Offaly County Council to take possession of house in county derelict for 13 years


The home has been registered as derelict for over thirteen years, with Offaly County Council set to obtain ownership of the house this month,
A vesting order has been issued by Offaly County Council to the owners of a derelict site in Clara.
The site, a boarded up home with a hole in the roof, has been derelict for some time, having been added to the derelict sites register in October 2011.
The small two-storey house is located at 118 Lakeview in Clara.
According to the vesting order issued in early October, Offaly County Council is set to take ownership of the property from previous owners Joe and Sarah Walsh.
The property was listed on an Offaly County derelict sites register with an estimated value of €40,000 in January.