Couple warn house in abandoned estate will become derelict

A COUPLE have warned that their home in an abandoned estate in Clare will become derelict unless AIB agrees to provide services to the property.

Michele Burke and William Buck purchased a home in the Killaloe estate in 2006, but the builder constructing the 87-unit development went out of business and the site was closed in November 2008.

According to documents lodged with An Bord Pleanála, the couple were left with a practically complete home at Arda na Deirge, Knockyclovaun. But due to the estate being abandoned, the couple have not moved in. However, they have kept up mortgage payments while also paying rent on a separate property in Killaloe, which they have done for three years.