Do you remember the first house you bought?

Brendan Burgess

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TCD and daft.ie are doing some research into historic house prices.


You can complete the survey here

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VLXRKQW
 
Very interesting, thanks for the info Brendan.

Look forward to seeing the results in due course.
 
Just tried to do that survey. Couldn't exit from it - after I said I'd no more property purchases, it kept bringing me back to the same screen wanting info on the next purchase. Where's that 12-year old programmer?
 
Just tried to do that survey. Couldn't exit from it - after I said I'd no more property purchases, it kept bringing me back to the same screen wanting info on the next purchase. Where's that 12-year old programmer?
Hi Eithneangela,
I've checked through the responses there and can't find any entry that would match the issue you describe. It may have been just a glitch or it may have been an issue with your browser or internet connection.

Thanks for trying to complete it though, and thanks to all those who are filling it out. Every response helps.
 
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I had a quick look last night, and will go back later once I've double-checked dates etc.

One observation - apparently it's not considered possible to have purchased a house with no bathroom. How very Celtic Tiger of you! ;-)
 
We built our house in 1974 but the survey only seems to be for purchased houses.
 
We built our house in 1974 but the survey only seems to be for purchased houses.

I noticed that also. Neither was there an option to select "mobile home/caravan in a corner of the field" as selfbuild was in the "good" old days. Maybe they're not interested in self builds and site values?
 
@Mystic_Oil
Good point re the bathroom! For those with no bathroom originally, if you choose "One bathroom" and then note in the comment for improvements that this was added rather than there originally (if that's the case).

@Annie51
Thanks for highlighting this - the focus is indeed on transactions, rather than self-builds but if you would still like to fill it out, you can enter cost price instead of purchase price, as long as you note in the comment box that this was a self-build, rather than a transaction.

Thanks again one and all.