Five key takeaways from SCSI report: ‘The Real Costs of New Apartment Delivery’

Providing affordable apartments in Dublin remains a ‘huge challenge’

The cost of delivering a two-bedroom apartment in the Dublin suburbs in a medium-rise block was €411,000 in 2020, according to the report. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

Delivering affordable apartments remains a “huge challenge”, despite an ease in the cost to build medium-rise apartments in the greater Dublin area, according to a new report.

The report, by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), assessed the construction costs associated with more than 9,400 apartment units within the greater Dublin area across 49 schemes.

Here are five key takeaways from the SCSI’s ‘The Real Costs of New Apartment Delivery 2020’ report:

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