Home hunters at every level have a budget that they have to work within, yet the property portals show increasing numbers of new-homes schemes shown as price on application (POA). While developers are challenged by rising material costs and labour shortages, it does make it difficult for would-be buyers to determine whether the scheme that has caught their eye is within their financial reach.
It takes a lot of legwork to get agents to reveal pricing. In our time-poor world, here are six worth noting that give you an indication of the costs.
1. Price: Three-bedroom houses from about €350,000
Address: Kilcarbery Grange, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Commute distance to Dublin city centre: Clondalkin’s Fonthill train station is an eight-minute drive, as is the Luas Red Cow stop with a journey time of about 27 minutes from Fonthill to Connolly. Buses 51 and 13 stop at the gates. O’Connell Bridge takes about 55 minutes.
Kilcarbery Grange is a hugely significant and exciting development, says michael Whelan of Maplewood Homes. The 72-acre publicly owned site is being developed by Adwood, a joint venture of the Maplewood and Grandbrind Groups, in close partnership with South Dublin County Council, with 30 per cent of the homes being used for public housing. The residential element of the scheme will be built around a new village centre with community retail and creche facilities, and it borders Corkagh Park, one of the largest green spaces in the country. The development has been designed by BKD Architects, with 30-40 homes launching from plans in the coming weeks through DNG New Homes.
While final numbers and prices are still to be agreed, its three- and four-bedroom houses, from about 114-150sq m (1,227-1,615sq ft), will cost about €350,000-€400,000, says Whelan, with first completions in either Q1 or Q2 of next year. In total the development will deliver 1,034 new homes, with a programmed build-out of about four years.
2. Price: From about €440,000 for a four-bed, mid-terrace house
Address: The Heath, Adamstown, Co Dublin
Commute distance to Dublin city centre: 16-minute train journey to Heuston Station.
Adamstown offers great connectivity to the city centre. The Heath is a new development of sizeable four-bedroom homes by Quintain, whose 17-acre site will deliver 159 houses and 76 apartments. The development, designed by London-based Allies & Morrison LLP Architects, is between Airlie Park and Tandy’s Lane Park. This launch phase of 15 four-beds is of mainly mid-terrace and semi-detached homes, with one end-of-terrace and one detached house. Pricing for the 152sq m (1,636sq ft) mid-terrace homes start at €440,000. The end-terrace units are the same size, while the semis are slightly smaller, at 148sq m (1,593sq ft), and start from €465,000. The detached houses are 154sq m (1,658sq ft). The estate has good bus services and easy access to the M50, N4 and N7.
3. Prices: Two-beds from about €300,000, three-beds from about €350,000
Address: Elder Heath, Kiltipper, Dublin 24
Commute distance to Dublin city centre: The red line Luas stop at Tallaght is a 10-minute walk away, with a journey time to Abbey Street of about 45 minutes. Travel time to Pearse Street on the 54A bus is about 70 minutes.
The final phase of Elder Heath is being sold off plans from this month by DNG. Prices have yet to be agreed but it features two-bed terraced houses of 82sq m (883sq ft), with prices of €300,000-€315,000; three-bed, terraced and semi-detached houses in a range of sizes for about €350,000-€365,000.
4. Prices: Three-beds from €385,000, four-beds from about €460,000
Address: Barnwell Park, Hansfield, Clonsilla, Dublin 15
Commute distance to Dublin city centre: 46 minutes to Docklands, and 19-37 minutes from Clonsilla to Connolly station.
While not brand new, this D15 development offers great connectivity to the city centre. It is right beside Hansfield train station, on the M3 Parkway route, with nearby Clonsilla station on the Maynooth service. Developer McGarrell Reilly is bringing 27 homes to the market in this latest launch. Prices have yet to be fixed but three-beds will range in size and configuration, with prices of about €385,000-€420,000, says Jeremy Kelly of agents Kelly Walsh, who expects the four-bed units to start from about €460,000.
5. Prices: Two-bedroom houses from €325,000; three-beds from €355,000
Address: Ledwill Park, Kilcock, Co Kildare
Commute distance from Dublin city centre: 45-minute train journey time to Connolly station.
Outdoor enthusiasts will love that this Glenveagh Homes development is just a 10-minute walk to the train station, and a few minutes more to the Royal Canal greenway, where you can commute off-road on two wheels. Agent SherryFitzGerald has about 30 homes, a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom houses of varying styles and layouts with prices from €325,000, €355,000 and €495,000, respectively.
6. Price: Three-bedroom houses from €265,00 and €275,000
Address: Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co Laois
Commute distance from Dublin city centre: From about 57 minutes.
There are currently two small and well-priced schemes in Kilminchy, on the outskirts of Portlaoise. The first is on Lake Way, where eight three-bed terraced houses, 122sq m in size, start from €265,000. The second is Gowing’s Ditch, where 10 three-bed semis launch early next spring. The sizes are 94-103sq m (1,012-1,109sq ft), prices start from €275,000 through DNG Kelly New Homes.
