What if you offer full asking price? 
myhome.ie/residential/search/brochure/5-laurel-drive-dundrum-dublin-co&-city/OLKUA400070
In that case the house not on the market 
Itâs like one of those fancy restaurants where if you have to ring and make an appointment then youâre not cool enough to eat there.
Actually, itâs pretty good news that house listings like this are starting to appear. What it says is that the listed price is the real price. Itâs not some fantasy price that the owner may or may not be willing to bargain about.
In most cases itâs almost impossible to figure out whether a house is really on the market. Almost all houses are listed with ludicrously large asking prices. It then becomes a process of trying to discover from the estate agent whether or not the owner is willing to sell at something approaching a more reasonable price, or whether they are trapped in a state of denial. If the real price is posted on the listing, then itâs easy to see which is the case.
Most working people have very little free time, so itâs very welcome that at least one owner is willing to post the real price, rather than wasting our time by refusing to say whether they are really in the market for selling their house.
BG.
I think itâs also good to know where they stand. It might not be worth their while, financially, moving for any less.
On the other hand, I can never understand why people donât clear away kitchen worktop clutter before Daft photos are staged.
Its highly unlikley that the sellers still have a mortgage (if they do it should be small enough) on this property (unless they re-mortgaged), so how would it not be worth their while to sell for less than the current asking? Guess weâll find out how serious they are about selling by keeping an eye out in the price drop forum. By stating ânot open to offersâ they are obviously reducing the likelyhood of viewings. Iâll give it 6 weeks before the ânot open to offersâ is removed by the agent.
and then they have 20 pictures, mostly of the laminate flooring throughout??
Prices may be heading towards something realistic, EA spew ainât.
âŚSounds like the perfect candidate for Mr. P.Hantom and his extremely low ball anticsâŚ
Iâd guess that itâs a probate sale and to get probate they sent a valuation into the tax man who sent them a bill which theyâve paid. They are expecting to get full value for the house cos thatâs what they told the tax man it was worth.
Wow! When I heard about the laminate throughout I got all excited. Most houses are full of carpets, presumably in an effort to cleanse the gene pool by killing off anyone with allergies. A house with laminate throughout really is a dream home! They may not be able to sell it, but they could rent it to someone with allergies for a fortune!
But then I looked at the pictures and discovered that the house is actually full of carpet. SighâŚ
BG.
Iâve actually viewed this house - I know for a fact the owner has two properties, and is living in the smaller one while trying to offload this one.
It needs an incredible amount of work - itâs a warren of tiny rooms ⌠and the bedrooms upstairs are mostly single sized. Youâd be mad to offer anything close to that price as you wouldnât see 100,000 worth of renovations in this place. Actually now that I think of it, there is no bathroom upstairs either.
One thing I will say, itâs in a fantastic location, literally 5 mins walk to dundrum village, and itâs a really quiet, leafy road.
- NOT OPEN TO OFFERS -
Next.
still not open to offers but dropped to 399k ⌠is this a situation whereby the vendor is hell bent on deciding the price rather than allowing the buyer?
MOD Edit: For glee.
The house is worth âŹ200-230k.
Unlimited potential⌠hmmm, maybe Dunner can finally build his 35 story tower here.
Some square footage would be nice. Why do they let ads be posted without it. Its like a car ad without the mileage.
There is a sale agreed sign on this property now. Previous poster was right; Fantastic location, needs work. Having said that we have looked at other houses of this type in the area (that have been done up) and you can do a huge amount with them.