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Selling an inherited house in Ireland can start before probate finishes, but the sale cannot close until the executor holds the grant of probate. A second figure also shapes the sale: what the house was worth on the day the person died. Revenue measures any gain against it. Budget 2027

A house viewing in Ireland is a 20 to 30 minute walkthrough, usually led by the agent, where you inspect the property and decide whether it earns an offer. That is what happens at a house viewing on paper. In practice, it is easy to spend those minutes admiring the

The minimum deposit needed to buy a house in Ireland is 10% of the purchase price for a first-time buyer or someone moving home, under the Central Bank’s mortgage measures. The CSO puts the median Kildare home at €450,000, so the minimum deposit on it is €45,000. That’s the figure

The renovations you should consider before you sell your home are the repairs and refreshes a buyer would otherwise use against you: damp, roof defects, faulty electrics, missing compliance paperwork, and a kitchen or bathroom tired enough to drag every offer down. Beyond that list, many home renovations struggle to

Buying land in Ireland means finding a site, confirming it’s zoned for what you want to do with it, and getting a solicitor to handle the purchase, the same basic process as buying a house, but with one extra step that catches almost everyone out: proving you’re actually allowed to

Selling a house to a family member in Ireland is completely legal. You can even sell it for one euro if you want to. What most people don’t realise is that Revenue doesn’t care what price you actually agree between yourselves. That single fact catches out more families than almost