House buy under €200,000 Dublin - where?

cd1

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a 2/3 bed house in a safe and relatively quiet residential area near amenities in Dublin, First Time Buyer. Budget €200,000 max.

I'll do a 30-45 min cycle max to Westmorland street daily. I do drive but city can be hetic in the a.m.! I am searching on my home, daft.ie and adverts.ie . I don't want a house requiring a lot of maintenance.

Thanks in advance for any area suggestions or properties found.

bassey

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/?s%5Barea_type%5D=on&s%5Bmxp%5D=200000&s%5Bmnb%5D=2&s%5Bmxb%5D=3&s%5Badvanced%5D=1&s%5Bpt_id%5D%5B0%5D=1&sale_tab_name=advanced-sf&searchSource=sale

handlemaster

My personal preference would be for Dublin 15. You should still get a three bed just under 200k. 30mins cycle into the city.

the dark ken night

handlemaster wrote:

My personal preference would be for Dublin 15. You should still get a three bed just under 200k. 30mins cycle into the city.

What part of safe and quiet is D15?

the dark ken night

What area are you from OP?

For that money it's going to be a council estate I would say. If that's the kind of place your used to then super. If not it won't be for you I'd say.

murphaph

Castleknock, Carpenterstown, Clonsilla (most of it anyway), Porterstown, most of Blanchardstown. Actually most of D15.

Stheno

the dark ken night wrote: »

What part of safe and quiet is D15?

Plenty of it, did you ever live there?

Thestart

Hartstown is an ok area i had a house there some years ago and didn't have any trouble at all. You could try Tyrrelstown for a two bed but i can't see you getting to town in 30mins. Lived in both places and both very nice places to buy first home.

athtrasna

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Idbatterim

somewhere on the northside near the ew luas crosscity line, that will stop on westmoreland street? I cant see you getting much southside for that budget on decent transport links...

cassid

http://www.daft.ie/sales/10-larkhill-road-whitehall-dublin/981187/

good area but issue with tenancy agreement, could find out details.

dollar_king

cd1 wrote: »

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a 2/3 bed house in a safe and relatively quiet residential area near amenities in Dublin, First Time Buyer. Budget €200,000 max.

I'll do a 30-45 min cycle max to Westmorland street daily. I do drive but city can be hetic in the a.m.! I am searching on my home, daft.ie and adverts.ie . I don't want a house requiring a lot of maintenance.

Thanks in advance for any area suggestions or properties found.

would you consider maynoth , train into town each day

MarkAnthony

Kilbarrack. The reputation it has is absolute rubbish. Despite (Sorry wrong word!!) Irish parents my wife is middle class with an English accent, I'm working class English but sound posh to you lot :pac: moved here recently after being given a load of waffle from people who'd never lived in the area and sooooooooo glad we listened to people that knew the area.

-Neighbours are lovely!
-Kids play on the estate are the politest I've ever met
-Loads of green space
-Dart is dead handy
-I'm fat and have just finished a Dominos for 3 and can cycle into Ballsbridge in under an hour, cycle lanes into town are great.
-Beach up the road
-Parks everywhere
-Near the posh bits on the Northside when you're feeling flush!

While I'm here, thanks to everyone who gave me good advice when I asked on here quite a while back!

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/95-briarfield-grove-kilbarrack-dublin-5/3275748 - Around the corner from me.

Edit Adverts.ie for a house - thats a new one but then the first the wife and I fell in love with was off adverts! I highly recomend Myhome.ie sorry if that offends boards.ie which owns Daft! (or vise versa)

pandoraj09

Quite a few houses for sale under 200,000 in Cabra...North city...A lot of this area is very settled now. It's pretty much on the doorstep of the city centre.

gaius c

Crumlin. Just outside the canals so much closer to city centre than D15. There's a few houses under €200k and most bits of it are fine. If you want to know the colourful bits to avoid, just ask. For that price, the houses probably won't be in bespoke condition.

D8 is also worth checking out. Again, some bits better than others.

MarkAnthony

gaius c wrote: »

D8 is also worth checking out. Again, some bits better than others.

Oddly not always indicated by price. Some of the areas I would consider very rough attract high prices for what you get.

gaius c

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Oddly not always indicated by price. Some of the areas I would consider very rough attract high prices for what you get.

Absolutely agreed. Saw a few places on myhome for Reuben St in particular and I'm shaking my head wondering if these vendors had ever walked around the surrounding area. Sure the houses themselves are characterful red bricks but 300 plus per sq ft is fairly cheeky in an area with intermittent but serious social problems.

Ciaran_B

gaius c wrote: »

Crumlin. Just outside the canals so much closer to city centre than D15. There's a few houses under €200k and most bits of it are fine. If you want to know the colourful bits to avoid, just ask. For that price, the houses probably won't be in bespoke condition.

D8 is also worth checking out. Again, some bits better than others.

I live in Crumlin and I'd second this. There are a few dodge spots (like everywhere) but you'll find something for under €200k. There's 2 houses on Kells Road for €185k, quiet street, 20-ish minute cycle to town, loads of shops and Matt The Rashers only a few minutes away.

MarkAnthony

gaius c wrote: »

Absolutely agreed. Saw a few places on myhome for Reuben St in particular and I'm shaking my head wondering if these vendors had ever walked around the surrounding area. Sure the houses themselves are characterful red bricks but 300 plus per sq ft is fairly cheeky in an area with intermittent but serious social problems.

Funny you mention that particular street! Absolute madness down there a year or two ago when I was looking. People paying absolutely bonkers money!

Wheety

Ciaran_B wrote: »

I live in Crumlin and I'd second this. There are a few dodge spots (like everywhere) but you'll find something for under €200k. There's 2 houses on Kells Road for €185k, quiet street, 20-ish minute cycle to town, loads of shops and Matt The Rashers only a few minutes away.

Yeah, I'd agree with Crumlin. I'm from there and it was only a 20 minute cycle to town. Bus lane most of the way into town and a good choice of buses on Crumlin Road.

I miss Matt the Rashers :mad:

handlemaster

there are currently 216 three bed houses in dublin for sale at 200k or less so there still is value out there.

http://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/houses-for-sale/?s[mxp]=200000&s[mnb]=3&s[pt_id]=1

gaius c

handlemaster wrote: »

there are currently 216 three bed houses in dublin for sale at 200k or less so there still is value out there.

http://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/houses-for-sale/?s[mxp]=200000&s[mnb]=3&s[pt_id]=1

Ah here. If the place is a pyrite-infested wreck in a condemned building worth 50k at most but has a price tag of 190k, it's "good value"?
You're confusing "cheap" with "value".

handlemaster

gaius c wrote: »

Ah here. If the place is a pyrite-infested wreck in a condemned building worth 50k at most but has a price tag of 190k, it's "good value"?
You're confusing "cheap" with "value".

Pyrite is a problem for the new builds look through a list of 216 houses i'm sure you will fine one , You only need one house to live in

gaius c

handlemaster wrote: »

Pyrite is a problem for the new builds look through a list of 216 houses i'm sure you will fine one , You only need one house to live in

You're missing the point of my post which is that you have confused "cheap" with "value". Just because it's under €200k doesn't mean that it's value. A place at that price level could actually be really bad value at that price.

alastair

gaius c wrote: »

You're missing the point of my post which is that you have confused "cheap" with "value". Just because it's under €200k doesn't mean that it's value. A place at that price level could actually be really bad value at that price.

...Or great value. With a couple of hundred possibilities, you're bound to find something worthwhile.

handlemaster

gaius c wrote: »

You're missing the point of my post which is that you have confused "cheap" with "value". Just because it's under €200k doesn't mean that it's value. A place at that price level could actually be really bad value at that price.

Just because it's cheaper than the norm doesnt mean its bad or good value per se if you want to dice it up. But been a glass half full person out of 200 id say there is a few

Dublin21

gaius c wrote: »

Absolutely agreed. Saw a few places on myhome for Reuben St in particular and I'm shaking my head wondering if these vendors had ever walked around the surrounding area. Sure the houses themselves are characterful red bricks but 300 plus per sq ft is fairly cheeky in an area with intermittent but serious social problems.

Ive lived around Rueben street for 2 years now in one of those houses and never had any issues or experienced any anti social behaviour.. I use the Fatima end regularly for the Luas and Walk down cork street most mornings/evenings for work.

I seen a house on the road for 280k which I think is overpriced for that particular house but I would not say its a bad area from my experience.

(However what I will say about the area is that I have never seen as many people litter so openly, and that includes Adults and kids!)