What's The Laurels in Carlow like these days?

Migbie

Looking at an affordable house in The Laurals, always been told to avoid that estate if I valued my life. I noticed I haven't read any bad from there in a good while and was wondering is it still as bad? We are in a situation where rents are gone affordable for us, we work and have two children under two so don't want to end up in a total kip. We need somewhere we can afford but is The Laurels still a bad area?

byhookorbycrook

There are some very decent families there, but it's not a place I'd be mad on.

Owryan

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

There are some very decent families there, but it's not a place I'd be mad on.

IMO most of the families are fine, but its guilty by association with being so close to John Sweeney Park.

The houses themselves seem ok but the few i ve been in felt on the small side to me.

Migbie

Would it be safe to walk through with two small children? We will be looking at staying at this house for at least 10 years until we can save and get ourselves into a better situation. Is it worth it? Is there much trouble here?

winnie the schtink

you can buy a house in there for 45,000 worth considering if you could scrape the deposit together

Queen-Mise

The biggest problem with the laurels is always going to be the quality of the workmanship in the houses.

Hearing ppl going up and down stairs, doors slamming, kids crying.... etc

BattleCorp

winnie the schtink wrote: »

you can buy a house in there for 45,000 worth considering if you could scrape the deposit together

Being able to buy a house in there for €45,000 tells its own story.

winnie the schtink

you could pay 450,000 and still end up beside who knows? or get a house full of pyrite,its the same as anywhere it's always the 1%