{"id":6400,"date":"2016-01-19T15:47:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2016-01-19T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:47:25","slug":"a-cautionary-tale-of-buying-property-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/a-cautionary-tale-of-buying-property-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"A cautionary tale of buying property in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"8AR0u\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/8AR0u\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes in this job you&#8217;re involved in a cracking tale. And this is such. I&#8217;ve got clearance from the person concerned for it&#8217;s go-ahead &#8211; names, counties and auctioneers omitted!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 I&#8217;m approached via email enquiring on my interest on providing architectural services on the construction of a replacement dwelling where the existing house was to be demolished and a new house to the Passivhaus standard to be constructed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An offer on the purchase of the existing house had been accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Before I met with the client or property or even before providing a quotation as a matter of course and due-diligence I did a bit of research<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The house was Victorian and needed extensive renovation\/refurbishment; other structures in vicinity of same age were protected structures (Listed Buildings in the UK). Initially I couldn&#8217;t find the building in question on the Protected Structures list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Something didn&#8217;t ring true and I dug deeper correlating Maps with Protected Structure Lists and YES. It was there. The property was indeed a Protected Structure. This is a big game changer concerning what you can do to the property. ps What threw me was that the property had a BER certificate even though Protected Structures are exempt from requiring them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 I informed the potential client and the auctioneer had in fact failed to advertise that the property was indeed a Protected Structure. The client has withdrawn offer and is contemplating the next stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hire a professional. It took me, as a registered architect, accredited in conservation AND a Certified Passivhaus Designer a little bit of research to ascertain the facts to ensure the client doesn&#8217;t waste hundreds of thousands in a misleading property purchase.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If someone does this type of research for you, without charge &#8211; thank them (bottle of alcohol arrived forthwith from the gent of a client)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Be careful buying property in Ireland or you could end up with a <em>&#8216;pig in a poke&#8217;<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pig_in_a_poke\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pig_in_a_poke<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The tale has not yet ended &#8211; watch this space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes in this job you&#8217;re involved in a cracking tale. And this is such. 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