Moving to Dundalk

standtwo

Hey Guys,

So I have just got a job in Dundalk. Starting in August and ill be commuting from Dublin for a couple of months.

House prices seem cheap enough (well compared to Dublin anyway). I'm considering buying somewhere but want somewhere nice.

So I reckon this will be an ongoing Q and A and with the 400 additional PayPal Jobs I'm sure others will have similer questions.

Ive looked for similer threads but they all seem old and dated.

So to begin is Saltown nice?

Cheers

StandTwo

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I can't speak for the area or the people but the house's aren't the best built I have seen.

MugMugs

There's nicer than saltown tbh. What kinda of place are you looking for?

Mrs W

I'd stay out of saltown too. What are you looking for?

standtwo

Thanks for the replays guys.

1 or 2 bedrooms. Sub 100k if possible.

The studenty areas I think the place was called hoeys lane seemed cheap.

dundalkfc10

standtwo wrote: »

Thanks for the replays guys.

1 or 2 bedrooms. Sub 100k if possible.

The studenty areas I think the place was called hoeys lane seemed cheap.

Whatever you do dont move into the "college estates" on Hoeys Lane. From Sept to May, you will have at least 2/3 sleepless nights a week

Rubbish everywhere, bins stolen, street partys etc....

standtwo

What about these:

*daft.ie/sales/14-ard-na-si-lis-na-dara-dundalk-louth/927616/*

Garage would be nice

*myhome.ie/residential/brochure/145-glenwood-dublin-road/2720922*

*daft.ie/sales/17-farndreg-dundalk-louth/935325/*

*myhome.ie/residential/brochure/3-ashdale-bayestate-dundalk-louth/2724562*

*daft.ie/sales/42-lenonstown-manor-red-barns-road-dundalk-louth/960986/*

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Lis Na Dara, Glenwood and Lenonstown are certainly nice areas with decent houses.

standtwo

Thanks for the help so far guys

Mrs W

Lis na Dara would be a much newer estate in a nicer area than glenwood IMO.
Glenwood is probably about 40 years old now? Parts of it are nice and it is cheaper than lis na Dara but I know which one id prefer.

The red barns road is a nice area and tom bellew avenue, nice estates on both but all depends on what you're looking for really and how much you want to spend. If you're willing to do a bit if work on them I know a few going cheap!

dundalkfc10

Depending on where your Job is, Lis Na Dara is up past Oriel Park on the Carrick Road while Glenwood is on the Dublin Road close to the hospital and college

10green bottles

Lis Na Dara is great.Well managed estate and a very nice place to live in.
2 x beds @ €100k or under €100k ?? Doubtful.:(
You name them and we'll try here to shame or fame them
Saltown ^^ as above.
Estates on the Red Barns Road are cheap and decent and close to town.

Gandr

salttown/hoeys lane,stay well away.
bay estate,redbarns rd,glenwood,are all nice areas.

Royal Irish

Glenwood still is a bit of a student area and houses old.

Saltown isn't nice. Plus as of a couple of days ago there is a traveler halting site beside it.

The area around the Avenue Rd is nice. Belfry, Cluan Enda, Oaklawns, Greenacres all nice and easy access to inner relief Rd for a short drive up to the likes of PayPal.

Also Lenonstown Manor you mentioned is nice. All those areas down the Red Barns Rd are nice enough.

standtwo

Thanks for the tips guys. Id say I'll get a more insights from the local lads once I start aswell.

longhalloween

Don't buy in a student area. The estates get constantly wrecked throughout the year, especially at rag week. Have a look at College Heights anytime from Sept-May to get an idea of what could happen.

Rag week is the worst of it.

M.A.G

Royal Irish wrote: »

Glenwood still is a bit of a student area and houses old.

Saltown isn't nice. Plus as of a couple of days ago there is a traveler halting site beside it.

The area around the Avenue Rd is nice. Belfry, Cluan Enda, Oaklawns, Greenacres all nice and easy access to inner relief Rd for a short drive up to the likes of PayPal.

Also Lenonstown Manor you mentioned is nice. All those areas down the Red Barns Rd are nice enough.

Wherabouts is the halting site? I'm round that way a lot and i haven't seen it.

nilsonmickey

Bjorn Agreeable Velvet wrote: »

Lis Na Dara, Glenwood and Lenonstown are certainly nice areas with decent houses.

Glenwood and Lennonstown are not nice areas. Glenwood isfull of students so plenty of sleepless nights. Lennonstown houses are very poor quality and over run with immigrants.

dundalkfc10

nilsonmickey wrote: »

Glenwood and Lennonstown are not nice areas. Glenwood isfull of students so plenty of sleepless nights. Lennonstown houses are very poor quality and over run with immigrants.

WOW

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

nilsonmickey wrote: »

Glenwood and Lennonstown are not nice areas. Glenwood isfull of students so plenty of sleepless nights. Lennonstown houses are very poor quality and over run with immigrants.

These must be in a different Dundalk than I have spent all my life in.

Both are well built and contain good families with a great community spirit. The 3 families I know in Lennonstown have only emigrated from other parts of Dundalk. That was some sweeping and unfounded statement you made!

nilsonmickey

Bjorn Agreeable Velvet wrote: »

These must be in a different Dundalk than I have spent all my life in.

Both are well built and contain good families with a great community spirit. The 3 families I know in Lennonstown have only emigrated from other parts of Dundalk. That was some sweeping and unfounded statement you made!

Nonsense. I rented a house across the road in Manydown some years ago.

dundalkfc10

nilsonmickey wrote: »

Nonsense. I rented a house across the road in Manydown some years ago.

Still does not condone your blatant racist comment.

nilsonmickey

It was not my intention to sound racist. I'm merely point out the fact that there is a lot of non-nationalists residing at this estate. We all know the social problems this brings.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

nilsonmickey wrote: »

It was not my intention to sound racist. I'm merely point out the fact that there is a lot of non-nationalists residing at this estate. We all know the social problems this brings.

Not your intention? Yet there you go again.

The OP may well not be Irish, by the way.

dundalkfc10

nilsonmickey wrote: »

It was not my intention to sound racist. I'm merely point out the fact that there is a lot of non-nationalists residing at this estate. We all know the social problems this brings.

What social problems does this bring that "Irish" people do not bring to estates?

If you go out in Dundalk on a Fri, Sat night...The "non-nationals" as you call them are not the ones causing trouble or fighting!

peejay1986

I can think of far more 'non-nationals' I'd choose to live beside than Irish.

If you've an example you're passing your opinion on then reference it, otherwise don't go around throwing sweeping statements like that.

nilsonmickey

Yes I have multiple examples actually. My one recent one having lived next door to a polish family.

Drunk driving early morning despite kids playing on the street.
Male hitting and shouting at wife/partner.
Garden overrun with rubbish. Health Hazard.

Kintarō Hattori

nilsonmickey wrote: »

Yes I have multiple examples actually. My one recent one having lived next door to a polish family.

Drunk driving early morning despite kids playing on the street.
Male hitting and shouting at wife/partner.
Garden overrun with rubbish. Health Hazard.

Hmnn interesting. I live down the road in Balbriggan, a town famous for its multiculturalism. Looking out my window, my neighbour beside me is Polish.... quietest people you could hear. Next door to them are a Slovak and Polish family.... a model family by all accounts. Across the road is an African family. He goes to work each day in a suit, his car/garden/home are spotless and you never hear a peep from them. Directly across the road from me is a Polish architect and builder, again no issues of any kind.

No issues with immigrants in a hugely multicultural estate here.

scheister

Im moving to dundalk in two weeks for a job in paypal and wondering what would be the best area's to rent in looking at riverside drive racecourse road or rockfield manor. I notice rockfield as been label a student area appears earlier here

tayto lover

scheister wrote: »

Im moving to dundalk in two weeks for a job in paypal and wondering what would be the best area's to rent in looking at riverside drive racecourse road or rockfield manor. I notice rockfield as been label a student area appears earlier here

Rockfield is beside the college and many houses are let out to students. Can be very noisy at night.
Riverside Drive and Racecourse Road are fairly quiet areas but a lot further away from Pay-pal. No bother if you are driving or even cycling.

scheister

tayto lover wrote: »

Rockfield is beside the college and many houses are let out to students. Can be very noisy at night.
Riverside Drive and Racecourse Road are fairly quiet areas but a lot further away from Pay-pal. No bother if you are driving or even cycling.

yea the plan would be to drive or cycle so i dont mind if its 10/15km away sort of thing. My main issue would be not ending up in the student area's. Any other place you can think of that might suit?

zAbbo

scheister wrote: »

yea the plan would be to drive or cycle so i dont mind if its 10/15km away sort of thing. My main issue would be not ending up in the student area's. Any other place you can think of that might suit?

Blackrock, Castlebellingham, Dromiskin are nearby areas which are nice and scenic, and not far from Paypal.

Avoid Rockfield, College Manor & College Heights.

What age, have family, interests? Will be easier to advise.

Any questions, just ask

scheister

zAbbo wrote: »

Blackrock, Castlebellingham, Dromiskin are nearby areas which are nice and scenic, and not far from Paypal.

Avoid Rockfield, College Manor & College Heights.

What age, have family, interests? Will be easier to advise.

Any questions, just ask

thanks zAbbo and sorry to the op for hijacking his thread

Sorry just saw the 2nd part of the post. 28 no family and main interest is running. A room rental will do me if thats all i can get

tayto lover

scheister wrote: »

yea the plan would be to drive or cycle so i dont mind if its 10/15km away sort of thing. My main issue would be not ending up in the student area's. Any other place you can think of that might suit?

Oaklawns, Greenacres, Afton Drive, Avondale Park, Seafield Lawns, Laurel Grove, are all nice estates. No problems with any of them.

If you don't mind a bit of a drive then out towards Ravensdale or Carlingford are nice and rural. Could come in handy for running and the like. In the other direction you've got Castlebellingham and Dunleer. Annagassan/Togher are a good spot as well right on the coast which would be good for your running.

Ath Leathan isn't a bad spot either out by the racecourse. I wouldn't live there though since I don't drive. :P Avoid the apartments though, I know a few people living there and they wouldn't be the quietest. :P

zAbbo

scheister wrote: »

thanks zAbbo and sorry to the op for hijacking his thread

Sorry just saw the 2nd part of the post. 28 no family and main interest is running. A room rental will do me if thats all i can get

Do you drive?

If you're looking for a running club, one I know of is NE Runners https://www.facebook.com/northeastrunners.dundalk Not sure where they train/meetup but probably DKIT or car parks and run the local roads.

Dundalk is coastal which is lovely for running/cycling.

Looking what's available for sharing, and prices, this looks worth checking http://www.daft.ie/sharing/beechpark-blackrock-louth/776529/