Off-plan and on-trend: corner house site for sale in Rathgar

Stephen Vernon, has purchased a €3.5 million penthouse off-plan at Lansdowne Place, the former Berkeley Court site in Ballsbridge in Dublin 4

South Mews, a detached corner house on Kenilworth Lane South in Rathgar, is being developed by ODKM Architects

Buying off-plan, the practice of purchasing a property – usually an apartment, either before construction begins or in advance of completion – was common enough during the property boom some 15 years ago or so.

It had a number of benefits for the buyer and builder, including securing a property typically at a significant discount and with incremental and manageable deposits from the buyer’s point of view, and having a flow of funds ...