{"id":560082,"date":"2026-07-21T03:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560082\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:32:18","slug":"elaine-crowley-on-the-struggle-of-buying-a-home-on-her-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560082\/","title":{"rendered":"Elaine Crowley on the struggle of buying a home on her own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations are in order for Elaine Crowley, as the television presenter has become a homeowner for the first time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/06\/25\/entertainment\/movies-tv\/shane-coleman-tonight-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> star revealed that it has &#8216;been a hard slog&#8217; to achieve her goal of buying a home on her own, after setting up shop at her new apartment in Dublin 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elaine admitted it is &#8216;very difficult&#8217; to buy a home as a single person, revealing that her achievement took &#8216;years and years of planning.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Remember-Julian-lunch-5.jpg\" alt=\"Elaine Crowley pictured the annual \u2018Remember Julian\u2019 Summer Lunch Pic: Brian McEvoy\" class=\"wp-image-2147849\"  \/>Elaine Crowley pictured the annual \u2018Remember Julian\u2019 Summer Lunch <br \/>Pic: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 48-year-old explained that she wasn&#8217;t always focused on owning a house one day, and so &#8216;lived the life&#8217; in her youth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;So there was a plan &#8211; clear off the credit cards and the loans. Try and save up for a bit,&#8217; she told the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VIP-Style-Awards-2026-M3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145106\"  \/>Elaine Crowley pictured at the Platinum VIP Style Awards 2026 at the InterContinental Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Picture: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While trying to get on the property ladder, incidents in Elaine&#8217;s personal life meant the house hunt was put on the back burner several times. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It was a nightmare because the prices had gone up a crazy amount. An actually frightening amount. I couldn\u2019t believe it,&#8217; she told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had been renting in Dublin, though was always afraid her landlord would sell. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vacious-Launch-at-Sole-Restaurant-40.jpg\" alt=\"Elaine Crowley pictured at the launch of the Vacious Mesh Plunge Bodysuit at Sole Restaurant, Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy\" class=\"wp-image-2116654\"  \/>Elaine Crowley pictured at the launch of the Vacious Mesh Plunge Bodysuit at Sole Restaurant, Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, she had just gone sale agreed when her landlord told her he was selling up, in a moment Elaine has dubbed &#8216;serendipitous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I\u2019m lucky in that way. And I\u2019m lucky I could afford to buy on my own eventually, because it is a hard slog. It was a long road,&#8217; she gushed. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_20211119-085253_Instagram.jpg\" alt=\"Elaine Crowley Lisa Cannon mum passes away\" class=\"wp-image-1423742\"  \/>Pic: Elaine Crowley\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The huge life achievement also holds emotional weight for Elaine, as she admitted this is the first time she has felt she has a home since<a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2021\/12\/03\/entertainment\/elaine-crowley-tribute-to-her-mum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> her late mum passed away. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Now, I just feel I have a home. Because I haven\u2019t felt like I\u2019ve had my own home since my mother died,&#8217; she told the outlet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Congratulations are in order for Elaine Crowley, as the television presenter has become a homeowner for the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-560082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}