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Downsizing to the high life in Dublin 4
Swish new apartments offering a five-star concierge service in
Ballsbridge are aimed at empty-nesters with a taste for fine
living, writes
Fiona Tyrell
House on sunny side of street with vast garden
Dublin 4: €8.5M This charming, rambling house on Park Avenue, Sandymount, has a vast garden with a full-size tennis court, writes Orna Mulcahy , Property Editor
New to Market
Sharp style at Hawthorn
FOXROCK: €3.15M HAWTHORN IS A newly-built detached house set on the site of a previous house on Mart Lane in Foxrock. The property reflects the street's new personality as old housing stock goes under the refurbishment knife to become bigger and better versions of their original selves.Spacious family house comes with wine cellar
FOXROCK: €4M BUILT IN 2005, The Court, Brennanstown Vale, Foxrock, Dublin 18 is a detached 332sq m (3,575sq ft) house with a further 60sq m (646sq ft) in the basement and attic room. The four-bedroom house is for sale by private treaty through Lisney for €4 million.Sweet railway cottage with views out over the Sugarloaf and bird sanctuary
CO WICKLOW: €675,000 AN EXTENDED traditional railway cottage in Kilcoole, within the sound of the sea, is for sale by private treaty through Hassett for a sum in the region of €675,000.Eagle Valley house makes a comfortable nest
CO WICKLOW: €2.1M A large detached house beside Powerscourt comes with generous garden space around it and an internal layout that has some flexibility, writes Eivlin RodenHarmonious house beside music college
DUBLIN 6: €2.8M One of the stately double-fronted houses on Leinster Square in Rathmines has been given a makeover, London style, writes Alanna GallagherArchitect-designed modern mews in great location
DUBLIN 4: €1.7M A MODERN MEWS house on secluded Cranmer Lane in Dublin 4 is priced to sell at €1.7 million through agent Savills HOK.PITCH US YOUR HOUSE
Rural bungalow in Westmeath for €460,000Crowded crossroads waiting for renewal
IN . . . PHIBSBOROUGH There's a warm village vibe about Phibsborough says Paul O'Doherty , even though it's loud, busy, crowded and traffic-crazyHome Truths
Just how bad is the fall in rents, asks Edel Morgan
Foxrock five-bed sells for over €2m
SALES RESULTS A round-up of sales results.
From Meath to Manhattan
NEW YORK Kells carpenter Kenny Timmons invested on Wall Street last summer. Now the falling dollar makes prices at 75 Wall even cheaper, writes Frances O'RourkePeriod style newbuild to sell at auction
CLONTARF: €2.5M A newly-built period-style house off Kincora Road in Clontarf, Dublin 3, has been designed with modern family life in mind. Number 1 Kincora Walk is one of two detached houses built to the rear of a house on Kincora Road. Lisney has set an AMV of €2.5 million in advance of auction on April 30th.Prices cut up to 20% at Rathfarnham scheme
DUBLIN 16: FROM €345,000 A new phase of apartments and houses at a major development taking shape in the foothills of the Dublin mountains hit the market this week, writes Fiona TyrrellStarter scheme with six house styles near village
LUCAN: FROM €349,995 HOUSES ON THE last segment of the Tullyhall site in Lucan, Co Dublin come to the market this week.Good mix in starter scheme beside village
FINGLAS: FROM €265,000 A NEW APARTMENT scheme in Finglas village has attractive interiors and a polished exterior.Race on for apartments and houses beside Swift's mill
SAGGART: FROM €250,000 A NEW PHASE of houses and apartments at Millrace in Saggart, Co Dublin come to the market this weekend.
Concrete: creating beauty from liquid stone
It's heavy, it can be cold and sometimes looks awful, and there
are questions over its eco-friendliness: but some architects are
doing lovely things with concrete, writes
Emma Cullinan
TAKE FIVE FOR €400,000
Sherry FitzGerald Kavanagh is asking €395,000 for 3 Lydon Terrace, a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bohermore, Galway . Fiona Tyrrell finds properties at a similar price in Brazil, Portugal, Italy and France
WORTH THE INVESTMENT
The address: 20 The Old Distillery, Beresford Street, Dublin 7.
Q&A
A selection of property queries answered
Gaybo happy to downsize
GAY BYRNE knows all about decluttering having gone through a "monstrous amount" of paper and possessions in order to move from his home of 40 years in Howth to a spanking new apartment in Ballsbridge.Owenass bucks the trend with magazine to lasso buyers
DEVELOPERS BLOWING budgets on fancy websites, expensive brochures and even high-tech podcasts is nothing new but hats off to Owenass Developments in Portlaoise who have published a 20-page magazine entirely devoted to the merits of its Esker Hills housing scheme. Surely a first.Agents report brisk sales and busy viewings
WHILE SOME agents launching new homes developments reported a quiet enough weekend, Dundalk was apparently the epicentre of a buying frenzy, according to joint agents Hooke & MacDonald and Sherry FitzGerald Carroll.Jim Bolger backs Carlow country estate to the tune of €5.35m
TOP RACEHORSE trainer Jim Bolger has forked out €5.35m for Beechy Park, a 224-acre estate in Co Carlow.Myhome.ie is tops
FULL MARKS to our colleagues in myhome.ie which this week was confirmed as the top property website in Ireland. The Joint National Internet Research study showed myhome.ie as the sixth most visited site in Ireland.Is it time for Savills to open the door to their Georgian competition?
WE ARE RIGHTLY proud of our Georgian heritage but there aren't many chances to show it off, especially since conservation projects don't always get the same recognition in architectural awards as new buildings.ON THE MOVE
CB RICHARD ELLIS has announced a number of promotions in the firm - five at associate director level and four at senior surveyor level.
Group won't 'sell out' to Dunne's €30m package
THE CHAIRMAN of Ringsend,Irishtown and Sandymount Environmental Group has said the group won't "sell out" for community funding being offered by developer Seán Dunne if he gets planning permission to re-develop the Jurys/Berkeley Court site in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.Locals appeal Derek Quinlan development planned for south quays site
CREIGHTON STREET Residents Association has appealed amendments to an office development proposed by developer Derek Quinlan on Dublin's south quays because it says it "destroys the character of the street and sense of place by being excessively high, monolithic and unsympathetic".WATCH THIS SPACE
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A selective guide to developments in your areaDIARY
This week's diary entries
Classic and contemporary, inside and out
INTERIOR Designer Peter Johnson (01 4537088) is known for creating colourful and slightly eclectic interiors and Shrewsbury Square is no differerent.Suits you, sir: medieval touch in a modern livingroom
THE LIVINGROOM of Cooldrinagh has the ultimate talking point for visitors, a suit of armour.Mix of orange and fuschsia brigns zest to first-timers' kitchen
THE KITCHEN/DINER of one of the three-bedroom showhouses at Tullyhall is an exercise in adding instant zest and colour to a typical kitchen.
Cocktail of sun and sand in southern Caribbean
VENEZUELA Columbus discovered Isla de Margarita off
the north coast of Venezuela in 1498. Now the tourists and the
developers have too - and there are properties for sale from just
over €50,000, writes
Rose Doyle
Talking Property
Hire a project manager from the start, says Isabel Morton
