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Country house at city price in Dartry
A lavishly renovated five-bedroom house built in the 18th century is on the market for €3.2m, writes Willie Clingan.
Golden townhouses in exclusive Algarve resort
Townhouses in Portugal's Quinta do Lago development hit the market this week. Orna Mulcahy reports.
Intimidated into paying charges
City Living: Should buyers be forced to pay service charges in advance, asks Edel Morgan.
New to Market
Buyers ahoy! House on Baily for €2.5m
Baily/€2.5m: The sea seems bluer, the sky brighter out in Howth. Kate McMorrow visits five-bedroom home on 2.5 acres at the Baily with cinemascope sea views.Townhouse on Mount Street is family home
Dublin 2/€2.5m-plus: A Georgian terraced house at 2 Mount Street Crescent, overlooking the Pepper Canister church by the Grand Canal, is expected to fetch over €2.5 million at auction through Lisney on July 1st. Orna Mulcahy reports.Extended Strain-built redbrick with period charm
Glasnevin/€900,000: The houses built by Alexander Strain around 100 years ago in the Iona area of Glasnevin, Dublin 9, vary in style and size. On leafy Iona Road alone, there are several different types and number 11 is a terrace-style house at the Botanic Road end of the road.Step down to the beach
Claremont Road: €1m: Houses are slow to come up for sale on Claremont Road, one of those rare avenues with direct access to a sandy beach. Lisney is expecting €1 million at auction on July 1st for Crag Lodge, a three-bedroom detached bungalow with colourful gardens running down to the shores of Dublin Bay.Sale in two lots of Victorian five-bed and garden with views
Nashville Park: €1.2m: Something special, even for Howth, has come on the market with Gray's of Rathmines. Morven, a five-bedroom period house at 14 Nashville Park, and its wonderful rambling garden across the road are to be auctioned as two separate lots on June 23rd.
Apartments by harbour in Dunmore East
Holiday developments attract attention on a boank holiday weekend, as people dream about turning an occasional break into a year-round possibility. Kate McMorrow reports on homes on offer from Waterford to the Riviera.Seaside holiday homes down sandy lane near Gorey
Co Wexford/from €230,000: Now that summer has arrived, the notion of having a seaside holiday home seems attractive. Launching this weekend in time for the June bank holiday is Glen Richards Wood, a development of 85 four-bedroom detached houses near the beach at Poulshone, Co Wexford.On the fairway at Laois country club
Co Laois/from €610,000: A launch of four and five-bedroom detached houses on the edge of a fairway will make golfers sit up and take notice. The final phase has just been announced at The Heritage Golf and Country Club, a Laois country club with a course designed by Seve Ballesteros and Jeff Howes.Côte d'Azur complex promises return of 4 per cent
France/from €151,000: A new apartment complex on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France is promising investors a guaranteed four per cent return. The development, Cannes Rivage, comprises studio and one and two-bedroom apartments close to the beach a few kilometres away from Cannes.Apartments for students carry tax breaks
D1/from €385,000: Dublin-based Ely Property is currently selling a block of 18 apartments which have been pre-let as student accommodation at The Steelworks apartment scheme, right, in Foley Street, Dublin 1.
Take five @ around €175,000
John Rohan Auctioneers is seeking €175,000 for 55 Woodlawn Grove, a three-bedroom mid-terrace house on Cork Road, Waterford. Kate McMorrow finds properties at a similar price in Croatia, France, Greece and Switzerland.
Historic country estate down a tree-lined driveway
Co Westmeath/€2.75m: Meares Court, a 190-acre estate with a Georgian mansion surrounded by parkland, near Rathconrath, Mullingar, Co Westmeath is expected to fetch over €2.75 million at auction through Murtagh Brothers Real Estate Alliance next month.Large family house on four acres
Co Meath/€685,000: Woodside House in Oakstown - two miles from Trim, Co Meath - is a substantial five-bed house on four acres with all the prerequisites of a family home. Selling agent Raymond Potterton is guiding excess €685,000.Courtyard home overlooking Mount Juliet
Co Kilkenny/€1.25m: A spacious home in an exclusive estate comes with many extras, including membership of Mount Juliet golf club. Jack Fagan , Property Editor, reports.Restored period farmhouse on 15 acres deep in horse country
Co Kildare/€1.75m: Mount Windsor, Donadea, deep in Co Kildare's green countryside, is a mid-18th century farmhouse on 15 acres which has been completely revamped and modernised.
He ain't heavy . . . he's my mortgage
Would you describe your mortgage repayments as a heavy burden, somewhat of a burden, or no burden at all?
Q&A
Questions on relocation and recycling are answered.
Synagogue plan off to appeals board
A plan by Terenure Hebrew Congregation to build a replacement synagogue and an apartment development at Rathfarnham Road, Dublin 6W has been challenged by two local residents. Edel Morgan reports.Plan for baths hits choppy waters
A plan to turn the derelict Clontarf Baths into a restaurant and bar complex has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála by three parties, writes Edel Morgan.Planning and Development
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German discounter loses appeal for Tallaght foodstore: An Bord Pleanála has upheld a decision to refuse German discounter Aldi planning permission to build a foodstore at Whitestown Way in Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Small scale is beautiful for council's building by the sea
Fingal County Council's library and one-stop shop in Baldoyle, opening today, is a civic statement in an area that needed it, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor.
Pots to spruce up the patio
Shop Front: The easiest way to spruce up your patio, deck or terrace is with a few new plant pots. Whatever you do, don't replace all your old pots: just a few fresh ones make a difference.Door links old and new
Design Solutions: Taking the refurbishment of an old house out of the ordinary often calls for dreaming up clever ideas. And Elayne Brennan, a graphic designer who specialises in directing lifestyle photography, has original ideas in her blood. She worked for eight years with The Conran Group in London and her own clients have included Waterford Crystal and Easons.Carving a career out of stone
What they do: People are turning to stone sculpture for a variety of purposes - not just for headstones. Bernice Harrison reports.
