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Knockrabo: Luxurious South Dublin Apartments 2020

Penthouse apartments include sweeping views of the Capital and Dublin Bay

Knockrabo apartments, on Dublin 14’s Mount Anville Road, Goatstown is a scheme by Maplewood Residential and is set to launch in Spring 2020.

The scheme consists of 93 one-, two- and three-bed luxury apartments spanning over 6 storeys. The development will also include a childcare facility and community/leisure amenities. Construction on the apartment scheme began in the autumn of 2017

The Knockrabo site will ultimately accommodate nearly 200 houses and apartments with 88 family homes already completed and selling through real estate agents.

The 88 A-rated houses which were completed in May 2019 are currently on the market starting from €775,000 and up to an asking price of €920,000.

Maplewood Residential, owned by Michael Whelan snr and operated by Michael Whelan jnr, purchased the 20-acre site with equity partner Broadhaven Credit Partners for over €25 million in 2016.

CGI consultants, 3D Design Bureau liaised with architects O’Mahony Pike and Michael Whelan on the design and layout of the scheme to produce architectural CGIs, 3D walkthrough animations and interior CGIs for marketing purposes. The majority of the houses have been sold pre-build.

Architectural CGI of Knockrabo apartments - 3D Design Bureau
Architectural CGI of Knockrabo apartments – 3D Design Bureau

Full project details:

Project name: Knockrabo residential development, Mount Anville Road.

Planning stage: On-site

Planning documents: Dublin City Council – An Bord Pleanala

Ref no: D17A/1124

Site area: 20 acres

Storeys: 5-6

Interior CGI of living room in Knockrabo apartments - 3D Design Bureau
Interior CGI of living room in Knockrabo apartments – 3D Design Bureau

Development team

Developer: Knockrabo Investments DAC: are based in Dublin 2.

Architect: O’Mahony Pike Architects is an architecture and urban design practice, with offices in Dublin and Cork. The work of the practice is concerned with creating places of quality for living and working, which make a positive and enduring contribution to our communities and built environment.

Planning consultant: Stephen Little & Associates Chartered Town Planner are based in Dublin 2.

Planning consultant: Tom Phillips and Associates is a Dublin-based company specialising in spatial planning, development and geospatial analysis operating throughout Ireland since 2002.

Quantity surveyor: PK O’Brien & Associates have 40 years’ experience providing a comprehensive range of professional services including quantity surveying, estimating & project management to clients throughout Ireland.

Structural engineer: DBFL Consulting Engineers are one of Ireland’s leading engineering consultancies. They combine commercial understanding with innovative engineering solutions. They are based in Dublin 7.

Mech & elec engineer: O’Connor Sutton Cronin produce fully engineered, quality designs that will bring cost security to projects. They are based in Dublin 7.

Civil engineer: DBFL Consulting Engineers are one of Ireland’s leading engineering consultancies. They combine commercial understanding with innovative engineering solutions. They are based in Dublin 7.

Landscape consultant: Dermot Foley Landscape Architects are based in Dublin 8.

Environmental engineer: Scott Cawley Environmental Consultants is one of Ireland’s longest established, largest and most successful ecological consultancies with expertise in providing ecological survey, impact assessment and management services to planning and development-related sectors. They are based in Dublin 4.

Environmental engineer: AWN Consulting Limited is a multidisciplinary consultancy offering specialist design advice, expert witness and litigation support in respect of a wide range of engineering and environmental disciplines. It is an Irish owned company with its Head Office in Dublin and a Regional Office in Cork.

Conservation engineer: David Slattery Conservation Architects are based in Dublin 6.

Main contractor: GEM Construction was founded in 1978, and over our 40 years we have established our position as a leading Main Contractor.

Estate agent: Douglas Newman Good is a multi-disciplinary property advisory practice based in the capital. They are Ireland’s premier agency with a branch network which extends to just under 75 branded offices located in virtually every major city and town in the country.

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