Bachuil House
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:45 pm
I was asked to post this message I received from our Chief this morning:
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My wife, Anita, my mother, Valerie, and I have very reluctantly decided to put Bachuil and Hawthorn Houses on the market. We have discussed this with my daughters, brother and sisters and all are agreed.
For 90% of the time Bachuil is far too big for Anita and me and the ongoing maintenance is becoming too much for me to tackle on my own. Last year I got into a perilous position taking scaffolding down and I have come to the conclusion that my back is quite simply not up to putting scaffolding up again. I have no wish to follow in my father’s footsteps and fall off the roof.
We are keeping the land for historical reasons.
As many of you know, on a good day, Lismore is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and despite grumbles we do get a great many. For instance when we got back from holidays in February our rain water tanks were half empty. For the next fourteen weeks we had only seven days with any rain at all.
Unfortunately, as we have to run a B&B we are not able to take much advantage of the beautiful summers. Dinner bed and breakfast is pretty full on from 6am to midnight seven days a week. We have decided that we don’t want to be stuck in this position in our 80s so are acting now.
I know this decision will come as a great shock to many. It has not been easy but we have had to face the inevitable. As yet we have not decided where we shall all move to but it will probably be the South West of England.
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I am sure that you all join me in support Niall and all of his family with this major change in their lives.
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My wife, Anita, my mother, Valerie, and I have very reluctantly decided to put Bachuil and Hawthorn Houses on the market. We have discussed this with my daughters, brother and sisters and all are agreed.
For 90% of the time Bachuil is far too big for Anita and me and the ongoing maintenance is becoming too much for me to tackle on my own. Last year I got into a perilous position taking scaffolding down and I have come to the conclusion that my back is quite simply not up to putting scaffolding up again. I have no wish to follow in my father’s footsteps and fall off the roof.
We are keeping the land for historical reasons.
As many of you know, on a good day, Lismore is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and despite grumbles we do get a great many. For instance when we got back from holidays in February our rain water tanks were half empty. For the next fourteen weeks we had only seven days with any rain at all.
Unfortunately, as we have to run a B&B we are not able to take much advantage of the beautiful summers. Dinner bed and breakfast is pretty full on from 6am to midnight seven days a week. We have decided that we don’t want to be stuck in this position in our 80s so are acting now.
I know this decision will come as a great shock to many. It has not been easy but we have had to face the inevitable. As yet we have not decided where we shall all move to but it will probably be the South West of England.
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I am sure that you all join me in support Niall and all of his family with this major change in their lives.