West · report
Renovation in West
In 2025, 44% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 44%
Planning permissions for homes in West, by type of work
Planning permissions granted for homes each year: new construction, extensions, and alterations and conversions. CSO.
- Alterations and conversions
- Extensions
- New construction
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| Year | New construction | Extensions | Alterations and conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,056 | 602 | 235 | 1,893 |
| 2024 | 1,036 | 578 | 244 | 1,858 |
| 2023 | 857 | 458 | 152 | 1,467 |
| 2022 | 1,178 | 389 | 147 | 1,714 |
| 2021 | 1,223 | 625 | 204 | 2,052 |
| 2020 | 867 | 468 | 171 | 1,506 |
| 2019 | 971 | 561 | 155 | 1,687 |
| 2018 | 977 | 535 | 111 | 1,623 |
The CSO counts planning permissions, not homes or finished works: one permission may be for a single extension or a whole estate. Many small works need no permission, including most extensions under 40 m² at the back of a house, so they are not counted. Ireland from 2009, regions from 2018.
Other reports for West
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €353,674 and €580,489 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €467,081
- Chance of a rise
- 84%
Figures for Ireland: West has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €377,400. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,516 a month. Ireland sets no cap on the payment; the Central Bank limits most mortgages to four times gross income for first-time buyers and 3.5 times for others.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
17.7% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 2,571
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2010. The deepest began in January 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −40.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 68 months
17.0% of the 218,184 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 17.0%
- Empty homes
- 37,056
Public bodies signed €157.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €230.2M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €157.3M
- Per resident, 2025
- €303