Moving to Cork!

Palo Alto

Hi all,

moving down to Cork next month to start medical school and, not knowing the city at all was hoping that you could perhaps give me some advice about a good area to live?

Basically, I'm 27 and have down the student thing before so am looking somewhere a bit more quiet and relaxed, although not too far from the University I suppose, although I have a car.

I've been told that Douglas is quite nice? Regardless, not knowing the city at all I'd appreciate any and all advice!

Sergio

Douglas is a nice spot with everything at your door step like shops,pubs etc etc but the rent isnt cheap out there.Maybe check out turners cross area. The fact you have a car means you have a much bigger choice of places to live.

Dave147

If you want to be near the University then Douglas and Turners Cross are the wrong side of the city. You should consider looking around Wilton, Bishopstown, Dennehy's Cross and Sunday's Well, these are the best options for a semi suburban area that's near UCC. Avoid places like College road as they are too noisy certain weeks of the year.

Pouladuff area and Togher, Ballyphehane etc wouldn't be too bad either as long as you're in the right area. Somewhere by the Lough being ideal really.

Ludo

In fairness turners cross in only a 20 minute walk from the uni. 5 mins in car or bike. Not exactly wrong side of city.

Dave147

I live on that side of the city and would take me more than 20 minutes to walk there, I also live closer than Turners Cross. I quite like the area but I would rather live closer to the other side. Better bus times out that way too, it's a more university friendly area than Turners X etc.

Fuzz McG

Check out the Glasheen area and around The Lough. Lovely area. Lived there myself for a year, probably the nicest place I ever rented!

Palo Alto

Really appreciate the replies guys thanks.

LilMrsDahamsta

Student parking at UCC is very limited. There are Park & Ride options, but you might well find it easier just to live within a reasonable walking distance of the college.

You should check out the UCC forum. There have been several threads about suitable accommodation for various types of students over the last while.

Ludo

Dave147 wrote: »

I live on that side of the city and would take me more than 20 minutes to walk there, I also live closer than Turners Cross. I quite like the area but I would rather live closer to the other side. Better bus times out that way too, it's a more university friendly area than Turners X etc.

Lived in turners x for the 5 years I was in college ( and the 18 years before it). I used to cycle from the old nemo to college in 10 mins max. And that is the very far side of turners cross .
Not necessarily recommending it. Just saying it is not other side of city so worth considering.

Chuck Stone

Pros.

Bishopstown has two bus services that you could avail of if it's wet and is 10/15 mins cycle if it's dry. 5 to 15 mins in the car depending on your location and traffic.

Cork University Hospital is also in B'town (I'm not sure if you'd be doing placements out there but if you were B'town is perfect). B'town also has an adequate shopping centre (Wilton) and you have the Lee Fields nearby for cycling or walking by the river.

Cons.

Poor night life.

Pretty crappy pubs.

No much in the way of restaurants.

ninty9er

Hi eveyone, I'm also moving to Cork next month. I'll be working on the city side of the Kinsale Road and would prefer to avoid the South City link getting to and from work.

I've looked on Daft around Turners Cross and Musgrave Park. Some people have advised against Ballyphehane, but being from Limerick I don't like to tar all parts of an area with the same brush, I assume the parts closer to Musgrave Park are okay?

I suppose what I'm looking for is somewhere like where I'm living now, walking distance to town (under 20 mins) or on a regular bus route and walking distance or short drive to work. It'd be a bonus if it were somewhere I can walk to alone, safely from the city at 3 on a Sunday morning.

Chuck Stone

ninty9er wrote: »

I suppose what I'm looking for is somewhere like where I'm living now, walking distance to town (under 20 mins) or on a regular bus route and walking distance or short drive to work. It'd be a bonus if it were somewhere I can walk to alone, safely from the city at 3 on a Sunday morning.

What part of Kinsale Road will you be working? Turners cross sounds perfect tbh. The vast majority of Ballephehane is fine too imo.

Nobody can guarantee your safety walking alone at 3am in any part of the city on any night. Keeping safe is more of a common sense thing (not walking alone, getting a taxi etc)

ninty9er

Cheers.

I'd be working pretty much at the Roundabout, just in the industrial estate.

I assume living on the northside is a waste of time with commuter traffic?

Chuck Stone

ninty9er wrote: »

Cheers.

I'd be working pretty much at the Roundabout, just in the industrial estate.

Turners Cross or Ballyphehane are perfect for you.

I assume living on the northside is a waste of time with commuter traffic?

Once you have to cross the river at all (the river divides north & south city) during busy times you're looking at traffic queues at all the bridges. Probably better to live on the side of the Lee that you're working on to minimise commute times.

singin bernie walsh

bishopstown, wilton, togher, glasheen areas are all good to live. all on regular routes. you could walk into town on a nice day and a taxi should be no more than €10 into town. if your still looking for accomodation check out daft.ie and keep going further down the pages as there are plenty of houses/apartments there that are still available to rent.

gemie

Does any cork person know what areas are rough as i am from galway and i dont wanna be moving in a rough area?

who_me

gemie wrote: »

Does any cork person know what areas are rough as i am from galway and i dont wanna be moving in a rough area?

I guess different people might give you different answers.. even the bad areas have nice parts to live in etc. Personally, the areas I'd be most wary of would be Knocknaheeny/Hollyhill, parts of Blackpool (the closer to the centre the better), Farranree, Mayfield, and on the south-side: parts of Togher, and Mahon.

gemie

who_me wrote: »

I guess different people might give you different answers.. even the bad areas have nice parts to live in etc. Personally, the areas I'd be most wary of would be Knocknaheeny/Hollyhill, parts of Blackpool (the closer to the centre the better), Farranree, Mayfield, and on the south-side: parts of Togher, and Mahon.

thank you very much for your advice, ill take notice of these best ask a cork person ye know your area cheers for that

Outkast_IRE

gemie wrote: »

thank you very much for your advice, ill take notice of these best ask a cork person ye know your area cheers for that

Your best bet is to post back here when your going looking.
You will get great advise on areas as soon as you can say where you are likely to be travelling to daily, and what type of accomidation your looking for.

On the south side there are very few outright rough areas, even areas that might be called "rough" wouldnt be anywhere near as bad as other parts of the country.

gemie

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Your best bet is to post back here when your going looking.
You will get great advise on areas as soon as you can say where you are likely to be travelling to daily, and what type of accomidation your looking for.

On the south side there are very few outright rough areas, even areas that might be called "rough" wouldnt be anywhere near as bad as other parts of the country.

true, need know where my job is gonna be first! la creme are taking on peeps, get back on here and ask ye, what would you do with out boards.ie

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Roll on the good times, positivity gets you on the right road

omahaid

I'd say you'd struggle to even rent in Knocka these days considering they're knocking it all down. As others have said even the roughest parts of Cork have nice areas and some of the nicest areas have rough spots but over all there are very few parts of Cork that are genuinely rough (compared to Limerick or Dublin anyway).

yenom

Just stay out of the Glen and you'll be fine, everywhere else you'd be safe.

gemie

yenom wrote: »

Just stay out of the Glen and you'll be fine, everywhere else you'd be safe.

OK:D

Ritchiii

I'm looking to move into Douglas street within the week, I've heard mix reviews on the area from 2012 mostly. Can anyone give their insights?

Heroin, junkies, scum patrolling the areas etc.. I dont want my partner being jumped

yenom

Ritchiii wrote: »

I'm looking to move into Douglas street within the week, I've heard mix reviews on the area from 2012 mostly. Can anyone give their insights?

Heroin, junkies, scum patrolling the areas etc.. I dont want my partner being jumped

It's inner city.

bigboots89

hey I might be moving to monastery hill, anyone know if the area is alright?

Cavitation

Ritchiii wrote: »

I'm looking to move into Douglas street within the week, I've heard mix reviews on the area from 2012 mostly. Can anyone give their insights?

Heroin, junkies, scum patrolling the areas etc.. I dont want my partner being jumped

Come here man,you've are just looking for excuses NOT to move to Douglas street.Why don't you look to live somewhere else or never leave the house alone or your old doll(assuming your partner is female!!)
I live in that area and I've never seen anything that you refer too....
Get a ****ing grip......

CHealy

I live on the high street and have walked Douglas Street literally thousands of times in my lifetime at all hours of the day/night, and never once have I seen a bit of bother. But a guy living here a month might have been unlucky and got a slap there some night and he'll tell everyone he knows how bad Douglas Street is, its all peoples perception. Douglas Street is inner city, it has lots of dark side streets coming off it and the area as a whole is cramped and on top of you. Have your wits like any other inner city area and you'll be fine.

slai84

Hi guys,

Moving to cork soon with my girlfriend. will be working in carrigtwohill and would like to live somewhere close to amenities (supermarkets, parks, pubs, cafes) within Cork city. Any good suggestions?Could you please let me know of good transportation links from the city to carrigtwohill? people keep telling me the south is the place to be but i ve heard good things about glanmire, blackpool, tivoli, etc. We re also thinking about deerpark, deanrock, glasheen. any ideas? appreciate your time and feedback!!many thanks.

eeguy

Try to stay close enough to the motorway or the link. Traffic can be a nightmare during rush hour around Dunkettle.

Wilton, Douglas or Mahon might be a good place to start.

You could also look outside of the city to Midleton.

slai84

thank you eeguy. for the first few months we ll have to get used to transportation. no car foreseen for a while, we ll have to get used to driving on the other side😀😀ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. want to be close to the city and from what i hear it should take around 20-25mins with the bus or train to reach carrigtwohill in the morning. so i guess douglas, deerpark or so should work well. wilton seems bit further west, no?

eeguy

slai84 wrote: »

thank you eeguy. for the first few months we ll have to get used to transportation. no car foreseen for a while, we ll have to get used to driving on the other side����ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. want to be close to the city and from what i hear it should take around 20-25mins with the bus or train to reach carrigtwohill in the morning. so i guess douglas, deerpark or so should work well. wilton seems bit further west, no?

Ah right, didn't know about the car. In that case, just map the bus route from Carrigtwohill to Cork and find somewhere close by.

There's a train station in Carrigtwohill, but check how long the walk is to work. It's about 30 mins to the IDA business park. Not nice in the rain.

slai84

Many thanks again. I have on additional question if you don't mind. We have brand new appliances like washing machine and dryer but I see that the majority of available flats are offering at least a washing machine and most of the needed furniture (beds,matresses,couch, chairs,tables,etc). Do you think it would be possible to bring our own machines? (laundry etc) or is it sth we definitely cannot do? I really appreciate your tine and help.

who_me

slai84 wrote: »

Many thanks again. I have on additional question if you don't mind. We have brand new appliances like washing machine and dryer but I see that the majority of available flats are offering at least a washing machine and most of the needed furniture (beds,matresses,couch, chairs,tables,etc). Do you think it would be possible to bring our own machines? (laundry etc) or is it sth we definitely cannot do? I really appreciate your tine and help.

In my renting days I never viewed a property that wasn't furnished / equipped. I'd say very few would be rented like that.

On the other hand, you might get lucky. Someone might have just finished renovations / redecoration, and being able to rent immediately without having to buy the appliances straight away might perfectly suit the owner. But you'd likely have to do a lot more searching around.

slai84

Thank you who_me!that sounds good.big change for us to move to a beautiful place like Ireland. So we have to deal with a lot of items to make the move smooth. According to your experience/knowledge, what would be a good deal for a nice two bedroom apartment around the city?seems that we are looking at around 1,200/month or so from what we could see online.need to have good transportation to the city (being quite close if possible) and have a 20min-30min bus ride to IDA business park.many thanks for all your help!

eeguy

slai84 wrote: »

Thank you who_me!that sounds good.big change for us to move to a beautiful place like Ireland. So we have to deal with a lot of items to make the move smooth. According to your experience/knowledge, what would be a good deal for a nice two bedroom apartment around the city?seems that we are looking at around 1,200/month or so from what we could see online.need to have good transportation to the city (being quite close if possible) and have a 20min-30min bus ride to IDA business park.many thanks for all your help!

Cork isn't a big place really.
Find the bus depot on the map, then find somewhere within acceptable walking distance. You'll get nearly all the centre within 15/20 mins walk.

Laneyh

If you find a place you could ask the landlord if they will rent unfurnished
if they have multiple properties they might be open to that idea.

St Lukes is quite a popular place to rent and is a short walk to the train or bus station

It looks like you can get a bus to the IDA business park from the bus station and it would take 30 minutes or so

Ballinlough, Douglas St, or any of the apartments along the Quays in the city centre would be good.

There are a few side streets near the bus station that wouldn't be great to walk around at night time but generally I think it's ok

corks finest

slai84 wrote: »

Hi guys,

Moving to cork soon with my girlfriend. will be working in carrigtwohill and would like to live somewhere close to amenities (supermarkets, parks, pubs, cafes) within Cork city. Any good suggestions?Could you please let me know of good transportation links from the city to carrigtwohill? people keep telling me the south is the place to be but i ve heard good things about glanmire, blackpool, tivoli, etc. We re also thinking about deerpark, deanrock, glasheen. any ideas? appreciate your time and feedback!!many thanks.

Glasheen is great, shopping centres,bars,good, great links,mature area, safe,southside,,,,,Blackpool/glanmire lot of hassle, wouldn't live there for God nor man, Blackpool can be dodgy, glanmire is basically a Northside extension, mad traffic ,Google both ref trouble,hassle,gangs of youths etc,go to the southside

hufpc8w3adnk65

Sell your appliances and with the profit get a car! 99.9. % of places in Cork have appliances and furniture

Anastasia_

Why not look within Carrigtwohill? It's a great little village and you have everything you need there really. If it were me, I definitely would be considering it. You'll get a house in Cul Ard for the same price as an apartment in the city, and you're still only a train or bus journey away from the city. If you were to take a house in Douglas, I don't think there's any direct bus route so you'd either have to change bus or get the bus into town and the train out.

who_me

slai84 wrote: »

Thank you who_me!that sounds good.big change for us to move to a beautiful place like Ireland. So we have to deal with a lot of items to make the move smooth. According to your experience/knowledge, what would be a good deal for a nice two bedroom apartment around the city?seems that we are looking at around 1,200/month or so from what we could see online.need to have good transportation to the city (being quite close if possible) and have a 20min-30min bus ride to IDA business park.many thanks for all your help!

The price range sounds about right. Unfortunately its' very much an owner's market at the moment - rents now are (by Cork standards) very high regardless of whether the property is nice or not.

If by the IDA Business Park, you mean the one on Model Farm Road - the one tricky thing is most of the West side of the city is very popular for renting - you have University College Cork (UCC) close to the centre, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) out on the fringes, and Cork University Hospital in between. That's a lot of competition!

Most of the bus routes in the city run from the suburbs to/from the city centre (there aren't many orbital routes). So you either rent within walking distance, rent between the city centre and work (student central!), rent in the city centre (expensive?) or rent on the far side of the city and get 2 buses, or walk to centre & bus.

The bus options are probably the 205, and the 201 (the North Orbital route) - that might open up some areas on the North side. Potential warning: if you're travelling to work around 9am, the buses along any of those routes could be very busy with students. In my experience (very out of date) it was easier to get on the bus in the city centre, than trying to get on at one of the stops between the centre and the universities; very often they were full when they reached my stop and skipped my stop entirely.

My personal favourite areas to consider are: the Lough, Sunday's Well and St. Luke's. They're all mature areas, with a lot of character, and nice views.

eeguy

The OP mentions Carrigtwohill, so it's the IDA park there, not the IDA park on Model Farm Road, which is in Cork city.

who_me

eeguy wrote: »

The OP mentions Carrigtwohill, so it's the IDA park there, not the IDA park on Model Farm Road, which is in Cork city.

Hah, thanks!

Ignore pretty much everything I wrote, in that case.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Anastasia_ wrote: »

Why not look within Carrigtwohill? It's a great little village and you have everything you need there really. If it were me, I definitely would be considering it. You'll get a house in Cul Ard for the same price as an apartment in the city, and you're still only a train or bus journey away from the city. If you were to take a house in Douglas, I don't think there's any direct bus route so you'd either have to change bus or get the bus into town and the train out.

I wouldn’t recommend it all. Imo better off in the city initially then look to move to the county if needs be once you get a feel for the place

slai84

thank you a lot guys, really good info. a lot of options indeed, will take the time and look for good options. we re leaning towards the south, south east of the city for now but this can change once we come and see ourselves. i ve only been in cork for 1,5 days so i cannot really judge yet the size and traffic. again, thanks to all. you ve been very helpful.i ll keep you posted for more info.cheers!

fuzzyduck4

Albert road or blackrock road would be a good shout.. Both 5/10 minutes from all the main pubs in the city and extremely safe.

Mushy

MrMac84 wrote: »

Anastasia_ wrote: »

Why not look within Carrigtwohill? It's a great little village and you have everything you need there really. If it were me, I definitely would be considering it. You'll get a house in Cul Ard for the same price as an apartment in the city, and you're still only a train or bus journey away from the city. If you were to take a house in Douglas, I don't think there's any direct bus route so you'd either have to change bus or get the bus into town and the train out.

I wouldn’t recommend it all. Imo better off in the city initially then look to move to the county if needs be once you get a feel for the place

In what way wouldn't you recommend it? If by nightlife, I'd agree as the taxi can be a pain at 30 quid, but manageable if not doing it wedkly. Carrig is a nice spot, renting here at the moment, it has almost everything you need. I guess it could be a hassle without a car if you want to go somewhere that isnt Midleton or the city. But the area is nice, and would get better bang for your buck renting-wise.

eeguy

If I didn't drive I'd live in Cork.
If I did drive I'd live in Midleton.

slai84

Thanks again guys!I ve found some available properties very central, around George s quay.guess would be great for transportation as Parnell place is really metres away.any thoughts?(noise, dangers, quality of apartments next to the river?). Tivoli and silversprings still other options for the tine being.😉 what would be the expected rent for a two bedroom apartment in Georges quay?

who_me

slai84 wrote: »

Thanks again guys!I ve found some available properties very central, around George s quay.guess would be great for transportation as Parnell place is really metres away.any thoughts?(noise, dangers, quality of apartments next to the river?). Tivoli and silversprings still other options for the tine being.�� what would be the expected rent for a two bedroom apartment in Georges quay?

Very central. A few new businesses opened there in recent years (Cafe Velo, Casanova Gelato, Filter)

Some nice options too on Douglas St. very close by (Coughlans pub, Fionnbarras, Novecento pizza)

The area could be prone to flooding so I'd be a little wary of a ground-floor apartment (to be honest I doubt it ever reaches the houses, but the street level maybe). As for noise - other than traffic along the quay itself it shouldn't be too bad.

I can't comment on specific pricing, but just about any location around the city centre is likely to be pricey (by Cork standards) regardless of specific location.

JourneyMan8

slai84 wrote: »

Hi guys,

Moving to cork soon with my girlfriend. will be working in carrigtwohill and would like to live somewhere close to amenities (supermarkets, parks, pubs, cafes) within Cork city. Any good suggestions?Could you please let me know of good transportation links from the city to carrigtwohill? people keep telling me the south is the place to be but i ve heard good things about glanmire, blackpool, tivoli, etc. We re also thinking about deerpark, deanrock, glasheen. any ideas? appreciate your time and feedback!!many thanks.

moved to cork last year and picked douglas, don't think there's a better place in Ireland to be honest. only downside is that traffic in the morning and evening, if people could kindly stop driving into the yellow box at the junction it would be fantastic.....lots of buses pass through so access to most of cork from douglas.