Worldwide interest in ‘2 for 1’ house

AN auctioneer who is offering “two houses for the price of one” has received phonecalls and emails from around the world about the properties.

Donegal estate agent Brendan McGlynn offered the chance to buy a house for €100,000 and threw in the keys for next door for free.

The businessman had six houses to sell in Letterkenny and Milford and said he was shocked at the response.

“I’m hoping they will be sold in the next couple of days. The response has been incredible.

“We have received calls from as far away as Australia and America. One man is travelling over from England in the next couple of days.

“People are already on the way up to Donegal from Cork, Naas and Dublin to see the houses.

“I would like people to see the houses before they decide to buy them as they are selling ‘as seen’.”

Mr McGlynn was given permission to sell the houses at a bargain-basement price in a bid to sell the last homes on two estates and allow him to move on to a new project.

He said staff at his office had been busier yesterday morning than the previous month. “It’s not a fire sale or these houses aren’t on a ghost estate. These are good houses which need a small bit of work to finish them — perhaps €10,000.

“But what people see is what they get and they will realise they are getting a genuine bargain.

“When things start to turn around these houses will be worth considerably more than what they are being sold for.”