Apartment 5, Hanover Square, Kennedy Avenue, Carlow Town, Co. Carlow, Carlow Town, Co. Carlow, R93 DK18
30 homes sold nearby. See what they went for — and what to bid on this one.
€250,000 · 3 Bed · 2 Bath · 104m² · Apartment
Market Position
Priced Within Local Sold Range
At €250,000, this home is priced within the typical range of 30 recent closed sales nearby. There's room to negotiate — seller leverage is 1.5/10. If bidding heats up, you'll need a clear ceiling to avoid overpaying.
30 closed sales nearby · 9mo recency · High confidence · Property Price Register
Sources: PPR, SEAI, OPW, planning records.
How this is calculated
We search the Property Price Register for closed sales near this property — matching by location, beds, property type, and where available, floor area (±20%). This gives us a set of genuinely comparable transactions.
Each sale is then time-adjusted to today using local price trends, so a sale from 18 months ago is inflated (or deflated) to reflect current market conditions. Where floor area is known, sales are also size-adjusted — a 90m² sale is normalised to what it would have sold for at this property's size. This means the figures you see aren't raw prices — they're what those same homes would likely sell for today, at this size.
Your bid strategy (opening offer, sealed bid range, walk-away ceiling) is then derived from the statistical distribution of these adjusted sales — with conservative safety margins applied when data is thin or dated.
Every figure comes from actual government-recorded sale prices. No asking prices, no agent estimates, no automated valuations.
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Before You Bid
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Here is what the data says about this property.
Will This Go Over Asking?
above asking
Probability of a sale above asking based on local bidding patterns.
Am I Overpaying?
local sales
Where the asking price sits in the verified local transaction distribution.
Negotiation Leverage Score
How much negotiation leverage you have based on market conditions.
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Based on 30 verified local sales · High confidence
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Price Distribution Analysis
30 verified closed sales within 1.5km · 18 months. Size-adjusted for similar homes (type match, beds ±1, size ±20%).
Asking price sits marginally above the size-adjusted median. Median anchored to size-similar transactions.
This chart shows where the asking price sits versus recent verified closed sales. It does not show your bid strategy.Same baseline as Market Position — size-adjusted.
The chart shows the market. Your report gives the number not to exceed.
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Local Market Momentum
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Radius: 1.5kmTime: 18m12m vs 12mMedian transaction price per m² has increased 6.7% year-on-year, based on the trailing 18-month transaction window.
Indicates sustained upward pricing pressure in the local market.
Recent closed sales are time-adjusted to current market conditions before calculating transaction bands.
Statistical Confidence · High
30
Transactions Analysed
Within 1.5km
9 months
Data Freshness
Most recent sale age
±15%
Price Spread
How much prices vary
High
Confidence Level
Recent sale prices in this area are closely clustered, which means the data is reliable and the bid strategy is well-supported.
High data density supports precise entry positioning.
PPR closed sales · size & time adjusted · no asking prices used
Supporting Evidence · 30 Transactions
Size and time adjustments applied before percentile computation.
| Address | Sold | Date | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 12, Hanover, Carlow, Dublin 24, Carlow | 2024-10-22 | 79.6m² | |
| Apartment 5, Hanover Square, Kennedy Avenue, Carlow | 2025-02-06 | 104.2m² |
Transactions within a 1.5km radius and 18-month window.
Methodology
Closed sales time-adjusted to current market · size-weighted where floor area available · no asking prices or agent estimates used.
How adjustments work
- —Older sales inflated to current market level so stale data doesn't skew bands
- —Similar-sized properties weighted more heavily where floor area is known
- —Local price trends factored in when sufficient data exists; no artificial uplift otherwise
- —All figures from registered closed sales only — no asking prices, no agent estimates
Local Market Notes
Property Quality
BER C2 Efficiency: The C2 BER rating suggests moderate energy efficiency; upgrading to a B2 rating could cost an estimated €8,000-€12,000, potentially increasing property value by €15,000-€20,000 and reducing annual energy costs by €1,000-€1,400 compared to D-rated properties.
Details
- Generous Space: With a size of 104m², this apartment offers ample living space, aligning well with the median of 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms seen in sales data within 10km and 100km radii.
- Optimization Opportunity: While the BER is C2, a targeted €8,000-€12,000 investment in insulation and heating upgrades could elevate its rating, potentially adding €15,000-€20,000 to its market value.
- Hypothesis: Given the C2 BER rating, a strategic investment in upgrading to a B2 or B1 rating within 5km could unlock an additional 5-7% in market value, as demonstrated by the higher sale prices achieved by B-rated properties in similar sized towns where energy efficiency is becoming a more significant differentiator.
Amenities
Transport Hub Access: Carlow Town benefits from Bus Éireann routes connecting to major towns and cities, and the nearby Carlow Train Station provides direct rail links to Dublin Heuston and other key destinations.
Details
- Local Conveniences: The property is situated near essential amenities including Tesco and Dunnes Stores supermarkets, Carlow Shopping Centre, and a range of local retailers on Kennedy Avenue.
- Family & Education Focus: Proximity to Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál and Carlow Institute of Technology, along with several childcare facilities like 'Little Stars' (within 1km), caters well to families and students.
- Hypothesis: The continuous development of Carlow Town's public transport infrastructure, including enhanced bus routes and potential future integration with regional transport hubs, could significantly boost property values within a 1km radius of key transport nodes like Carlow Train Station by an estimated 8-10% over the next five years.
Derived from nearby closed-sale patterns.
Built on verified Irish public data
Property Price Register
625,000+ verified closed sales
SEAI
Building energy ratings & floor area
Office of Public Works
Flood zones, events & study areas
MyPlan.ie
Planning applications nationwide
Common Questions
Bid strategy figures are derived from the Property Price Register — Ireland's official record of closed residential sale prices, verified through stamp duty. Floor area data comes from the SEAI BER register. Flood exposure is cross-referenced against OPW CFRAM flood extent mapping and historical flood events. Planning activity is sourced from national planning application records via MyPlan.ie. No asking prices, no agent estimates, no automated valuations.