New housing estate selling off the plans in Blanchardstown

fletch

Spotted an "exclusive" new development of 6 detatched houses being built just before The Twelfth Lock called Cherangani. Here's a link to them.
Surely these will never sell, wedged between the N3, M50 and the trainline? I'm struggling to think of somewhere I'd less like to live. The plot looks very cramped for 6 large detatched houses!
And they are selling off the plans....thought that madness finished back in 2008?

Justask

I think its a good location. Can't see them getting thst money. Mind you there is a shortage of houses for sale in the D15 area.

fletch

Justask wrote: »

I think its a good location.

Really? :eek: The N3 is only metres away, as is the M50. I can't imagine enjoying sitting in my garden on a Summers day listening to the traffic thundering by interspersed with the odd train.

bootybouncer

Yes but these house are for the more affluent people...........such as buckos from castleknock etc..............not talking about the spawn off certain parts of d15..........id imagine gates and keypad entry to this estate and civilised patrons..........no single mothers with 500 hundreds kids and whacker the taxi man who decides to run a garage out the front of his house...................

Justask

fletch wrote: »

Really? :eek: The N3 is only metres away, as is the M50. I can't imagine enjoying sitting in my garden on a Summers day listening to the traffic thundering by interspersed with the odd train.

I'm obviously looking at the map wrong going on that reaction.. ok I'll look agsin
Woman and map and all that

amdublin

Where exactly are these located in simple terms please?!

(out of pure curiosity/nosiness )

January

http://htmor.ie/532406/Cherangani_Talbot_Bridge_Castleknock_Dublin_15_Dublin

Try this.

d15ude

Justask wrote: »

I'm obviously looking at the map wrong going on that reaction.. ok I'll look agsin
Woman and map and all that

you have the right idea of the location - in between m50, n3, train, and also the 12th lock pub could be a noise issue.

would not fancy living there.

amdublin

I think it's a nice location.

Zaph

amdublin wrote: »

I think it's a nice location.

If the motorway and railway weren't so close, I'd agree with you as it's right on the canal. But unfortunately they are there, so it's a pretty bad location imo.

BabysCoffee

Interesting name for the estate!

Morag

If they are a high end build ( which I would expect in that area) then tripple glaze windows would cut a lot of the noise.

fletch

amdublin wrote: »

Where exactly are these located in simple terms please?!

(out of pure curiosity/nosiness )

Exactly here

fletch

Morag wrote: »

If they are a high end build ( which I would expect in that area) then tripple glaze windows would cut a lot of the noise.

Fair enough although not in the garden. And the location is closer to Blanchardstown via the roads than Castleknock.
I suppose Castleknock Mews does seem to have sold all their units and it is closer to the M50 so maybe there are potential buyers

Twizzler

Another local-ish development selling off plans is this small one in Dunboyne, which I know isn't D15 but isn't far off and is frequented daily by a lot of D15ers I know (including me!). http://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/The-Laurels-Rooske-Road-Dunboyne-Co-Meath/677349/ Three bed semi-ds. Just noticed they have gone up 10 grand in price since last week! Deffo advertised for 269 previously, and had no 'Excess' before the price. (Just checked this on Collapso to verify.)
This thread prompted me to look up Huntington Lodge in Castleknock to see what had happened to that. Sale agreed on sites 1 to 5 according to this: http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/site-no-1-5-huntington-lodge-castleknock-road-castleknock-dublin-15/1774526

Gaspode

I would hate that location, you would have no peace in your garden. An outside space would be high on my list of requirements for a new home.

chucknorris

Would potential buyers have no recourse or ground to stand on in regard to sound barriers?

The noise is very bad there, and even worse on a clear night.

BabysCoffee

Twizzler wrote: »

Another local-ish development selling off plans is this small one in Dunboyne, which I know isn't D15 but isn't far off and is frequented daily by a lot of D15ers I know (including me!). http://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/The-Laurels-Rooske-Road-Dunboyne-Co-Meath/677349/ Three bed semi-ds. Just noticed they have gone up 10 grand in price since last week! Deffo advertised for 269 previously, and had no 'Excess' before the price. (Just checked this on Collapso to verify.)
This thread prompted me to look up Huntington Lodge in Castleknock to see what had happened to that. Sale agreed on sites 1 to 5 according to this: http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/site-no-1-5-huntington-lodge-castleknock-road-castleknock-dublin-15/1774526

LOVE Huntington Lodge!

If I win the lotto.......

Larbre34

chucknorris wrote: »

Would potential buyers have no recourse or ground to stand on in regard to sound barriers?

The noise is very bad there, and even worse on a clear night.

Not retrospectively, the motorway was built based on existing land use, and the developer would have had to include any further noise barriers in his planning application. If he didn't, then the boundary stays as it is.

Wouldnt be my noisy polluted cup of tea. Actually, vibration would be the worst thing about living there.

chucknorris

That spot is as noisy as it gets. The road in to it however is secluded.

ThisRegard

BabysCoffee wrote: »

LOVE Huntington Lodge!

If I win the lotto.......

You'll probably have to in order to build it yourself. How long ago has that 'development' been started ? All that's there is a set of foundations and it looks like any other ghost estate around the country.

JupiterKid

Terrible location - far too noisy with the M50/N3 interchange and the railway line right on top of this site.

I suspect it's named Cherangani after the bungalow that sat on this site. As for Huntington Lodge nearby on the Castleknock Road, no sign of anything being built on this site since work was abandoned here about 5 years ago.

Dravokivich

ThisRegard wrote: »

You'll probably have to in order to build it yourself. How long ago has that 'development' been started ? All that's there is a set of foundations and it looks like any other ghost estate around the country.

Foundations seemed to have been put down to prevent the planning permission to expire. I've known of people do that before.

I've been living in Carpenterstown for 4 1/2 years now and it's always been the same in that spot. So even longer than that. Worse part is, I suspect those foundations may need to be redone if the houses are to ever be built.

dickwod1

Yeah I wouldn't be mad on the location - The M50 and N3 running by the side of the house, If they weren't there it would be a lovely spot (but they are!)

Larbre34

Dravokivich wrote: »

Foundations seemed to have been put down to prevent the planning permission to expire. I've known of people do that before.

I've been living in Carpenterstown for 4 1/2 years now and it's always been the same in that spot. So even longer than that. Worse part is, I suspect those foundations may need to be redone if the houses are to ever be built.

Thats a violation of Building Control, if you submit a commencement on structures in your permission you have to complete it to weather proof condition. If they suspect developers of chancing what you suggest, and they have funds to be building at all, then itll be a trip to Court

murphf

Yep wouldn't fancy it myself.. We had relatives stay at the 12th lock last weekend and they didnt get a wink of sleep between the trains and the bar .. They have a large outdoor smoking area so imagine that would affect these houses

triple-M

did they ever build anything on the "huntington lodge" site just up the canal opposite the train station ,i havent been up that way in a while

nudger

triple-M wrote: »

did they ever build anything on the "huntington lodge" site just up the canal opposite the train station ,i havent been up that way in a while

They are working on it this week, a lot of activity yesterday, looks like a wooden frame build on the right hand side part of the site.

nudger

Passed by today and the roof is on just to be slated, big house 2500sq ft+ in my estimation.

barnard

Actually it is no more noisy there than any other part of Blanchardstown. Its not the M50 you hear but only one of the exits to the N3. You can hear the water running from the lock and the gardens are towards the back with the houses acting as noise break.

Polar101

barnard wrote:

. Its not the M50 you hear but only one of the exits to the N3.

I'd imagine that alone would make the traffic noise a big issue.

amdublin

Don't know why people are going on about the traffic noise.

There are loads of houses built nearer, if not right on noisy roads.
What are the name of those houses just on a little bit - right on the edge of blanchardstown village - built around a little circular courtyard I think?? Opposite the bell.

And then all the houses right on the main Navan Road.

I'd take one of these houses in a shot!

ongarboy

Perhaps it's the perception rather than the reality that is so off putting to many people posting here. I have to admit when I spotted them going up as our train slowed down to pull into Castleknock, you'd have a birds eye view of commuter packed trains along with one of the free flowing elevated m50 lanes going right by you also. It just looked all wrong. Sure, many of us live with other apartment blocks or houses on top of us but they somehow seem more acceptable then a busy train line with a clear view of your windows and a massive concrete hulk of roadway zipping by you.

Personally, if I had the type of money they're asking for them, I'd buy a far more spacious home with decent front and secluded back gardens in Coolmine, Clonee, Lucan or Dunboyne with better views.

Richard Hillman

I'd be more wary of the copious amounts of insects that will be about during the summer. It seems like the perfect storm for midges.