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Cosy house in the wild west
The son of German playwright Bertolt Brecht gave this Sligo
house to his Irish wife in 1965. Now it is back on the market,
writes
Orna Mulcahy, Property Editor
New to Market
Super-sized Enniskerry house in walk-in condition
CO WICKLOW €3.85M: WINTON GROVE - an enormous five-bedroom house with a floor area of 501sq m (5,400sq ft) near Enniskerry - is for sale by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald with an asking price of €3.85 million. Completed only a few months ago, everything in this house is on a super scale.Big, bigger- and both brand new
DUBLIN AND GALWAY €1.8M AND €3.8M: The designers of these two houses have paid lots of attention to light and links with the exteriorSpace, studio and stables on 14 acres in valley
CO WICKLOW €2.275M: VARTRY BRIDGE - a four-bed house with stables and separate studio on 14 acres near Ashford, Co Wicklow - is for sale by private treaty through McDonnell Properties for €2.275 million.Living in luxury in an extra-large house called Camelot
A VAST HOUSE in Bushypark, two miles from Galway city centre, has plenty of large glass windows giving lots of views out over Lough Corrib and Glenlo Abbey.Home Truths
Management company code is too late, says Edel Morgan.PITCH US YOUR HOUSE
Collins Avenue two-bed for €419,500.
Ballsbridge redbrick sells under the hammer for €3.3m
SALES RESULTS: There were more than a few happy vendors in the auction rooms yesterday. Of the nine Dublin houses that went for auction, five were sold under the hammer and a sixth was sold immediately afterwards. Lisney secured €3.3 million for 9B Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, a three-bed over garden level house - €550,000 over the AMV of €2.75 million.Monkstown buyers can help design homes
TWO HOUSES for sale in Monkstown haven't been built yet, giving potential purchasers some say in the design, says selling agent Colliers Jackson-Stops.
Homes in Irish scheme by Danube launched
SLOVAKIA FROM €160,000: Apartments in Irish developer Ballymore's major mixed development in Bratislava are now for sale to investorsHomes by Camac down 20%
KILMAINHAM FROM €392,000 EIGHT OWN-DOOR apartments and duplexes in a development of 20 homes near St James's Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin 8, are for sale this weekend at prices up to 20 per cent lower than the prices paid when they first went for sale in autumn 2006.Eco-friendly mix in Athlone
CO ROSCOMMON FROM €214,950: A NEW A-rated sustainable housing development, called Parkway Avenue, is to be built in Athlone, Co Roscommon.Bijou house in Ballsbridge has been recently refurbished
DUBLIN 4 €825,000: NUMBER THREE Ballsbridge Avenue is a smartly refurbished two-bedroom cottage in the heart of Ballsbridge village. The house is bijou and forms part of a terraced row that has its own private road. It is an ideal investment or pied-à-terre material.
Lock and quay: three cottages on the waterfront
Many of us love the idea of living on the waterfront, whether by the sea, lake, river - or even canal. Here are three to think aboutSaying goodbye to the Quay
Quay Cottage, Westport, Co MayoDown by the River Barrow
River Cottage, St Mullins, Co Carlow
The bare truth about how architects really live
While some fondly believe that eminent architects live in pristine palaces, the truth is often a lot more raw, writes Emma Cullinan
TAKE FIVE FOR ¬800,000
DouglasNewmanGood is asking €800,000 for 19 Old Navan Road, a four-bedroom semi in north Dublin. Fiona Tyrrell finds properties at a similar price in France, Morocco, Italy and Portugal.
WORTH THE INVESTMENT
The address: 73 Glencarraig, Ballinode, Sligo.
Q&A
Do we pay capital gains if we can't sell in 12 months?
Gasworks' falcon trades up to bijou bird house at the Central Bank
PEOPLE WHO bought into the Gasworks scheme weren't the only residents who had to take flight when it was decided not to use the building for apartments.Rich use of language deployed to describe affluent addresses
DUBLIN 4, Hampstead, Beverly Hills: these need no introduction and anyone citing them as their places of residence can rest assured that people will guess at their vintage.GAA pays €1.1m for D1's One 'N' One
THE GAA'S FISH and chips supporters cannot bank on being fed by that great national organisation even though it has just bought one of the best known chippers in Dublin's north inner city.Agents to be happy bunnies after Easter
ESTATE AGENTS' offices will be emptying out over the next fortnight as the holiday that began for many with Cheltenham continues into the early Easter break.Fair wind for change of tack by Cosgraves
ONE OF Dublin's largest house builders Cosgraves has changed tack now that the new homes market has run into a bit of turbulence.See Sean Dunne's plans should it rain on parade
FORGET THE parade, for an alternative St Patrick's Day outing developer Seán Dunne is inviting people over to Ballsbridge to check out his plans for the Jury's Berkeley Court site which are on display in the Herbert Suite of the former Berkeley Court until March 20th - (and again from March 21st to April 6th), including bank holidays when it's open from 11am to 4pm.
PLANNING
A selective guide to developments in your areaCouncil rejects Clonskeagh scheme
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN County Council has refused planning permission for a controversial development of 150 apartments and houses behind Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal church on Bird Avenue in Clonskeagh because it would "detract from the landmark status of the church".Diary
This week's eventsWatch this space
934 homes for Kilcock site: McGarrell O'Reilly Homes is about to apply for planning permission to Meath County Council for a massive development of 934 homes on an 88-acre site at Newtownmoyaghy, Kilcock, Co Meath.
Automated interior in bright architectural space
The double height family room of 27 Bellevue Park (see page 4) is a cool, contemporary space where the architecture dominates rather than the furniture and fittings.Entertaining space of chandeliers and champagne buckets
The chandelier in the conservatory of Winton (see page 2) is connected to an intelligent lighting system that can create six different moods. Sparkling light from the chandelier reflecting off the limewash vaulted timber ceilings in the evenings gives an almost ethereal feel to the room.Bathing beauty
If you are blessed with a big bathroom like the one in Camelot you can have fun with a few bold statement pieces that would overpower a smaller space.
Feel like going back to Massachusetts?
. . . or even buying property there? There are bargains in the upscale Berkshire hills and dales only two and a half hours' away from Boston and New York, writes Rose DoyleApartments, homes from Costa to the Alps
BUYING IN SPAIN, ITALY: A DEVELOPMENT ON Lake Maggiore, the second largest lake in Italy, and another near Puerto Banus on the Costa del Sol are for sale through agent Pure International.Look after the risks, ask the right questions - and know how to get out
PROPERTY INVESTMENTS: Is it still a good idea to invest in property as the world economy falters? Yes - but you've got to assess the risks and rewards carefully
