You've had a bid of 180,000 accepted. Your father is selling his house and it's valued at 250,000. How much extra do you need to build the granny flat?
At first glance, I'd keep your husband out of all this. On a salary of 23,000 with a wife and three children, most banks will consider that he has no disposable income to put towards a mortgage. For example, AIB would expect that a family of five should have a minimum of 2,800 per month NET before paying any mortgages or loans. Your husband is earning 1,917 gross.
I suspect the only way this will work is if your father gets whatever mortgage he can qualify for on his own and you rent from him. How old is he? Some lenders will offer a mortgage to age 70 which would help with affordability, but he'd still need to know how he would pay the mortgage after he retires, unless he can/wants to work until 70.
Being asset rich is no use when applying for a loan. What's relevant is how he's going to pay the monthly repayments. Being asset rich doesn't help him to do that.