Currently buying/selling a house? How is it going? READ MOD NOTE POST #1

Best thing to do is look up the planning permission on the county council or city council website. That'll have all the site plans, house details, where social housing will be etc etc.

You can pick your preferred house off this plan, and show it to the EA, before they've even released the plans publicly.

There won't be any prices on it, but most EAs just take a 5k refundable deposit until the houses are completed.

Remember that not all houses are equal. Houses that are end of row, slightly bigger gardens, not overlooked etc will be worth more if you ever go to resell.

Thanks for the replies. It’s not social housing, it’s a private development. I’ll have a look when the information goes up on the website. I’m not altogether sure about a new build but there are no decent second hand houses around so…

There should be a Part V section on the planning to show how they meet social housing requirements, sometimes they call out specific houses, or a specific house type(type A house for instance) and they're usually the smallest houses in the estate.

I've seen it on a few planning forms.

Thanks guys, I've looked on the city council website and searched for the planning application and nothing came up? There is one for another housing estate nearby that is due to be built but not this one as far as I can see.

The last house I bid on, in Galway, was gone over 70k above asking before I pulled out, with no signs of stopping.

Saw one in North Meath, went up on Daft on Friday evening at 260, viewed on Thursday at 320 and sold for higher over the weekend.

Was looking in Galway for a year and it was the same then, absolute madness.

Now looking in Clare and its as bad but this time there is just zero supply.

Has anyone had experience of selling their home to an individual buying the property through their pension? Our estate agent has said that it may be possible for our house to sell this way as he has a client. In my head I presume it makes the sales transaction quicker (as the pension pot is there and ready to be transferred) but you run the risk that they low ball you because of the potentially speedy sale and that you might not need to go to the open market. Any experience or insight would be great.

3 bed terrace house in South Dublin for €435. How much over the asking price do you think this would go for? Just a rough estimate based on experience.

minimum 70k, probably closer to 100k if not more, from what I’m seeing!

if you look on Offr you can see the current offers on properties

its so depressing out there at the moment.

doubt u can see current offers ? Only properties listed

What site is that, please?

Good idea BUT Daft shows 248 (houses only) for sale in Co. Meath, offr.io only lists 11 (of which 5 show bids). Would love to see this go further, but won't hold my breath