ARE you interested in buying a house that is cheaper than a caravan?
An end ofterrace, two-bedroom, two-storey house near the centre of Portlaoise is expected to be sold at auction for about €10,000.
The house is located at the entrance to O’Moore Place, just off the Mountmellick Road.
The house, number 65, comes under the hammer at the next Allsop/Space property auctions, which takes place in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin on Thursday 1 March.
The Portlaoise property is just one of four from the county which will go up for auction. The other three are located in the Grallow Wood area of Abbeyleix.
The Portlaoise property has a 113-year lease attached, with a yearly ground rent of €1. The auctioneer warns potential purchasers that “the property was not internally inspected”.
A semi-detached three-bedroom house located at 27 Grallow Wood, Abbeyleix, according to the auctioneers, has a reserve “not to exceed €50,000”.
The same price is put on a three-bed ‘semi’ at number 35 Grallow Wood.
This property is subject to a tenancy.
A four-bed detached two-storey house located at 12 Grallow Wood has an asking price of €100,000.