All manor of good things

THERE was a time when you couldn’t buy a large, landed property in this country – there was so much competition.

Prices rocketed as we fell over ourselves buying country estates and the Irish buyer outdid the foreign investor for the first time in the country-home market.

Now, all’s changed, and the market for prestigious, country properties has hit bottom. It was one of the first markets to fall, as the high-end, luxury, status acquisitions acted like a weather vane for the approaching storm.