There are many positives to this small residential farm on the border of Wicklow and Wexford which heads for auction shortly.
The property at Johnstown, outside Arklow, extends to 41ac and is being sold by Quinn Property. There is likely to be good interest in the holding from a wide range of parties – both farmers and non-farmers.
The farm is in a nice location, rural and quiet but convenient to busy towns including Arklow, Wicklow town and Gorey. This property is on a local road off the R772 Gorey to Arklow road. Coolgreaney village, with primary school, shop, pub and church, is 2km away.
The land is in one block.
The holding is 5km from Arklow, 14km from Gorey and 6km from the M11 motorway. It’s not isolated – Johnstown could be described as a small settlement with a number of houses close together so the new owners of the property will have neighbours. Furthermore, this side of Wicklow is highly valued for its closeness to the sea and the mountains.
The house and land
The house is on the roadside and will be offered on 0.5ac at the upcoming auction by itself. It is modest in size at 1,430ft2 (133m2) but is in quite good condition, albeit in need of modernisation. The house was built in 1940.
This shed is six bays long.
There is a living room, sitting/dining room with open fire, kitchen, store room, four bedrooms and oil central heating. There are large gardens to the front and rear of the house. It was occupied until just over 12 months ago.
This part of Co Wicklow is mostly grassland but has some tillage farming too. Soils are free-draining – there’s underlying gravel in the area and sand and gravel quarries.
The second large shed on the farm.
The kitchen.
The land for sale has close to 400m frontage on to the public road. About 32ac of the 41ac is currently in tillage, under a winter cereal. The remainder of the land is in grass behind the house and yard. The land is rented out until after the cereal crop is harvested.
Living room
Sheds
The yard has a number of sheds, the main ones being four-bay and six-bay round-roofed haysheds with lean-tos to the side. These would have been constructed in the 1980s but are in good working condition. There is a concrete yard area with cattle crush. The yard has been disused for some time and requires a tidy-up.
Sitting and dining room.
The 32ac field is in a winter cereal crop.
One of the two grass paddocks behind the house.
Garden.
The farm is guided at a price that could be within range for many potential buyers. It goes for online auction on Wednesday 3 May at 3pm, in two lots. The house on c0.5ac is guided at €180,000 to €200,000. The remaining c40.5ac with the farmyard is guided at €13,000/ac to €15,000/ac. This is an executor’s sale.
There are many positives to this small residential farm on the border of Wicklow and Wexford which heads for auction shortly.
The property at Johnstown, outside Arklow, extends to 41ac and is being sold by Quinn Property. There is likely to be good interest in the holding from a wide range of parties – both farmers and non-farmers.
The farm is in a nice location, rural and quiet but convenient to busy towns including Arklow, Wicklow town and Gorey. This property is on a local road off the R772 Gorey to Arklow road. Coolgreaney village, with primary school, shop, pub and church, is 2km away.
The land is in one block.
The holding is 5km from Arklow, 14km from Gorey and 6km from the M11 motorway. It’s not isolated – Johnstown could be described as a small settlement with a number of houses close together so the new owners of the property will have neighbours. Furthermore, this side of Wicklow is highly valued for its closeness to the sea and the mountains.
The house and land
The house is on the roadside and will be offered on 0.5ac at the upcoming auction by itself. It is modest in size at 1,430ft2 (133m2) but is in quite good condition, albeit in need of modernisation. The house was built in 1940.
This shed is six bays long.
There is a living room, sitting/dining room with open fire, kitchen, store room, four bedrooms and oil central heating. There are large gardens to the front and rear of the house. It was occupied until just over 12 months ago.
This part of Co Wicklow is mostly grassland but has some tillage farming too. Soils are free-draining – there’s underlying gravel in the area and sand and gravel quarries.
The second large shed on the farm.
The kitchen.
The land for sale has close to 400m frontage on to the public road. About 32ac of the 41ac is currently in tillage, under a winter cereal. The remainder of the land is in grass behind the house and yard. The land is rented out until after the cereal crop is harvested.
Living room
Sheds
The yard has a number of sheds, the main ones being four-bay and six-bay round-roofed haysheds with lean-tos to the side. These would have been constructed in the 1980s but are in good working condition. There is a concrete yard area with cattle crush. The yard has been disused for some time and requires a tidy-up.
Sitting and dining room.
The 32ac field is in a winter cereal crop.
One of the two grass paddocks behind the house.
Garden.
The farm is guided at a price that could be within range for many potential buyers. It goes for online auction on Wednesday 3 May at 3pm, in two lots. The house on c0.5ac is guided at €180,000 to €200,000. The remaining c40.5ac with the farmyard is guided at €13,000/ac to €15,000/ac. This is an executor’s sale.
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