The Irish Independent l Top-floor apartments in Dublin – 27 Harcourt Green
The Irish Independent, Friday, May 5th 2017 Harcourt Green is just down the street from Charlemont Bridge, so it’s about three minutes’ walk from the Luas stop at Charlemont, and St Stephen’s Green is less than a kilometre away. Number 27 is on the top (fifth) floor and has a balcony offering nice views. The…
The Irish Independent l Don’t miss the boat in Silicon Docks
The Irish Independent, Friday, April 7th 2017 It’s a well established fact that apartments in Dublin’s docklands are handy for employees of Google, Facebook, Airbnb and so on. Hence the nickname Silicon Docks. What is less well known is that the docklands is also a convenient address for fans of the ancient Chinese pastime of…
The Irish Independent l Come down to earth at Airfield, 14A Airfield Park
The Irish Independent, Friday, March 17th 2017 Airfield Park in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, is in the grounds of Airfield House, a 19th century manor that for many years was home to the RTE drama department. Almost directly across the street from the house is a little bungalow adjoining 14 Airfield Park, where the garage used…
The Irish Independent l Restored two over basement | Back in time for €1.25m
The Irish Independent, Friday, March 3rd 2017 In the 1990s Ranelagh was very much the poor relation to Rathmines, its neighbouring urban village in Dublin 6. Both areas were developed mostly between the 1840s and early 1900s and both had seen the bigger homes converted almost universally to old-fashioned flatland and bedsits. But back then…
The Irish Times | Corner views in the Docklands
The Irish Independent, Friday, February 10th 2017 If you act quickly, you might just about complete your purchase of 51 The Waterfront, at Grand Canal Dock in Dublin 2, within two months. That way you’d be in residence for the Chris de Burgh concert down the street at the Bord Gáis Theatre on April 16.…
The Irish Independent | Lack of supply becomes key factor
The Irish Independent, Saturday, January 21st 2017 Lack of supply was a key factor in pushing Dublin 2’s prices up in 2016. Although asking prices were only slightly up on the previous year (€486 per sq ft in 2016, as compared to €473 in 2015), our assessing agent Owen Reilly saw sale prices up by…
The Irish Independent | Top Let – Grand designs on the rental market
The Irish Independent, Friday, November 11th 2016 We may still have the oddest-shaped property market in Europe, but one tenet forever holds true – location, location, location. This two-bed apartment on Dublin’s Mount Street is bang in the centre, not only of town, but within a stroll of the canal banks, hip restaurants and the…
The Irish Independent | The high life in Spencer Dock
The Irish Independent, Friday, November 11th 2016 Three super-size penthouses are resurrected from the boom Back in 2006, before it all went horribly wrong and the sky fell in (not just for Chicken Licken but the rest of us as well) developers Johnny Ronan and Richard Barrett of Treasury Holdings were creating their ambitious Spencer…
Top let – Grand designs on the rental market, by Sinead Ryan
The Irish Independent, Friday, October 21st 2016 Booterstown in South County Dublin is a busy spot in the mornings – the Rock Road takes heavy traffic into the city and the area also has one of the busiest bus corridors in the county. You’d take your life in your hands crossing the road. Sandwiched between…
Top Let – Grand designs on the rental market, by Sinead Ryan
The Irish Independent, Friday, October 14th 2016 One of the ‘tick boxes’ tenants often seek is a body of water. Seaside and riverside locations simply garner a premium. Together with location, price and finish, having a peaceful stream running alongside your property can make all the difference to your sense of well-being when you come…