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Selling up in Phibsborough - after 132 years
Generations of Ada Kelly's family have lived in the house her great great grandfather bought in 1876. She tells Rose Doyle why she's selling it.

New to Market

Revamped house on the hill has it all
Monkstown €4m: This Regency house is just right, with features that include discreet car-parking, great reception rooms and a spa-inspired bathroom, writes Property Editor Orna Mulcahy
Home Truths
An agent skilfully talked me in to moving house - but my husband may be an immoveable object on the subject, says Edel Morgan
€100,000 off spacious family five-bed
Carrickmines/€1.9m: A detached five-bedroom house at 9 The Dales in Carrickmines Wood is for sale by private treaty through Savills HOK for €1.9 million. The house originally came on the market in October of last year with a price tag of €2 million.
Renovated redbrick turns on style
Harolds Cross/ €1.2m: A renovated and extended period house at 1 Casimir Avenue, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W is for sale by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald for €1.2 million.
Front to back: classic redbricks with cool extensions
Period details and contemporary design blend perfectly in two period homes in Dublin 6 and 8. Alanna Gallagher reports.
Former rectory could be heavenly with refurb
Monkstown - €2.8m: With 320sq m (3,450sq ft) of living space, period details intact and an 80ft back garden, Winton Lodge could make a fine family home near Monkstown village.
Original - and in his own backyard
Ballsbridge - €3.25m: There's a lot that's unique about Rowlands, a bright, contented house in the Shrewsbury development in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Lavish redbrick opposite US embassy refurbished by developer
Ballsbridge - €2.75m: 9B Elgin Road in Ballsbridge is a house that thinks it's an apartment. Refurbished by a property developer on a lavish scale, the three-bedroom semi has lots of showhouse features, including oddly shaped rooms, porcelain-tiled floors and lots of patterned wallpaper.
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The Market

Guinness sells Howth house for 33% less than guide
Sales Results: Jennifer Guinness has sold her Howth home for close to €8 million - a third less than she had hoped to get for the 8.9-acre property. A Co Kildare businessman is the new owner of the Georgian house, from which Guinness was kidnapped in 1986.

New Homes

Crisp, contemporary and eco-friendly in Shankill
Co Dublin from €1.05m: Four houses in a small scheme near Shankill village are energy efficient, says Fiona Tyrrell.
Tempting 4% offer on ice cream site
Churchtown from €330,000: New homes come to the market for the first time today at Hazel Brook Square at the former Premier Dairies site in Churchtown.
Price cuts as new phase of Malahide Road scheme launched
Dublin 17 from €299,950: The latest phase of homes at Clare Village come to the market this week, with prices down by around 10 per cent on last year.
Location, luxury and looks on new Terenure terrace
Dublin 6/€1.8m: Taking its styling from its early 20th century neighbours, a terrace of new houses in D6 comes with many of the comforts of modern living, writes Fiona Tyrrell.
Up to €75,000 off Templeogue apartments
Dublin 16 from €475,000: A small scheme of apartments in Dublin 16 is being re-launched this weekend with new prices.
Secure apartments with sea views
Wicklow from €430,000: A new residential scheme in Wicklow town has large own-door apartments with good quality fit-outs.
Spacious family house with a high-spec in walk-in condition
Bagenalstown €700,000: A five-bedroom house in Co Carlow will be of interest to buyers looking for a substantial family home in walk-in condition.

Architecture

Floating over the garden in kitchen made of glass
'We spend a lot of time watching changes in the garden and sky,' say the owners of a period house with a smart contemporary extension. Emma Cullinan reports.

Take Five

Take five @ around €620,000
Douglas Newman Good is asking €620,000 for 98 Beechwood Lawns, a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Rathcoole, Co Dublin. Fiona Tyrrell finds properties at a similar price in Italy, Portugal, the US and the Caribbean

Mortgages

Worth the investment?
The address: 2 Crannagh Hall, Landscape Rd, Churchtown, D14.

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Around the Block

Michael Lynn's D4 semi with all mod cons
The Sandymount house of missing solicitor Michael Lynn and his wife Bríd Murphy is expected to make €1.85 million at auction next month.
Report sees 65% drop in new homes in Dublin during 2008
Some 6,000 new homes are set to be built in Dublin this year, a dramatic fall of 65 per cent on 2006 figures, according to a new report on the nationwide housing supply from new homes agent Hooke & MacDonald.
IAVI's 'we're looking into it' doesn't make for good viewing
The IAVI could be heading for trouble in its ranks over the case of Kildare auctioneer Colm McEvoy who was recently hauled into the High Court over the sale of a Kildare farm owned by an elderly lady, that was undervalued before being sold to a company in which McEvoy had an interest.
Private buyers can now outbid the builders
A large period house on an acre in Dalkey has had its price dropped from €6.25 million to €5 million in the hope of attracting new blood.
On The Move
GILLIAN Flanagan has been made partner at Felicity Fox. She joined the firm six months after it first opened, just over four years ago. She joined the practice straight after graduating with a degree in business studies from Trinity College Dublin. Gillian Flanagan specialises in second-hand residential sales across south Dublin and the city centre.

Planning

Dublin Bus appeals mixed-use scheme beside Conyngham Road depot
Dublin Bus is challenging an apartment and office development on Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 beside its bus depot saying it would adversely affect the operation and function of the depot and garage.
Mixed reaction to council's yes for vet college site plans
Dublin City Council's decision to grant planning permission for a high density development with a 15-storey residential tower at the former UCD Veterinary College site in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, "could be regarded as a worrying signal" says Cllr Lucinda Creighton (FG).
Watch This Space
Aldi plans major mixed-use scheme in Balbriggan: German discount supermarket chain Aldi is about to apply for planning permission to Fingal County Council to build an apartment, office and foodstore development on a 6.27-acre site at Clonard Hill, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.
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Interiors & Exteriors

Inherited opulence, magic kitchens and picture perfect landings
Like the look of this week's houses? The owner of 5 Richmond Hill, Monkstown, Co Dublin believes you can't go too far wrong if you stick with the classical look. Elegant but opulent, classical but cosy, the drawingroom is a great space for entertaining.

International Property

Fitting out a holiday home? Do it from here
HolidayHomeDesign: Forget the fantasy of decorating a holiday villa over a few bottles of rosé - it is far less stressful to buy everything here and ship it abroad, says Isabel Morton .

London Property

City bonus boys scoff at estate agents' 'property investment' claims
City workers won't be putting their bonuses into property this year - they'll be investing in shares or paying off debts, says Angela Pertusini

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