VA88.0.183 – Anthony Kealy

• Appeal Number: VA88.0.183
• Year: 1988
• Date: 20 January 1988
• Court: Valuation Tribunal
• Respondent: Commissioner of Valuation
• Appellant: Anthony Kealy

Appeal No. VA88/0/183

AN BINSE LUACHÁLA

VALUATION TRIBUNAL

AN tACHT LUACHÁLA, 1988

VALUATION ACT, 1988

Anthony Kealy APPELLANT

and

Commissioner of Valuation RESPONDENT

RE: Lot No. 25b, 29b, 30, 31, Main Street, Hacketstown Lower, Co. Carlow

B E F O R E

Mary Devins Solicitor (Acting Chairman)

Paul Butler Barrister

Brian O'Farrell Valuer

JUDGMENT OF THE VALUATION TRIBUNAL

ISSUED ON THE 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1988

By Notice of Appeal dated the 22nd August, 1988, the appellant Anthony Kealy appealed against

the terms of the respondent fixing the rateable valuation at £32.00.

In his submission he stated that the actual commercial area of his premises comprise a small

public bar and a small room or "snug" directly off it.

The area of the public bar measures 360 sq. ft. and the area of the "snug" measures 198 sq. ft.

Virtually all of the rooms in the house are in disuse and totally uninhabitable with the exception

of his living quarters which comprise a small kitchen and sitting room. He stated that the out-

offices as referred to in the revised valuation simply do not exist. In fact the actual upstairs area