Househunters’ delight as Adamstown dream begins

NO longer will the showroom or even the showhouse suffice - for the modern buyer nothing less than a show village will do.

The country’s newest town went on sale yesterday and househunters who went along clutching deposit cheques and high hopes found themselves checking out not so much a new home as a whole new neighbourhood.

Adamstown in west Dublin is a creation of public planners and private developers, who have 10 years to turn 548 acres of countryside into an entirely new suburb complete with homes, schools, shops, amenity areas and transport facilities.