Developing Our Irish Cottage 

My thoughts exactly, sadly.

Its so beautiful

Not in this case evidently - however cash rich buyers exploiting the availability of cheap houses / land is not always a good thing. Especially when it is done because houses / land are simply deemed as being cheap in contrast to a buyers own country. This happened in Wales in the 1970s when huge numbers of houses were bought by English buyers as holiday homes or investment properties. And it's not that absolutely no one wishes to buy these properties in Ireland. A proportion of these older properties will have legacy title deed and ownership problems - such as where the owner dies without making a will or the title of the property was not registered. These houses unfortunately are unlikely ever to go on the market. This is an all too common problem in rural areas in Ireland. Its also a fact that banks will often refuse mortgages to Irish buyers where these properties are deemed risky collateral in terms of mortgage foreclosure. That and whilst they are cheap - the cost of renovations are often over and above what first time buyers or lower income buyers can afford. The marketing and buying of these properties unfortunately means that the prices of other properties rise and the cycle of local people not being able to get mortgages or not being able to afford to buy a house continues.

I don't think its a case of they couldn't be bothered too. Must people can't up sticks and live in rural Ireland. People need to live close to where they work and near services

@@StarMonkiesTrue I think theres a big difference between the idea of "can't be bothered" and having to live within commuting distance of employment tbf. But that said huge numbers of people do live in rural Ireland. But as in the case of those who as first time buyers or similar who would buy these properties - mortgages can be a huge issue as the banks don't like lending on properties which often require considerable upgrading on top of the purchase price to get them to a habitable state. It's something that needs to be addressed imho.

Yeah it does.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to find an Irish cottage here in the states?

Rebecca Dees tá fáilte romhat teacht go hÉirinn chun ceann a fháil riamh! (You’re always welcome to come and find one in Ireland!)

Gorgeous enjoy

So did I!!!