‘Renovating my 100-year-old cottage has been so rewarding — but it’s not for everyone’
Toby Sachsenmaier has spent 41 years refurbishing a cottage in Clare but warns that people should not be seduced by the vacant property grant
Toby Sachsenmaier outside her renovated cottage, holding a photograph taken in 1984 of the original building. Photo: Natasha Barton
After spending the past 41 years transforming a 100-year-old derelict cottage into her dream home, North Clare woman Toby Sachsenmaier knows a thing or two about renovation.
Chief among the knowledge she has picked up over the years is that renovating a derelict cottage is hard, it’s time-consuming and it’s not for everyone.
