New phase at growing city quarter

West Dublin/from €199,950: Competitive prices, a good fit-out and an excellent location are the hallmarks of a new phase at Park West Pointe. Jack Fagan, Property Editor, reports

Ten months after the hugely successful launch of a high density apartment scheme at Park West Pointe in west Dublin, the promoters are releasing another tranche of starter homes today that are likely to sell just as briskly.

Last August, Harcourt Developments sold all 200 one, two and three-bedroom apartments within days of the launch largely because of the competitive prices and the high quality of the design and fit out.

The promoters are hoping to repeat the exercise this weekend with the launch of the Academy Building though the initial intention is to release only 80 of the 161 units in the next phase. They are not expected to be ready to move into for best part of two years.

Ross McParland of Sherry FitzGerald New Homes says the apartment prices are "easily the lowest inside the M50".

One-bedroom apartments with an average of 51.5 sq m (554 sq ft) are priced from €199,950 to €215,995; two-bedroom units with 61-86 sq m (657-926 sq ft) are available from €232,995 to €284,995. For those needing extra space, there are large three-bedroom apartments with 108.5-152 sq m (1,168-1,636 sq ft) costing from €382,500 to €425,000.

Sherry FitzGerald New Homes will be staffing a marketing suite at Park West today, tomorrow and on Saturday.

Like the highly impressive Crescent Block, the six-storey Academy Building has been designed by Project Architects and will have an attractive facade and a central courtyard. Apartments will have a great mixture of views and orientations but all will have lots of light and space.

There will be eight retail units on the ground floor to facilitate the residents. Once again, Harcourt has not skimped on the fit-out. There will be high speed lifts servicing all floors, apartments will have either balconies or terraces and, most surprising of all for homes that are modestly priced, all kitchens will come with a full range of electrical appliances.

Buyers are certain to be impressed by the standard of finish in both the kitchens and the bathrooms. Homes will be wired for ISDN lines and there will be downlighters in the livingroom, hall and bathroom areas.

Unlike most new developments, Park West Pointe already has shopping and leisure facilities on the site. The residential quarter has a restaurant, crèche, gymnasium, interior design shop, sandwich bar and a dry cleaners. A new pub is due to open on site shortly.

The new urban village will form part of the 220-acre campus where Pat Doherty's Harcourt Developments has built 36 highly distinctive office blocks and a range of commercial centres over the past eight years. More than 220 companies and 7,000 workers are currently based at the campus.

Although a relatively new development, Park West has acquired a mature appearance because of the expenditure of huge sums of money on landscaping, water features and specially commissioned sculptures including Angela Connor's Irish Wave, a twisting, 116 ft moving sculpture - the largest of its type in Europe.

Only four miles from the city centre, Park West is already well serviced by public transport. It is planned to run a bus connection from the park to the nearby Luas station at the Red Cow roundabout. A new train station on the Arrow service is also to be located beside Park West Pointe.