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Home and income in Blackrock for €2.65m
A refurbished house on an elegant Carysfort Avenue terrace has a
garden office suite.
Rose Doyle reports
Albert's €14 million sale good news for Ailesbury Road
Dublin 4: Former taoiseach Albert Reynolds has finally sold his house on Ailesbury Road for a reputed €14 million - about €1 million shy of the initial asking price sought by Sherry FitzGerald when the property went on the market six months ago.
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Champions' castle will be prized possession
Co Offaly: €1.5m: The sporting family that grew up in this castellated Georgian house has won many prizes, as has the produce from the farm here, writes Kate McMorrowModern home will tick the boxes for families
Carrickmines: €2.1 million: A five-bedroom home in D18 is one of few auction properties this season. Property Editor Orna Mulcahy reportsMelody hits the right note
Cork: €570,000: A 1950s four-bedroom home in Cork has a big back garden and schools in walking distance. Melody, Rosebank, Douglas Road, a solid 111sq m (1,200sq ft) family home is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald with an asking price of €570,000.Two on Moyne Road which offer modern living with period charm
Two properties are for sale at each end of the popular Moyne Road in Ranelagh, one of which has been divided into two flats, writes Alanna GallagherMoyne Road
Dublin 6: €1.75m An unusual three-story house in the heart of redbrick Ranelagh is for sale by private treaty for €1.75 million through Gunne.Home Truths
Apartment living abroad may have similarities to here, says Edel MorganQ&A
Are stage payments on new-builds the norm? We have put a deposit on a house currently under construction in a small estate. The builder phoned us to say that the way it works is we will pay for the house in stages, starting with a 30 per cent bill for the price of the site on signing contracts (instead of the 10 per cent deposit we had budgeted for) and then pay in three more stages during the estimated nine months of construction. Is this the norm?PITCH US YOUR HOUSE ... Family's €535,000 house in Sallynoggin
THE SELLERS: Ciara McMorrow and Rossa O'SioradaTake five @ around €540,000
Sherry FitzGerald Kelly is asking €540,000 for a three-bedroom bungalow on over half an acre at Donadea, Co Kildare We find properties at a similar price in Canada, France, Italy and the US
Hyde Square in secluded spot off the South Circular
Dublin 8: from €335,000 The last seven apartments at this scheme, which was launched in 2005, hit the market this week, writes Fiona TyrrellTrendy new quarter in docklands
Dublin 2: from €360,000 A new scheme of apartments in Dublin's fast-change docklands comes to the market this week.Houses by the strand in Youghal
Co Cork: from €580,000 Four-bedroom detached homes in Youghal, Co Cork come to the market for the first time this week.Townhouses near station and Gorey shopping
Co Wexford: from €250,000 Prices start at €250,000 in a residential development beside the train station in Gorey, Co Wexford.Cavan scheme of large sustainable luxury houses
Co Cavan: from €470,000 Luxurious four and five bedroom homes with sustainablefeatures are for sale at a lakeside in Co Cavan.
Free moorings offer at Grenada resort
Island Resorts Two years of free moorings for boats of up to 60ft are being offered for a limited time to people buying apartments in a development in Grenada in the Caribbean. The morrings, worth £980 (€1,405), are available in Grand Harbour Resort on the island.FACT BOX
Expected completion date of Phase 1 by Piero Lissoni is the end of 2009. Hotel residences cost £835,000- £3.25 million, and the villas are £2.3-£3.7 millionFrom €149,000 in gated scheme on the Med in southwest France
Buying in France Buyers in the market for seaside holiday home in France may be tempted by a new development in the Roussillon region on the south-west Mediterranean coast of France.Who's who of architects design Caribbean dream homes
"This is not some normal project in some paradise where you put some houses on the beach and that's it," says Piero Lissoni, an Italian designer who is just one of an impressive line-up of architects who are creating houses (and hotels and spas) on a 560 acre private island, called Dellis Cay, in the Turks and Caicos archipelago in the Caribbean.
Why we must make it more attractive for people to live in apartments
We can't undo the damage done in the past decade to our environment by the growth of far flung commuter suburbs says Environment Editor Frank McDonald - but we can still create sustainable non car-dependent communities in viable mixed-use urban areasFamilies happy coming back from the burbs
Apartments have proven a tough sell to Irish families - but in the future, many of us will have to resist the urge to flee to a house with gardens in the 'burbs to settle down. In an effort to build sustainable communities and combat urban sprawl, the message local authorities are sending families louder than ever is - there's more to life than a garden, especially if the long commute means there's little time left to spend in it.'Our child couldn't go out on the street on her own where we lived before'
After 16 years living in a two-bedroom Victorian house in Sandymount, actor Philip O'Sullivan, his wife Sandra and six-year-old daughter Jeanne-Marie set out on a new life in a ground floor apartment in Stillorgan, where they've been for eight weeks.Buyers want eco-friendly homes, green spaces and parking
There are good deals in good locations on the market at the moment, with the amenities buyers want, says Fiona TyrrellA naturally bright future
What will apartments be like 50 years from now? Emma Cullinan takes inspiration from current trends and past experienceMarble kitchen? car? childcare? Ask for the extras
From touchy feely BBQ nights to offers of free mortgages, developers are pulling out the stops to get their share of the market.'Igloo' apartment is cool but not cold
Architect Colm Dunphy has used so much white in his Ashtown apartment that his friends dub it the 'igloo' , writes Eoin LyonsThe upside of downsizing
Downsizing can provide liberation from the roles of being a carer of and provider for others says psychologist Olive TraversIvory apartments are tuned to professionals
New apartments in the Dublin Docklands will attract urban professionals, says Fiona TyrrellYou've bought - but how are you going to manage?
All apartment owners have to become members of a management company - and some will have to be its directors. Dr Thomas McCourtney explains the responsibilitiesConcierges hold the key to life at top
In black-and-white American films you get shots of Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey or Tyrone Power leaving apartment blocks, only to stop, chat, conspire and confide with the in-house concierge.High-density and happy in capital cities
Corrupt concierges, sublime Chinese courtyards, noisy neighbours in Rome and perfect family living in Croatia - four writers chart high life worldwideThe best places to rent a home
Rents are rising, according to agents, especially for contemporary apartments in the right location, but there is still value to be found, writes Edel MorganFinal docking at Crosbie's Dublin
Docklands: from €290,000 The final phase of apartments at the Crosbie's Yard development in Dublin centre launches this week.
Ballsbridge apartment sells for €1.56 million at auction
SalesResults: A two-bedroom apartment at Herbert Park Lane in Ballsbridge sold for €1.56 million at a Gunne auction yesterday - €250,000 over the AMV and a new record for a two-bedroom unit in the area.On the move
Allen & Jacobs is the latest estate agents to set up shop in Dublin.Give stamp duty a slash in the budget minister
With the backlog of houses on the market already at its highest level for many years, and the Government take from stamp duty steadily declining, it's now over to Brian Cowen to get the property market moving again with a cut in stamp duty.Mellon's blitz to build more houses in South Africa
Colin Farrell hasn't been confirmed yet, but developer Sean Dunne is definitely going, as is garden designer Diarmuid Gavin, RTÉ's sports presenter Des Cahill and Sharon Corr's barrister husband Gavin Bonner.Sales staff get great purchase from wedding party
The new homes market may be sluggish at the moment, but the sales agents still know how to throw a great party.Sell-out for apartments with tax breaks and keen prices
Tax breaks and keen prices are a winning combination so it's no surprise to hear that Hooke & MacDonald had a sell-out last weekend at Greeg Court, a Section 23 scheme in Parnell St, D1. All 115 units in the block sold out with prices from €295,000.
WORTH THE INVESTMENT?
The address: 10 The Tenterfields, South Brown Street, The Liberties Dublin 8.
Bord rejects high-rise schemes in Liberties
An Bord Pleanála has rejected two landmark high-rise schemes proposed for adjoining sites in the Digital Hub in Dublin's Liberties.Dartry House plan approved
Developer Eugene Renehan has got planning permission from Dublin City Council to build a residential development around Dartry House, a large Victorian house in Rathgar.Watch this Space
Castlethorn schemes appealed in Stepaside and Pelletstown Stepaside locals are opposing planning permission granted to Joe O'Reilly's Castlethorn Construction for 281 homes at the Old Wesley Rugby Club, Kilgobbin Lane, Stepaside, Co Dublin.Planning & Development
A selective guide to developments in your areaDiary
IAVI Seminar: investment training for real estate agents - investment in the stock market; economics of the property market; developments in investment products; personal finance and mortgages. Speakers: Brian O'Loughlin, financial consultant and author; Jim Power, FIAVI, economist, Friends First; John Lowe, Providence Finance. October 22nd - Clarion Hotel, Sligo; October 25th - Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford.
