Where can I find year of construction of a house?

DeVore

I'm trying to help a cousin of mine who has been asked to verify the year of construction of an old house she owns. And also the year of construction of the extension.

This is quite an old house so she's stumped and of course turned to me because you know, computers know everything and I am apparently part internet anyway. (*shakes head* my family....:rolleyes:)

So, is there a database somewhere I can "hack" to get the answer to these questions?


Thanks!

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Mrs OBumble

Council planning office? A phone call might be the best approach

D3PO

the deeds and or leasehold / freehold documents.

Nash Bridges

Not as accurate as the previous answers but a quick and easy way for post 1960's houses is to check the electricity meter. These usually have a year of installation on them.

my3cents

I'd start looking at old maps (www.osi.ie) to see which ones the house is marked on. I can't remember the survey dates exactly but I think the first full survey of Ireland was around 1840 (I'm sure you can find the exact survey dates somewhere online) so if the house is on the oldest maps (probably the Historic 6inch but ask osi) its at least that old if its not then check subsequent surveys.

Edit> For really old houses you might also find more information if you search for details of previous occupants.

BeatNikDub

Is there a BER Cert?
If there was and you dont have the BER number you can use the MPRN number linked with the property either.
If you have either of these, you can search on the SEAI site. It will give you the Advisory report and also in the summary details it will give you the year of construction.

Of course with it being an old house it may be exempt but its a handy thing to know - this search function can be handy for looking up details on properties.

DeVore

Thanks all!

It was getting the BER cert that raised all this in the first place unfortunately. I'll try to get the MPRN number (whatever that is!? ) and search SEAI. Meanwhile I'll have a look on the OSI site too.

BeatNikDub

The MPRN number will be on am electricity bill

Here is where you search: https://ndber.seai.ie/pass/ber/search.aspx

my3cents

What sort of construction is this house and how old do you think it might be?

Victor

Do you want to mention neighbourhood or street?

DeVore

Its a big old Georgian style house on Howth Road, Clontarf.

BeatnikDub... I'll get that info, thanks for the help (and to everyone!)

Victor

DeVore wrote: »

Its a big old Georgian style house on Howth Road, Clontarf.

The terraced houses (house 1-93) probably date from about 1850-1870, the detached ones older.

This map circa 1840 http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,720143,737745,6,7

This map circa 1850 http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,720143,737745,6,8

This map circa 1905 http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,720143,737745,6,9

Do a Google search with the house number for

site:archiseek.com "howth road"

Phone the Dublin City Council central library and ask for copies of Thom's Directory from the era and do a binary search. Note that house numbers may have changed in the intervening period.

surpy

try https://www.landdirect.ie/praMap.aspx#
use the guest login
not sure how much detail it will get you as the maps are not loading for me...

mrty

DeVore wrote: »

I'm trying to help a cousin of mine who has been asked to verify the year of construction of an old house she owns. And also the year of construction of the extension.

This is quite an old house so she's stumped and of course turned to me because you know, computers know everything and I am apparently part internet anyway. (*shakes head* my family....:rolleyes:)

So, is there a database somewhere I can "hack" to get the answer to these questions?


Thanks!

ps: All I can offer in return is this wonderful site for anyone who is similarly thought of as an UberH4cksor by their computer illiterate folks. Just start typing wildly... http://hackertyper.com/

It will be on the planning permission for def or maybe the deeds not sure though the bank still have mine.

DeVore

Ok, it seems the house was built before 1905 but after 1850 according to the maps... interesting.

All of this has been most enlightening, it seems like Ireland really didn't keep many records of anything to do with construction before 1967 :)

Thanks again all, its been a fun treasure hunt!

MouseTail

DeVore wrote: »

Ok, it seems the house was built before 1905 but after 1850 according to the maps... interesting.

Look the address up on the 1901 census to narrow it down further (and for an interesting insight into previous occupants).

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/