Does someone know how to (or whether it's possible to) get hold of a plot of land in Ireland (e.g. 1-2 acres) for a few thousand euros?
Building plots sold for sky-high prices until the economic depression started, and the countryside is full of big vulgar 4-5 bedroom houses which are on the market with zero interest from potential buyers, or which the owners have decided to let for relatively low rents just to pay off some of their debts. In many cases these houses are new or even still to be finished. The owner may have bought a building plot for 150k, built the house in garish money-no-object fashion for say 200k, and then put it on the market for 700k, now knocked down to 500k but still with no takers.
But there are still so-called "building plots" on the market (albeit again with no takers) for ridiculously high prices, e.g. 100k for 1-2 acres.
Me, I'm not interested in building a house. I would just want somewhere to plonk a yurt or plant a caravan. Might pay a little over the agricultural price, but no more than 3k or 5k euros. The more remote the area, the better. Somewhere on one of those remote peninsulas in the southwest, maybe?
Unsurprisingly, the estate agents aren't advertising anything like this.
Does it exist??
David