In 2017, a Taiwanese businessman looking to relocate to Dublin paid a €1.2 million deposit to complete three houses in an upmarket development being built by Victoria Homes.  Stamped with the imprimatur of a Feng Shui master, the homes at Corrybeg Way in suburban Templeogue were to come with bespoke extras like a home sauna and wet room, a roof trellis, and a secret door in the living room. De Xian Wang’s plan was to move his own family into one of the properties, his father into another, and leave the third one available for employees of his software business. …

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