Ever wonder how much phone masts on your land can be worth? Well, here’s the answer. A 42c farm at Ballyporeen in Co Tipperary has come on the market and it has an income stream of €17,325 from two masts – every year. That’s higher than average income from beef and sheep in 2019.

It will be interesting to see what demand there is for this property. It’s for sale by private treaty so the selling price might not be revealed – that’s the landowner’s privilege of course. The agents are JJ O’Brien and Sons.

The farm has a derelict house and some useful sheds

The farm is at Drumroe, 4km from the N8 and M8 motorway at junction 12. It is therefore in a good location from a general-access point of view. The farm has a derelict house and some useful sheds. The land is in grass. This is nice, productive land.

The sheds include a four-bay hayshed with double lean-to. There is a garage and another shed and a concrete yard area with cattle crush. There are some older sheds as well.

The farm is being offered in lots. Lot 1 is 20.8ac and includes the two phone masts. The ground is laid out in five fields, it’s well fenced and there’s a central farm road. It is guided at €250,000.

Lot 2 is 14.5ac with the sheds and derelict house. It’s in four fields and has road frontage. It is guided at €150,000.

Lot 3 is 7.2ac. It’s a corner field with frontage on to two public roads with mains water laid on. It is guided at €75,000.

The asking price for the farm is €450,000.