Their “cozy little cottage” had been foreclosed and abandoned. “He just stopped making payments on the house, moved into an RV or something, and got out of town,” Gagnier explained.

A derelict property in Oulart, Wexford sold for €195,000 in an auction recently. A derelict cottage in north Wexford which has not been lived in for over 20 years sold for €195,000 at auction.

An abandoned cottage will be brought back to life by Northampton College students as part of an exciting regeneration project at Delapré Abbey.