Jordan
Auctioneers had an exciting day when Auctioning Spire Hill, Portarlington on
Thursday last. Before a packed Auction room of about 30 people it was obvious
from the outset that the property was going to get sold as several anxious
bidders waited for proceedings to commence.
Located
on the edge of Portarlington, close to the train station the property was built
in 1955 and has a gross internal floor area of 205 sq.m (2,206 sq.ft) on a
superb enclosed site of about 6 acres. The house which was described as in ‘need of some modernisation’ has been
very well maintained throughout with several large reception rooms and a total of
5 bedrooms. Outside there were two car ports, garage and a range of stores in
addition to a limestone Coach House.
The
Auction opened with an initial bid of €300,000 and there were about 4 active
bidders up to €400,000 when the property was placed on the market. 3 purchasers
then fought it before the hammer fell at €580,000.
The property had been guided at €350,000 but speaking after the Auction Clive
Kavanagh of the selling agents reported that ‘right from the start there had been huge interest in the property with
over 70 viewers throughout a 4 week period’. The main selling attributes
according to Clive ‘were the ‘location,
privacy of the house & gardens and the extra parcel of land’.
The
successful purchaser was from the general area and Auctioneer Clive stated that
the ‘owners were delighted with the
result on the day and the sale indicated that perhaps the provincial property
market was finally starting to see a serious sign of recovery’
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