Property Price in Kill Village in Co. kildare

amitbha

Hello Guys,

I am planning ot buy a house or appartment but not sure on area.. I want to buy near to dublin city, I saw Kill is nice place in Co. Kildare but not sure how is this place like.. ? safe for living good area or bad and how much I should be offer for 2 bed House or Duplex.. I saw many property are are in between 100k - 140K.

Can anyone advise me how is the Kill area in Kildare and how is transport like ? and is this place worth for buying a property for living or investment ?


thanks,

Man007

amitbha wrote: »

Hello Guys,

I am planning ot buy a house or appartment but not sure on area.. I want to buy near to dublin city, I saw Kill is nice place in Co. Kildare but not sure how is this place like.. ? safe for living good area or bad and how much I should be offer for 2 bed House or Duplex.. I saw many property are are in between 100k - 140K.

Can anyone advise me how is the Kill area in Kildare and how is transport like ? and is this place worth for buying a property for living or investment ?


thanks,

If you're going to spend most of your time in Dublin why not just buy there I know so many people who have moved to kill or further for a cheaper house and really regret it

amitbha

Man007 wrote: »

If you're going to spend most of your time in Dublin why not just buy there I know so many people who have moved to kill or further for a cheaper house and really regret it

Yes, but the quality of house or appartment are not so good if I compare it to property at Kill or outskirts of dublin.. its like with smae 140K you could get bigger house/Appt, not so old development.
do you know why people regret after buying in Kill ? any specific reason behind this..please advise..

djimi

Id be interested to know why people regret moving to Kill. I dont live there but have friends there and my girlfriend is from Kill, and I have never seen or heard too much of a problem with the place. Its got a bit of a dodgy element to it (as most places tend to nowadays) but on the whole its quite alright. Maybe an actual resident of Kill will be able to expand on that more.

There is a bus service direct to Dublin that runs fairly regularly throughout the day, and to drive its about 25 minutes to the city center at night, and about an hour in rush hour traffic. Its about a ten minute drive to the train station in Sallins. The village itself has a couple of decent pubs and a decent supermarket, but its only a couple of minutes from Naas for more varied nightlife/shopping options.

amitbha

Hey djimi

Thanks for your info on Buses.

I agree on doggy elements as they are everywhere in world....
Cheers!

Man007

djimi wrote: »

Id be interested to know why people regret moving to Kill. .

Don't get me wrong kill is a nice place but is probably as far as you would want to go.

What I mean is if your moving to kill and going to live in kill its lovely but if your moving to kill with intentions of socialising and working in Dublin that's when people regret it.

If your intention is "sure I'll move to kill and meet my mates in Dublin at the weekend" that's what I'm talking about I have a friend there and every time he goes out he stays in his mams in dublin I don't think the saving on houses is worth the hassle there's a reason the houses are cheaper but that's just my opinion.

djimi

Man007 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong kill is a nice place but is probably as far as you would want to go.

What I mean is if your moving to kill and going to live in kill its lovely but if your moving to kill with intentions of socialising and working in Dublin that's when people regret it.

If your intention is "sure I'll move to kill and meet my mates in Dublin at the weekend" that's what I'm talking about I have a friend there and every time he goes out he stays in his mams in dublin I don't think the saving on houses is worth the hassle there's a reason the houses are cheaper but that's just my opinion.

So basically your mate moved 20 miles from the city center and then complains that its inconvenient to socialize there regularly? :rolleyes:

In terms of living outside of the city Kill/Naas are probably as handy as you can possibly get for access to the Dublin nightlife. Its about a 25 minute drive into the city at night and they are both on a good bus route. Its only a few minutes drive from the LUAS park and ride. I go into Dublin all the time and its no hassle whatsoever.

If you move to somewhere like Kill then you have to accept that you are moving away from the city and that it wont be as easy as living on a Dublin Bus/LUAS service.

Man007

djimi wrote: »

If you move to somewhere like Kill then you have to accept that you are moving away from the city and that it wont be as easy as living on a Dublin Bus/LUAS service.

Exactly my point if you accept that then sure you'll be fine but in my experience many people move for the cheap house prices and say exactly what you have said 'it's only 25 mins from Dublin sure isn't it great' then find that it's not as easy to live the life they had in Dublin.

You can't get more convenient to Dublin than Dublin itself simple as.

djimi

Man007 wrote: »

Exactly my point if you accept that then sure you'll be fine but in my experience many people move for the cheap house prices and say exactly what you have said 'it's only 25 mins from Dublin sure isn't it great' then find that it's not as easy to live the life they had in Dublin.

You can't get more convenient to Dublin than Dublin itself simple as.

Goes without saying, but honestly moving 30 minutes from Dublin and then compaining that you are 30 minutes from Dublin is rather daft!

Its obviously a consideration though, and if you are used to life in the city center then its worth driving out to Kill at 1 oclock in the morning to see what you are facing if you move there.

Even go rent in Naas for a year first if you want to be absolutely sure what its like to live outside the city.

Man007

It's a whole different world once you venture down the n7 out of Dublin.

All you'll here about are cattle marts, the price of lamb and green diesel be prepared.

Also be prepared for a lot of corned beef and cabbage

pauliedel

Whats Saint Patricks estate like in kill is it rough.
I,m thinking of viewing a house there.

BookBook

I lived for a while between Kill and Johnstown. Both areas seemed fine to me - I wouldn’t call any of the estates there rough at all.
I would never really want to move back there however my partner and a good friend of mine loved living there.
I personally think Naas is a much better option especially for public transport and even if it is a bit further out.

My reasons for wanting out were
- you can’t get by without a car
- Supermarket is a large expensive Spar, you would have to go to Naas for proper shopping.
- You have to travel to Naas for any proper shopping or café’s or restaurants.
- I hated getting the 126 bus. Especially off peak when they are only every 90 minutes. I grew to dislike the daily task of asking students to move their bags so I could sit down and getting a grunt in return and the hour long loud phone chats the foreign nationals would make on the way home.
- Yearly bus ticket to Dublin was approx. 1600e before tax reduction but yet I could not use this on any other bus and I couldn’t use it between Kill /Johnstown or Naas. I couldn’t even use it to get the 126 buses that go express to Naas and get picked up from there.
- I worked 8 – 4 in Dublin and would have to leave house at 6.40 in the morning and wouldn’t get back home most evenings until 5.40, some days 6.
- socialising with friends in Dublin mostly had to be booked ahead and you constantly had to plan it around the bus timetable.
- hard to get friends to visit from Dublin regularly.
- no playground for kids in the area.
- two crèches in whole area.