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A derelict Laois townhouse with huge potential is for sale at a bargain price.
The house on Lord Edward Street in Mountmellick is in a very poor state inside, a surprise given the quite neat front exterior.
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The house would have been built in the 1900's, with many original features intact such as sash windows, cast iron drainpipes and a slate roof.
It is described by auctioneers Matt Dunne & Associates as an "elegant town house c 950ft2. Communal side entrance to large south facing rear garden. Sought after Location. Close to M7 & train."
It currently has two bedrooms and one bathroom, but the neighbouring house recently sold at twice the price, an extended maintained version in the same style, with five bedrooms. Read that below.
What gives it massive potential is its huge private rear garden, which includes a large stone outbuilding, and its eligibility for the Croí Conaithe vacant homes grant of up to €70,000 to help pay for renovations.
The house is also just minutes of a walk to a chemist, shops, pubs, schools and church, and faces one of the prettiest streetscapes in Laois, the redbrick terrace on Lord Edward Street.
It is on the market for the bargain sum of €99,000.
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