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Publisher's 'palazzo' for €10m
Described by the late Tony Ryan as a 'little palazzo' this
Fitzwilliam Square house is extremely grand, very comfortable and
great for entertaining, writes
Orna Mulcahy , Property Editor.
Family brings down the curtain after 500 years
CO MEATH/€5.8M: The Naper family have
lived at Loughcrew in Oldcastle, Co Meath since the 16th century.
Now Charlie and Emily Naper, who run an annual opera festival
there, are selling it, writes
Rose Doyle
New to Market
Interior of Birches home is fully mature
FOXROCK/€4.3M: When businesswoman Breda Clifford moved from Sandymount to Foxrock five years ago, the intention was to renovate the 25-year-old house she had bought in The Birches enclave off Torquay Road, and settle down.Two cottages in Dalkey with plenty of natural light
HARBOUR ROAD/€1.8M: Bartra Lodge, a three-bedroom house on Harbour Road, Dalkey, has an AMV of €1.8 million prior to its Lisney auction on May 8th.Seaside semi in sought-after street
MONKSTOWN: € 1.8M: Monkstown in Co Dublin has seen plenty of supply in the last 12 months with several of its tall seafront houses sittting on the market.Open, transparent - and with a touch of glass
CO LOUTH/€825,000: A design-conscious couple have created a smart and airy modern home in a village by the seaBid or buy - two chances to move to Windsor Road
NUMBER 14/AMV €2.5M: HOME MAKEOVERS are becoming ever more bold as viewers to this semi-detached house at 14 Windsor Road will see: the Victorian house has a traditional facade, with blinds demurely drawn. Inside, its been transformed into a bold minimalist space with a distinctly Japanese feel.D15 three-bed with a sunny back garden
PITCH US YOUR HOUSE: Maureen Coogan, administrator, and technician Philip ReillySuburban village waits for a high rise future
IN . . . STILLORGAN: WITH ITS quiet residential cul-de-sacs and sleepy environs, Stillorgan village has been defined since the 1960s by its landmark shopping centre Nowadays however, despite a popularity that has never waned, the shopping centre and village focal point is beginning to show its age.Free for all: hairy Barbies, smelly freezers and a boat
HOME TRUTHS: "Wanted: 2,500sq ft house, three bathrooms, room for a pony, must be free or very little money..." Okay, I'm not entirely confident I'll be inundated with offers but after reading ads on various websites placed by people looking for free items, it seems the attitude is "ask and you shall receive" and a forthright approach is best.
Mount Merrion bungalow makes €1.315m
SALES RESULTS: A modest three-bedroom bungalow in south Dublin bucked the trend yesterday when it sold for 30 per cent over its pre-auction AMV through Savills HOK.Young surveyors on the look out for quiz teams to take a table for charity
AROUND THE BLOCK: HATS OFF to YCS, the younger members of the Society of Chartered Surveyors, who are teeing up for a table quiz next week in aid of Focus Ireland.Planning battle in store for Niall Mellon . . . again
ARDILEA RESIDENTS are likely to be gearing themselves up for yet another battle over the former Bank of Ireland sports grounds in Knockrabo in Goatstown.50% off the lot at Minnie Peters
SOUTH COUNTY Dublin matrons dreaming of kitting-out their home from top-to-bottom at Minnie Peters may be devastated to see that she is selling her Dún Laoghaire showroom, and moving to a spanking new premises in Sandyford.Dunnes seeks to pocket €2m for Navan strip
THE BIG WIGS at Dunnes Stores will have been keeping a close eye on the outcome of the Pat Kenny vs Gerry Charlton High Court saga over a patch of land beside their two properties in Dalkey.North's for best deals down the years
MOST PROPERTY people are tormented by the deals that they didn't do when bargains were to be had. Maybe that time will come again, but meantime it's an entertaining game to look back on the of the sales in recent decades.Sports stars take a peek at swish Shrewsbury Square scheme
TWO MAJOR Irish sports stars could soon be calling in to Uncle Gaybo for their elevenses, if rumours about who has been having private viewings at the Shrewsbury Square scheme in Ballsbridge are true.
Chase on for homes at former racecourse
DUBLIN 15/FROM €355,000: A new phase of apartments and townhouses at the Phoenix Park Racecourse development have plenty of space and stylePurpose-built space for work and play
LIVE/WORKUNITS: A RELATIVELY NEW concept in the Irish property market, live-work units in four Dublin schemes are being pitched at entrepreneurs and start-up businesses.Inch houses have long sea views
CO KERRY/FROM €390,000: TWELVE HOUSES on the outskirts of Inch village, Co Kerry have views over Inch Strand.20% price cut at Bray scheme
CO WICKLOW/FROM €350,000: TWO AND THREE-BED apartments and duplexes come to the market this week in Bray with prices starting at €350,000 for two-bedroom units.In Short
A round-up of other new homes on the market.
Modern five-bed on 1.9 acres with extras galore
CO KILDARE/€3.45M: With a lot of floor space
and an immaculate interior, Hollon House is full of interesting
areas and comes with its own astroturf tennis court, writes
Edel MorganA chance to net a house with a fishery
CO WICKLOW/€3.5M: ANNAMOE HOUSE and Fishery
on 15 acres in Co Wicklow on the edge of Annamoe village and on a
busy tourist trail, offers a range of possibilities to tempt a
range of prospective buyers.Architect-designed, factory-built timber house near the beach
CO WATERFORD: €1.2M: THIS ARCHITECT-DESIGNED
house was largely built in a factory by Griffner Coillte and
delivered to site.House and mill away from the city grind near to the Barrow River
CO CARLOW/€675,000: ARE YOU tired of
the rat race? Stretched to the very limit by stress and the M50 and
the Red Cow roundabout and traffic wardens and queuing for the
loathsome toll plaza?
Selling the markets area back to the people
Whatever about the actual buildings in the north-central Dublin
markets scheme, urban space specialists have been drafted in to
make the public spaces people-friendly, writes
Emma Cullinan'Planners need the confidence to say no sometimes'
Ken Shuttleworth used to work at Foster + Partners before setting up on his own - as Make Architects - in 2004. He has worked in collaboration with a number of practices including both HKR and Gehl. He is also doing a project with Anthony Reddy and Partners. He is part of an advisory panel headed up by Dick Gleeson Dublin city planner.'A lot of designs are too clean'
Helle Søholt set up Gehl Architects with Jan Gehl in 2000. Jan has written a number of books on urban design and had had an academic life before setting up practice at the age of 64. "In the last eight years he has been able to make this into an operational philosophy and not just way of thinking," says Helle, who has worked on a number of projects with John Prevc of Make who is closely involved in the Dublin scheme.
Take Five for €500,000
Sherry FitzGerald is asking €495,000 for 3 Brainboro Terrace, a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house on South Circular Road, Dublin 8 Fiona Tyrrell finds properties at a similar price in Spain, the US, France and Italy .
Q&A
Your property questions answered.
Humewood Castle plan appealed
AN TAISCE IS opposing a €250 million tourism and
recreational development proposed for Humewood Castle demesne in
Kiltegan, Co Wicklow saying it would impact on the architectural
and historic significance of the Humewood demesne.Department objects to Clarence plan
THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment has objected to the €150 million plans by U2 and their manager Paul McGuinness for a "world class" hotel featuring an elliptical flying saucer-like structure, based around the Clarence Hotel and a number of adjacent listed buildings.Worth the Investment
This week Worth the Investment looks at a property on Grand Canal Dock in Dublin 2Planning & Development
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Other planning and development stories in brief.
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Edel Morgan shows how it's done
Why Palazzo Versace? Because you're worth it
DUBAI:... or more likely, because you can afford the €2m to nearly €15m for an apartment in a glitzy new Dubai resort designed from head-to-toe by fashion label VersaceTaxman targets foreign property - but drops plan to trawl Savills HOK files
TAX MATTERS: Revenue dropped a request to look at an estate agent's files last week - but is determined to get tax due on foreign propertyRevenue v Agents
THE IRISH Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI) will have no problem advising members to co-operate with requests for information from the Revenue Commissioners - but not until its members are protected by law from the risk of being sued by clients, says its chief executive Alan Cooke.
Reckless hacks, gleeful bloggers - why do British have strange appetite for gloom?
LONDON CALLING: It's not just jaundiced journalists taking pleasure in the UK housing slump - Joe Public is also enjoying other people's miseryHighbury developer's winning £250 offer to tenants
AS THE UK copes with a housing downturn similar to here, FTBs are being hit on several fronts, from mass withdrawal of mortgage products to drastic increases in bank borrowing and interest rates, writes Kevin O'Connor.
Talking Property
Selling? Get ready for some vendor anxiety, says Isabel Morton
