Housing

Smaller back gardens could reduce new house prices by 20%

New guidelines on high-density home building could mean that average prices fall to €310,000 if the size of gardens in newly built houses is cut by a third

Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, is set to issue new guidelines on high-density home building later this year, which are expected to pave the way for more own-door, high-density housing projects that are not apartments