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Montrose converting to Student Accomodation

  • 21-01-2014 12:10PM
    #1
    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭


    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/commercial-property/dublin-s-montrose-hotel-to-re-open-as-student-residence-1.1662081
    Construction to convert the former hotel, located about 1km from the entrance to RTÉ and a short walk from the UCD campus, has begun and, when completed, will consist of 192 en-suite bedrooms.
    ...
    Its developers say it will offer “three- to four-star hotel-standard” accommodation to its residents with a proposed entry-level price of €175 per week.

    This all came up before and at the time the residents shot it down, but it looks like that speedbumps been overcome.

    Delighted it's happening, as it's a perfect place to put dedicated student housing, though the price seems a bit steep.


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  • #2
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Raphael wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/commercial-property/dublin-s-montrose-hotel-to-re-open-as-student-residence-1.1662081



    This all came up before and at the time the residents shot it down, but it looks like that speedbumps been overcome.

    Delighted it's happening, as it's a perfect place to put dedicated student housing, though the price seems a bit steep.

    Thats the entry level price, but there are plenty of people who pay for Roebuck 2, and I think there will be plenty of people who will potentially pay for a party free quieter res. Perhaps post grads etc.


  • #3
    Eathrin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    About time too!


  • #4
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭convert


    I was over at the bank yesterday and walking into the carpark I was just thinking to myself that it would make ideal student accommodation. Glad to hear it's going to go ahead. It's badly needed. Price seems a bit steep, though.


  • #5
    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    errlloyd wrote: »
    Thats the entry level price, but there are plenty of people who pay for Roebuck 2, and I think there will be plenty of people who will potentially pay for a party free quieter res. Perhaps post grads etc.

    The most expensive (uncatered) campus accommodation is €162 a week, so if the cheapest places they have are smaller and more expensive than the best on campus stuff, it's a bit sucky. Not that they won't fill the place in about 20 seconds, mind you.


  • #6
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Raphael wrote: »
    The most expensive (uncatered) campus accommodation is €162 a week, so if the cheapest places they have are smaller and more expensive than the best on campus stuff, it's a bit sucky. Not that they won't fill the place in about 20 seconds, mind you.

    An article I read somewhere else claimed the smallest room they had was bigger than on campus.


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  • #7
    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    errlloyd wrote: »
    An article I read somewhere else claimed the smallest room they had was bigger than on campus.

    ...Man, I just cannot read. That's what the article I linked said, I just got it backwards.

    *headdesk*


  • #8
    IsaBrown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭IsaBrown


    has anyone booked/secured a room yet?


  • #9
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,994 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    IsaBrown wrote: »
    has anyone booked/secured a room yet?

    I drove past the other day and I'd be surprised if it was ready for the 2014 / 2015 semester. There is a quite a lot to do both inside and out.


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