Mountain View, 48 Oyster Bay Court, Carlingford, Carlingford, Co. Louth, A91 DX5R
8 homes sold nearby. See what they went for — and what to bid on this one.
€385,000 · 4 Bed · 3 Bath · 120m² · Detached
Market Position
Priced Within Local Sold Range
At €385,000, this home is priced within the typical range of 8 recent closed sales nearby. There's room to negotiate — seller leverage is 2.5/10. If bidding heats up, you'll need a clear ceiling to avoid overpaying.
8 closed sales nearby · 10mo recency · Moderate 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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Analysing 625,000+ Property Price Register transactions since 2010.
What your report includes
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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Built from 625,000+ verified Irish property transactions
Based on 8 verified local sales · Moderate confidence
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Price Distribution Analysis
8 verified closed sales within 3.0km · 18 months. Size-adjusted for similar homes (type match, beds ±1, size ±20%). Filters broadened to increase sample size.
Asking price is positioned above the size-adjusted median. This places the property outside the core transaction band where most comparable homes closed. 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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Statistical Confidence · Moderate
8
Transactions Analysed
Within 3.0km
10 months
Data Freshness
Most recent sale age
±19%
Price Spread
How much prices vary
Moderate
Confidence Level
Sale prices in this area vary more than usual, so there is some uncertainty in the figures. Bid conservatively and in small increments.
Limited recent transaction volume reduces trend precision. Strategy remains anchored to closed-sale distribution.
PPR closed sales · size & time adjusted · no asking prices used
Supporting Evidence · 8 Transactions
Size and time adjustments applied before percentile computation.
| Address | Sold | Date | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donard Lodge, Dundalk Street, Carlingford, Louth | 2025-05-01 | 225m² | |
| Dundalk Rd, Carlingford, Louth, Louth | 2025-03-20 | 225m² |
Transactions within a 3.0km 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 Upgrade Opportunity: Upgrading the C1 BER rating to a B2 could cost an estimated €8,000 - €12,000 and potentially increase property value by €15,000 - €20,000 based on typical Irish market trends.
Details
- Size Advantage: At 120m², this property is larger than the median 3-bedroom property size implied by the median beds metric within a 100km radius (median beds 3.0, typically suggesting smaller homes on average).
- Value Optimization Potential: While the BER is C1, which is acceptable, investing in insulation and heating upgrades could reduce annual energy costs by an estimated €500-€1,000 compared to the current rating, enhancing its long-term value proposition.
- Hypothesis: The high percentage of listings with unknown BER ratings (100%) within 100km suggests that properties with a clearly defined BER, such as this C1, may hold a subtle advantage in buyer perception, even if significant upgrades are needed to compete with higher-rated homes in the long run.
Amenities
Limited Local Transport: Carlingford is not directly served by train stations or Luas/DART lines, necessitating reliance on regional bus services for connectivity to larger towns like Dundalk (served by Bus Éireann routes 171, 172) for further transport links.
Details
- Local Retail Options: The immediate vicinity offers a convenience store and local shops in Carlingford village, with larger supermarkets such as Tesco and Lidl accessible in Dundalk (approx. 20km drive).
- Proximity to Educational Facilities: The property is situated near Carlingford National School and St. Vincent's Secondary School, providing local primary and secondary education options for families.
- Hypothesis: The lack of direct public transport links to Dublin from Carlingford, combined with the presence of significant lifestyle amenities and a picturesque setting, suggests that this property will primarily appeal to lifestyle buyers or those seeking a semi-rural retreat rather than daily commuters to the capital.
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.