I have been a lurker here for a long time now and I have to say that a lot of people here have thier heads screwed on!! I am looking for a bit of advice regarding a property I am interested in. (i know i shouldnt be looking)
Hi 2Buy, I know very little about property in Dubln but I bought about 16 months ago which while bigger would have needed a similar modernization and garageconversion ( I presume you would convert the garage). This was in Cork. The cost of converting the garage into a small sitting room and a large wet room,fitting out a bedroom that āappearedā over the garage, (that whole story is here) viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26288
plus everything from new fireplaces complete new heating floor tiling, 3 big rooms, very good quality timber flooring in 7 other rooms including the hall plus a new shed, a new kitchen plus new fridge, cooker etc associated wiring plumbing new paths around the house and various bits and pieces including having the whole place painted came to about ā¬67k I would think that now and if you shop around and have a few contacts I could be done for less.
Sorry I have no idea of what the price should be
YES. I think that this place will drop considerably further. Probably another 100K in the next 2 years if if fails to sell during that time (which it might!). And more again if the country continues to go the way itās going I believe (no real domestic growth, high unemployment, reducing budgets, more austerity, etc. etc.)
And I think itās worth right now in this market about 320K if a buyer was willing to really make an offer at that price it might well be accepted. It probably has the fact that itās a SCD reasonable address going for it, close to Dun Laoghaire/Blackrock etc.
It definitely looks immediately liveable and in reasonable nick but could do with some modernisation for sure and probably would need things like insulation, wiring and re-decoration.
A better (?) property daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=965790 is renting for ā¬1,400pm.
So even if #110 achieved ā¬1,400 (which is highly unlikely), @ ā¬370,000 this suggests a yield of 4.54%.
However, when you consider that further money would have to be spent on the house in order to achieve ā¬1,400pm, a yield of sub-4% would be more realistic.
This is still bubble territory.
However, whilst prices will continue to fall, for the moment (and with a brief look at what else is on offer locally), this house looks like the one that represents - relatively speaking of course - the best value.
So, although it will probably sell before the others in the area, thats not to say it will be a good buy. Cheaper does not mean cheap !
To answer your question, if I really had to buy right now, Iād offer no more than ā¬320k. But thats with the knowledge that it will be worth less next year.
Wouldnāt really regard this as being in Cabinteely as such, despite the address. Itās a fair old walk up to the N11 to the QBC and even further to Cabinteely Village and The Park. (There are parts of Cabinteely that are 12 minutes walk to the new Luas station at Carrickmines but from here it would take about 40 minutes) In fact, if you look at one of the photos of the back garden you can see the apartments which were built in the grounds of the Rochestown Lodge Hotel. This area is a kind of a limbo between Dun Laoghaire/Sallynoggin, Cabinteely, Killiney, Pottery Road, Deansgrange etc. In fact, Iāve heard this area described as both Rochestown and Johnstown over the years.
However, itās still a good āmatureā location for schools, shops, pubs etc. and itās a short drive to places like Dalkey and Killiney. House looks in reasonable condition, though in need of complete modernisation, with scope to extend at the side and in the back garden. What itās āworthā is what just one buyer/bidder is willing to pay for it (something that seems to be long forgotten around these parts!)
First we had boarded up windows but that seems to have a bricked up window. You wouldnāt be buying it for itās aesthetics anyway. WIW? less than 200k
I think you all have a valid point, I also agree that no one should pay more than 320k for it.
TBH, the amount of work that is needed to go into this place, I would be more comfortable paying 280-300k, I suppose the vendor wouldnt even consider this.
Il chance my arm and see how I get on, im expecting a mortgage offer in principle in the next 2 weeks, il let you know how I get on,
Its a four bed reasonably large house. Why worry about garage conversion plans now? Youāll need the garage to store all your DIY gear during the next couple of years
Iād second this (I live in the same general area) - nice safe family area but this part in particular is a bit of a public transport limbo, so personally Iād avoid it unless I had work nearby. Also that era of houses can be pretty badly built (I live - rent - in one) so watch out and make sure you get a really though survey. You know what they say about lipstick on a pig
Yeah i know what you mean, I live less than 5 minutes away from this house. Its not pretty by a long shot. Public Transport will not be an issue for me, the transport ,ink isnt too bad here though.
Yeah i have a relation in a well known engineering company who will be doing the survey, fine tooth comb will be used if I decide to purchase.
(i know i shouldnt be looking)
