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Ghost Estates

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  • 16-05-2010 8:49pm
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    Gyalist
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    Finally got the chance to see this documentary Aftershock: Ghost Land and I was wondering if there are any ghost estates in the Dublin City area.


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    billybigunz
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    Gyalist wrote: »
    Finally got the chance to see this documentary Aftershock: Ghost Land and I was wondering if there are any ghost estates in the Dublin City area.
    Adamstown.


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    John Mason
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    there are a few ghost apartments in finglas


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    Gavin "shels"
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    billybigunz wrote: »
    Adamstown.

    Hardly the City.


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    billybigunz
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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    Hardly the City.
    Well they don't build estates in the city.


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    Gyalist
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    My son's school sold a part of their playing field to a developer and used the proceeds of the sale to fund a building project at the school. The developer built five lovely, luxury houses (hardly an estate) but the houses have remained unsold despite knocking €1,000,000 of the original asking prices.

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    I walked past early this morning and there was a homeless man asleep in a duvet on the front lawn and his clothes were hung out to dry in a tree.


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    amdublin
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    Five lovely luxury Terraced houses eek!

    They do look fab though must admit. Where is this Gyalist?


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    Gyalist
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    Just off Sandford Road in Ranelagh.

    All you need to know is here and here.


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Prospecthill, Finglas 50/50 ghost/occupancy.

    Belmayne, Dublin 13 more or less the same, maybe slightly better.


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    donaghs
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    Gyalist wrote: »
    Finally got the chance to see this documentary Aftershock: Ghost Land and I was wondering if there are any ghost estates in the Dublin City area.

    Belmayne off the Malahide Road, near Clarehall (and also near the place no-one ever mentions - Darndale), was featured in the programme.

    The occupancy there is a bit better than some of those country estates. But Belmayne/Capital North/Clongriffin is a massive development.


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    gurramok
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    Docklands area. Sandyford has lots too.


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    How Strange
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    I don't think it's quite finished yet but there's a huge ghost estate in waiting on the South Circular Rd between Conyngham Rd and St. Johns Rd West near the Phoenix Park.


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    Ardillaun
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    So what is the current ghost estate situation around Dublin? Surely, there would be a market incentive to finish such houses, given the shortage in the city?


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