Young family moving to Limerick

lilac_lilac

Hi,
my family is moving to Limerick. I've looked at all the threads but the relevant ones are around 2 years old. I've never been to Limerick or anywhere close to Limerick so really looking for some help on this.
I would really appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction. I'd be looking for a house in a nice neighbourhood where kids can play with other children. maybe a playschool close by, but wouldn't mind driving.
Also somewhere "close" to Vistakon, not more than an hour drive.
Thanks in advance.

naughtysmurf

I imagine the Annacotty area would suit you then, close to work and I'd say ticks all your box's, that's where I'd start looking anyway

banie01

Congrats on moving to Limerick.
There are plenty of nice neighbourhoods in the vicinity of Vistakon.
It really would boil down to your budget? your preferred house type?
Your preffered facilities?
There are many estates out that direction from Murroe, Castleconnel, Annacotty iall within @15mins aswell as the city suburbs themselves.
Rhebouge, Castletroy view, Bloodmill Rd and onto the more student occupied areas closer to the University.
Make a list prioritising what you need from a house, what facilities you would like easily accessible and what budget you have.
You really are spoilt for choice if you are willing to commute an hr!
You could live as far away as Portlaoise or Mallow!
You need to narrow your search

LMK

Clarina is a nice area also its to the west of the city approx 20-25mins form Vistakon, there is a small housing estate in the village

DarkJager

You should also consider that the M20/M7 motorways put a lot of extra areas within a 20 min drive from Vistakon. Raheen/Dooradoyle for more urban located areas or if you prefer countryside places like Patrickswell/Adare.

naughtysmurf

Limerick is small enough, I work only a few hundred meters from Vistakon, left work at 4.45 this evening and was home in Corbally before American Pie (one song, not the whole album) finished on my ipod, 7.5km

lilac_lilac

Thanks a mill folks.
The only facilities I would look for would be really - child friendly areas. House with a garden, 3 bed ideally. And I'd like to be home sooner than later, in time for dinner and to have some family time, so closer to Vistakon.
Rents in Dublin are far more expensive, we are paying 850 p.m. now so anywhere in that range would suit.

Thanks again

lilac_lilac

lilac_lilac wrote: »

Thanks a mill folks.
The only facilities I would look for would be really - child friendly areas. House with a garden, 3 bed ideally. And I'd like to be home sooner than later, in time for dinner and to have some family time, so closer to Vistakon.
Rents in Dublin are far more expensive, we are paying 850 p.m. now so anywhere in that range would suit.

Thanks again

You have a nice choice of places out in that side of the city. Castletroy, Monaleen, Golf Links Rd etc. €850 p.m will get you a lot of house in a nice area close to everything you need. Heck, €700 would even get you what you're looking for. As a previous poster mentioned, Vistakon is a stones throw away from the M7 so you could broaden your options to the other side of the city (Raheen, Dooradoyle etc) and still be only a 10-15 min drive to work. Best of luck with the move anyway and welcome to Limerick! We're all sound here!

lilac_lilac

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

You have a nice choice of places out in that side of the city. Castletroy, Monaleen, Golf Links Rd etc. €850 p.m will get you a lot of house in a nice area close to everything you need. Heck, €700 would even get you what you're looking for. As a previous poster mentioned, Vistakon is a stones throw away from the M7 so you could broaden your options to the other side of the city (Raheen, Dooradoyle etc) and still be only a 10-15 min drive to work. Best of luck with the move anyway and welcome to Limerick! We're all sound here!

Thanks for the tips, much appreciated.
Good to know that there's still people like that.

bazz26

I'd recommend Annacotty too, it is 5 mins from Vistakon, either there or the likes of Newtown in Castletroy which is close by too. Both are not far from Vistakon and also close to Castletroy College and park across the road. The likes of SuperQuinn/Lidl and cinema are also 5/10 min drive from both places.

Further in then you have UL and surrounding housing estates/apartments but with a young family I would tend to avoid these areas as they have a large student population in these areas so it may get a bit messy at times especially during rag week imo.

juneg

Monaleen. Theres a superb playground and park directly across from Castletroy College Secondary school. Lovely houses around there not a student area at all. Great GAA club and close to a shopping centre, lidl, cinema etc. Choice of Gaelscoil or National school closeby.

When I had small children I always liked to be in an area with footpaths so I could go walking with the buggy!

source

Op have you thought about ballina/kilaloe areas? It's a 10-15 minute spin out the motorway from vistakon.

Nice villages on lough derg, my parents are living out there and love it, great for kids and close enough to town.

If not there's a whole heap of areas directly around vistakon that have already been mentioned. The great thing about Limerick is we're a small city so it's easy to get around, you don't need to limit yourself to one side of town.

Wilbert13

Monaleen is the nicest area in Limerick, if you can rent there I wouldn't look anywhere else

h3000

Here are a few areas I would recommend all within a 20 minute drive or less. They are mostly country villages/towns apart from Annacotty and Monaleen

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?s[cc_id]=c17&s[a_id]=867&s[mnp]=&s[mxp]=&s[mnb]=&s[mxb]=&s[pt_id]=&search=1&s[search_type]=rental&s[refreshmap]=1&search_type=rental

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?s[cc_id]=c17&s[a_id]=858&s[mnp]=&s[mxp]=&s[mnb]=&s[mxb]=&s[pt_id]=&search=1&s[search_type]=rental&s[refreshmap]=1&search_type=rental

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?s[cc_id]=c18&s[a_id]=1354&s[mnp]=&s[mxp]=&s[mnb]=&s[mxb]=&s[pt_id]=&search=1&s[search_type]=rental&s[refreshmap]=1&search_type=rental

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?s[cc_id]=c17&s[a_id]=3761&s[mnp]=&s[mxp]=&s[mnb]=&s[mxb]=&s[pt_id]=&search=1&s[search_type]=rental&s[refreshmap]=1&search_type=rental

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?s[cc_id]=c18&s[a_id]=1358&s[mnp]=&s[mxp]=&s[mnb]=&s[mxb]=&s[pt_id]=&search=1&s[search_type]=rental&s[refreshmap]=1&search_type=rental

lilac_lilac

Thank you folks for all the posts, at least I know now where to look.

leakyboots

Best of luck in your search, all of the advice above is very sound.

One of the best things about Limerick is rents are far more reasonable than the likes of Dublin or Cork, far more bang for your buck. You could knock 150e-250e off the 850e you were paying in Dublin and get a smashing house.

(Just tell the missis it's more expensive than it is and you've some play money for yourself )

paulers06

I'd stick with Annacotty/Monaleen. Very safe area and the primary/secondary schools are excellent

Widescreen

Just a final plug for Dooradoyle area. As already pointed out it is only 10-15 minutes from Vistakon. It is an area that has everything,the renowned Crescent shopping centre, excellent bus routes, schools, churches, good pubs,cycle lanes, excellent walks. It is a town within a town!

Best of luck

juneg

Widescreen wrote: »

Just a final plug for Dooradoyle area. As already pointed out it is only 10-15 minutes from Vistakon. It is an area that has everything,the renowned Crescent shopping centre, excellent bus routes, schools, churches, good pubs,cycle lanes, excellent walks. It is a town within a town!

Best of luck

But Monaleen has the Castletroy College Secondary school to which the op will have right of entry if his kids live in the local area AND ALSO attend a local school.

Living in Raheen or Dooradoyle is a disaster in terms of secondary schools choices as there is no right of entry to anywhere. Kids here mostly go to Pallaskenry or Croom schools.

OP the secondary school choices here are organised by a CAO style application system and you have no say in what you get unless you have a right of entry lined up.

tony1980

Probably not relevant, but Is Internet important to you?

If so, then you might want to consider areas in the city so you can avail of UPC, etc. There are plenty of nice areas in Limerick city with good schools, Creches, etc. With traffic, you could be in most places around Limerick City or the surrounding villages in 30 mins max. With the motorway, just around the corner from Vistakon, you have loads of choices. Best of luck with the move!

Mc Love

juneg wrote: »

But Monaleen has the Castletroy College Secondary school to which the op will have right of entry if his kids live in the local area AND ALSO attend a local school.

Living in Raheen or Dooradoyle is a disaster in terms of secondary schools choices as there is no right of entry to anywhere. Kids here mostly go to Pallaskenry or Croom schools.

OP the secondary school choices here are organised by a CAO style application system and you have no say in what you get unless you have a right of entry lined up.

Kids mostly go to Croom or Pallaskenry?? Haha thats hilarious! The city schools and also the comprehensive is in Dooradoyle!

naughtysmurf

Widescreen wrote: »

the renowned Crescent shopping centre,

You're getting desperate there :P

Tech3

Wouldn't be a fan of Dooradoyle myself, Churchill meadows in Raheen is nice, SCR and NCR areas are quiet along with the previously mentioned places monaleen and annacotty

juneg

Mc Love wrote: »

Kids mostly go to Croom or Pallaskenry?? Haha thats hilarious! The city schools and also the comprehensive is in Dooradoyle!

Yes it is a fact that there are more children going out the country on buses now to secondary schools than there are going to the city schools.

The comprehensive is sewn up tight unless you have a right of entry with an older sibling already there. It cannot and does not meet the needs of this massive area

lilac_lilac

tony1980 wrote: »

Probably not relevant, but Is Internet important to you?

If so, then you might want to consider areas in the city so you can avail of UPC, etc. There are plenty of nice areas in Limerick city with good schools, Creches, etc. With traffic, you could be in most places around Limerick City or the surrounding villages in 30 mins max. With the motorway, just around the corner from Vistakon, you have loads of choices. Best of luck with the move!

It is, thanks for that. is there a big difference within areas on internet providers? we have eircom at the moment.

lilac_lilac

Thanks for the all the tips folks.
The most important thing at the moment would be finding preschool; anyone know of any good ones, since everything is new I'd like a smaller one where kids would get some attention?

shoppergal

I have 2 kids(age 1and 14) and live in Monaleen(about 1 mile from Vistakon) and really recommend it. Nice park, a few schools, cinema, shops, great Internet speed with UPC and overall very family friendly. If you look on Daft in Monaleen and Annacotty you should see loads of options

Loads of pre-school options. my son is in creche in Karibu(about half a mile from vistakon) and its great. they have a pre-school but we're not at that stage yet so cant comment on it.

Feel free to Pm if you have any questions.

Buckeye

North Circular Road has lots of play areas nearby for kids, including the duck marsh and the walking/jogging trails, and is easy in & out for commuting.

h3000

Buckeye wrote: »

North Circular Road has lots of play areas nearby for kids, including the duck marsh and the walking/jogging trails, and is easy in & out for commuting.

It's really the wrong side of town for the OP though.

the_blackstuff

shoppergal wrote: »

I have 2 kids(age 1and 14) and live in Monaleen(about 1 mile from Vistakon) and really recommend it. Nice park, a few schools, cinema, shops, great Internet speed with UPC and overall very family friendly. If you look on Daft in Monaleen and Annacotty you should see loads of options

Loads of pre-school options. my son is in creche in Karibu(about half a mile from vistakon) and its great. they have a pre-school but we're not at that stage yet so cant comment on it.

Feel free to Pm if you have any questions.

UPC is only available in a hand full of estates in the Monaleen/Castletroy area but eircom are up and running on fiber there now as well. How good it is i don't know. Great area to live in. It's idea for a safe family life and its near your work.

ninty9er

h3000 wrote: »

It's really the wrong side of town for the OP though.

OP wants less than an hour commute. You could live in south Co. Galway, Nenagh or North Cork and be at Vistakon in less than an hour! The only problem with NCR is that for the budget you wouldn't get much house.

Are a lot of those areas not ageing now? I'd have absolutely no idea where young families would generally live in the city now, but I'd assume Monaleen/Dooradoyle

h3000

ninty9er wrote: »

OP wants less than an hour commute. You could live in south Co. Galway, Nenagh or North Cork and be at Vistakon in less than an hour! The only problem with NCR is that for the budget you wouldn't get much house.

Are a lot of those areas not ageing now? I'd have absolutely no idea where young families would generally live in the city now, but I'd assume Monaleen/Dooradoyle

They also said they would prefer to be as close as possible. Most other suggestions would be a lot handier than the north side.

lilac_lilac

Viewing a few more houses in Monaleen and Annacoty area. Also in Rhebogue - anyone know anything about this area, looked close by, is €900 ok to be paying for a 4 bed house? I think Monaleen and Annacoty would definitely suit. Don't know much about Castleconnel - have a house to view there as well.
From what I can gather from the posts - stick to Monaleen or Annacoty for family friendly places and they do look nice.
Thanks for all your help folks.
Hopefully I'll post next post from new home in Limerick .

paulers06

€900 is about right. I'm paying €750 for a 3 bed semi in the area but is very small. Only suitable for a couple anyway.

If I had a choice i'd take Monaleen/Annacotty over Rhebogue. It has far better schools & facilities

Villa05

paulers06 wrote: »

€900 is about right. I'm paying €750 for a 3 bed semi in the area but is very small. Only suitable for a couple anyway.

If I had a choice i'd take Monaleen/Annacotty over Rhebogue. It has far better schools & facilities

900 is very expensive for limerick, you would want to be getting very good house for that kind of money.

tony1980

900 is crazy, especially for Rhebogue. Monaleen/Annacotty would be a far better family area. There should be nice choices of houses between 700 - 800 in Monaleen and Annacotty.
I would probably go with Monaleen myself. Good luck OP! Im sure ye will find the right place, try enquire about the neighbours, ideally they would be a young family! I got a nice house last year myself but the neighbours ended up been a nightmare

lilac_lilac

Greetings from Limerick , moved in and on the road to settle and unpack.Thank you all for the help, it really meant a lot as I didn't have a clue where to look for a house.

I'm assuming our house warming invites will be mailed shortly

Welcome to Limerick. You'll love it

the_blackstuff

lilac_lilac wrote: »

Greetings from Limerick , moved in and on the road to settle and unpack.Thank you all for the help, it really meant a lot as I didn't have a clue where to look for a house.

Welcome to limerick! What area did you decide on in the end?

tony1980

Good stuff!! Where did ye end up settling on in the end?

Buckeye

Once you're unpacked, check out meetup.com for Limerick meetup groups -
There is a New (and not so new) to Limerick group, a coding meetup, a movie meetup, and a few others.

There are also a couple of business networking groups that meet monthly at the Absolute Hotel.

And check out Indira Initiative for volunteering/meeting other parents, and for support as your kids head off to school.

Did you get a "Welcome to Limerick" move-in pack from the local community organisations & businesses?

lilac_lilac

Ended up in Castleconnel, seems nice, hopefully everything goes well and we settle. Was seeing just one house in Annacoty because apparently all other ones were rented out and same thing in Monaleen.
I didn't get any welcome pack from anyone. Thanks for the tips on meetup groups, was trying to find out about stuff like that.
And yes #Snotaul Goodman invites will be mailed shortly .

Good choice. Never thought of castleconnel actually. Country living with the city only a few miles away. Can't bait it! Best of luck with the place and the job

Blazer

stay away from Murroe..thanks to the regeneration nearly every town had a scumbag family relocated to them.
Murroe was one of them and the robberies and drug dealing is turning what was a lovely small village into a mini southhill.

Mc Love

Blazer wrote: »

stay away from Murroe..thanks to the regeneration nearly every town had a scumbag family relocated to them.
Murroe was one of them and the robberies and drug dealing is turning what was a lovely small village into a mini southhill.

bit late:pac:

h3000

Blazer wrote: »

stay away from Murroe..thanks to the regeneration nearly every town had a scumbag family relocated to them.
Murroe was one of them and the robberies and drug dealing is turning what was a lovely small village into a mini southhill.

That's a complete over exaggeration.

lilac_lilac

Hi folks, really like Limerick,but I need some help. Looking for a place to eat with family on a Sunday. We went to O'Connor's one week (I think that's the name of the pub) 'cause it seemed full from the outside; but I'd like us to know where we're going instead of wandering. Everyone I know so far at work lives outside of Limerick. I'm in Castleconnel.
Thanks

campo

lilac_lilac wrote: »

Hi folks, really like Limerick,but I need some help. Looking for a place to eat with family on a Sunday. We went to O'Connor's one week (I think that's the name of the pub) 'cause it seemed full from the outside; but I'd like us to know where we're going instead of wandering. Everyone I know so far at work lives outside of Limerick. I'm in Castleconnel.
Thanks

Finnegans out the Dublin road is great for a Sunday dinner

Silentcorner

lilac_lilac wrote: »

Hi folks, really like Limerick,but I need some help. Looking for a place to eat with family on a Sunday. We went to O'Connor's one week (I think that's the name of the pub) 'cause it seemed full from the outside; but I'd like us to know where we're going instead of wandering. Everyone I know so far at work lives outside of Limerick. I'm in Castleconnel.
Thanks

In town I'd consider Jack Mondays, altho it is a bit of a stroll from the city centre, but it is a nice stroll, head to the treaty stone, accross the river from King Johns Castle, and you can't miss it...well worth a visit.(more of a lunch place that dinner place)

Buckeye

lilac_lilac wrote: »

Hi folks, really like Limerick,but I need some help. Looking for a place to eat with family on a Sunday. We went to O'Connor's one week (I think that's the name of the pub) 'cause it seemed full from the outside; but I'd like us to know where we're going instead of wandering. Everyone I know so far at work lives outside of Limerick. I'm in Castleconnel.
Thanks

Are you looking for brunch, lunch, or dinner?
What ages are the children?
Are you saying you want to find one restaurant to make a weekly tradition, or a list of recommended restaurants to try someplace new every week?

Jasmine has buffet specials all weekend, and they're really good.
And La Piccola Italia is really nice for families (and for people eating alone).
Bella Italia has big tables (and good food, and great desserts) and Mejana is good for large parties, but young children might not like all of the food options.

There is also the Restaurant & Takeaway thread that is always stickied here on boards.

lilac_lilac

Buckeye wrote: »

Are you looking for brunch, lunch, or dinner?
What ages are the children?
Are you saying you want to find one restaurant to make a weekly tradition, or a list of recommended restaurants to try someplace new every week?

Jasmine has buffet specials all weekend, and they're really good.
And La Piccola Italia is really nice for families (and for people eating alone).
Bella Italia has big tables (and good food, and great desserts) and Mejana is good for large parties, but young children might not like all of the food options.

There is also the Restaurant & Takeaway thread that is always stickied here on boards.

Hi Buckeye,
if the place is nice and food is good than definitely would want to have somewhere to go often. 4, 5 years age menu for children.
I had a look at the thread, but it was at least a year old. Thanks for the info.