This week's budget stands at a little under half a million - €70k above the median price paid in Dublin during 2020. For this above-average sum you should expect an above-average property - but how far does €450k really go these days?
We had a rummage around the property market and found a variety of homes in Lusk, Walkinstown, Ringsend and Blackrock.
6 Forge Avenue, Lusk
€435,000
4-bed detached house
Regular readers of this feature will know that you can get plenty of bang for your buck in north county Dublin - compared to the city, at any rate.
Here we have a stylish detached house - the only one available in Dublin on Perfect Property at this price point - offering space, privacy and a fantastic location on the edge of Lusk village, minutes away from the DART and the beach at Rush.
The house benefits from a large kitchen/diner/sitting room with direct access to the garden, a bright living room, utility room, downstairs toilet, four bedrooms (one en suite) and a family bathroom.
Check it out at Perfect Property.
22 Temple Manor Grove, Walkinstown
€450,000
3-bed semi-detached house
Behind the unassuming façade of this west Dublin semi lies an interior designed with luxury in mind. The standard two-room ground floor layout has been transformed with the addition of a fully integrated sunroom/dining room/sitting room to the rear of the house.
Outside space has necessarily been sacrificed - a patio and garden shed remain - but the extension certainly has the 'wow' factor. That's in addition to a large kitchen with an island and a cosy living room.
Upstairs are three bedrooms (one en suite) and the added bonus of an attic conversion that is currently being used as a fourth bedroom.
Check it out at Perfect Property.
38 South Dock Street, Ringsend
€450,000
2-bed terraced house
The transformation some of these old dockers' cottages have undergone in recent times is incredible, and 38 South Dock Street is a prime example.
What would once have been a one or two-room property has been fully reimagined and extended so that it now contains two bedrooms (one en suite!), a living room, bathroom and kitchen/diner, which offers access to a small courtyard via sliding doors.
The standard is very high, with cutting-edge technology including an air-to-water heat pump, remotely controlled heating, underfloor heating, triple-glazed windows and acoustic insulation.
South Dock Street Park is a few steps away, and the house is very well located for Grand Canal Dock and the city centre.
Check it out at Perfect Property.
Apartment 18, Maretimo House, Blackrock
€425,000
1-bed apartment
A room with a view? That's what's on offer here in Blackrock - and what a view! Most of us can only dream about gazing out to sea every morning, noon and night - and this ground-floor apartment even has a patio with plenty of space for a table and chairs to make it even easier.
Maretimo House is in a great spot, a short walk from the centre of Blackrock village, and even though the apartment is pricey for its size and could do with a refresh, there really is only one thing worth considering here: that view.
