Commuting to Dublin - Best place to live (Rail, social, schools, etc.)

dtipp

If you had to work in Dublin, but didn't necessarily want to live in the city (or even the county) where would be the ideal town or area?

Criteria is:
Regular public transport to Dublin (less than an hour from city centre).
Nice area, with good pubs/restaurants.
Good schools for the kiddies.

Anyone any ideas?

strandroad

Greystones. You're on the Dart, but in Wicklow.

dtipp

Bit far though maybe mhge.
Greystones to city centre by Dart is nearly an hour.

Even if you only live, say, 15 minutes from Greystones station, and work, say, 15 minutes walk from Tara or Connolly station, it's a long enough commute (though actually much shorter than I'm doing at the moment!)

dogmatix

Ballinteer / Dundrum? At most you would be a 20 minute walk from the luas – and it is then about 20-25 minutes to Stephen Green. Good selection of schools nearby and in Stillorgan and so on. Housing is pricy though… Not so sure about the pubs and such but you do have the town centre.

Orion

Maynooth. Good train and bus service to Dublin. Lots of pubs & restaurants. 4 primary and 1 post primary school. Convenient if driving for Blanchardstown centre and bus to Liffey Valley. And a great community feel to the town. Always something going on.

Sam Russell

Ballsbridge.

Dart, bus, schools, RDS, Lansdowne Road, Shops, Hotels, restaurants, walking distance from City centre - what more could you want?

Oh, and high property prices.

listermint

Your opening post you said good towns, not in the city or county even.

Someone says Greystones which is all these things and its too far ?

Im just unsure where you expect to be that will get you to the office in 30 minutes on the train ?? with all those attributes.

Have you any preference locations yourself

hardCopy

Clontarf, well served by buses and dart, by the sea and st Anne's park for a bit of space. Good schools and sports clubs of every sort. Also had a great cycle track into town.

schemingbohemia

There's no point in giving advice without knowing what size house/apartment you need and whether you plan to rent or buy and what your maximum rent/purchase price is. That will be the key first determinant.

loyatemu

dtipp wrote: »

Bit far though maybe mhge.
Greystones to city centre by Dart is nearly an hour.

Even if you only live, say, 15 minutes from Greystones station, and work, say, 15 minutes walk from Tara or Connolly station, it's a long enough commute (though actually much shorter than I'm doing at the moment!)

Bray - closer to town, twice the number of Darts per day and a very frequent bus service (the 145), slightly cheaper housing than Greystones, still close to all the seaside and mountain activities, some good bars and restaurants (mostly at the seafront).

Carawaystick

Skerries/Malahide

Pkiernan

Malahide

dtipp

Orion wrote: »

Maynooth. Good train and bus service to Dublin. Lots of pubs & restaurants. 4 primary and 1 post primary school. Convenient if driving for Blanchardstown centre and bus to Liffey Valley. And a great community feel to the town. Always something going on.

Interesting choice.
About 35-40 minutes to Connolly station by train, and seems a regular service which is important.

The community feel to the place is important too.
Great.

dtipp

schemingbohemia wrote: »

There's no point in giving advice without knowing what size house/apartment you need and whether you plan to rent or buy and what your maximum rent/purchase price is. That will be the key first determinant.

Well, ideally a house - probably rent for a while in case we didn't like the area.

Have a good job, but wouldn't be able to afford crazy rent/mortgage that comes in many parts of Dublin city.

But much more important than that, would be somewhere for the kids to go to school without having them registered since birth, a safe, community feel to the area, good public transport to city centre, etc.

schemingbohemia

dtipp wrote: »

Well, ideally a house - probably rent for a while in case we didn't like the area.

Have a good job, but wouldn't be able to afford crazy rent/mortgage that comes in many parts of Dublin city.

But much more important than that, would be somewhere for the kids to go to school without having them registered since birth, a safe, community feel to the area, good public transport to city centre, etc.

But your definition of good and crazy are likely to be different to others. What's your max rent? How many bedrooms required.

cdebru

dtipp wrote: »

Interesting choice.
About 35-40 minutes to Connolly station by train, and seems a regular service which is important.

The community feel to the place is important too.
Great.

Leixlip is nice as well and a little closer to the city.

dtipp

schemingbohemia wrote: »

But your definition of good and crazy are likely to be different to others. What's your max rent? How many bedrooms required.

Not sure what maximum rent would be tbh.
Paying €600 a month atm for a 4-bed, but that's in the midlands - obviously somewhere close to Dublin would be far more.

Has to be at least a 3 bed, cause have 3 kids, and smallest 2 could share a room.

Would you get a 3/4 bed semi-d in a nice area, no more than 30/40 minutes on a train to Dublin city centre, for say €1,000-€1,200 a month?

Polar101

dtipp wrote: »

Would you get a 3/4 bed semi-d in a nice area, no more than 30/40 minutes on a train to Dublin city centre, for say €1,000-€1,200 a month?

No you wouldn't, I think you'd be looking at prices starting from €1500 or so.

Seaswimmer

Polar101 wrote: »

No you wouldn't, I think you'd be looking at prices starting from €1500 or so.

not quite..

for example



http://www.daft.ie/wicklow/houses-for-rent/bray/the-fairways-woodbrook-glen-bray-wicklow-1600438/?test=3&utm_expid=48158508-7.sqRa4eujSguIxT-Hruxasg.2&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daft.ie%2Fwicklow%2Fresidential-property-for-rent%2Fbray%2F%3Fs%255Badvanced%255D%3D1%26searchSource%3Drental