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Still getting shocked by over priced property

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  • 11-04-2009 8:39am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭


    I think everybody would agree that selling in the current market should be avoided where possible. I can see property that in hindsight was a bad idea but there were some that to me seemed terrible ideas at the time. I watched this house get built and could see rather expensive materials were going in. Not my personal taste I must say but if it was where you were going to live your choice. The main issue seemed to be building something very expensive among cheaper houses.

    Anyway it is now on the market and seems way over priced.

    http://www.myhome.ie/residential/search/brochure/97a-all-saints-road-raheny-dublin-5-raheny-dublin-co&-city/GFJWC358327

    I think the max they will get is closer to €500,000 but I think the personal taste issue is a real draw back on this property


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 507 ✭✭✭bobbbb


    If you dont like the price then dont buy it. Thats how the market works.
    If nobody else likes it at that price either, then it wont sell.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Kipperhell wrote: »
    I think everybody would agree that selling in the current market should be avoided where possible. I can see property that in hindsight was a bad idea but there were some that to me seemed terrible ideas at the time. I watched this house get built and could see rather expensive materials were going in. Not my personal taste I must say but if it was where you were going to live your choice. The main issue seemed to be building something very expensive among cheaper houses.

    Anyway it is now on the market and seems way over priced.

    http://www.myhome.ie/residential/search/brochure/97a-all-saints-road-raheny-dublin-5-raheny-dublin-co&-city/GFJWC358327

    I think the max they will get is closer to €500,000 but I think the personal taste issue is a real draw back on this property

    It's even overpriced at that. For God's sake this is Ireland.

    Look what in, or about, the same price gets you in France.

    http://www.francepropertyshop.com/PropertyDetails/34380


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    But Ireland is different! ;):D

    One area i know well is Ringsend, Dublin. They are asking 350k+ for 2bed cottages down there.

    Near bottom yet? Have a laugh! :D

    http://www.daft.ie/1426853 425k
    http://www.daft.ie/1417159 365k
    http://www.daft.ie/1401807 350k


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    gurramok wrote: »
    But Ireland is different! ;):D

    One area i know well is Ringsend, Dublin. They are asking 350k+ for 2bed cottages down there.

    Near bottom yet? Have a laugh! :D

    http://www.daft.ie/1426853 425k
    http://www.daft.ie/1417159 365k
    http://www.daft.ie/1401807 350k

    Ah that's bloody ridiculous. One of those (needing work of around €50k to €100k) is on sale for €80k in central Waterford at the minute. http://www.daft.ie/1439242

    And the French property is in the Cote D'Azur!!!:eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Kipperhell wrote: »
    I think everybody would agree that selling in the current market should be avoided where possible.
    Don't you mean bad time to buy?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 686 ✭✭✭bangersandmash


    Kipperhell wrote: »
    I think everybody would agree that selling in the current market should be avoided where possible.
    The problem is that the market may continue in its current state for several years to come. It's inevitable that many people will need to sell during that time whether due to financial pressures or more conventional reasons.

    That said I think it's bad form to pick on one particular property. There is no shortage of examples of misjudged asking prices out there especially in rural areas.


  • Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭sneakyST


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    It's even overpriced at that. For God's sake this is Ireland.

    Look what in, or about, the same price gets you in France.

    http://www.francepropertyshop.com/PropertyDetails/34380

    I think its not a fair comparison regardless if its over priced. You need to look at property closer to major or capital cities.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Look what in, or about, the same price gets you in France.

    http://www.francepropertyshop.com/PropertyDetails/34380

    We're just back from a week in the Cote d'Azure and in the best Irish fashion, we had to look at the windows of property agents.

    You could spend a little or you could spend a lot, but you are always going to get a property in France near the beach. The same can't be said of Ireland.

    Our market still has a lot of readjusting to do. People selling don't want to admit how much their houses are truly worth.


  • Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭jetski


    If freddie was hoenstly delivering a fair point he would be giving a link to a similar property 2 bed property in central paris. but hes not, hes taking crap as per usual, which im sick to the teeth of.

    Here is a property in central paris as is the house in ringsend, both are within 1sq meter of each other.

    €586,00.00 is a lot more than €425,000.00

    http://www.paris-property.com/product_min_490000_index_3.htm


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    jetski wrote: »
    hes taking crap as per usual

    Of course I am....and you're not? Comparing DUBLIN to PARIS??????:D:D:D:D

    Different day, same ole BS then Jetski?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    jetski wrote: »

    4th floor without an elevator.
    Wouldn't appeal to lazy people like me :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭jdivision


    TBH jetski you can't compare the Marais to Ringsend!


  • Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭jetski


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Of course I am....and you're not? Comparing DUBLIN to PARIS??????:D:D:D:D

    Different day, same ole BS then Jetski?


    Listen mate, your coming out with rubbish mate, post after post including this one. i make an effort to backup what i say you just blab.... paris is a capital european city and so is dublin.... why cant you compare the two?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    jetski wrote: »
    Listen mate, your coming out with rubbish mate, post after post including this one. i make an effort to backup what i say you just blab.... paris is a capital european city and so is dublin.... why cant you compare the two?

    I don't know what your problem is.........mate.;)

    There is a collapsing property market. Some people (myself included) are being realistic about what's happening around them. They want minimum debt for maximum value. As any consumer does.

    Then there are others in denial about what's happening , and who try to compare one of the world's most beautiful capitals with Ringsend, Dublin. Not saying there's anything wrong with Ringsend, but it ain't no Paris.:)

    Kipperhell originally posted a link to a house with an asking price of €725k in a Dublin suburb. In order to highlight the (ongoing) lunacy of the Irish 'property' market I published a link to one of the most beautiful places on the Continent (Cote d'Azure). There are no comparisons between the Dublin property and the one in France. None.

    And still you try to compare Dublin to PARIS.:rolleyes:

    And you accuse ME of posting rubbish my friend? Don't forget to shake that sand out of your hair.:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭Kipperhell


    The problem is that the market may continue in its current state for several years to come. It's inevitable that many people will need to sell during that time whether due to financial pressures or more conventional reasons.

    That said I think it's bad form to pick on one particular property. There is no shortage of examples of misjudged asking prices out there especially in rural areas.

    It think you completely missed the point, firstly I stated it should be avoided where possible and I understand some people don't have a choice.

    It isn't purely the house is over priced it is the fact it was a bad idea in the first place as it would probably never be worth so much higher than the surrounding neighbours. This isn't so much a misjudged asking price as a misjudged concept to start with. A very personalised house, built to a much higher spec ignoring the surrounding property. There was content as well as the heading ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,386 ✭✭✭EKRIUQ


    I don't know Jetski or Freddie, but I have to side with Jetski on the last couple of posts, they make more sense


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    EKRIUQ wrote: »
    I don't know Jetski or Freddie, but I have to side with Jetski on the last couple of posts, they make more sense

    Of course they do. From your;) perspective.:)

    Yes, let's continue to pay over the odds for property which is grossly overpriced and which is tumbling in price by the day. What a wonderful plan.:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,442 ✭✭✭Firetrap


    We're all vested interests in one way or another. As a renter, I want house prices to fall more so that I can buy something nice without having to exist on bread and water for the next 40 years.

    Jetski has admitted on other threads in here that he/she bought a house about 2 years ago. So they are a vested interest as well.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Firetrap wrote: »
    Jetski has admitted on other threads in here that he/she bought a house about 2 years ago.

    Oooooooooops! That explains it then.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    It's ridiculous to compare Paris' property prices with Dublin's property prices. Forgetting the fact that Paris' economy is more than 10 times bigger than Dublin's economy (750 billion vs 60 billion), comparing the extremely wealthy Le Marais with Ringsend is absurd.

    Anyone who still thinks Dublin's property is not amazingly overpriced and set for years of decline is living in denial land.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Merch


    Past performance doesn't garauntee future returns and all that but
    property always seems to creep back no matter the decline 1987 although from an article I read, over the average it doesn't outperform stocks.

    I think all would like to believe no matter what decline comes that eventually it will probably come back eventually, for some of us that just means hanging on in there in the bad times, for others it's living on bread and water as the boom was so mismanaged.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Merch


    Kipperhell wrote: »
    I think the max they will get is closer to €500,000 but I think the personal taste issue is a real draw back on this property


    What is it about the personal taste you dont like about it? I dont find it that unappealing? other than the price.
    The wood floor looks a bit dated style-wise
    am i that out of touch that I'd like this? It looks a hell of a lot better than my place :) I just got the best cost curtains and threw them up (neatly) havent been reading house and home lately myself.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Yes, but we are talking about Ireland, the terribly poor country until the early 90's, which then had a booming economy based on people taking out huge loans to buy property from each other.

    Our economy has been totally destroyed, and is only going to get worse. The new "asset" management company is going to add another 90+ billion of debt to Ireland's balance sheet.

    Correcting our current problems is going to take an entire generation. We won't have any sort of property 'recovery' for decades.

    And if you throw in the inevitable mass exodus of the multi-nationals - it's only a matter of time - we will be left with nothing.

    Really, Ireland Inc. is screwed. It's better to accept this now instead of waiting a few more years.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Greaney


    Okay, I had a good gawk at all the properties and here's my tuppence worth..

    1) The first property in an uninspireing suburb has naff taste all over it... the windows on the french doors!!! Come on!! It's bland and will date in less than 3 years.

    2) Ringsend has had some very serious flooding the past few years, I'd think long and hard about there. Insurance companies won't touch certian streets in , for example, Clonmel anymore due to constant flooding.

    3) The salaries and opportunities in Paris are a lot more varied than Dublin, (unless you're a politician or a Fás exec). We've got a more open economy so when we're down... we can be down and out!!

    4) I was under the impression that a correct house price for a house is about three times the Annual salary of the buyer. That means €250 for an average, and I mean average house, not a first time one, is more realistic.

    Finally, regarding economic downturns, this is one of the most serious in world economics for nigh on 90 years!! As economic patterns go we ought to be careful, it might take more than three years to come out of it, if history teaches us anything it'll be seven or more.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Merch


    To be honest I have already accepted the negativity of the whole situation, now its a matter of getting on with it and still live a reasonably happy existence.
    What year do you think we have to roll back to for realistic prices or is that even a vaible proposition, maybe its what decade do we have to roll back to, then see how long it might take us to recover.
    Its shameful how some people have behaved, now they have some nice cash funds in fixed rate account somewhere and a lot of people worse off than me are screwed.

    Oh yeh french doors, bit naff and the parquet floor? overall its not much worse then other legoland housing.

    I cant say Im happy about absorbing that debt, perhaps I dont know enough to get it fully as some of the learned few on TV programmes seem to be saying this is the best way to go.
    I just dont see how we cannot recover money from the fat ctas that made this mess, too simplistic approach I guess.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Greaney wrote: »
    As economic patterns go we ought to be careful, it might take more than three years to come out of it, if history teaches us anything it'll be seven or more.

    However... the countries who have survived recessions have had mature, well developed economies.

    Absolute best case scenario we will have some sort of recovery in 7 years, but I think that's being overly optimistic.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭Kipperhell


    Merch wrote: »
    What is it about the personal taste you dont like about it? .
    It it has some very grand replica styles mixed together and generally a bit crass IMHO. Nouveau riche would be generally how I would describe it.

    As for the general comparisons between properties in Paris and Dublin it is a fair comparison. To claim Paris wealth means it isn't fair ignores the point Paris has a greater number of expensive property. The ratio of expensive properties is the key. The top earners in any country tend to be in the capital and as such makes property there more expensive.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    I'm glad some posters think Ringsend is posh, my relatives who live not far from the gaffs i posted will be delighted on reading it compares favourably to that Paris suburb :D

    Another seriously overpriced place is Lusk. A commuter town with nothing in it, its a poster boy of the boom yet a 2bed terraced house is asking about 250k for the cheapest
    to 300k on the other extreme.
    http://www.daft.ie/1405064
    http://www.daft.ie/1373537

    A 3bed is asking 300k to 380k depending on specs.
    http://www.daft.ie/1426730
    http://www.daft.ie/1439583


    Can a bull explain Lusk please? ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    gurramok wrote: »
    Another seriously overpriced place is Lusk. A commuter town with nothing in it, its a poster boy of the boom yet a 2bed terraced house is asking about 250k for the cheapest
    to 300k on the other extreme.
    http://www.daft.ie/1405064
    http://www.daft.ie/1373537

    A 3bed is asking 300k to 380k depending on specs.
    http://www.daft.ie/1426730
    http://www.daft.ie/1439583


    Can a bull explain Lusk please? ;)


    +1

    Like everywhere else, prices shot up in Lusk around 2005, 2006, but whereas other areas have since readjusted to some degree, in Lusk they've barely budged downwards since they peaked.

    They're still in serious denial out there methinks.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    For info : A 64sq meter 1-bedroomed flat in Paris will cost from €220k upwards depending on where exactly you plan to buy.

    I bought a 38sq meter flat in 2002 for €80K which is no valued at about €120k.


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