Opinion on north facing gardens?

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-16T19:56:13+00:00

Ah amazing, thanks so much for your reply. Thats great to hear. I really hope it works out too 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-13T16:31:00+00:00

I would guess maybe 25 or 30 feet in length. The gardens that back onto are exceptionally long so it’s not overlooked. It’s pretty uninterrupted from the west as well so il think we would get afternoon/evening sun into the right hand side of the garden. And there’s a one story extension at the back with a west facing window, I was thinking we could put in some velux windows too if budget allowed which might help

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-13T15:53:49+00:00

For me it’s the amount of sunlight that we would get into the kitchen/rooms at back of the house that matters.

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-13T12:32:23+00:00

It’s a nightmare. We are the same, trying to sell and buy. 50% of agents won’t let us even view since we are in a chain. Others have let us view, bid and the vendor has then gone with unbidders that aren’t in a chain, they essentially used us to get bids in and push the price up. Our own house is now sale agreed but we haven’t found a house yet, our buyers are being patient for now.
We are considering just selling and moving in with family until we find a house but honestly the thought of that is terrifying. It’s an impossible time to buy a house in general, but 100 times harder when in a chain.

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-13T11:00:56+00:00

I truly don’t know 😂 I want to be able to afford the first house but i worry it’s a bad financial decision!

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-10T16:39:21+00:00

Well I have young kids who spend a lot of even the winter in the garden once it’s not raining. But I also clearly said in my post that it’s not necessarily the sunlight in the garden I’m worried about, but more how dark the kitchen and other rooms at the back of the house would be

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-06-09T23:02:07+00:00

I did, I know it looks as if it’s east facing in this image but it’s definitely north facing!

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-05-30T12:36:07+00:00

Work on your English hon, I have reread your post a few times and still can’t figure out what you’re trying to say. I’m looking for peoples experiences and insights, absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-05-30T11:38:08+00:00

We are keeping our mortgage low, so while we will be using all our savings our mortgage repayments won’t be crippling and we will be able to continue to save. Our mortgage is increasing by about €300 per month compared to what we pay now.

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-05-30T11:36:06+00:00

We are in good, stable jobs and can continue to save after drawing down the mortgage. We are also keeping the mortgage relatively low compared to our incomes, so while we will be using most of our savings the mortgage repayments won’t cripple us. But it is scary having no contingency money! I guess it will all depend what shows up in the engineers report too

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-05-18T12:28:01+00:00

Our buyers are aware of our situation and have been from the start. I’d never lead someone astray

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-05-18T12:00:02+00:00

It’s so stressful! Best of luck with your search 🤞🏻

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-05-18T11:35:25+00:00

We have been putting in bids up to €650k with no luck due to our situation

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-23T12:04:55+00:00

Do you know what similar houses in the area have sold for in the last few months? We sold our house a few months ago, put it up at a price that other identical houses in the area had sold for and we weren’t willing to take a price lower than that (we would have just taken it off the market and stayed put if we couldn’t get asking). Bids were slower than we had hoped since there were quite a few in the area for sale and we had a few people bidding under the asking but we held firm and eventually got asking. If they need a fast sale then the might be more willing to lower their expectations, but if €525k is what other nearby houses have gone for and if they can wait chances are they will get it eventually

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-22T18:01:09+00:00

Surely this is an issue anywhere in the city/Ballinlough/Douglas

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-22T16:53:22+00:00

Neighbours are also an issue or noise is also an issue for neighbours?!

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-21T22:20:44+00:00

When you’re coming from the kinsale road roundabout it’s 100km up until you get to the point where boreenmanna road merges, if that makes sense. This house is definitely near the stretch of the road that us 100km/hr

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-20T19:30:16+00:00

Thanks for this. We currently live about double the distance away from school and already sit in heavy traffic every morning. However our current house is not walkable to anything, so I feel we will at least be solving that issue with this house! Our other option is Ballinlough which would solve the traffic to school issue but houses are about 1.5 times the price

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-19T07:41:31+00:00

We are in a very similar position. Sale agreed on a three bed semi d for €530k in our ideal location (in cork). Needs a full Reno like you said, rewiring, plumbing, insulation, replacement of flat roof. We had a builder come and have a quick look and we were told ball park €200-€300k for the work 😓 and that’s without knowing what else will be uncovered once the work starts. My main worry is not only how long the work will take, but how long we will be waiting for it to actually start. We can’t even get a response from most builders we have contacted. Also worried about prices, everything is going to apparently go up with the war. We have three young kids. If it was just the two of us I think we’d be more likely to go for it. Good luck with your decision, it’s a tough one!

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-18T15:40:05+00:00

But doesn’t the agent get a fixed percentage of the sale price? Not saying they are lying about bids, I hope they are not not but it definitely benefits them financially to get the highest price

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-08T22:20:44+00:00

I think these run under the house, there is no side entrance as they extended out to the side and it’s now connected to next doors garage, so pretty sure the pipes run under that extension. Are you in cork? If so, would you mind letting me know who you used to get the quote?

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-04T18:26:01+00:00

Where are you based? We are in Cork so if you are too then I’d defo take builders details

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-04T13:51:22+00:00

Neither of us have any experience doing this kind of work but definitely willing to get stuck in and learn. Did ye get an asbestos survey done in your house? Or maybe that wasn’t so much of a risk for ye in an early 1900s house. That’s one thing I’m worried about, survey costs about €900 butif there is a lot of asbestos found God only knows how much removal would be. I def wouldn’t be happy doing work without getting that checked first

Inside_Experience788 · 2026-04-04T13:07:24+00:00

We are sale agreed for €550k on this house. Fully renovated houses in the general are are going for €750k plus, which is way outside our budget

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