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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It’s called capitalism. Build houses for the eventual realization of profits rather than for human use.
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.
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?
“The issue isn’t empty houses it’s lack of supply”.
You absolute wally.
(w)ollie
Beautiful
You’re being far too kind there Barry
and if you can’t afford to rent?
Capitalism is a choking vine.
The council only recently built 6 new houses 300 ft from these.
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.
I love your posts Shayna always amusing and mostly courteous
Oh, with the “mostly”, already? Cheers 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
Is a “type”, now a “thing” – it’s merely my vernacular, I grew up with “types”, it’s just one of my foibles.
It’s a thing with you. Seeing as your a vacuous and judgemental….”type”
@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.
Yeah, right. ;-[
@Sheik Okay, I may be on the whole judgey side of things, but I’m still nice.
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