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18 HILLCREST MANOR, D6W CK23
“Within moments of the M50 road network.”
Within moments of the traffic, too. Noise here models at Lden 55 dB — the top of the moderate band, and where the WHO starts advising action. You’d hear the M50 in the back garden.
What you’d do about it
Acoustic glazing and trickle vents on the road-facing rooms. A fit-out job, not a structural one.
EPA END · RSA
Nobody lied about 18 Hillcrest Manor.
Every line of that listing checked out. Here’s what we found anyway.
This is a real house and a real advert. Every quote below is theirs, not ours, and every finding tells you exactly where we got it.
The listing said
“A small leafy and sought-after residential development.”
BuyerIQ foundHigh priority
Ten planning applications inside a kilometre.
One is a large-scale residential development, already granted. Leafy is fair today — what you’re buying is the road that exists once those are built.
South Dublin CC · MyPlanThe listing said
“Close proximity to Dodder Valley Park.”
BuyerIQ foundHigh priority
Thirty metres from a mapped flood extent.
The park is real. So is the Poddle running through it, graded “Poor” along here, with the 1-in-100 extent mapped thirty metres from the door. The fringe, not the zone — so this one is a premium and a resale question rather than a repair bill.
EPA · OPW CFRAMThe listing said
“A spacious 93 sqm / 1,000 sq.ft. approx.”
BuyerIQ foundHigh priority
93 m² is under the local norm.
Three-beds round there run to about 100 m², and in a market priced by the square metre that gap is most of the valuation — and most of the difference between our estimate and the asking price.
PPR · BuyerIQ AVMThe listing said
“Presented in immaculate condition throughout.”
BuyerIQ foundHigh priority
The fabric is 39 years old.
Immaculate is the finish, and the finish is what a viewing shows you. Roof, plumbing and wiring are all inside the window where they come due — none of it urgent, all of it money somebody spends.
SCSI · RGIThe listing said
“Within moments of the M50 road network.”
BuyerIQ foundCritical
Lden 55 dB at the front of the house.
Moments from the motorway cuts both ways. Modelled at the address, not guessed off the map — and at roughly €5,000–€9,000 to insulate against, it’s the biggest repair bill on the house and the one the report says to act on first.
EPA END · RSAThe listing said
“One of Dublin’s most sought-after areas.”
BuyerIQ foundClear
D6W is second of 134 districts.
Here the record agrees, and then some — top 10% nationally for affluence and education, with the trajectory still strengthening rather than coasting. Fair play to them.
Pobal HP · CSOThat’s six of eighteen checks.
One critical, five high priority, twelve clear. The whole thing is open on this house, every section unlocked. No sign-up, have a read.
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Property Price Registerwhat it actually sold for
OPW Flood Mapswhether it floods
EPA Radonwhat’s in the ground
EPA Water Qualitythe rivers and streams
EPA Noisehow loud it gets
SEAI BERwhat it costs to heat
CSO Crimehow safe the area is
Pobal HP Indexwho lives around it
CSO Censushow the area’s changing
Local Authority Planningwhat’s going up next door
An Bord Pleanálawhat’s under appeal
Dept. of Educationthe schools, and the places in them
NTA & GTFSthe buses and the trains
ComReg & NBIwhether the broadband holds up
RTB Rent Indexwhat it’d rent for
Central Bank of Irelandwhat the mortgage costs
RSA Collisionsthe road record
NPWSthe protected land beside it
Met Éireannthe weather it gets
SCSI Rebuild Costswhat it’d cost to rebuild
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