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Buying an apartment - where to start?

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  • 05-07-2015 7:05pm
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    tendjose
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    Hi,

    I'm looking for an apartment in Dublin city center (let's consider Dublin 1 to Dublin 13), but I don't know the best place to look.

    1. I started with Daft, but I don't know if I should use other resources.

    2. Also the plan is to buy a 3 bedroom, and rent 2 of the bedrooms.

    3. I think I should buy new or recently built because new apartments won't give me problems and I'm afraid old apartments will be very cold in the winter and will not have gaz heating (making the ESB bill explode).

    4. I don't know what to inspect to see if the apartment has problems.

    Thanks
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    tendjose
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭tendjose


    Ok, bumping the thread again, anyone knows at least what to inspect to see if the apartment has problems?


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    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    tendjose wrote: »
    Ok, bumping the thread again, anyone knows at least what to inspect to see if the apartment has problems?

    Get a survey of the block from a good engineer and if they dont find anything you can rely on that.

    Ask to see the management companys accounts before buying and make sure they have a sinking fund.

    Talk to the neighbours and if there are any short stay holiday apts in the block take one for a week to try before you buy eg:

    http://www.daft.ie/21569050

    Heres a nice one but i wouldve thought you could get something for a little less than 600k:
    http://www.daft.ie/11078054


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    tendjose
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭tendjose


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Get a survey of the block from a good engineer and if they dont find anything you can rely on that.

    Ask to see the management companys accounts before buying and make sure they have a sinking fund.

    Talk to the neighbours and if there are any short stay holiday apts in the block take one for a week to try before you buy eg:

    http://www.daft.ie/21569050

    Heres a nice one but i wouldve thought you could get something for a little less than 600k:
    http://www.daft.ie/11078054

    And to look you use only daft or ay other sources?


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    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    tendjose wrote: »
    And to look you use only daft or ay other sources?

    Myhome, local estate agents etc. But daft and myhome will have most of them on them. You could try allsops as well but id caution against purchasing by auction unless you are a risk taker with bags of cash


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    tendjose
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭tendjose


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Myhome, local estate agents etc. But daft and myhome will have most of them on them. You could try allsops as well but id caution against purchasing by auction unless you are a risk taker with bags of cash
    Thanks.

    And you believe it's worth to buy a new apartment (because they're much more expensive)?


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