroom.
He deserves a lengthy jail sentence, I wonder how many other times he had alcohol taken and didn’t get caught. Airlines need to breathalyse pilots as standard procedure like some coach companies do.
He likely faked the faint after a member of cabin crew said something to him, trying to fake illness perhaps!
Are you two related? Honestly now…
Lol, I didn’t realise, posted with FB account then replied to myself with Twitter account
Haha.. classic
Should be a lifetime ban from flying for that, too serious a crime.
Don’t get the last sentence.. Surely he wasn’t on the flight to Cancun??
Yep, he was heading south of the border for some serious partying………
Tosser should never be allowed to fly again.
What an inconsiderate arse!
When you’re being breathalyzed in Canada the Mountie asks you to say Saskatchewan without blinking.
Haha, being Canadian I found that funny!
I wonder how they got the horses onto the airplane……..
He was Slovakian, just a work permit, throws it all away.
“The authorities said the pilot had more than three times the authorized amount of alcohol (0.08% in Canada) in his body two hours after his arrest.”
… what is the alcohol rate for a pilot – it is 0.025? Or did he have 0.24 which would be half our driving limit. Interesting what behaving strangely meant – most people would appear after a pint,
A Career Terminating Move I hope
Professional drivers in Ireland is zero percent, I presume the same applies for pilots.
Not true.
The limit for professional and learner drivers is 20mls per 100 mlts.
There are no zero limits because while it sounds great it’s impractical.
Remember, zero means even the most minute amount of alcohol from for example a mouthwash could land somebody in prison.
@Tom Burke: Ross is rabbitting on about making 20 the standard for all drivers in Ireland. I have my doubts if its the drivers between 20 and 50 or 50 and 80 for that matter are behind so many deaths. 50 is a sensible level.
Read the same article (practically verbatim) on the BBC yesterday – assume he was 0.24
At least he had a good NYE party.
Those autopilots are far too good…’Captain you are over the limit will you please take a pillow and lie back while I take control of this flight to Mehico’!
Sauce for the Moose?
I really don’t care but I am just wondering, was he put in jail or left back on the plane again ?
The pilot was subsequently escorted out of the plane and was placed in jail, police said.
OR
The flight took off with another pilot maneuvering the Boeing 737 plane with 99 passengers and six crewmembers, including the pilot who was charged.
Scarey, no?
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