When Myles Crofton snapped up the protected period mansion Chesterfield House in Blackrock in 2004, it was a deal that garnered great media attention. Not only was the developer at the height of his game, but the €47 million deal for the property and its surrounding wooded grounds was the second most expensive house sale in Dublin at the time.  Crofton and his wife Karin built the modern Renesca mansion on part of the land facing onto the much-coveted Cross Avenue in Dublin 4. Then came the crash and Crofton’s property empire took a tumble. Big development plans for the…

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