Ghost estate close to being sold

Shore Court in Omeath

One of Louth’s ghost estates is close to being sold after going sale agreed in the last week.

Shore Court in Omeath contains 14 houses in need of completion works on a site measuring 1.14 hectares.

While it is not known what price has been agreed for the ghost estate, local auctioneer DNG Duffy had been seeking €400,000 for the estate of 16 houses.

Of those 16, 14 are at varying stages of completion, with two already sold that are not part of the sale.

The development contains four terraces of four houses and in each terrace there are two three bed end of terrace houses and two two-bed mid terrace houses.

Short Court is located just 500 yards from the centre of Omeath Village and is adjacent to the Silverstream Service Station on the Carlingford to Newry Road (R173).

Prominent Dundalk buildings on the market

The Elgee Building at Market Square

Two prominent Dundalk properties have gone on the market in recent days.

The Elgee Buildings at Market Square, which houses the Vodafone Ready To Go store and Ulster Bank, is available for €1.8m with estate agents DNG Duffy.

The building consists of four retail units on the ground floor – each with a basement – and four floors of office space which are serviced by a lift.

Also in situ at the building are PetSafe and Woods Ahern Mullen solicitors.

The existing tenants would be unaffected by any sale.

Meanwhile, Lismar B&B on Stapelton Place has also been put up for sale for an undisclosed sum.

The Edwardian property offers a combination of guest house and serviced apartments and is being offered for sale by Michael Lavelle estate agents in one or two lots.

In total there are nine bedrooms in the property, all of which are en-suite.

Lismar B&B in Stapleton Place

Source: Elgee Buildings, Market Square, Dundalk, Louth / Stapleton Place, Dundalk, Co Louth (both MyHome.ie)