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Buying property in Dublin cheap?

  • 27-10-2014 05:25PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭


    I'm sick of renting. Soon I will start looking into buying my own apartment (or accomodation of some description) in Dublin. I'm a programmer so I'm always looking to hack unconventional solutions to problems.
    I'm wondering does anyone know of any good leads in this area. I'm thinking along the lines of: seized property being auctioned off by the gardai, or insurance companies after a fire, or buying some waste ground in the city and putting a mobile home on it. That sort of thing. Basically really cheap solutions. Also there seems to be another property bubble forming so I was thinking of waiting until it inevitably pops until I buy. Thoughts? Suggestions? This is a domain about which I know very little.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭spin777


    Also there seems to be another property bubble forming so I was thinking of waiting until it inevitably pops until I buy.

    Seems to be, have you been living under a rock. Could be another five or ten years until it pops again but according to some people on here it's already about to pop.

    To answer your actual question, I can't think of any way, except a cheap site outside the city and a container built home like the one in the north on grand designs last month, but can't see any council in the south ever going for it.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    If you go out from the city to the outskirts there is still value to be had .


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,568 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    You need a houseboat*

    http://www.apolloduck.ie/listings.phtml?cid=81

    *not financial advice, terms and conditions may apply


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