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Exchanging Carraroe for Connecticut
Irish holiday homebuyers have pushed up prices in Connemara in
the last decade - and foreign owners are cashing in on the boom
FRANCES O'ROURKE reports
Two homes with star quality from the Corrs in D4
DUBLIN 4: €1.1M AND €3.25M: LOOKING FOR a pièd-a-terre in Dublin 4 with popstar qualities? Two homes on the market owned by Celtic rock group members Sharon and Jim Corr could tick the box.
Upmarket eco-houses on Orwell
RATHGAR: €3.5M: Two newly-built houses with a high-spec and German-made green credentials have had their prices cut by €300,000 FIONA TYRRELL reports
Wexford country house makes over €5.7m
SALES RESULTS: While The Irish Times has endeavoured to ensure the accuracy of the sales results, it cannot accept responsibility if this information, provided by estate agents, is inaccurate
New to Market
Rich and well-crafted Portobello home
DUBLIN 8/€1.65M: A period house refurbished by a developer with a design background is rich in detail.It's all about the gardens in Foxrock
DUBLIN 18: €4.5M, €3.35M: The key attraction of two detached houses, both near the village in Foxrock, is their large, sweeping gardens, says Eivlín RodenHome Truths
Where will first-timers find the cash for a deposit now?Slice of magazine life at a secret address
CHAPELIZOD/ €1.375M: A super-smart duplex penthouse at one of Dublin's last secret addresses overlooks the Liffey on the city side of Chapelizod.Two opportunities in Dublin 4
DUBLIN 4/€2.5m and €1.65m: A MODERN three-bedroom house and the cottage beside it, sitting behind a row of houses on Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4 are for sale by tender on April ???. Breslin is handling the sale which has an AMV of €2.5 million.€300,000 price drop for Simmonscourt townhouse
A LARGE three-bedroom house in a gated development in Ballsbridge has had its price dropped from €1.95 million to €1.65 million in an effort to sell.PITCH US YOUR HOUSE
Artisan cottage in North Strand, Dublin for €320,000
New prices at old racecourse site in Baldoyle
Dublin 13 from €239,000: A fresh phase of homes at The Coast in Baldoyle is aimed at first-time buyers seeking value close to transport links and the cityApartments/duplexes with good links
DUBLIN 15 FROM €249,950: THE LATEST phase of the Castlegrange scheme in Dublin 15 comes to the market this weekend.Starter homes in a mature suburb
LUCAN FROM €284,950: SAVILLS HOK is marketing 42 apartments and duplexes at a new scheme in Lucan which has a good location and larger than average sizes.
Vorsprung durch Vorarlberg - the Austrian for good design
Many elements come together to create the internationally respected Vorarlberg architecture, which will be on show in Dublin next weekFarm buildings, part of our heritage, now eligible for grants
HERITAGE GRANTS: THOUSANDS of traditional farm buildings, some centuries old, are now eligible for grant support for conservation under the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) scheme.
Take five for€3 million
Coldwell Banker Penrose & O'Sullivan is asking €3m for Mosacra House, a five-bed with guest apartment in Coldwater Lake, Saggart, Co Dublin. Fiona Tyrell finds properties at a similar price in Switzerland, France, Morocco and Spain.
WORTH THE INVESTMENT
The address: 9 The Grove, Inse Bay, Laytown, Co Meath.
Q&A
Your property questions answered
Crane drain to city centre and south suburbs
YOU'VE HEARD OF a brain drain? Well now they're talking about a "crane drain" from the north-western edge of Dublin where building operations have slowed down quite a bit in the opening weeks of this year.Fees up but Europe's agents cost more
REMEMBER THE furore when Sherry FitzGerald announced that it would be putting up its fees to 1.5 per cent because the slowing market meant it could no longer sustain the low fees created by the boom years?Canadians cut price by half a million
THE CANADIAN ambassador's residence, Strathmore, a 760sq m (8,200sq ft) Victorian house on over nine acres of garden and parkland with views across Killiney Bay to the Sugar Loaf, is back on the market six months after being put up for sale - with a price cut of just €500,000.Property prices a safe bet?
WITH THE DAYS of making a quick buck on a property punt well behind us, the good people at Paddy Power are offering property junkies replacement therapy in the form of a book on house price changes in 2008.
Foxrock scheme appealed
FOXROCK RESIDENTS have called on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to refuse permission for the redevelopment of a prime site in Foxrock village.Council rejects plan for 2.8-acre Killiney site
An unsafe playground was cited as one of the reason for refusing planning permission for a residential development in Killiney.WATCH THIS SPACE
330 houses for 67-acre D15 site: A NEW HOUSING estate is in the pipeline for Hollystown in Dublin 15.
High-spec penthouse overlooking Liffey is a glass act
THE INTERIOR of the penthouse apartment at Salmon Pool, Chapelizod is a masterclass in high-spec yet stylish solutions. In particular, its bespoke engineered glass doors are in a league of their own.Rich cocoa look isn't cheap
CHOCAHOLICS will love the rich cocoa bean tones used to decorate the bedroom at Fforster Square.Chic chinoiserie and a touch of Arts and Crafts
THE DININGROOM of number 40 Bloomfield Avenue is an exercise in light and dark.
Irish investors lured by Brazilian blue skies
SOUTH AMERICA: An Irish couple are planning to develop a large resort of holiday homes on the north-east coast and are looking for investorsThe road to new development that is blocked by a house
IRIS NASCIMENTO is one of those lucky people who lives right on the beach in the north-east of Brazil but she has fought hard to stay here - all of the 58 neighbouring houses have been knocked down - and Iris knows that she will be moved eventually.High design for tropical living on coast of Panama
CENTRAL AMERICA: The peace and obscurity of Panama's Pacific coast attract celebrities like Mick Jagger and Tom Cruise - but the developers are moving in.
Talking Property
Timing is crucial to solving the downsizing dilemma, says Isabel Morton
