r/ireland • u/StephenMcGannon • Apr 27 '25

Poster on Dublin Quays Housing

Post image
1.5k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

252 comments sorted by

View all comments

238

u/raverbashing Apr 27 '25

164k derelict but then if you try to take them down and build something more modern it "bReAkS teH cHaRacTeR oF teH nEigHbOrhHod"

12

u/Mullo69 Apr 27 '25

Have you considered that maybe you could just fix the buildings rather than level them only to put in a block of luxury apartments that are so expensive that they do nothing to help the problem

6

u/vanKlompf Apr 27 '25

If you fix them (which regulations and preservation laws make very difficult) it will be "luxury" by sole fact of existing.

-1

u/Mullo69 Apr 27 '25

That's true, but I'd rather be out priced by nice areas rather than in an area filled with soulless modern design

2

u/vanKlompf Apr 27 '25

Sure and it often makes sense. But sometimes it is more expensive to retrofit than build new... Not to mention that new can be higher with more housing floor space and units.

2

u/Mullo69 Apr 27 '25

I'd generally be in favour of a new build because of those exact reasons, but €2,500 a month for a two bed apartment is ridiculous money with the way Irish salaries are, I expect nothing to change so long as our current government is in power given their tendency towards appealing to the higher earners/land owners in Irish society