Where to buy on the Northside?

Jeremyr

From the Southside and looking at property to buy on the Northside atm, my budget is between 200-250k


Which areas are good and which should i avoid?


Regards

Atlantic Dawn

Are you buying to live in yourself or to rent out?

ABajaninCork

Where are you referring to?

Roxee

(a) It's impossible to name an area and declare it either uniformly flawless or uniformly flawed. Well, maybe Darndale..

(b) do you really just want to live "on the northside?". Anywhere? Does proximity to public transport/city centre/M50/open green space etc come into it?

Your budget, realistically, wouldn't stretch to a house in the higher brow ends of Clontarf or Raheny or into Malahide/Portmarnock at this point. If you named a suburb maybe we could help you out with the better or worse spots within that suburb.

Rasmus

It's funny how the OP just assumes everyone in Ireland will know he's talking about Dublin.

The_Morrigan

Folks if you suspect that a poster is a troll do not call them out on thread as all it does it derail any constructive discussion - report the post and let the Mod team deal with it.
Stay on topic.

Idbatterim

that amount around South Dublin would get you a decent 2 bed apartment at best in a decent to good area. Might be worth looking at houses in and around the new luas BXD line that is being built, you would have good transport connections and a bump in value when it opens... Its only a suggestion, because it looks to me like with that amount you could get somewhere central with good transport links and prospects for a bonus appreciation around the northside areas within a 10 minute walk of BXD...

What about Clongriffin, near enough to the coast and its got a Dart station, you would get a 2 or 3 bed terrace.

the_syco

Jeremyr wrote: »

Which areas are good and which should i avoid?

Do you have kids and/or a car, and do you ever intend on having either? Also, is it a house or apartment you want?

Have you looked at daft.ie at all?

And why not buy Southside? Is it because you'll be far from the city centre? Because you'll have to tell us this, as some nice places on the Northside are also far away from the CC.

MarkAnthony

Just bought in Kilbarrack, absolute bargin of a house.

Everyone I spoke to went oooh, err Kilbarrack, then I spoke to about half a dozen people who lived in the area and (friends and friends of friends) who have all said most of it is super and the reputation stems from 10 - 20 years ago. Has the great side effect of depressing prices.

Been up there late at night several times, not a spot of bother.

I'll report back after I've been there a while but there are places coming up in Raheny and Artane if you want a 'better' area in your price bracket. Careful though as you only need to go a short distance to be in a 'bad' area again.

Arbiter of Good Taste

Rasmus wrote: »

Agree about Kilbarrack. It seems to have a bad rep in some circles but it's pretty much Clontarf.

Are you thinking about Killester?

Jeremyr

Rasmus wrote: »

Whoops yeah. Note to self: no posting before coffee.

Silly git

Rasmus

Jeremyr wrote: »

Silly git

Well that's uncalled for. Are you a teenager?

The_Morrigan

Jeremyr wrote: »

Silly git

Less of it please, this is not a school playground.

chopper6

You can get a 4 bed in the finglas area for your sort of budget...forget what the area was like 20 years ago..its completely changed as people move on,move out and new people move in.

In terms of proximity to town,airport and m50 its pretty hard to beat.

Obviously there are one or two areas where it would be wise to avoid still but the price of them plus a bit of research can tell you a lot.

evolving_doors

Jeremyr wrote: »

Silly git

Care to answer any questions OP/Jeremyr or are you going to let others play the guessing game for you?.

Alicano

Just on the mention of Finglas. There seem to be numerous properties advertised for sale. Is everyone running out of Dodge? Or is it suffering from past reputation?
I'm possibly going to buy somewhere on the north side of Dublin. My good lady is foreign and therefore doesn't have any bias towards certain areas. So it tends to be me answering "Oh Noooooo honey, that's a nasty area" when a location is suggested. And I'm just probably being unfair based on a youthful experience or an overheard opinion. Anyone else find themselves dismissing areas without real experience of the place?

deandean

i see there is a large housing estate that was mothballed it is being finished out now it is just off the malahide road at campions pub across from the graveyard. It might be worth checking out

dubstarr

Cabra is not a bad area ,schools are good and close to town.Plus Luas is coming soon.

triple nipple

Roxee wrote:

(a) It's impossible to name an area and declare it either uniformly flawless or uniformly flawed. Well, maybe Darndale..

definitely disagree with that ... except for darndale

goz83

deandean wrote: »

i see there is a large housing estate that was mothballed it is being finished out now it is just off the malahide road at campions pub across from the graveyard. It might be worth checking out

I doubt they will be in budget tbf

Gumbo

deandean wrote: »

i see there is a large housing estate that was mothballed it is being finished out now it is just off the malahide road at campions pub across from the graveyard. It might be worth checking out

Also Gannon Homes are still developing in the Clongriffin area. 29 or so under construction presently with some sold from plans but they have planning for 100 or so units.

Jeremyr

Thanks for the replies guys, but no disrespect intended i would never consider Finglas or Cabra


Killester looks nice but the prices are a bit high imo

evolving_doors

Jeremyr wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys, but no disrespect intended i would never consider Finglas or Cabra


Killester looks nice but the prices are a bit high imo

have you tried daft, itll give you guide prices for properties on sale anywhere in Ireland.

Gumbo

Jeremyr wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys, but no disrespect intended i would never consider Finglas or Cabra


Killester looks nice but the prices are a bit high imo

You will be quite limited then tbh. As advised, check out MyHome or Daft for a guide area by area.

the_syco

Jeremyr wrote: »

Killester looks nice but the prices are a bit high imo

In Dublin, "nice" and "high price" tend to go hand in hand. Parts of Finglas can be "locals only", whereby they are nice if you have ties there, but otherwise best left alone. There are however nice parts.

And like Finglas, Dublin as a whole has it's good and bad parts. You just have to balance what is good, and what's the price is like.

Jeremyr

Jeremyr wrote: »

From the Southside and looking at property to buy on the Northside atm, my budget is between 200-250k


Which areas are good and which should i avoid?


Regards

Good luck with buying in killester with a budget of 200-250k, for a house, you might get an apartment, at the moment a site in kilester is for sale for
€219,950.

I know killester very well its a nice area, it always amazes me that anyone thinks somehow they will be able to get a 'nice' area on the north much cheaper just because its on the Northside.

deandean

i trust one is aware that anywhere on the north side, east of the Dart line, is officially the southside.


;-)

chopper6

Alicano wrote: »

Just on the mention of Finglas. There seem to be numerous properties advertised for sale. Is everyone running out of Dodge? Or is it suffering from past reputation?

Different factors.

A lot of original finglas inhabitants are now very old or have died..the families can get respectable money for a 1960's house and they have their own places anyway.

In places like meakstown and Charleston a lot ofthe properties are boom time purchases and ppeople can't afford the mortgage.

I suppose there's a lot of housing in the finglas area so it'll always have lots on sale but in any of the decent areas the prices have increased substantially.. You'd need a lot more than 250k

jon1981

mariaalice wrote: »

Good luck with buying in killester with a budget of 200-250k, for a house, you might get an apartment, at the moment a site in kilester is for sale for
€219,950.

I know killester very well its a nice area, it always amazes me that anyone thinks somehow they will be able to get a 'nice' area on the north much cheaper just because its on the Northside.

Agreed! For me Killester is on par with Clontarf, in fact I put it ahead because of Killester village! Clontarf has no village (well a pretty sh*t one) and most people in Clontarf would frequent Killester village.

Houses have sold in Killester and the Brookwood road part of Artane for 400k-500k+ , rightly or wrongly. These are not cheap areas and why should it be assumed they are just because they're north of the Liffey.

Jeremyr

jon1981 wrote: »

Agreed! For me Killester is on par with Clontarf, in fact I put it ahead because of Killester village! Clontarf has no village (well a pretty sh*t one) and most people in Clontarf would frequent Killester village.

Houses have sold in Killester and the Brookwood road part of Artane for 400k-500k+ , rightly or wrongly. These are not cheap areas and why should it be assumed they are just because they're north of the Liffey.

Bad name, reputation etc

I thought it would be dramatically cheaper from the southside myself and have no problem moving to the northside

jon1981

Jeremyr wrote: »

Bad name, reputation etc

I thought it would be dramatically cheaper from the southside myself and have no problem moving to the northside

What has a bad rep? The whole of the north side?


it's just south sider ignorance

chopper6

Jeremyr wrote: »

Bad name, reputation etc

I thought it would be dramatically cheaper from the southside myself and have no problem moving to the northside

Some of the worst areas in Dublin are located on the southside...as anybody who gets the bus from finglas to liffey valley will tell you.

The_Morrigan

I'm locking this up - the OP isn't engaging and I'm not allowing the thread to turn into a Northside/Southside argument.