A new Munster property price record, likely to be between €30m and €35m, is being set for a country estate in Co Waterford, Ballynatray near Youghal, with local sources associating the purchase with one of Britain’s richest men and one of its most prominent household names, James Dyson.
The off-market multimillion-euro sale of the pristine Georgian mansion on 850 acres on the Waterford side of the Cork border is due to close in February, having been quietly available for a lengthy period with its steep price tag via Savills Private in London for its owner Henry Gwyn-Jones.
It’s now set to forge a new price threshold once more, having met or surpassed its €30m+ guide in the private sale which is now proceeding.
The very advanced transaction of the world-class property is subject to numerous non-disclosure agreements and no parties to the sale have commented, or returned queries from the ‘Irish Examiner’ as to the purchaser’s identity, background, and purpose.