looking to buy House for approximately€300,000

Nessa12345

Any suggestions of where would be nice and why/definitely not nice and why.

I'm purposely leaving this quite unspecific

Thanks a mill

Wildly Boaring

Do you need to commute somewhere?

banie01

County?
Location of work?
Maximum commute time?
Rural or Urban?
How many bedrooms?
Garden preference?

Your question is too vague to be answered with any specificity

Shaunoc

Get a fine house in Leitrim for that money

punisher5112

Buy a boat.

Nessa12345

True, I work near the phoenix park, i don't have a car. My folks live in ballinteer. Definitely want a house and not an apartment.

Cheers

Nessa12345

I'll be living alone but want a spare room

Heres Johnny

Celbridge, leixlip, Maynooth, Lucan.
Can get houses there in the 300k region, 3 beds.
Easy enough to phoenix Park from any of them really

drunkmonkey

Is this a forever home or have you still the party hat on?

Nessa12345

some suggestions are cabra, crumlin,drimnagh,bluebell, finglas, inchicore and there's one in glasvevin

amdublin

Where do you live currently? Do you want to live there?

Rather than feeding information to us piecemeal, why not give more specifics in your original post?

Nessa12345

forever house

Loads in Dublin 12

amdublin

Will you be buying a car?

Do you planning walking to work or getting public transport? A bicycle maybe?

What do you do currently for getting to work and out to your parents?

amdublin

Where do you currently socialize? Is that important to you

Op, where do you actually want to live?? Might help us give you some guidance

Nessa12345

I live in ballinteer but that and its environs are way above my budget but i love it. Would prefer not to have to take a tenant but haven't ruled it out

Nessa12345

Not buying a car get luas and bus at the moment - thanks for your interest in this

Nessa12345

I'd like to live close to town but prices very high

Bigmac1euro

Walkinstown is the best you’ll get value and area wise imo.
Parts of blanchardstown aren’t too bad either.

Nessa12345

I socialize around town and I would like to live in city centre but seems i'm priced out

Bigmac1euro

Nessa12345 wrote: »

I socialize around town and I would like to live in city centre but seems i'm priced out

Well then you’re snookered

caff

punisher5112 wrote: »

Buy a boat.

Buy a houseboat

punisher5112

caff wrote: »

Buy a houseboat

Carboat

Wesser

https://touch.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-35-merchants-square-east-wall-co-dublin/1530513

splinter65

Tipperary Offaly Limerick would all have nice houses for that money. Tipp and limerick would have public transport links to the capital.

Diceicle

You'll pick up a good size 3-4 bed in Tyrrelstown for 265+.
You're clued in on the current mortgage lending rules , I take it?

There are loads of houses in Dublin 8 & Cabra for 300,000 or less.
Close to your work & close to town.
Have you looked at all yet?

Nessa12345

bubblypop wrote: »

There are loads of houses in Dublin 8 & Cabra for 300,000 or less.
Close to your work & close to town.
Have you looked at all yet?

Hi there thanks for the advice - cabra is on my radar dublin 8 a bit more expensive but would love to live there
Any opinion on the level of crime in either?

Nessa12345

bubblypop wrote: »

There are loads of houses in Dublin 8 & Cabra for 300,000 or less.
Close to your work & close to town.
Have you looked at all yet?

Hi there thanks for the advice. Cabra definitely on my radar dublin 8 great but a bit more expensive.
Any ideas on the crime rate in either
Any advice appreciated

Nessa12345

Nessa12345 wrote: »

Hi there thanks for the advice. Cabra definitely on my radar dublin 8 great but a bit more expensive.
Any ideas on the crime rate in either
Any advice appreciated

Depends what type of crime you are talking about.
There's a lot of difference just in different streets, ask people you know around the areas. Also, visit them at different times of day, night & during the week & weekends.
The closer to the luas in cabra is the 'better'area.
Closer to kilmainham in d8 is the 'better' area, that's imo.
Beat of luck

James 007

As my uncle would say the best part of Cabra is within the triangle. Here is an example below, but wait for less than 300K. Annamoe Road, Drive etc. You may get one as a renovation project.

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/cabra/27-annamoe-park-cabra-cabra-dublin-2392433/

Nessa12345

thanks James

beggars_bush

Buy 3 houses in longford, rent two of them out and commute to Dublin via railway.
Or not

lastusername

Sounds like Stoneybatter would be perfect for you.

Spanish Eyes

Palmerstown, the hidden gem in Dublin. Close to town, great houses, QBC all the way to town, beside Liffey Valley and the M50, N4 and N7.

Friends live there and I sometimes envy them. Just a thought.

For a while they took in Maynooth students (direct bus from the door). Worked very well, as most of the students went home most weekends.

Just throwing it out.

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Palmerstown, the hidden gem in Dublin. Close to town, great houses, QBC all the way to town, beside Liffey Valley and the M50, N4 and N7.

Friends live there and I sometimes envy them. Just a thought.

For a while they took in Maynooth students (direct bus from the door). Worked very well, as most of the students went home most weekends.

Just throwing it out.

I'm always surprised at how Palmerston is forgotten in Dublin.
Huge gardens, good well built houses, great value.
Inside the M50
Why is it not more sought after?

James 007

Gem of a house here if you are willing to put in the work:rolleyes:

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/drumcondra/32-millmount-avenue-drumcondra-drumcondra-dublin-2412740/

AulWan

You could have a look around the part of Drimnagh near the Luas line or even a bit closer to James hospital / Dublin 8

I've relatives on Kilworth Road in Drimnagh who rent a room to hospital staff and its close to the city.

Nika Bolokov

bubblypop wrote: »

I'm always surprised at how Palmerston is forgotten in Dublin.
Huge gardens, good well built houses, great value.
Inside the M50
Why is it not more sought after?

A large amount of social housing but unlike other areas it luckily never really had a crime problem so historic snobbery and proximity to Ballyfermot

beggars_bush

James 007 wrote: »

Gem of a house here if you are willing to put in the work:rolleyes:

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/drumcondra/32-millmount-avenue-drumcondra-drumcondra-dublin-2412740/

Flooding

zapper55

Re Palmerstown and Dublin 8. If you can find a house there for around 300k its because of crime. Some parts of both areas are fine and priced accordingly for 350k + but theres parts of palmerstown that arent great. Also by the time buses get there in the morning many are full up.

TSQ

Dublin 1, often see fixer-uppers under A200k, and ready to move in houses around 300k. Cheap for the location, as has a bad rep for drug crime but crime greatly reduced in recent years (the crims seem to have moved to the outer burbs). Some lovely quiet cul de sacs off the NCR and Summerhill. Single rooms rent for €800/ 900 month (all tax free for owner occupier) And no shortage of tenants.

stoneybats

James 007 wrote: »

Gem of a house here if you are willing to put in the work:rolleyes:

Ah I viewed that last week. The pictures don't do justice to quite how much work needs doing.

The estate agent had a kitchen tray covering a large hole in the floor!

Nessa12345

thanks a million for replying

Nessa12345

Thanks James

I'd wait a few months now......

Nessa12345

Thanks a million

rosmoke

James 007 wrote: »

Gem of a house here if you are willing to put in the work:rolleyes:

https://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/drumcondra/32-millmount-avenue-drumcondra-drumcondra-dublin-2412740/

A horrendous kip for a 3rd of a million, no thanks.

randoplh134

rosmoke wrote: »

A horrendous kip for a 3rd of a million, no thanks.

You would want to pay me to live in that dive

lastusername

Literally a derelict box you'd get for 20 grand in Roscommon!