Luxury castle’s Household Charge of only €100

» Mark Moloney

The €25m castle has 15 en-suite bedrooms, a ballroom, a wine cellar, a ‘fairy-tale tower’, stables and a lake

THE luxurious Humewood Castle estate in County Wicklow – which sold for €25million in 2006 but can be yours now at a knockdown recession rate of just €8million – only has to pay the same €100 household charge as an average Irish home.

The castle itself boasts 38,000 sq ft of accommodation –  the equivalent of 25 average Irish households – and includes:-

• 15 en-suite bedrooms;
• A ballroom;
• A wine cellar;
• A billiard room, and
•  A “fairy-tale tower”.

Also included on the sprawling 427-acre estate are:-

• Three staff cottages;
• Three gate-lodges;
• Private stables;
•  Parklands; and
• A lake.

But despite the castle and its grounds taking up the equivalent amount of land as a housing estate, its owners will only pay the same rate as a struggling working-class household.

Isn’t it rich?