Parkside Homes New Development (Balgriffin)

lcarrol3

BEdS_83 wrote: »

you can't leave them outside either, they say something about a provided area, but I don't remember seeing that.

found that so strange, because I did ask Judy about that and she told me that the house could have that, I already emailed her, but just came here to see if anyone else saw that too.

There is a lane out the back for bringing your bins! So no need to bring them through the house, just via the lane into your back garden.

BEdS_83

lcarrol3 wrote: »

There is a lane out the back for bringing your bins! So no need to bring them through the house, just via the lane into your back garden.

that is great news @lcarrol3 that would work for me

BEdS_83

so folks, how the snags are going so far?

lcarrol3

BEdS_83 wrote: »

so folks, how the snags are going so far?

We had ours Friday. Very little to fault, some minor cosmetic issues and a bottle left in the felt of our roof :pac: but minimal bits to be done. The foreman promised us in for Christmas!

bbehan202

lcarrol3 wrote: »

We had ours Friday. Very little to fault, some minor cosmetic issues and a bottle left in the felt of our roof :pac: but minimal bits to be done. The foreman promised us in for Christmas!

Ditto. Did mine Friday too. No major issues.

Ovenumo

That’s really great to hear that there is nothing major! We have ours on Monday so hoping ours goes just as well��

BEdS_83

lcarrol3 wrote: »

We had ours Friday. Very little to fault, some minor cosmetic issues and a bottle left in the felt of our roof :pac: but minimal bits to be done. The foreman promised us in for Christmas!

bbehan202 wrote: »

Ditto. Did mine Friday too. No major issues.

great to hear that

how long did it take? do they let you there for a period of time? did you also measure thinks up? because I'm thinking doing that too, during mine.

bbehan202

BEdS_83 wrote: »

great to hear that

how long did it take? do they let you there for a period of time? did you also measure thinks up? because I'm thinking doing that too, during mine.

Takes about two hours. Foreman will give you a spiel for 15 mins and then leave you and snagger off. You can bring a measuring tape and measure whatever you want. Good snagger will do it for you too.

BEdS_83

is there anyone here that bought Walker Drive too? and if yes, any news about snagging there? my solicitor just called me saying that Walker Drive is also set to January 2021, is that confirmed?

bengtrj

BEdS_83 wrote: »

is there anyone here that bought Walker Drive too? and if yes, any news about snagging there? my solicitor just called me saying that Walker Drive is also set to January 2021, is that confirmed?

I heard the same thing from Judy, Walker Close here. I don't think you can expect anything different (our streets are next to each other).

BEdS_83

bengtrj wrote: »

I heard the same thing from Judy, Walker Close here. I don't think you can expect anything different (our streets are next to each other).

she came back to me today confirming that, strange part is that the valuation team was meant to go there tomorrow and he said, if the house is not ready they should not ask him to come.. =/ but anyway Judy already hammered down to January, nothing I can do anymore.

:mad:

jrosen

bengtrj wrote: »

I asked Judy about the skirtings and she replied and I quote:

"This is no problem. Cairn will just tack the skirting boards throughout as standard for this purpose."

But I heard from friends that it is an issue and there's a risk of damaging the boards when removing them to lay the floors. I don't know what to do!

Also it might be too late since the houses are basically ready waiting for water connections and the like.

Most new developments just tack now. They come away easy enough and yes they can be damaged but its usually minor and easily rectified with some wood filler and paint.

thepolymath

Not sure if you guys have checked but it seems Eircode is available for most of the houses.

Furthermore, has anyone gone ahead with the valuation of the house?

bbehan202

thepolymath wrote: »

Not sure if you guys have checked but it seems Eircode is available for most of the houses.

Furthermore, has anyone gone ahead with the valuation of the house?

Yes - saw that eircodes are available.

I have the valuation done. Came in as asking price which is to be expected. You can arrange the same way you arrange the snag.

thepolymath

Has anyone decided on Home Insurance? Any recommendation? Anything particular to watch out for or to include?

Ovenumo

We went with Zurich through quote devil and got a good rate!

Baltazar2020

Ovenumo wrote: »

We went with Zurich through quote devil and got a good rate!

Did Zurich give you flood cover? They refused to give us cover saying the area was considered "High Flood Risk".

bengtrj

Baltazar2020 wrote: »

Did Zurich give you flood cover? They refused to give us cover saying the area was considered "High Flood Risk".

Really? But why, I researched this a lot and my conclusion was that it wasn't. It's around 15m above sea level, and even the pessimist projections would give us at least 50 years with no problems if the planet is still in one piece by them!

Gumbo

bengtrj wrote: »

Really? But why, I researched this a lot and my conclusion was that it wasn't. It's around 15m above sea level, and even the pessimist projections would give us at least 50 years with no problems if the planet is still in one piece by them!

Use the OPW flood maps for official data.

kingkoala

Hi,
Would you happen to have the drops (vertical measurement of the window) for curtains and blinds? Unfortunately we forgot, it would be really helpful if we can get the drops.
Thanks in advance

brisan

Gumbo wrote: »

Use the OPW flood maps for official data.

Or you could just ask people who live in the area and have been flooded
Been that way since I started living in the parish in 1971 as a child

brisan

kingkoala wrote: »

Hi,
Would you happen to have the drops (vertical measurement of the window) for curtains and blinds? Unfortunately we forgot, it would be really helpful if we can get the drops.
Thanks in advance

Better off waiting till you get into the house ,
Blinds are probably the same but there could be a slight difference in curtain drops
No 2 new builds in the same estate are exactly the same

Ovenumo

Baltazar2020 wrote: »

Did Zurich give you flood cover? They refused to give us cover saying the area was considered "High Flood Risk".

Yes they included flood cover for us.. that’s odd!

bbehan202

Anyone any updates on desnagging for Parkside Gardens please?

lcarrol3

bbehan202 wrote: »

Anyone any updates on desnagging for Parkside Gardens please?

Nothing yet from our side. They were on to me today with regard to HTB so I'll ask when getting back to Jill.

lcarrol3

Been informed this morning that they're hoping to call people back for reinspection next week. Closing first two weeks of December.

thepolymath

Hi All, Quick question on HTB application. What did you guys put for - Deposit Payable -?? (30,000 as per contract ??) and Deposit Paid - ?? (5,000 - booking deposit??)

bengtrj

thepolymath wrote: »

Hi All, Quick question on HTB application. What did you guys put for - Deposit Payable -?? (30,000 as per contract ??) and Deposit Paid - ?? (5,000 - booking deposit??)

That's exactly right. If you're eligible for the 30k HTB you'll still get it regardless of already having paid 5k.
Also, don't forget to add your mortgage approval from the bank as an attachment, I didn't and revenue asked me for it on MyEnquiries. Avoid that!

thepolymath

bengtrj wrote: »

That's exactly right. If you're eligible for the 30k HTB you'll still get it regardless of already having paid 5k.
Also, don't forget to add your mortgage approval from the bank as an attachment, I didn't and revenue asked me for it on MyEnquiries. Avoid that!

Thanks for the prompt reply.

mr_fruitbowl

Just jumping back to the home insurance topic. Does anyone have any recommendations on the value for building cover ?

I've only just discovered that you should not be insuring a home based on asking price, but based on rebuild cost. First time buyer problems

bengtrj

mr_fruitbowl wrote: »

Just jumping back to the home insurance topic. Does anyone have any recommendations on the value for building cover ?

I've only just discovered that you should not be insuring a home based on asking price, but based on rebuild cost. First time buyer problems

The bank's letter of approval and your valuation document should have the rebuild value in them. You should use that value.

mr_fruitbowl

Yip was there alright. Thanks!

lcarrol3

Just got called for final snag today! Yay!

bbehan202

Great to hear. I got an email too but it said electricity won't be ready yet. Are you going to desnag without that?

Ovenumo

lcarrol3 wrote: »

Just got called for final snag today! Yay!

Me too!! We’re in at 8.30 on Tuesday woohoo!

lcarrol3

bbehan202 wrote: »

Great to hear. I got an email too but it said electricity won't be ready yet. Are you going to desnag without that?

Yeah we're going to go ahead, that's what our snagger advised anyway.

Oh yay @ovenumo, we're in at 8 on Tuesday might see you there!

Offspring

I'm currently looking at two places in this development, and I know they're all installed with solar but the one thing I'm not totally clear on is if the solar is partial or fully solar. Has anyone who already lives here converted to full solar if it's partial?

omegab

Hi,

The newest houses on Sale don't have Solar panels any more, they have a heat pump instead to satisfy the Part L regulations.

For all the prior phases I don't know what you mean by Partial Solar - there is between 1 and 1.5 kWpeak of Solar PV panels on each house. This is used to offset the energy costs at that moment in the house, i.e. there is no solar diverter to heat the hot water cylinder and the excess energy is given back to the Energy grid for free. The largest houses generate approximately 160 euro maximum electricity per year so nothing dramatic.

Overall the houses are great :-)

Offspring

OK. Both of the places I'm looking at are second hand, built during the first phase in 2018 I'm assuming, so they both do have solar which was a huge selling point for me.

Basically i was trying to see if I could go completely off the grid, or if it was only going to help cut my electrical down, and it looks like it's the latter, but that's still better than nothing and I was already planning on installing solar whenever I bought so if I'm successful at getting one of these I'm even happier.

What are some of the biggest complaints you've had? I absolutely love the place I've looked at already, and it looks like basically everything I could want is there.

omegab

We are really happy in Parkside, no complaints with the build quality of our house - if you want to fine-tune your experience - try and get an E-type with South / West facing garden and a non-mid terrace so you have windows in your bathrooms and a house with a side entrance (or at least a bin tunnel) for your bins.

The Solar will help towards your energy consumption. I couldn't make the calculations pay over 5-10 years to justify expanding the standard set of solar panels / inverter and the installer laughed in agreement that they were only there to cover the regulations.

Phase 2 was around 2017/2018 just so you know.

Offspring

Cool, that's good to know. One of them is terraced, the other is semi-d. I'm not sure about the different types, as I'm kind of limited to what's available but they both are really what I'm looking for, and the 20 minutes I spent just sort of meandering before and after viewing one of the homes last week gave me a pretty good idea of the noise levels and how busy it was, which was nice.

I'm hoping I'm able to secure one of them, honestly, because it seems perfect for what I want, especially with the amenities in the area, especially within walking distance.

fido_dido

Should I be bother that a huge Social housing is coming up on Malahide Road just opposite Bank of Ireland? I was planning to buy a house in Parkside today when I found out about it?

Offspring

I just went sale agreed on a house in Parkside, and while this is the first I'm hearing about social housing being built nearby, but it doesn't bother me one bit. The way I look at it is that there are people out there who aren't able to afford homes, and this gives them that peace of mind so I'm happy that there's actually something being done to help them.

Col_30

There's already a fair amount of social housing in the Belmayne area which is right next to Parkside. It doesn't seem to cause an issue. The new block being built is a mixture of 1, 2 & 3-bed apartments. We were told mostly older people will get the 1-bed units. It's not part of Parkside, it's a completely different development and is about a 10 min walk from the entrance to the estate.

It's the same in any relatively new area. There's a housing crisis, so they are building lots of housing and a certain percentage is going to go to social & affordable housing. I honestly can't see this new block causing an issue.

0livier06

Hi everybody,

I am interested in the houses in the Parkside Development.
I don't know the area much and with the current travel restrictions it is hard to go there and see. I heard a lot of positive feedbacks about the area and from what I can read here, people seem happy as well.

I was wondering, how is life here ? Are people happy with the houses quality and the area so far ? What would be the downsides living here ?

Thanks in advance!

fireglo2020

I moved into Parkside in December.

I was worried about the social housing, building site noises etc. but the place is idyllic. It's too quiet if you ask me . I have lovely neighbours and the area is really well kept - good sense of community. I haven't done the commute into city center yet for obvious reasons so that may be only downside.

0livier06

Hi fireglo2020 !

Thanks a mil for your reply

Since my last message I have managed to join Parkside's residents Facebook group. I must admit I have been impressed by the community that seems to be building here

gabria

Hello, I've been living in Parkside since 2018 but I still keep my eyes on this thread.

Welcome new residents. Hopefully construction will restart soon, it is very enjoyable to go on a walk around the area seeing construction buzzing.
I don't think construction has entirely stopped at the moment. Today I saw some work being done on the Hole in the wall road extension. I think we'll see a lot of clearance of rough terrain around the Parkside estate this year. The road extension will include the development of the abandoned house area 'Windermere'. And just before that you have the new pedestrian crossing and creche being built (expected completion this summer).

I think once the apartments along the cycle track are built, that might be the end of Parkside estate extension? There is still space to be filled in between the cycle track and Priory Hall road so maybe it won't be the end entirely.

The Facebook parkside group is a very useful aid to help new people get set up. Very friendly neighbourly vibe around the place. Lots of young families... in fact I must admit I'm a little surprised about this, practically no single home owners ! I'm an anomaly, I bought one of the smaller houses at the start of the building, moved in by myself but all my neighbours and everyone else I know in the estate are either families or couples on their way to having kids. I now rent a room in my house to a tenant (third one staying here at the moment). A totally different purpose than the norm for resident of the estate. I know no one in the entire estate who is in the same boat as me. One thing I do have in common with my neighbours is the work-from-home culture. Me and my WFH neighbours all unite and grumble in vain about the current wifi congestion, we just have to get on with our internet fluctuation issues.

Anways, I was just wondering if anyone new here who is also purchasing as a means to occupying by oneself and renting to single tenants rather than setting up dream family home?

Offspring

I'm in the process of closing on a home on Parkside Drive, and it'll be just me but I'm excited for it. I do have a couple of questions for those that live there currently, mostly about the sun and what kinds of stuff can grow easily there in terms of plants. I'm not on Facebook and don't want to re-create an account for them to siphon info away, so I'll be stuck to the forums, but basically:

What hours does the sun actually hit the backyards that seem to be south facing?
Are there any plants that don't grow well?
Are there shady spots that are of concern with the wooden fences?