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The Irish Times 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 daily 2 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/ http://www.ireland.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on ireland.com QUERY00 http://www.ireland.com/cgi-bin/dialogserver http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032839.html One of the largest modern homes in the city, The Willows, on fashionable Cross Avenue in Blackrock has a kitchen that's bigger than most apartments, writes Eoin Lyons Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032885.html CO DUBLIN: €3.25M A secluded airy extended house has a large garden with a pond, a hot tub on the patio and a separate studio Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032664.html GREYSTONES: €2.3M TRIUMPHANTLY restored to its Edwardian origins and cleverly made modern at the same time, the refurbishment just completed on Woodbrook House, New Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow, works well, writes Rose Doyle. Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032573.html DUBLIN 6: €10M This fine six-bedroom house at Temple Villas, on Palmerston Road, has been extended, renovated and smartly modernised, writes Bernice Harrison New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032553.html DUBLIN 4: €3.5M DUBLIN 4 is full of des res addresses but very few can claim the seclusion levels of Lisalea, a detached house at the top of Airfield Court, opposite RTE, writes Alanna Gallagher. New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032538.html GLENAGEARY: €1.675M A €200,000 CUT in the asking price may rekindle interest in a four-bedroom house at Spencer Villas in Glenageary that has been lingering on the market New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032623.html KILTERNAN: €4M This four-square, two-storey house is set in 4.43 acres of grounds planted with chestnut trees and bluebells New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032639.html DUBLIN 4: €7.25M THE BALLSBRIDGE home of the former High Court judge, Dermot Kinlen, who died last year, has come on the market through Lisney. New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032969.html DUBLIN 6: €1.45M The largest penthouse in a former convent building is a conversion like none other: it has high pitched ceilings, exposed brick, three double bedrooms - and spectacular mountain views, writes Bernice Harrison. New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178033029.html DUBLIN 20: €660,000 NUMBER 74 Turret Road in Palmerstown, Dublin 20, is a lesson in what can be done with a traditional three-bedroom semi, says Orna Mulachy Property Editor New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029707.html Smart composition on musical development near Thurles New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029769.html Don't make a meal out of home dining, says Edel Morgan New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029794.html Long associated with its large and expanding shopping centre, Blanchardstown has a village, canal and the country's biggest library, writes Paul O'Doherty New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029811.html A round-up of today's other properties New to the Market in brief New to Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032899.html SALES RESULTS The Market 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178033005.html THE LAST seven houses at Somerton, a luxury golf estate in Dublin 15 developed by Monarch Properties, go on show this weekend, writes Fiona Tyrrell. New Homes 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029798.html DUBLIN 2: FROM €405,000 A swish waterside scheme on Hanover Quay in the centre of Dublin has stunning apartments that will test the new homes market, writes Orna Mulcahy. New Homes 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029777.html DUBLIN 1: FROM €295,000 THE FIRST phase of apartments at a new scheme in Dublin 1 comes to the market this week with prices starting at €295,000, writes Fiona Tyrrell. New Homes 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029792.html ATHLONE: FROM €320,000  A NEW PHASE of apartments at an upmarket riverside scheme with marina facilities in Athlone is on the market, writes Fiona Tyrrell. New Homes 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029779.html GOREY: FROM €209,500  A NEW BATCH of houses and apartments at Station Court in Gorey, Co Wexford come to the market this week, writes Fiona Tyrrell. New Homes 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152630012.html Park Developments' Michael Cotter is putting it up to the market with the launch of a smartly fitted out low-priced scheme in Tallaght village, writes Bernice Harrison.  New Homes 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629925.html A youth centre and a house bordering on bling took top AAI Awards this year, writes Frank McDonald Architecture 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152630033.html THE GUT REACTION of assessor Angela Rolfe, assistant principal architect with the Office of Public Works, to the closest contender for the Downes Medal - a glittering bronze-clad extension to a Victorian house on Palmerston Road, in Rathmines, by Boyd Cody Architects - was to describe it as "a bespoke Rolls Royce . . . that it is bordering on the bling! You are straying into Victoria Beckham territory, as far as I'm concerned." Architecture 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629942.html The architects who won an AAI award for remodelling a city cottage to give it views and light tell Emma Cullinan how they did it Architecture 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032716.html Douglas Newman Good is asking €245,000 for 5 Harman Street, a one-bed cottage of 32sq m (344sq ft) off Donore Avenue in Dublin 8. Fiona Tyrrell finds properties at a similar price in France, Wales, Turkey and Spain Take Five 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032326.html The address: 167 Aylmer Park, Naas, Co Kildare. Mortgages 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029788.html Your property questions answered Q&A 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032863.html THE ROW OVER estate agents reporting of sales results has died down, but while it raged last week there was barely a peep out of one body, the National Property Services Regulatory Authority (NPSRA). The organisation has begun functioning in its new Navan offices, but just when they were expected to intervene in the controversy, they had little to say. Around the Block 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032908.html COMMERCIAL property consultancy Atisreal has appointed Peter Flanagan to the board of the Irish company. Around the Block 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032892.html MEMBERS OF the IPAV hold their annual knees-up in Malahide this weekend with auctioneers from all over the country getting together to discuss the state of the market. Around the Block 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178029850.html WITH THE NEW homes market still struggling the new fear is that the slowdown is dragging down the rental market. Around the Block 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210178032918.html THE CONSTRUCTION industry was deeply saddened this week by the death of Liam Maye, one of the founding directors of Castlethorn. Around the Block 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629207.html AN BORD Pleanála has granted planning permission to Smock Alley Theatre to turn the former Viking Adventure Centre in Temple Bar, Dublin 8 into a theatre complex. Planning 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629194.html A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to build a 20-storey mixed-use development at Sandyford Industrial Estate has been rejected by An Bord Pleanála. Planning 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629200.html A selective guide to planning in your area Planning 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152628077.html  Bord says yes to €300m planAN BORD Pleanála has approved a controversial €300 million scheme of 749 residential units by Cavan developer P Elliot & Co on the eastern side of the Enniskerry Road next to Aiken's Village in Co Dublin. Planning 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629196.html Some dates for yoru diary Planning 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629155.html The SieMatic kitchen in the penthouse at The Waterfront, Hanover Quay  is the king of uber slick kitchens. From Houseworks (01-676 9511) it cost around €34,000 including fitting-out of light boxes and glass. Interiors & Exteriors 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629126.html Interior designer Joanna Woodworth (01-497 3792) kept the decor of the livingroom of Woodbrook House light and airy and true to the property's origins as an Edwardian summer house. Interiors & Exteriors 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629102.html If you're lucky enough to have a grand entrance as opposed to a hall, then it has to live up to its name. Interiors & Exteriors 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629115.html The owner of 74 Turret Road revamped the exterior of his house while also boosting its energy performance with windows from Ecolodge (01-610 0736). Interiors & Exteriors 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629183.html The owners of this six-bedroom house in Celbridge liked their previous Georgian home so much that they decided to copy it with the help of an architect who specialises in Georgian design, writes Rose Doyle Interiors & Exteriors 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629971.html A short train ride from Nice brings you to Bordighera on the Italian side of the Riviera. Carolyn Reynier practises her Italian and finds some bellissima properties International Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629938.html INDIA: KUVERA INDIA will launch a new development of apartments in Rudrapur, 250kms from Delhi in northern India, in Dublin this Saturday. For sale to investors are 276 one to four-bedroom units costing from €32,000 to €53,983. International Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629981.html FRANCE: TWO FRENCH sale and leaseback developments - one on the western part of the Côte d'Azur, the other on the Cote d'Argent, near Biarritz/St Jean de Luz - go on show this weekend in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin 4. International Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0508/1210152629956.html PORTUGAL: THE FINAL phase of a development near Cabanas de Tavira, a fishing village in the eastern Algarve, goes on sale in the Westbury Hotel, Dublin 2, on Friday and Saturday, May 16th and 17th. International Property 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00