Ballybrit with family?

Vrinda

How is this area like? We found a house that seems to what we were looking for and were thinking of renting it, seems close enough to shops and workplace. Is this a good location though? I've heard to avoid ballybane and some areas in east. This house is near The Meadows. Should I rather get house in doughiska or Roscam? Or Renmore? Are there shops in Renmore? Thanks!

biko

I've lived in Ballybrit with no issue.
Any place can be good or bad depending on the neighbours, barking dogs, teens, students. It all comes down to tolerance levels

Have a drive around the area a few times at evenings and check out the neighbours, shops, bus stops etc

muppetkiller

I personally would much prefer Renmore or Roscam to Ballybrit/Doughiska but The Meadows is probably the nicest part of Ballybrit if you are going to rent there.

With a young family i'd go Renmore if possible as there's some nice parks and beaches around there. Also close to closer to town and schools etc.

Aerohead

Renmore has a lot of students staying there who can be pretty noisy at times , a lot of houses there are rented out so its not all its made out to be.

Mrs OBumble

Aerohead wrote: »

Renmore has a lot of students staying there who can be pretty noisy at times , a lot of houses there are rented out so its not all its made out to be.

Indeed. Doughiska has a far nicer park, a couple of supermarkets, a great school, family resource centre, etc. Leaves Renmore for dead.

OP, The Meadows is fine. Houses are hard to get at the moment.

Vrinda

Thanks for your replies everyone. I am thinking of Roscam and Doughiska at the moment, it seems there are no shops in Renmore especially eastern side of it, and I agree the houses are scarce at the moment. And are picked away very quickly too

TerrorFirmer

If you were looking as far out as Doughiska, would Oranmore suit? Oranmore is a seriously nice place very close to Doughiska, and it has everything you could really need - several primary schools and a secondary school, playground, huge park, Tesco/Aldi/Lidl, cinema, astro turf pitches, bowling alley/arcade, great restaurants, good few pubs, etc.

Vrinda

Thanks, I will look into it. Does it have good connection with public transport to Ballybrit ?

TerrorFirmer

No, in that case, if you're relying on public transport you'd be better off in Doughiska, Oranmore has good public transport but the bus route doesn't go anywhere near Ballybrit, you'd have to get a second bus.

john locke

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Indeed. Doughiska has a far nicer park, a couple of supermarkets, a great school, family resource centre, etc. Leaves Renmore for dead.

OP, The Meadows is fine. Houses are hard to get at the moment.

Doughiska leaves renmore for dead...heard it all now!

muppetkiller

Aerohead wrote: »

Renmore has a lot of students staying there who can be pretty noisy at times , a lot of houses there are rented out so its not all its made out to be.

There are certain areas of Renmore that have lots of Students but it's Galway so you'll have them everywhere.
Certain areas of Renmore are really quiet and there are shops there but it all depends what you're looking for. There's the Eye Cinema/butchers/Centra/Credit Union/Gym/Coffee shops/Post office and the hotels are all within walking distance for restaurants etc.

Doughiska also has a Halting site which may influence your decision too.

Either Location though has excellent public transport into Town and Parkmore.

Mrs OBumble

john locke wrote: »

Doughiska leaves renmore for dead...heard it all now!

Well if an army barracks, hospice and funeral director and no supermarket are among your priorities for an area to live in, then yes, Renmore is better.

Other than that, too many students for my liking by far.

what_traffic

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Other than that, too many students for my liking by far.

Perhaps for East Renmore but not West - very quiet area. A lot of retiree's live in this area.

muppetkiller

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Well if an army barracks, hospice and funeral director and no supermarket are among your priorities for an area to live in, then yes, Renmore is better.

Other than that, too many students for my liking by far.

God you'd swear Renmore was in the middle of nowhere. There are large supermarkets all within a 5-10 min drive, or if you're walking there are two smaller ones (Large Centra and SPAR on the Dublin road) which are about a 5-10 walk away.

Renmore is closer to the city , has a beach, Large park , Gyms , Hotels , Hospitals , Schools, Post Office ,Dental Center ,better public transport.

Renmore over Doughiska in a heartbeat.

mikom

Renmore over Doughiska here as well.
Doughiska is alright, but I see enough of bombed out Ukraine night after night on the news.