Lower level of stamp duty is key to house in Donnybrook

Dublin 4: €875,000: Substantially reduced stamp duty is one of the attractions of a newly built house at Beech Hill Avenue in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, which is for sale by private treaty through agent Douglas Newman Good at €875,000.

Buyers will pay stamp duty on the value of the site alone, which works out at approximately €33,000 - substantially less than the €78,750 that would apply for a second-hand house of the same value.

First-time buyers would pay even less - approximately €27,000, though it is hard to imagine that there are many of those around in this price bracket.

The location - close to Donnybrook village - and the fact that the house has been finished to a high standard and is ready to move into, is more likely to attract affluent downsizers from the immediate neighbourhood who want an easily maintained home.

Located off Beaver Road, which connects Donnybrook with Clonskeagh, the detached house, built in the side garden of an older property, has around 145sq m (1,560sq ft) of living space.

It has an attractive open-plan layout that includes a large kitchen/dining cum livingroom, as well as a second reception room.

There are three bedrooms on the first floor, including the main en suite bedroom.

The entire attic floor is given over to the fourth bedroom - this is the largest room in the house.

There is a small back garden, and there is valuable off-street car-parking in front of the house.