Towering over modern Dublin, by Eithne Tynan and Mark Keenan
The Irish Independent, Friday, October 14th 2016 More than once, the occupants of the Millennium Tower in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock have been left in the miserable position of having to leave the building when they want something to eat. The bar and restaurant on the tower’s bottom floor was run first by Conrad Gallagher…
On the market | 4 red-bricks in Blackrock – ‘Maycot’, 5 Brooklawn Avenue
The Irish Independent, Friday, October 7th 2016 ‘Maycot’, 5 Brooklawn Avenue €385K OWEN REILLY (01) 677 7100 Brooklawn Avenue runs in a easterly direction off Newtownpark Avenue, almost across the street from the Guardian Angels church – the reinforced concrete edifice opened in 1967 by John Charles McQuaid. Number 5 is a two-bedroom townhouse, 689…
On the market | 4 D4 townhouses – 35 Pembroke Gardens, Ballsbridge
The Irish Independent, Friday, September 30th 2016 €625K OWEN REILLY (01) 677 7100 The houses on the eastern side of Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge once had immense back gardens. They made way, however, for mews properties, including the street of demure redbrick townhouses that is Pembroke Gardens. Number 35 is 904 sq ft in size, with…
In the heart of the city, by Katy McGuinness
Friday, August 26th 2016 Period family home mixes craft with modernity ‘There’s a definite sense of re-urbanisation in the air,” says agent Owen Reilly, as he gives me the tour of 11 Albert Place, a smart Victorian townhouse tucked away at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac off Grand Canal Street Lower in Dublin 2.…
Waking in a Winter wonderland, by Katy McGuinness
The Irish Independent, Friday, August 26th 2016 Penthouse offers an oasis of calm in the city The shortage of family-friendly homes in the city centre is one that’s unlikely to be resolved in the near future, so for those in the market for a decent-sized apartment with some outside space, this penthouse on Pearse Street…
Top let – Grand designs on the rental market
The Irish Independent, Friday, June 24th 2016 Most property agents like to identify a USP, or Unique Selling Point, for prospective tenants. In this top floor apartment, it’s the “amazing roof garden”, says Owen Reilly. It’s hard to argue with him, given the seventh floor location of this three-bedroom penthouse in the Grand Canal Dock…
Living the high life in the docklands, by Mark Keenan
The Irish Independent, Friday, April 1st 2016 The two-bedroom apartment has elevated views directly overlooking a sweep of the River Liffey from its location on the waterfront and these stretch for miles to the Dublin Mountains beyond. Only in the docklands, where accommodation can stretch to 16 floors above the street, are proper high…
End of CGT exemption slows early market but D2 on the up
The Irish Independent, Saturday, January 23rd 2016 Dublin 2 Average Price: €330,000 Areas: South City Centre, Quays, Grand Canal Dock, Pembroke, Leeson, Temple Bar Up: + 10% One Year Forecast: + 5% Assessing Agent: Owen Reilly Property Consultants The apartment-filled market in Dublin 2 had a slow start to last year following the expiry of…
New breed of buyer comes into complex D1 market
The Irish Independent, Saturday, January 23rd 2016 The Dublin 1 market is dominated by apartments, the investor’s favourite buy. So given the expiry of the capital gains tax relief at the end of 2014 and the flurry of purchasing from investors that it caused, it was likely that the north city centre would have a…
Top let | Grand designs on the rental market, Sandymount, Dublin
The Irish Independent, Friday, November 20th 2015 Sandymount is always popular with families and many of its turn of the century houses have been upgraded, renovated or extended over the years, making this one of the more expensive and salubrious parts of Dublin. This property, on Tritonville Road, has been effectively demolished and re-built entirely,…