Housing
Vacant homes costing as much as €605k to renovate as state urged to tackle high dereliction rates
An expert report warns that around a quarter of properties around Ireland are financially unviable to refurbish
The cost of renovating vacant or derelict homes in Ireland is increasingly unviable, according to an expert body, with some properties costing more than €600,000 to refurbish.
A damning new report from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has found that only around a quarter of houses can be renovated in a financially viable fashion, and that the government would need to double to €100,000 the grants it offers for refurbishment to address the ...