Leixlip rough spots

kiferea

Hi all,

We are thinking about buying a house in Leixlip. Our main options are :

Riverforest
Oaklawn
Glen Easton

Also any estates to avoid/rough spots in Leixlip? (e.g. Lough na Mona, Beechpark- any comments?). Anything else relevant we should know about?

Thanks a million!
Julia

kiferea

kiferea wrote: »

Hi all,

We are thinking about buying a house in Leixlip. Our main options are :

Riverforest
Oaklawn
Glen Easton

Also any estates to avoid/rough spots in Leixlip? (e.g. Lough na Mona, Beechpark- any comments?). Anything else relevant we should know about?

Thanks a million!
Julia

Awh and also - I really liked Riverforest, but my OH has some doubts about it.

Any comments?
Thank you

bmwguy

Riverforest is nice but some houses are old and in disrepair need modernising. No real bad areas but like anywhere you run risk of bad neighbours. Loughnamona probably worst rep, but not really bad. Try get near train stations (there are 2 of them) for easy access to Dublin city

knucklehead6

It all depends.

Have you got kids? Or are you planning any? Depending on where you live you could have a bit of a trek to get the kids to school in the mornings

Where do you work? If it's in town, where are the bus and train stations?

Have you specific dietary requirements? Where will you buy your food? leixlip only has a largeish Super Valu up the captains hill, an Aldi (or Lidl, i'm constantly getting them mixed up) down the other end of the town, and a couple of EuroSpar's....

What do you do for fun? Would you be planning on having a night out in Leixlip or are you someone who prefers going into town? Because that will make you think about public transport links again...

fxotoole

kiferea wrote: »

Hi all,

We are thinking about buying a house in Leixlip. Our main options are :

Riverforest
Oaklawn
Glen Easton

Also any estates to avoid/rough spots in Leixlip? (e.g. Lough na Mona, Beechpark- any comments?). Anything else relevant we should know about?

Thanks a million!
Julia

Leixlip is well settled for the most part. Just steer clear of anywhere up Captain's Hill :pac:

Grew up in Oaklawn West and I turned out OK. Oaklawn / Oaklawn west are queit, settled estates, all the kids have grown up and moved out in most houses.

Couldn't tell you too much about River Forest or Glen Easton though.

kiferea

Thanks very much everyone

kiferea

knucklehead6 wrote: »

It all depends.

Have you got kids? Or are you planning any? Depending on where you live you could have a bit of a trek to get the kids to school in the mornings

Where do you work? If it's in town, where are the bus and train stations?

Have you specific dietary requirements? Where will you buy your food? leixlip only has a largeish Super Valu up the captains hill, an Aldi (or Lidl, i'm constantly getting them mixed up) down the other end of the town, and a couple of EuroSpar's....

What do you do for fun? Would you be planning on having a night out in Leixlip or are you someone who prefers going into town? Because that will make you think about public transport links again...

The two requirements are- the house must be near the train station ( the above mentioned estates are) and it must be not in a rough area.

knucklehead6

Do you mean Easton park rather than Glen Easton?

There is also Glendale Estate and Newtown Estate up the Captains Hill. If you are looking at Riverforest you may as well consider them. Also, depending on which part of Riverforest, it could be over a kilometre walk up to the train station.

I guess it all depends on your definition of close.

kiferea

Thanks everyone

We can always check how close the estate is to a train station and how close the supermarkets are to the estate. I dont think we need any assistance with this, thank you.

Can we please go back to the original question - are u aware of any rough estates/spots in Leixlip?

Also any comments on Glen Easton ( I meant Glen Easton, not Easton Park) , Riverforest,Oaklawn/Oaklawn West?

Thanks in advance

2011abc

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ElKavo

I grew up in Leixlip, Up the Hill and there were no real rough spots. Only place people would comment about was Avondale and TBH I say that's probably the same about any council estate. River forest for the most part is quiet just don't buy a house that backs on to any of the forest areas as there is lanes that run past there and you will get people hanging around. Also bear in mind that there is a large secondary school at the end of riverforest so there is a large amount of teenage traffic through the estate during school times.

Glendale and Glendale meadows are also very settled estates too and there is a brilliant park ( St Catherine's) at the end of Glendale meadows. http://www.stcatherinespark.ie/ But the housing stock in Glendale meadows isn't as good as in Glendale. Rail and Bus access is easy from Riverforest, Glendale, Glendale meadows and Newtown there is a bus stop (66A) at the shops and the train station is within a 10 min walk from most of these estates.

I also lived in the far bend and had a good few farbender mates and still do. They were in Cedar park (old Council) Oaklawn, Castle town, Rinawade and Louisa valley. These estates were all grand no real anti social behavior issues. I did also know a few people in knocknamona and I wouldn't personally buy here, Ive walked through the place during the day and found groups of middle aged men and teens drinking cans on their walls. Not what I would like for a view. There is good access here too to the bus (66 and 66B) also a second Rail station ( Louisa bridge ).

I Hope this gives you a good Idea of what your looking at. All the best in your search and just to throw a cat amongst the pigeons have you looked at maynooth? It really has a lot more going for it.

kiferea

Thank you !

kiferea

kiferea wrote: »

Thank you !

What about Elton Court? Thank you

ElKavo

I actually Lived in Elton Court for a couple of years and It was fine. No problems with anti social behavior or anything like that. Big green area to the front of the estate but nothing much else in the way of play areas for kiddies. It was always quite enough there tbh. The Gardens are small enough too but the houses themselves seem to be of reasonable build quality.

n97 mini

There are no rough estates in Leixlip, although I wouldn't be a huge fan of Avondale and moreso Loughnamona. A lot of the estates are 30+ years old and are starting to look tatty, probably more to do with design than anything else, e.g. houses weren't built with front garden walls, so owners have built random garden walls since.

Glen Easton is fine. It's a tidy estate (the developer built the garden walls!) and property prices are rising quite fast there. It is a little disconnected tho in terms of transport as the train station is ~20 mins walk away and there is no regular bus service going past tho there is a 66X in the mornings.

Glendale is probably slightly better than River Forest as the houses are all a bit bigger (they all have garages), and it has St. Catherine's Park beside it, (which is a very good park thanks in large part to SDCC who co-own it with KCC) while still being close to the train station, shops, schools and bus stop. Neither have any serious anti social behaviour though they are attracting graffiti taggers from Loughnamona and Cabra if the current round is anything to go by.

kiferea

Thank you so much everyone! very helpful!

2011abc

Did you take the plunge?

lmf

Could i get some info on the Rinawade estate and general area? Also, the walk to the train from there, would prob be looking at 25 mins at least? Is the parking at Leixlip Louise Bridge plentiful?
thanks a lot.

n97 mini

lmf wrote: »

Could i get some info on the Rinawade estate and general area? Also, the walk to the train from there, would prob be looking at 25 mins at least? Is the parking at Leixlip Louise Bridge plentiful?
thanks a lot.

New-ish houses in Rinawade which are very well laid out internally. How far from Louisa Bridge Station depends on where in the estate you are; we used live at the front and it was less than 15 mins.

the_syco

lmf wrote: »

Is the parking at Leixlip Louise Bridge plentiful?

It usually looks fairly packed at 18:00, so I suppose it depends when you'll be putting the car there.

The 66X goes past Rinawade at 07:40 and 08:00 in the mornings, to UCD Belfield. I think it bypasses Lucan and Chapelizod.

Oaklawn is probably your best bet. Decent sized houses, and near the train station and bus stop. Some may need a refurbishment, however, but that's the same with any 2nd hand house.

Stealthirl

n97 mini wrote: »

There are no rough estates in Leixlip, although I wouldn't be a huge fan of Avondale and moreso Loughnamona. A lot of the estates are 30+ years old and are starting to look tatty, probably more to do with design than anything else, e.g. houses weren't built with front garden walls, so owners have built random garden walls since.

I grew up in Avondale in the 80/90s and never got the stigma of it being rough apart from the view that it was a council estate. I still have family there. Now Loughnamona is a different story.

I would agree that they started to show there age awhile ago tho

Niamho!

Hey folks.

I'd really love some elaboration if possible, on Avondale. Viewed a house there recently and got a nice vibe from the area. Estate agent mentioned that a few years ago it would have had a bit of a name, due to it being an ex council estate. Can anyone confirm if it's a ****-hole or not? I just want to know if I should steer clear!!

Thanks in advance!!

Stealthirl

Well i cant add much to my above post but my family that are still there like it and from my visiting experiences there is still a nice friendly vibe from neighbors.
Where about's are you looking in the estate ?

Niamho!

The house i looked at is right at the front when you drive into Avondale. It looks like a nice area.

Stealthirl

If it's the 1 i'm thinking of you would be neighbors with my autie LOL.
School,shops,doctor,dentist ect all within a 5-10min walk,the only annoyance i would have is walking to the village,well not walking to it more walking back from it

Terry

Mods: Sorry for bumping this old thread, but it came up in a google search, and I felt the need to defend where I live.
I don't want to put others off buying a house here.

ElKavo wrote: »

I grew up in Leixlip, Up the Hill and there were no real rough spots. Only place people would comment about was Avondale and TBH I say that's probably the same about any council estate.

n97 mini wrote: »

There are no rough estates in Leixlip, although I wouldn't be a huge fan of Avondale and moreso Loughnamona.

Hold on a second there, folks.
Apart from a 9 year stint in Glendale, I have lived my entire life in Avondale, and I'm almost 43 years old. The same age as the estate.
The worst thing that ever happened here was one person stabbing another in a fight over a girl, and neither of them were from Avondale (the girl was, but she was innocent in that incident).
That happened in the late 80's, back when there was a slightly rough element here, but the place has been very quiet since the early 90's.

I can honestly say that I would never move from here, even if I won the Euro millions. The people here are some of the nicest and friendliest people I have ever known. Yes, there are some arseholes, but you're going to get them whereever you live.

Almost every person I grew up with (and there was at least 200 kids my age, or about 1 to 4 years younger or older) went on to be a productive member of society.

To this day, I still have people telling me that they would love to live here.

Stealthirl wrote: »

I grew up in Avondale in the 80/90s and never got the stigma of it being rough apart from the view that it was a council estate. I still have family there. Now Loughnamona is a different story.

I would agree that they started to show there age awhile ago tho

I've no idea who you are (probably knew you in the 80's), but I do agree with your confusion over the stigma of Avondale being a council estate.
Almost every adult in the estate worked (both of my parents did, but only part time because she had to look after me when I came home from school), and being on the dole was more of a stigma to us than living in a council house was.

I had friends whose parents' wouldn't let them hang around with me because I was from Avondale. Some of those friends ended up doing time, while most of the people i grew up with have never even visited someone in prison.

Niamho! wrote: »

Hey folks.

I'd really love some elaboration if possible, on Avondale. Viewed a house there recently and got a nice vibe from the area. Estate agent mentioned that a few years ago it would have had a bit of a name, due to it being an ex council estate. Can anyone confirm if it's a ****-hole or not? I just want to know if I should steer clear!!

Thanks in advance!!

It's not a ****-hole, but you've probably bought a house somewhere else since then.

Stealthirl

Terry wrote: »

I've no idea who you are (probably knew you in the 80's), but I do agree with your confusion over the stigma of Avondale being a council estate.
Almost every adult in the estate worked (both of my parents did, but only part time because she had to look after me when I came home from school), and being on the dole was more of a stigma to us than living in a council house was.

I had friends whose parents' wouldn't let them hang around with me because I was from Avondale. Some of those friends ended up doing time, while most of the people i grew up with have never even visited someone in prison.

Iv an idea who you are i'll say 1002 and 1028 and you might have an idea of my family

Terry

Stealthirl wrote: »

Iv an idea who you are i'll say 1002 and 1028 and you might have an idea of my family

There's also 1045, and (formerly) 1016.

Some of my cousins were, or still are, in 1037, 1047, 1067, 1073, and 1074.

My mother and "Nanny" were close friends.
Old Leixlip families were huge.

Sean Seoighe

How's Green Lane? We've a young family so looks like we'll served for amenities like sports clubs nearby and not far from village or train.

Would love Maynooth but nothing seems to be coming available

Sean Seoighe

Same as above but for River Forest

Buddy Bubs

They're both fine. Would be down to the individual house for me when choosing between them. Green lane has some one off houses built on individual sites. Riverforest is 750 odd houses in the estate. The walk from back to the front can be very long. Avoid woodside for that reason, it's a very long walk to anywhere

laurah591

Buddy Bubs wrote: »

They're both fine. Would be down to the individual house for me when choosing between them. Green lane has some one off houses built on individual sites. Riverforest is 750 odd houses in the estate. The walk from back to the front can be very long. Avoid woodside for that reason, it's a very long walk to anywhere

Gotta say, just do the walk if you see a house you like in Woodside because it's a lovely quiet end of the estate. Living here 6 years and lazy and love it:)

Sean Seoighe

Cheers both ��

2011abc

The Joycer wrote: »

How's Green Lane? We've a young family so looks like we'll served for amenities like sports clubs nearby and not far from village or train.

Would love Maynooth but nothing seems to be coming available

Leixlip much better place to live than Maynooth in my opinion .Went to college there , shop there , dine there ...Leixlip literally ON Dublin border .( May even be ‘worth more’ than Lucan for ‘average house price’) 30 minutes to OConnell Street in car off peak obviously .Two train stations .I’d be wary of having thousands of college students on my doorstep ( disclaimer not all third level students are loud , drunken louts at 4am but ....)Maynooth town centre traffic lights notorious logjam for whole town .Pity we don’t have a good bookshop though .Leixlip has a ‘smaller’ feel than Maynooth and Celbridge .And Guinness started here !

Falling

We moved to Leixlip recently and really love it I have to say.

The two train stations make it really handy either end of the village. The canal, river, St. Catherine's and Castletown are great for walks, plus it's pretty well served by shops and amenities as well.

Like Maynooth, the village can get pretty choked with traffic but as we live one end, we rarely drive through it.
I went to college in Maynooth and I really like it- it's a lovely town but even after we put in an offer in on a house in there, we're delighted we ended up in Leixlip. It's just a really nice and friendly place to live.
Maynooth was still pretty busy and choked up the past year and that was with the schools and the University out for a good while.

Totally biased but I'd definitely recommend Leixlip
I live just off Green Lane and it's a really nice area. Plenty of couples, young families and settled families that have been here a long time. Quiet enough on the traffic front too as it's been partly pedestrianised in recent years.

Don't know if that helps but that's my two cents!

Seth Brundle

2011abc wrote: »

...Leixlip literally ON Dublin border .( May even be ‘worth more’ than Lucan for ‘average house price’)

I think Lucan will be more expensive, probably because of the Dublin address. You'll get a bigger house in Leixlip for the same money. Leixlip is also way better served that Lucan in terms of access to facilities and amenities.

n97 mini

Seth Brundle wrote: »

I think Lucan will be more expensive, probably because of the Dublin address. You'll get a bigger house in Leixlip for the same money. Leixlip is also way better served that Lucan in terms of access to facilities and amenities.

Not sure I'd agree with that. Both have no cinema, public pool, recycling centre. Lucan does have better eateries (and probably pubs too). The majority in Leixlip are owned by the one family and are all variation of a fairly bland theme (imho).

Sean Seoighe

n97 mini wrote: »

Not sure I'd agree with that. Both have no cinema, public pool, recycling centre. Lucan does have better eateries (and probably pubs too). The majority in Leixlip are owned by the one family and are all variation of a fairly bland theme (imho).

Lucan will have swimming pool soon enough

The Cool

I've lived in Leixlip for 4 years and Maynooth for 5 years before that and I have to say I much prefer Leixlip! You're that bit closer to the city, and there are loads of gorgeous areas for walks, the park is fantastic, we go to Castletown loads as we live that end. We're in Glen easton an its a lovely, settled estate, and you avoid all traffic there if you're coming off the motorway. Leixlip traffic hasn't a patch on Maynooth anyway - we lived in Kingsbry, up the motorway end, and it was actually quicker to drive to Celbridge for Aldi than to cross the town for our own one, you'd have to pass something like 13 traffic lights from A to B. You'd often be quicker walking than driving down to the village. I hadn't the patience for it, and there's been a few more estates built since then!

Buddy Bubs

Live in leixlip, socialise in maynooth. That's what I do! Leixlip the much bigger town for housing options, although little for sale at the moment. Maynooth has much better pubs and restaurants.

Sean Seoighe

Buddy Bubs wrote: »

Live in leixlip, socialise in maynooth. That's what I do! Leixlip the much bigger town for housing options, although little for sale at the moment. Maynooth has much better pubs and restaurants.

Out of interest what's a taxi cost to get you from Leixlip main st to Maynooth main St? Maybe this is option I should consider too

Seth Brundle

€11.80 - €18.20 according to the TfI calculator: https://www.transportforireland.ie/fares/taxi-fare-estimator/

L1011

The 66/C3 is likely to be 24h by the end of the year.

laurah591

L1011 wrote: »

The 66/C3 is likely to be 24h by the end of the year.

Yeah i do this too, live Leixlip, socialise in Maynooth or Dublin, taxi abt 15eu or 40eu from Dublin both doable, if your early home train always an option from Maynooth to Leixlip, 10 min trip

TheValeyard

Leixlip is a great spot. Good schools, decent bus and rail, far enough away from the city and close enough to it. Nice estates, decent shops in driving range, N4 access, Catherine's Park is great, good gyms and running tracks, Maynooth Uni up the road, etc


Two negatives

Village smells terrible every summer

Do not buy in Lough Na Mona, few families have given that estate a very bad name. Avoid.

Buddy Bubs

The Joycer wrote: »

Out of interest what's a taxi cost to get you from Leixlip main st to Maynooth main St? Maybe this is option I should consider too

Yeah as other posters have said, it's normally around 15 or 16 euro
Would get bus up or a lift, but taxi home