Four acres of green land with a view to kill

OK — it’s four acres zoned residential on top of Church Hill in Passage West and it’s €495,000 — what’s the catch?

Not the downturn especially, although that helps explain the deflated price, it’s more about the awkwardness of the site and planning restrictions.

Yes, Fota View does have urban residential zoning, (and it has a cottage which could be bulldozed in favour or another dwelling), but its on a slim half acre slice of the site, which leaves all the rest in the Green Belt.