Ireland: Thatched Roof Tract Homes Sit Empty
June 16th, 2011You have to see the pictures of this.
Via: Daily Mail:
As the Irish economy lies in tatters, the so-called Celtic Tiger now kept alive by an 85billion euro bailout, residents across the country have one reminder of the good old times.
Ghost estates have become a new feature of the Irish landscape – hundreds of newly built properties that lie empty after the crash.
But one is perhaps prettier than all the rest – and all the more poignant.
The St James Wood estate in the village of Stradbally consists of 15 gorgeous thatched cottages, all of them lying empty.
Perhaps the asking price of 820,000 euros (£700,000) each, when auctioneers say they are now worth just 200,000 euros (£175,000), is the reason they lie empty.
But nevertheless, what were intended as an idyllic holiday homes are now in danger of being overrun with weeds and the lawns are yellow and dead.
