Moving to Courtown/ riverchaple.

Buddy10

Hi, am moving to courttown and would like to know what's riverchapel like to live in. Looking at Middletown valley,
beachside and woodside. Or is nearer courttown harbour better to live in. I have 2 kids under 12 and can't decide which is better, thanks for any replies.

oldyouth

Firstly, I seriously need to ask if you actually have to live in the area. Is it possible for you to travel from Gorey when needed?

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

Firstly, I seriously need to ask if you actually have to live in the area. Is it possible for you to travel from Gorey when needed?

Really, and why do you seriously need to ask that?

oldyouth

Dead in the winter and full of holiday makers in the summer, some of whom (and I mean some) are not the best

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

Dead in the winter and full of holiday makers in the summer, some of whom (and I mean some) are not the best

Apart from being an exaggeration, it's hardly a helpful answer to the OP. Op, Middletown or Woodside would be fine, Beachside is a bit congested IMO. You don't say if you plan to rent or buy, if it's the latter I would suggest Riverchapel Wood. Courtown itself is more mature and also caters more for the rental market, houses rarely come up for sale and because of the nature of the market, properties tend not to be well insulated. Woodands would be a good option there but check the method of construction and insulation first.

Buddy10

bmaxi wrote: »

Apart from being an exaggeration, it's hardly a helpful answer to the OP. Op, Middletown or Woodside would be fine, Beachside is a bit congested IMO. You don't say if you plan to rent or buy, if it's the latter I would suggest Riverchapel Wood. Courtown itself is more mature and also caters more for the rental market, houses rarely come up for sale and because of the nature of the market, properties tend not to be well insulated. Woodands would be a good option there but check the method of construction and insulation first.

Hi thanks for replies. I am buying, going down this weekend to look at some. Really like courttown and where it is. Also like that, its so near to Gorey but dont want to live there. Bmaxi never would have thought about insulation. Just assumed that cos the houses we are looking at are not that old, that insulation would not be a problem. Thanks again.

bmaxi

Buddy10 wrote: »

Bmaxi never would have thought about insulation. Just assumed that cos the houses we are looking at are not that old, that insulation would not be a problem. Thanks again.

Wouldn't have struck me either, it was a lesson learned the hard way. When I was waiting for my house to be finished I rented a house in Courtown over the winter. We were frozen out of it, condensation turned to ice on walls and windows and the attic tank froze, this wasn't even a harsh winter like we've had recently. A lot of the houses built in Courtown in the 1980s and 90s were bought under a tax relief scheme, they were intended as holiday lets, not for year round occupancy. I think, in law now, sellers have to provide a BER certificate but I'm not sure at what vintage house that requirement starts. Riverchapel should be fine though, good luck with the hunt.

oldyouth

bmaxi wrote: »

Apart from being an exaggeration, it's hardly a helpful answer to the OP. Op, Middletown or Woodside would be fine, Beachside is a bit congested IMO. You don't say if you plan to rent or buy, if it's the latter I would suggest Riverchapel Wood. Courtown itself is more mature and also caters more for the rental market, houses rarely come up for sale and because of the nature of the market, properties tend not to be well insulated. Woodands would be a good option there but check the method of construction and insulation first.

It's not an exggeration IMO and has been covered many times here. However, OP says he likes the area and that's the main thing.

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

It's not an exggeration IMO and has been covered many times here. However, OP says he likes the area and that's the main thing.

I don't need anecdotal evidence from Boards or anywhere else, I live there and see it on a daily basis, I say it's an exaggeration. The area gets enough unwarranted bad press without this sort of uninformed drivel.

oldyouth

bmaxi wrote: »

I don't need anecdotal evidence from Boards or anywhere else, I live there and see it on a daily basis, I say it's an exaggeration. The area gets enough unwarranted bad press without this sort of uninformed drivel.

Yeah, everybody else is wrong. Anecdotal, sure, lets go with that. I've been in and out of Courtown for the last 40 years and can't see anything positive about it. As I said before, the OP likes the area and that's all that matters

vicwatson

Aw come on, you can't see ANYTHING positive about Courtown? Huh??

oldyouth

vicwatson wrote: »

Aw come on, you can't see ANYTHING positive about Courtown? Huh??

Apologies, the harbour is a lovely facility if you are a boat person, the golf course is magnificent and there are nice views up the coast from the hill.

DubMam

Hello
I am moving to Riverchapel View over tyhe summer with 3 children (4,9 & 11) Has anyone expierence of the national school in the village? Can you advise of gaa teams, cub scouts etc. I am excited but scared too at the move If they kids settle I'll be happy

All advice re schools (secondary also) very welcome
Thanks!!



Also any advice on GP's dentist in the locality, I will have to commute to Dublin for the first while, is there a bus from Riverchapel to Gorey so I can connect with bus/train??

Thanks again!

vicwatson

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056919847

Also, bmaxi lives there so worth asking his thoughts etc.

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

Yeah, everybody else is wrong. Anecdotal, sure, lets go with that. I've been in and out of Courtown for the last 40 years and can't see anything positive about it. As I said before, the OP likes the area and that's all that matters

So, "everybody else" disagrees with my opinion? If you hadn't contended differently, I'd be tempted to say that might be an exaggeration. What about all those holidaymakers you say the place is "full of" in summer?, they must really dread holiday time when they have to come here. Surely coercion is a criminal offence, Gardaí should be informed.

bmaxi

DubMam wrote: »

Hello
I am moving to Riverchapel View over tyhe summer with 3 children (4,9 & 11) Has anyone expierence of the national school in the village? Can you advise of gaa teams, cub scouts etc. I am excited but scared too at the move If they kids settle I'll be happy

All advice re schools (secondary also) very welcome
Thanks!!



Also any advice on GP's dentist in the locality, I will have to commute to Dublin for the first while, is there a bus from Riverchapel to Gorey so I can connect with bus/train??

Thanks again!

The bad news first. Public transport in the form of buses is, like most rural villages, virtually non existent in Riverchapel. Most people would have a car or would travel by hackney. If you are to be a daily commuter you may be able to agree a bulk rate with the hackney company. Most of the hackney companies operate minibuses and if there are enough passengers, the trip to Gorey can be as low as €4 but it's much less painful all round to have your own car as most activities would require it. Parking at Gorey railway station is plentiful and costs €3 a day.
Riverchapel N.S. has an excellent reputation and will guarantee a place in Gorey Community School, which also has an excellent reputation. There is a second secondary school in Gorey, Creagh College, which is only newly opened, so little is known of it.
There are no dentists or doctors in the area although Mrs O'Loughlin, a GP in Gorey will, if available, see emergency cases at her home in Ardamine.
Nearest GAA club is Ballygarret, about 3 miles down the coast, Courtown Celtic AFC is in Ballycale, about 1.5 miles out towards Springmount. Scouts, Judo, Boxing, Rugby, Irish dancing, music and theatre clubs are in Gorey.
Most children love the area, Courtown beach and woods are less than 10 minutes walk away and if we get a half decent summer, you'll have to prise them away.
Welcome to the area and best of luck.

oldyouth

bmaxi wrote: »

So, "everybody else" disagrees with my opinion? If you hadn't contended differently, I'd be tempted to say that might be an exaggeration. What about all those holidaymakers you say the place is "full of" in summer?, they must really dread holiday time when they have to come here. Surely coercion is a criminal offence, Gardaí should be informed.

Regardless of what town you talk about, I'm sure many people would agree that an area full of holidaymakers is not necessarily the best place to live. The area (again IMO) is geared for holidaymakers to have a great time and is dead out of season, which is the majority of the year. The high number of holidaymakers, enjoying what the village is designed for, can lead to unsociable activity.

You obviously disagree, which is fine, but I too have extensive experience of the area and can think of only one other village in Wexford where I would least want to live

smokey20

oldyouth wrote: »

and can think of only one other village in Wexford where I would least want to live

Taghmon?

oldyouth

smokey20 wrote: »

Taghmon?

I'm in enough trouble for criticising Bmaxi's Valhalla

Corvo

smokey20 wrote: »

Taghmon?

Barntown I'd say

oldyouth

Griffin1988 wrote: »

Barntown I'd say

Good one Griff, whoever you are, :P

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

Regardless of what town you talk about, I'm sure many people would agree that an area full of holidaymakers is not necessarily the best place to live. The area (again IMO) is geared for holidaymakers to have a great time and is dead out of season, which is the majority of the year. The high number of holidaymakers, enjoying what the village is designed for, can lead to unsociable activity.

You obviously disagree, which is fine, but I too have extensive experience of the area and can think of only one other village in Wexford where I would least want to live

I can think of a dozen places in Co. Wexford in which I would choose not to live.
Of course the area is geared toward holidaymakers, people want to come here and the whole essence of commerce is, if you have a product people want, you market it towards them.
Most of the holidaymakers who come here are regulars, people who have bought mobile homes and want to bring their families. There is little anti social behaviour among them, indeed statistics have shown that most of those appearing before the courts in this regard are from Gorey and it's hinterland.
At worst, visitors are a minor and temporary inconvenience amounting to increased traffic and longer queues, they give a certain buzz to the area on a warm sunny day in July which tends to lift everybody.

oldyouth

I can't keep repeating myself, but you seem to like the area and the OP seems to like the area and that is the most important thing. However, I think it is one of the least desirable places to live in this beautiful county and that is my right

jd

oldyouth wrote: »

Good one Griff, whoever you are, :P

/me goes off to search for Barntown on the site!

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

I can't keep repeating myself, but you seem to like the area and the OP seems to like the area and that is the most important thing. However, I think it is one of the least desirable places to live in this beautiful county and that is my right

Yet you see fit to ridicule my right to defend the area. I don't care whether or not you would like to live in this area, the current arrangement is probably mutually beneficial. What I do object to is your spreading of misinformation and general urban myths about the place, to those who might want to live here. If I knew where you lived, I'm sure I could find uncomplimentary things to say about that place, difference is, I wouldn't bother.

oldyouth

oldyouth wrote: »

I can't keep repeating myself, but you seem to like the area and that is the most important thing.

How is that ridiculing you???. Where is the urban myth, when I have told you I have been in and out of Courtown for the last 40 years??? I live in Barntown, slag it off if it makes you feel better, I like the area. If you can't accept all of that, we are just going around in a loop here

vicwatson

Barntown's a kip !

vicwatson

^^^^^^

:P:D:D:D:D:D:D

oldyouth

vicwatson wrote: »

Barntown's a kip !

T'was grand before I moved there. I don't know how it went downhill so quickly after I arrived

St Senan

Ahh now lads and lassies. Don't be running down or slagging off Barntown. ;)The views of the north of the county from there are breath taking especially if your up ballindinas direction looking up at beautiful Enniscorthy. :P
As I say to my hillbilly outlaws who moved up there some years............... Well can you open your front door on a windy day.:D

vicwatson

Navarre wrote: »

Ahh now lads and lassies. Don't be running down or slagging off Barntown. ;)The views of the north of the county from there are breath taking especially if your up ballindinas direction looking up at beautiful Enniscorthy. :P
As I say to my hillbilly outlaws who moved up there some years............... Well can you open your front door on a windy day.:D

Ah herrrree leavee it ouuuuu:D

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

How is that ridiculing you???. Where is the urban myth, when I have told you I have been in and out of Courtown for the last 40 years??? I live in Barntown, slag it off if it makes you feel better, I like the area. If you can't accept all of that, we are just going around in a loop here

You've obviously chosen to overlook the "bmaxi's Valhalla" jibe. Was that supposed to be constructive to the debate? Are you even aware of what place Valhalla refers to?
Just to avoid your having to repeat yourself, I've been to Wexford town, Enniscorthy, New Ross even Barntown, on many occasions over the years. Additionally, I worked as truck driver for a long time and visited every county in Ireland but, apart from here and Dublin, I haven't lived in any of them. For that simple reason I wouldn't presume to know what it's like to live in any those places, which was the original question, that's a talent the Good Lord appears to have reserved solely for you. Congratulations!

oldyouth

If just visiting Courtown over the last 40 years is enough to make me dislike the place, I don't see how living there 24/7 would change my opinion

Will you not just accept the fact that many people like the place, many people don't (including myself) and not be so precious about it? I accept the OP enquired about living in Courtown, which I have never done, but I am entitled to give an opinion about my experience of the area. The OP is free to dismiss it as irrelevant if he wishes but you won't bully me in to changing it

vicwatson

Handbags at dawn can only sort this out

St Senan

vicwatson wrote: »

Handbags at dawn can only sort this out

It seems that way alright Vic. But it has to be at Castleellis cross as id say that's the half way spot between both Barntown and Riverchaple /Ardmine

oldyouth

Navarre wrote: »

It seems that way alright Vic. But it has to be at Castleellis cross as id say that's the half way spot between both Barntown and Riverchaple /Ardmine

Castle Ellis is a shlthole

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

If just visiting Courtown over the last 40 years is enough to make me dislike the place, I don't see how living there 24/7 would change my opinion

Will you not just accept the fact that many people like the place, many people don't (including myself) and not be so precious about it? I accept the OP enquired about living in Courtown, which I have never done, but I am entitled to give an opinion about my experience of the area. The OP is free to dismiss it as irrelevant if he wishes but you won't bully me in to changing it

Point me towards where I suggested you, or anybody else, weren't free to like/dislike the area or to give your opinion. I don't agree with that opinion and I'm entitled to say so, if that bothers you then it is you who is being precious. My contention from the outset, has been that you are not qualified to pronounce on what it is like to live here, which was the question in the OP, nothing has changed in that respect.

oldyouth

If it looks like a horse, canters like a horse, smells like a horse, then odds are that it is a horse. You don't have to own one to give a qualified opinion on it

bmaxi

oldyouth wrote: »

If it looks like a horse, canters like a horse, smells like a horse, then odds are that it is a horse. You don't have to own one to give a qualified opinion on it

I shouldn't really be allowing the thread to descend to these depths of inanity but a qualified opinion would suggest you are uncertain as to whether or not it is a horse, just that, on the face of it, it appears to be a horse.
Now, have you anything relevant, or indeed, sensible to contribute.

oldyouth

bmaxi wrote: »

Now, have you anything relevant, or indeed, sensible to contribute.

I quoted relevant and sensible opinion until you decided that I had not right to do so, given that it was not all positive. I think you might have prevented others from offering contributions by getting on your high horse (not to be confused with the type of horse mentioned previously)

St Senan

Mod Note
Guys can you both agree to disagree on the subject of riverchaple and leave it so at that as the thread has really gone sideways.

oldyouth

Will do Navarre

Buddy10

Hi, thanks To everyone who took the time to reply. Just like to say that viewed some houses at the weekend and made an offer today and it was accepted. So courttown here we come. Just got to sort out a solicitor, a surveyor and god knows what.

bmaxi

Navarre wrote: »

Mod Note
Guys can you both agree to disagree on the subject of riverchaple and leave it so at that as the thread has really gone sideways.

Spoilsport

bmaxi

Buddy10 wrote: »

Hi, thanks To everyone who took the time to reply. Just like to say that viewed some houses at the weekend and made an offer today and it was accepted. So courttown here we come. Just got to sort out a solicitor, a surveyor and god knows what.

Where did you decide on in the end?

St Senan

bmaxi wrote: »

Spoilsport

you 2 could always meet up at castleellis crossroads and sort it out once and for all over a game of Marbles. :o

Buddy10

Decided on woodside.

vicwatson

Navarre wrote: »

you 2 could always meet up at castleellis crossroads and sort it out once and for all over a game of Marbles. :o

Or you could both go Dancin' at the crossroads ?? :pac::pac:

oldyouth

Navarre wrote: »

you 2 could always meet up at castleellis crossroads and sort it out once and for all over a game of Marbles. :o

Your assuming that we both still have our........:p

St Senan

vicwatson wrote: »

Or you could both go Dancin' at the crossroads ?? :pac::pac:

They could. But not wearing the purple and gold id say.

bmaxi

Buddy10 wrote: »

Decided on woodside.

Nice spot, showing a bit of wear and tear now but at one time it was a showpiece. It actually featured in an RTE documentary series about Courtown which aired in the 1990s, when it was an upmarket holiday let development. One thing I would definitely have my solicitor check is the terms of any Management Company agreement, they used to be quite restricttve, as they were for a lot of estates around here. Thankfully, the MUD Act has changed that.