Former post office in Mayo hits the market for €100,000
An Post is selling the former post office building on Bridge Street, Ballyhaunis, for €100,000 through Dublin-based real estate agency Cushman Wakefield.
An Post is selling the former post office building on Bridge Street, Ballyhaunis, for €100,000 through Dublin-based real estate agency Cushman Wakefield.
The guide price of €100,000 is low, according to local estate agent Kevin Kirrane, who expects it probably will be purchased for conversion to residential accommodation.
“I think that’s a listed building which might make it less attractive [to buyers]. If we get really good quality 'A' rated energy efficient apartments then it’s a plus for the town.”
Kirrane believes the trend to residential over commercial floorspace in Ballyhaunis is likely to continue due to changing work trends.
“Yes, I would like to see more commercial use in the town but everyone wants to work from home now,” he said.
One of the better-known commercial premises to close recently was the discount store Sparkys, which closed in late August after the operator ceased trading after over 20 years in Ballyhaunis.
Sized at 2,573 square feet, the old post office building is described by Cushman Wakefield as an end-of-terrace two-storey building.
“There is a small flat-roofed extension to the rear of the building and a small walled yard area to the rear of the building with access via gates from Clare Street," says the company in its promotional literature.
Vacant for a number of years, the property internally “comprises the former post office and sorting office on the ground floor with several individual rooms at the first-floor level".
Two Dublin-based property developers are both converting former commercial premises to residential use in Ballyhaunis: Keenan Property Management has purchased the former Epic niteclub on Main Street while Ballsbridge-based Sayvale is developing the former Bank of Ireland building on the square into six apartments.
