A 44ac residential farm with farmyard is for sale outside Kells in Co Meath. The holding is at Drumbaragh and it goes for auction early next month from Raymond Potterton Auctioneers. The guide price is €500,000 to €550,000.

The farm is in a good location. It’s on the R163, 3.5km from the centre of Kells and 1km from the M3 motorway.

The land is elevated and dry – according to auctioneer Stephen Barry it is possible to see into four counties from almost any position on the farm.

The land is elevated and dry.

The land lies in three main fields, is well fenced and has both mains and well water.

Residence

The house is single storey, has three bedrooms and has oil-fired central heating. It sits on an elevated site and has a mature front garden and private back yard. It has been empty for a number of years and now needs modernisation.

The yard has a two-bay hayshed with lean-to.

Yard

The farmyard has a two-bay hayshed with lean-to, two older traditional sheds and open yard area.

The auction will be held on Thursday 4 November at 3pm in the agent’s sales room and online on the LSL platform.