Ambitious builder’s model for new homes will be music to the ears of first-time buyers and could play a significant role in easing the housing crisis

Ciaran Fitzpatrick, CEO of Fitzpatrick and Heavey Homes, at their development in Baltinglass Co Wicklow. Photo: Frank McGrath

The Irish housing market might be in a state of ­perpetual crisis but Ciaran Fitzpatrick — one of the country’s most ambitious housing developers, has a blueprint for rapid expansion to build thousands of homes.

He is confident Fitzpatrick & Heavey Homes, where he is co-founder and managing director, can have 10,000 homes under construction — becoming a billion euro turnover company in the process — in just a matter of two or three years.