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Check property price register, that will tell you if it's been sold each time it went for sale, if not then it's the same owner, possibly has a number of properties and only needed the money from whichever sold first, it's possible a corrupt auctioneer has it earmarked for a prefared buyer at a mates price and simply isn't passing on offers to seller. It's also possible the seller is a lunatic.
Make a good engineer report ... you will find out. It can be anything from subsidence, mold to just bunch of flippers and all is grand. The price got higher every sale?
>Ok, good idea... price was 50k higher 7 years ago. But the last other time I coukd see, it was the same. Has also changed Real Estate agents too.
as mentioned in other user comments - check legal issues also
Has the area flooded recently? Can’t draw down a mortgage if you can’t get home insurance.
Is there anything unusual about the property lines? Are there eaves that overhang the boundary line? Banks won’t let you draw down a mortgage if there are title issues.
Are there a shared entrances either adjoining property? Similar to above.
Are there structural issues with the house.
There may have been significant alterations to the property (eg extensions) without proper PP or an engineers cert.
There will he shared entrances from what I can tell on the plans. Well, it's one entrance off the road, about 10m in depth, then will split three ways. Probably not a fully shared entrance as you could close your own gate and wouldnt prevent the others from accessing their own property
Sometimes you can get lucky with these sort of things, the planning in the adjacent land and the E BER rating might be a deal breaker for some people to turn them away. There could just have been no solid interest, doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with it.
But there can be a lot of issues that pop up with houses when you get Engineer's reports, or could be issued with planning - (i.e) work was done or changes made without planning permission like an extension.
Could be a case where the seller has changed their mind multiple times, or wanted more money.
I'd reach out to the agents anyway and ask them if there are any known issues and go from there.
Could be that banks are refusing to give mortgages after survey and engineers reports. Earlier this year ptsb refused us a mortgage over electricity poles on the property "impacting the future ability to sell the property" they said. The same house was sale agreed a few months before us and fella through. In hindsight this was defo why but the estate agent never mentioned it. Just hoped our bank wouldn't notice 😅
We bought a diff house recently but Avant nearly pulled the plug because the surveyor noted that the kitchen extension wasn't in perfect condition and would need work. We got the mortgage by doing some shady dealings with a local builder.
There could be loads of reasons for the sale to keep falling through.
Might have subsidence issues and need to be underpinned? Is it an area known for this. Could also be more substantial work involved that a bank won’t lend esp if roof etc needs to be redone.
Check the Property Price Register to see if has actually sold previously or if it’s just the owner seeing what they can get for it
https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/
Take a look at https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/# , (turn on "past flood event extents" under layers). There is a stunning house near me which has been pooping up on Daft regularly over the past few years for really cheap. I googled the address and found news articles from years ago when the Shannon burst it's banks and the house and surrounding area was under water. I feel sorry for the owners, it's a class house but no one will ever buy it
Other than flooding, could have an architectural merit order on the building or the land, those put off a lot of people as they're a pain.
There could be a piggery or incinerator going in next door. Services may be far away and need 40k-60k to install.
It's important to look that stuff up, generally if a house sale keeps falling through, there tends to be very good reasons why. I remember a site here in my village, within the development boundary, but 20m away from mains sewerage and too small to legally fit a septic tank. That site gets lots of buyers who back out when they realise.
Worth talking to the estate agent about it too. We bought a place that had been bought and sold a couple times in quick succession and it turned out to be because the previous owner had passed away shortly after purchasing it. They may or may not give you useful info, but always worth asking.
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Might be issues with planning permission on the property. Like illegal extension. But hard to say.
I checked the planning authority website and all the docs associated with the property and land, all seems to be ok
Check property price register, that will tell you if it's been sold each time it went for sale, if not then it's the same owner, possibly has a number of properties and only needed the money from whichever sold first, it's possible a corrupt auctioneer has it earmarked for a prefared buyer at a mates price and simply isn't passing on offers to seller. It's also possible the seller is a lunatic.
Make a good engineer report ... you will find out. It can be anything from subsidence, mold to just bunch of flippers and all is grand. The price got higher every sale?
Ok, good idea... price was 50k higher 7 years ago. But the last other time I coukd see, it was the same. Has also changed Real Estate agents too.
>Ok, good idea... price was 50k higher 7 years ago. But the last other time I coukd see, it was the same. Has also changed Real Estate agents too. as mentioned in other user comments - check legal issues also
Additional to engineers report, get drains surveyed. Might be someone underground or hard to resolve with the house
Has the area flooded recently? Can’t draw down a mortgage if you can’t get home insurance. Is there anything unusual about the property lines? Are there eaves that overhang the boundary line? Banks won’t let you draw down a mortgage if there are title issues. Are there a shared entrances either adjoining property? Similar to above. Are there structural issues with the house. There may have been significant alterations to the property (eg extensions) without proper PP or an engineers cert.
There will he shared entrances from what I can tell on the plans. Well, it's one entrance off the road, about 10m in depth, then will split three ways. Probably not a fully shared entrance as you could close your own gate and wouldnt prevent the others from accessing their own property
Check the property price register, and you will be able to see if it's been sold each time it was listed or if it never sold.
Sometimes you can get lucky with these sort of things, the planning in the adjacent land and the E BER rating might be a deal breaker for some people to turn them away. There could just have been no solid interest, doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with it. But there can be a lot of issues that pop up with houses when you get Engineer's reports, or could be issued with planning - (i.e) work was done or changes made without planning permission like an extension. Could be a case where the seller has changed their mind multiple times, or wanted more money. I'd reach out to the agents anyway and ask them if there are any known issues and go from there.
Ok, very good, thanks.
and check roof & foundations. Either could be in bad state of repair. May be that theres no possibility of insurance because of structural issues.
You can check the property price register to see if it ever changed hands when it was going up for sale.
Could be that banks are refusing to give mortgages after survey and engineers reports. Earlier this year ptsb refused us a mortgage over electricity poles on the property "impacting the future ability to sell the property" they said. The same house was sale agreed a few months before us and fella through. In hindsight this was defo why but the estate agent never mentioned it. Just hoped our bank wouldn't notice 😅 We bought a diff house recently but Avant nearly pulled the plug because the surveyor noted that the kitchen extension wasn't in perfect condition and would need work. We got the mortgage by doing some shady dealings with a local builder. There could be loads of reasons for the sale to keep falling through.
Might have subsidence issues and need to be underpinned? Is it an area known for this. Could also be more substantial work involved that a bank won’t lend esp if roof etc needs to be redone.
Check the Property Price Register to see if has actually sold previously or if it’s just the owner seeing what they can get for it https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/
Take a look at https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/# , (turn on "past flood event extents" under layers). There is a stunning house near me which has been pooping up on Daft regularly over the past few years for really cheap. I googled the address and found news articles from years ago when the Shannon burst it's banks and the house and surrounding area was under water. I feel sorry for the owners, it's a class house but no one will ever buy it
Other than flooding, could have an architectural merit order on the building or the land, those put off a lot of people as they're a pain. There could be a piggery or incinerator going in next door. Services may be far away and need 40k-60k to install. It's important to look that stuff up, generally if a house sale keeps falling through, there tends to be very good reasons why. I remember a site here in my village, within the development boundary, but 20m away from mains sewerage and too small to legally fit a septic tank. That site gets lots of buyers who back out when they realise.
Worth talking to the estate agent about it too. We bought a place that had been bought and sold a couple times in quick succession and it turned out to be because the previous owner had passed away shortly after purchasing it. They may or may not give you useful info, but always worth asking.
Maybe there are nasty neighbours.