Carraig Craobh, Letterkenny - what's it like?

DrPhilG

What's this area like? Friend of mine is looking at a house in the area and it seems a bit too cheap to be true, €110k for a 4 bed semi detached.

Is it a dive?

House looks OK in the pictures but what's the area like?

muffler

Never heard of the place before. What area is it in?

Probably best stating that as Im sure others will not be aware of a single line address.

I've changed the thread title as I dont think its appropriate to suggest/hint that a house or an estate in a particular area is of a low standard and then ask what its like on thread

DrPhilG

muffler wrote: »

Never heard of the place before. What area is it in?

Probably best stating that as Im sure others will not be aware of a single line address.

I've changed the thread title as I dont think its appropriate to suggest/hint that a house or an estate in a particular area is of a low standard and then ask what its like on thread

Apologies.

Ps, my spell checker doesn't like Irish.

It's Carraig Craobh. Could you edit?

Its down near old town I belive. A bit past NowDoc.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Carraig+Craobh,+Rahan,+Co.+Donegal,+Ireland/@54.93945,-7.7510649,15.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x485f94d73a941753:0xc02ee760bf5f798e!8m2!3d54.9393263!4d-7.7450686

muffler

Thread title sorted.

Dont know that specific estate my self but my daughter lived in a nearby estate for a year or so and though it was fine. Then again that was about 5 years ago so Id have no idea what the general area would be like now.

NIMAN

Is it a bank repo?
Maybe that might explain the cheap price?

DrPhilG

NIMAN wrote: »

Is it a bank repo?
Maybe that might explain the cheap price?

Dunno. Don't think she has spoken to the estate agents, was just nosying online and asked me about the area but I'm not familiar with Letterkenny at all.

But house prices are low in general in Letterkenny, especially for the standard semi-d.

I wouldn't be alarmed at the perceived low price.

Flibbles

I live there, it's nice enough. Drainage can be dodgy sometimes, but not really avoidable since it's down such a mad slope. Neighbours are friendly, there's only about 2 dogs running loose which is probably below average for Letterkenny.


I wouldn't recommend letting your kids (if you have any) play in the sand pit at the top of the hill, there are a lot of cats in this estate (I have 3). I haven't been through a big freeze yet, so I can't comment on how hard it will be to get out of.

I paid 100 for my semi detached 4 bedroom.


The houses were built between 2005 and 2008, so there's the usual problems with build quality. We've discovered a few problems (leaky attic, bad plumbing, iffy concrete work) which cost a few grand to sort out, the house is also very draughty but we haven't fixed that yet.



The area is supposed to be SIRO enabled early 2017, but there's a solid 100/20mb connection already in the area.


Further edit: The house for sale looks like it's the same layout as mine, but in reverse. Those double doors in the sitting room are annoying, and severely limit the usable wall space.