Work restarts at Adamstown
More than 200 houses are currently under construction at the west Dublin suburb of Adamstown, with planning permission for 800 more expected to be approved by the end of the year. Almost 70% of homes are selling for under €300,000 in the area, against average Dublin house prices of more than €400,000.
Adamstown was initially designed to be a model of good planning and sustainable development. This would be achieved through the creation of Ireland’s first strategic development zone (SDZ). In September 2003, the Adamstown SDZ was approved for the development of more than 10,000 homes, the majority of which would be high to medium density apartments or duplexes. Construction rapidly followed in 2004 and by 2006 the first homes were occupied in the Adamstown Castle development. Development came to a halt and between 2010 and 2014, fewer than 20 homes were finished.
According to reports, what is being built now in Adamstown differs greatly from what was planned, with all of the newly emerging estates looking like any other traditional development in any suburb.
Castlethorn Construction, the biggest developer in Adamstown, has stated that higher density products are not yet viable but that as the markets gradually recover, higher and medium density will become viable.
