Cheapest, but nicest place to buy apartment in Dublin

antimatterx

Hi

I'm on the hunt to buy an apartment in the next few years (1 bed is fine). I'm looking for probably the holy grail - the cheapest but nicest place possible in Dublin.

I don't want to live in traditional "rough" areas like Ballymun, Finglas, or Tallaght. I'm looking at places like Baldoyle or Swords.

Any suggestions?

L1011

Haven't you basically asked this same question many, many times before?

antimatterx

L1011 wrote: »

Haven't you basically asked this same question many, many times before?

Have I? I posted last night about a mortgage, and last week about my parents selling, but I don't recall me asking where to buy?

And regardless it's a discussion forum, you shouldn't be trying to put down someone's content.

antimatterx

Anyone?

Eric Cartman

there are no cheap apartments in nice places in Dublin, even apartments in darndale are attracting over 200k

gif you find something cheap its either an area as rough as a badgers arse or some soulless development from the last boom in some area completely lacking services.

guyfawkes5

The question is a big vague, maybe with price ranges it might help attract responses.

My only advice is that a one bed apartment might be cheaper, but it will significantly effect the deposit you have to offer to a bank if you're getting a mortgage (25% vs 10(FTB)/20%).

CBear1993

What’s your budget going to be?

It’s mental at the minute. You’ve new houses out in hollystown which is in the arse end of nowhere with not even a shop in the development selling 3/4 beds for €420K+. It’s basically Meath.

Even commuter towns like Clane, Kildare are seeing new houses €400K minimum.

Apartments in royal canal park can go for under €300K sometimes if you’re lucky, take a look in there. It’s ideally located 20 mins from city with luas & train within walking distance. Finglas is just across the way but it sits up on a hill away from the dive enough so that it doesn’t attract the riff raff further than the Aldi that was built

TheSheriff

CBear1993 wrote: »

What’s your budget going to be?

It’s mental at the minute. You’ve new houses out in hollystown which is in the arse end of nowhere with not even a shop in the development selling 3/4 beds for €420K+. It’s basically Meath.

Even commuter towns like Clane, Kildare are seeing new houses €400K minimum.

Apartments in royal canal park can go for under €300K sometimes if you’re lucky, take a look in there. It’s ideally located 20 mins from city with luas & train within walking distance. Finglas is just across the way but it sits up on a hill away from the dive enough so that it doesn’t attract the riff raff further than the Aldi that was built

+1 on royal canal park.

Great location for the city.

Expect to pay 250+ tough.

3 bed recently we viewed sold for 330k

antimatterx

antimatterx wrote: »

I'm on the hunt to buy an apartment in the next few years (1 bed is fine). I'm looking for probably the holy grail - the cheapest but nicest place possible in Dublin.

Honestly I don't see what anyone can really give you in terms of an answer. "Cheap" is totally subjective, as is "nicest", as is "rough". The key to finding yourself the right place is literally just defining those words for yourself, putting a value on the positives and setting a threshold for the negatives.

If you're asking cheapest, that can be objective, but "cheapest but nicest" is basically just another way of saying the cheapest you personally like. That's up to you really.

If you're hoping there's some kind of best-kept-secret, or up-and-comer that we can tell you about, unfortunately there aren't any uncharted areas of Dublin.

I realise this doesn't sound very helpful, but if you give some specifics of what you want in an area, maybe you'll get more help? Baldoyle and Swords are very different IMO, so maybe if you could pinpoint what draws you to them it could help define what you're looking for?

CollyFlower

You could buy a 'cheap' apartment in a rough area and be happy living there, I think it all depends on the layout of the apartment complex. I find apartments with exposed front doors to everyone is not safe, it doesn't offer you privacy, everyone can see you coming and going. A complex where you have a common front door and then you have your own door within the complex is safe and secure.

Idbatterim

Put yourself down on the social housing list, free luxury accommodation in dundrum., donnybrook etc

brisan

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/dublin/apartment-for-sale-in-dublin-13

the_syco

antimatterx wrote: »

I don't want to live in traditional "rough" areas like Ballymun, Finglas, or Tallaght. I'm looking at places like Baldoyle or Swords.

Your post reads as;
"I want a cheap place, but not in areas where the cheap places are."

Shelga

Hi OP, you don't say what your budget is, so difficult to advise. If you're willing to buy a 1 bed, you do have more options alright.

Ush1

Tallaght.

Gumbo

antimatterx wrote: »

Hi

I'm on the hunt to buy an apartment in the next few years (1 bed is fine). I'm looking for probably the holy grail - the cheapest but nicest place possible in Dublin.

I don't want to live in traditional "rough" areas like Ballymun, Finglas, or Tallaght. I'm looking at places like Baldoyle or Swords.

Any suggestions?

Post a budget please as without this, suggestions are irrelevant.

I would also not consider Swords any ‘better’ than Finglas nowadays.

Dow99

With Balbriggan you get great bang for your buck!! You're right on the beach, on the M1 & the train line too. Skerries is a short hop away too.

CBear1993

Very far out of Dublin, which is grand if you never intend going near the city.

May as well be in Louth.

Being that far out you’d rather look at Kildare Meath or Wicklow.

Dow99

CBear1993 wrote: »

Very far out of Dublin, which is grand if you never intend going near the city.

May as well be in Louth.

Being that far out you’d rather look at Kildare Meath or Wicklow.

There's a difference, train fares get significantly more expensive after the Balbriggan stop. So its relatively not expensive to get into the city.
Its we'll connected if you socialise in the city too. Balbriggan is connected by the Night Rider bus (different to the nitelink) that runs up until 3.30am. Takes about 40mins from CC & costs about e10.

antimatterx

Sorry guys, I know it's vague I was just looking for town suggestions. My budget is max 250K (Ideally less).

I need transport links into town so I think Baldoyle/Clongriffin/Swords fall into my budget. The offerings are the moment are grim tbh

Littlehorny

You could pick up a two bed in Ashbourne for between 190k and 225k that could suit you, even some 1 beds are under the 190k mark ,but these sounds like even this is too far out location wise for you though.

Dow99

My last plug for Balbriggan .

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/apartments-for-auction/balbriggan/apartment-17-the-laurels-quayside-balbriggan-dublin-2554548/#img=2

SmartinMartin

In your shoes I would be actively hunting in the Royal canal complex, lovely area.
Do yourself a huge favour, don't go next nor near Balbriggan.

CBear1993

When you are looking in royal canal park, the older area that went up first is called”Rathborne” closer to the SuperValu. There’s a distinction when you’re driving through, they look older. As you come past crescent park and around the bad bend all of that is now royal canal park and “newer” Rathborne. This side is the new aldi side.

Old Rathborne isn’t as nice and tends to attract more undesirables from areas such as neighbouring finglas Who walk over to the spar. Although it is cheaper.

Figel Narage

I've heard royal canal mentioned and that seems to have apartments from 190k - 250K for 1 beds. I know someone from there and said it's a fine area. Clongriffin may be another option, I'm looking there myself, Sandyford has 1 bed's for 250K, I saw one in Smithfield for 260K, there are places that are under 300K for 1 bed's just got to find them

CBear1993

Ashbourne and ratoath don’t seem the worst either? Been out in them a few times to meet friends for a pint. Closer than balbriggan that’s for sure

cunavalos

At a max of €250k you may be within budget for 2 bedroom Apartments in Artane
https://daft.ie/for-sale/apartment-12-timber-mills-artane-co-dublin/1503170

antimatterx

I won't be moving to Ballbrigan.

Ashbourne could be an interesting one. It's very close to Dublin.

hunter164

cunavalos wrote: »

At a max of €250k you may be within budget for 2 bedroom Apartments in Artane
https://daft.ie/for-sale/apartment-12-timber-mills-artane-co-dublin/1503170

If that’s Timber Mills, I’d stay well away.

antimatterx

hunter164 wrote: »

If that’s Timber Mills, I’d stay well away.

What's wrong with it?

the_syco

How about Celbridge?
€210k https://www.daft.ie/kildare/apartments-for-sale/celbridge/30-the-view-st-wolstans-abbey-celbridge-kildare-2527080/
€194k https://www.daft.ie/kildare/apartments-for-sale/celbridge/29-the-crescent-stwolstans-abbey-celbridge-kildare-2463587/

Both would be 25'ish minutes walk away from the train station, or 7 minutes walk to the bus.

As there isn't many stops on the Celbridge to Heuston line, it's often very quick, and does go direct to/from Grand Canal Dock at times.