Why aren't areas like Beaumont and Walkinstown more popular.

I think Beaumont is popular enough but I know what you mean not achieving bidding wars like Cabra 🤣. Beaumont is superior area to Cabra, decent houses etc close to town.

I dont know what you mean by not popular. Is there a swathe of unocuppied/for sale/for rent properties in either area?

Considering the shortage of property citywide, people go where they can find somewhere affordable.

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-54-montrose-grove-artane-artane-dublin-5/5467997

€448,000 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, BER of E2

Is that what is considered good value these days?

You seemed to have missed the prices are higher than you stated. There are cheaper properties being sold but they weren't 3 bed semis being sold at full price.

A house in good order in either of those areas would sell for something between 500-600k. A new build, if there are any, would be even more. I'm not sure what you mean by "popular".

they they are both extremely working class

basically portabello west

Beaumont is not next to Phibsborough at all. There's Marino, Glasnevin & a few others in between them! Could explain why they were reluctant to look there if it's not within the area they want to be.

As for buying a house & doing it up as such. When the houses are north of €500k, having money to put into refurbishments becomes a lot less as most people would be up to the line trying to buy the house. If it's just small things that it needs then that would probably be fine to live with but if you need to replace a kitchen, bathroom or windows, a lot of people couldn't afford to do that for a few years after purchase which lessens the appeal. Plus if its first time buyers, they couldn't get the extra help if it's on a second hand house as opposed to a new build. Pushed a lot of people to place a higher personal value on new build.

BER rating of F. How does one afford to save up to replace the windows with double glazing, if you are spending all your money trying to warm the place?

They are certainly not extremely working class. I'd class them as being between working-class and middle-class. Your two posts in this thread are idiotic and not of benefit to the thread.

They are extremely working class, the housing is too, Beaumont less so

Everywhere has middle class people forced into them because there is nowhere to go

The clip was perfect

If you listed suburbs of Dublin Walkinstown would be bottom 1/4 for sure, bmont bottom 1/3

A lot of the housing stock in Beaumont would be 1970 s and either requiring BER upgrading or recently done . Mainly 4 beds with large park , shopping centres , pubs and close to or great buslinks/ corridors to the city . Not to mention the hospital .

For those in good condition You could add another 75 to 100k at least to your 450 there, op .

Many have good size gardens and extensions as well as attics converted .

But much more settled vibe than Phibsborough . Older people , families .

Also housing stock in Phibsborough is mainly 3 bed Victorian redbrick terraces smallish , full of character , or 4 bed Edwardian semis with big gardens ..usually needing complete upgrading or very expensive . Younger vibe . No comparison really .

Next stop down from Beaumont is Drumcondra which lies east of Phibsborough .

So both close to city although latter nearer .

Beaumont close to the sea and St Anne's Park .

I don't think its so much a question of being more popular , its whatever you are looking for and can afford to spend .

A lot of old and new houses in Artane and Killester which is further east again and has facilities of Beaumont but a different vibe again .

Again prices ranging from mid 400 k to high 500s depending on size and location .

Weird how that doesn't have the big back garden you mentioned before. The point is you claiming sub 450k and found one which had obviously not been upgraded in a while.

You really are reaching

Yes you sound like you know what you're talking about.