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  • 16-11-2017 2:43pm
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    mariaalice
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    I have often wonder this, how come there is so much run down property in Dublin despite the Celtic tiger I had to drive down the full length of the NCR the other day and it striking how much of it is run down and lots around Parnell square too.


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    Muahahaha
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    Many reasons. One of them is the sheer cost of renovating Georgian buildings. By the time the renovation is complete the value of the house may not be more than the money you have pumped into it. Also lots of hidden unknowns during renovation too that can send the price skyrocketing during a project. Put simply renovating old Georgian buildings is very risky and the only way it is going to happen at this stage is by some sort of state intervention or incentive for renovating derelict properties.


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    wench
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    The pre 63 status would also be a factor.
    More profit in keeping them subdivided into bedsits/tiny flats than to pour money into renovations.


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    wakka12
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    Silly planning laws. No incentive put in place to reward people for restoring historical buildings. But the greatest catch is, if you damage a protected structure during restoration , youre the one liable for fines for damaging a protected strucutre. Not the council, who have left it in a state of disrepair


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