Mulhuddart

Sleepsatnight · 16-07-2008 6:34pm #1

Hi, I have the chance to buy a place in Parnell Drive in Mulhuddart, it's across from Wellview estate. I have heard that Wellview can be a bit rough, can anybody shed a bit of light on this area? I have a small child and don't want her to be raised in a bad area. Thanks for any help you can give me:)

gazzer · 16-07-2008 11:34pm

@ Sleepsatnight. If I was you I wouldnt touch that particular estate with a bargepole. I have lived up in Mulhuddart (about a 2 minute walk from Parnell) for 6 years and I am FINALLY getting out of the place this weekend. Have had nothing but trouble since I moved here. Unbelieveable amounts of anti social behaviour from kids/teenagers/adults from the area. I have been to a number of community meetings with guards and other representatives of the area over the last few months and by all accounts there is a lot of trouble up in Parnell.

Just my opinion. I am sure others will tell you a different story but if I had children I wouldnt move there.

Sleepsatnight · 17-07-2008 5:15pm

gazzer wrote: »

@ Sleepsatnight. If I was you I wouldnt touch that particular estate with a bargepole. I have lived up in Mulhuddart (about a 2 minute walk from Parnell) for 6 years and I am FINALLY getting out of the place this weekend. Have had nothing but trouble since I moved here. Unbelieveable amounts of anti social behaviour from kids/teenagers/adults from the area. I have been to a number of community meetings with guards and other representatives of the area over the last few months and by all accounts there is a lot of trouble up in Parnell.

Just my opinion. I am sure others will tell you a different story but if I had children I wouldnt move there.

Hey thanks a million for your advice I think I'll give it a miss

January · 17-07-2008 8:06pm

Just on the other side of the fence for you. I lived in Wellview Avenue for the last 20 years and we have had no trouble whatsoever apart from a window on my dads van been broken by a drunk walking past one night.

Obviously every area has it's good and bad people, but Wellview and Parslickstown have a lot less then some other areas in the city.

If I were you I would go up there one night at about 9/10pm and just drive around for a while and have a look and see whats going on. Decide from that.

I'm not sure Parnell is even fully opened yet, so maybe drive around Wellview and Parslickstown.

Sleepsatnight · 18-07-2008 6:36pm

I drove up the other evening and there were a few houses boarded up :eek: !

Not the best start to an area so might just keep lookin around, thanks for your advice though:)

barneyeile · 23-07-2008 4:15pm

Was thinking of buying a house in the Parnell Drive area. What are people's opinions of this area? It is all I can afford at the moment. Thank you.:)

FunkZ · 23-07-2008 4:18pm

Close to the city as in it is the city man!

Endless nights on the lock with no 80 quid taxi home sounds good to me!

The Al Lad · 23-07-2008 4:25pm

kip ... Wouldn't put a dog in it ... The shanty pub... Ha ha kip

connundrum · 23-07-2008 4:28pm

I'd suggest that if its all you can afford and its not in an area you really like, then hold out. Save more, live with the folks if possible.

Check out neighbours.ie for more opinions (if anyone actually uses the site any more)

Karoma · 23-07-2008 4:29pm

Moved.

Call Me Jimmy · 23-07-2008 4:31pm

It's in one of those nursery rhymes isn't it? Something like "Mother Mulhuddart sat in a cupboard"... maybe that's not it actually come to think of it...

greatgoal · 23-07-2008 4:35pm

barneyeile wrote: »

Was thinking of buying a house in the Parnell Drive area. What are people's opinions of this area? It is all I can afford at the moment. Thank you.:)

buy a big cardboard box ,a gas stove and a blanket,far safer than that dump and a lot cleaner.

Stark · 23-07-2008 4:45pm

Parnell Drive, that's in Ladyswell isn't it? Best to avoid that particular area of Mulhuddart. The apartments themselves look lovely but the area is fairly rough. Not too far away are the areas of Castlecurragh and Warrenstown, which aren't too bad.

greatgoal · 23-07-2008 4:51pm

Stark wrote: »

Parnell Drive, that's in Ladyswell isn't it? Best to avoid that particular area of Mulhuddart. The apartments themselves look lovely but the area is fairly rough. Not too far away are the areas of Castlecurragh and Warrenstown, which aren't too bad.

also beside dromheath and parslickstown estates,very dangerous area,keep saving and wait for something better.

Zaph · 24-07-2008 12:35am

There's already a thread about this area, so I'm going to merge the two.

Remember folks, there is a search function on Boards.

garytuohy · 25-07-2008 5:00pm

I lived there for 21 years. I do not miss it one bit.

AVOID

Scumbags/nackers outway the decent people "stuck" there

vincenzo1975 · 03-08-2008 1:12am

I lived in parslickstown drive for 3.5 years. Worst years of my life. Wife and daughter scared to be on their own in house when I was on nightshifts, not safe to go out at night, anti social behaviour constantly, my house boken into and two other neighbours, car broken into twice, fighting and joyriding on main roads every weekend. I witnessed 7 burnt out cars on the wellview green one night, cops do not respond to calls most of the time.

It is the single worst experience of our lives.

torrestorres · 11-03-2010 10:45am

hi maybe someone can help me, I had an online store but was caught by credit card fraud by someone in this area, I delivered the goods then a few months later they made a chargeback on the credit card, I was very stupid in the first place to send items to different address than that of the billing address.

But the items were sent by courier and signed for at this address <SNIP>Im wondering should I pass on these details to the police and let them deal with it.
Im sure if they searched the premises they could find many credit card fraud details and some of the items, I also bet they didn’t just stop at purchases from my site, and others have also been caught.

Anyone know who lives at this address?? As I’m sure the name I have is different to the actual person living there.

Any help is welcome

Nevyn · 11-03-2010 10:48am

Report it to the grada.

torrestorres · 11-03-2010 11:11am

Thaedydal wrote: »

Report it to the grada.

You think so, i would call up around the house but after reading the storys i don't think so.

Might leave it to the Garda all right, thats if there not afraid to go in.

Gaspode · 11-03-2010 1:12pm

Torrestorres, this is a matter for the gardai. Publicly posting someones address here could prejudice you case, or even get you you into hot water so I've removed it.

As Thaedydal said, report it to the gardai.

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