County has received 662 applications for such grants, the greatest number in the entire country
Blaine and Brídín Mulligan with their children, Paidí and Rúbaí, outside their home in Falcarragh, Co Donegal , which they restored in part using the State's refurbishment scheme. Photograph: Joe DunneThere is rarely a week that goes by that a stranger doesn’t knock on the door of Declan Doohan’s two-storey refurbished farmhouse on the outskirts of Falcarragh in west Donegal .
Because the house was outside of the town boundary, it did not initially qualify for a derelict or vacant home grant.Having an architect brother also helped immensely, even though he was based in Australia. He applied for the vacant home scheme grant, which allows up to €50,000 with none of the money being paid until a final inspection is carried out by the local county council.
Falcarragh is just one town benefiting from the scheme, with others including Buncrana and Letterkenny also witnessing a rebirthing of homes previously frozen in time. Like Doohan, the Mulligans were also outside the town boundary for the initial scheme, but qualified by the time they applied and started work on their home in July 2022.
“I don’t think it would suit a lot of older people because a lot of receipts have to be uploaded, etc, and I think people would have to be computer savvy.
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