Finished In 2009

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Ballymanaggin, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Steph writes:

In Clondalkin three minutes from the village,  SIX brand new three-bed new semis from €250K in 2009. Never opened.

Anyone?

Earlier: Four In A Row

Empty gaffs to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Empty Gaffs’

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21 thoughts on “Finished In 2009

  1. Teresaa

    It’s called capitalism. Build houses for the eventual realization of profits rather than for human use.

    1. Cian

      not very good capitalism if they bought land, built 6 houses and still haven’t sold them or rented them. That is a serious amount of wasted capital.

    2. ollie

      if you dont like capitalism go and live in north korea.
      if you want a house buy one, if you cant affird to buy then rent.
      thr issue isnt empty houses it’s high rents and lack of supply.
      how many local authority houses built over the last 30 years and sold off for a song?

  2. Shayna

    I lived in Clondalkin briefly, there’s a reference to the village, which conjures ideals of a green, friendly people who nod to each other as they leave the post-office. Sadly, Clondalkin is not a green, nor friendly place, rather a vast estate of nameless types who don’t nod to anyone, let alone in the post-office.

        1. why?

          Ah the odd time you do be going in hard about “types” sure you know yourself as Frilly would say a bitta off de ball stuff

          1. Shayna

            Is a “type”, now a “thing” – it’s merely my vernacular, I grew up with “types”, it’s just one of my foibles.

          2. Shayna

            @Ram Trilogy Jeez, I’m really nice. I wear hats most days, I wave at people that I half know, others, I nod. Vacuous, judgemental? The whole “type” thing has grown out of proportion. It’s my everyday usage of language, is all.

  3. jerry

    these houses were incomplete and idle for for at least 5 years – probably stuck in NAMA

    someone took them over 2 years ago and finished them off

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