Clay Farm, Leopardstown, Dublin 18

muirgheasa

emmad wrote: »

Hi all, would residents (current and new purchasers) be up for joining a private facebook page? Could be a great place to chat about concerns / queries. I could set one up if people fancied it and we could limited joining to Clay Farm dwellers Heard of some other developments having one in place for sharing info / suppliers and seemed to be useful.

Yes, count me in. Thanks!

gstones

emmad wrote: »

Hi all, would residents (current and new purchasers) be up for joining a private facebook page? Could be a great place to chat about concerns / queries. I could set one up if people fancied it and we could limited joining to Clay Farm dwellers Heard of some other developments having one in place for sharing info / suppliers and seemed to be useful.

Definitely

HannahK

emmad wrote: »

Hi all, would residents (current and new purchasers) be up for joining a private facebook page? Could be a great place to chat about concerns / queries. I could set one up if people fancied it and we could limited joining to Clay Farm dwellers Heard of some other developments having one in place for sharing info / suppliers and seemed to be useful.

That's a great idea!

eternal31

emmad wrote: »

Hi all, would residents (current and new purchasers) be up for joining a private facebook page? Could be a great place to chat about concerns / queries. I could set one up if people fancied it and we could limited joining to Clay Farm dwellers Heard of some other developments having one in place for sharing info / suppliers and seemed to be useful.

Count me in. BTW, how do I join it?

emmad

Ok perfect guys - let me set something up and I can share the details. Leave it with me!

emmad

Hi all, so I have set-up a private facebook group and it is called:
"Clay Farm-ers"

But I wanted to check peoples opinions before I accept members to the group.

I know from other groups that I was a member of that we had to validate who we were - and so I was thinking we should perhaps do the same thing to ensure the group is for residents only.

I was going to propose that each person requesting to join the group, send on something to show they have purchased a house. I was thinking perhaps a photo of the letter from Park Developments saying congratulations on purchase..... and with the owners current address and the number of the property in Clay Farm blurred/blacked out. So all you can see is name and road of purchased property (e.g. Larkfield Way, Larkfield Close).

Or another option is I can put on a "Pending member question" and people need to confirm their Clay Farm address. But this wouldn't be as concrete as the Park Developments letter.

What do you think? I will go with concensus on this one!!

gstones

Think the latter is better myself! Wouldn't know where that letter is anymore

ged81

emmad wrote: »

Ok perfect guys - let me set something up and I can share the details. Leave it with me!

Great idea. Would be very useful. Thank you.

shanedunne2000

gstones wrote: »

Think the latter is better myself! Wouldn't know where that letter is anymore

Same here, we don’t have that letter either anymore. Probably best just reveal address to pending membership question.

emmad

shanedunne2000 wrote: »

Same here, we don’t have that letter either anymore. Probably best just reveal address to pending membership question.

Cool - question added!

shanedunne2000

emmad wrote: »

Cool - question added!

Great, and there can be two people from each address, or more I guess, but not necessarily just one.

Haidee_Hammond

shanedunne2000 wrote: »

Great, and there can be two people from each address, or more I guess, but not necessarily just one.

If you do that does not prevent strangers any more :P (not like it even occurred to me a stranger might want to join), but if your address has already been used you can say by who, that kind of proves at least you know each other XD

JDD

Can people who’ve paid a booking deposit join? Our contracts haven’t even been posted out yet. I’m not sure I have anything to prove we booked a house, except I know the address!

emmad

JDD wrote: »

Can people who’ve paid a booking deposit join? Our contracts haven’t even been posted out yet. I’m not sure I have anything to prove we booked a house, except I know the address!

Sure, just give the adddress when joining. Ill reach out to anyone who has given an address that gets used more than once/twice!

A few people requested and didnt give an address so I wont add them unless they do. It will be better for everyone to feel comfortable that it is just residents I think

Haidee_Hammond

Did any of you had any luck getting anything modified in the house? I wanted a couple of small things (extra socket, skirting to be left unfitted, and an extra row of tiles in the garden) and so far I have failed miserably (I was given a couple phone numbers by savills, one didn't reply at all, the other one replied once after a couple times and never got back to me after that). Thanks!

Asalbeag

Haidee_Hammond wrote: »

Did any of you had any luck getting anything modified in the house? I wanted a couple of small things (extra socket, skirting to be left unfitted, and an extra row of tiles in the garden) and so far I have failed miserably (I was given a couple phone numbers by savills, one didn't reply at all, the other one replied once after a couple times and never got back to me after that). Thanks!

Also wanted some electrical work and ward robe work but by the time i got the contacts alot of the house was already finished and difficult to make any changes.

Rob01

Haidee_Hammond wrote: »

Did any of you had any luck getting anything modified in the house? I wanted a couple of small things (extra socket, skirting to be left unfitted, and an extra row of tiles in the garden) and so far I have failed miserably (I was given a couple phone numbers by savills, one didn't reply at all, the other one replied once after a couple times and never got back to me after that). Thanks!

That would of been something you would of needed to request either before signing the contract or at snagging stage. Once you've moved in it is unlikely a builder would accommodate cosmetic changes.

I requested the skirting not to be fully tacked on but was told by Parks that this is something they cannot do, for their own snagging process they always fully fit the skirting. Unfortunately for someone fitting wooden/laminate floors you are then left with holes in the skirting if you want the laminates to finish under the skirting

I will say though, that we had some minor repair issues needed such as plumbing and patch work on the ceiling after we moved in and the lads were excellent and very accommodating at getting these resolved

Haidee_Hammond

Rob01 wrote: »

That would of been something you would of needed to request either before signing the contract or at snagging stage. Once you've moved in it is unlikely a builder would accommodate cosmetic changes.

I requested the skirting not to be fully tacked on but was told by Parks that this is something they cannot do, for their own snagging process they always fully fit the skirting. Unfortunately for someone fitting wooden/laminate floors you are then left with holes in the skirting if you want the laminates to finish under the skirting

I will say though, that we had some minor repair issues needed such as plumbing and patch work on the ceiling after we moved in and the lads were excellent and very accommodating at getting these resolved

I asked before signing and I was told nothing could be done before signing, I haven't done my snag yet, I wanted to get a couple things done before they had to " undone " (like adding an extra socket before plastering the walls), but haven't managed so far, I was thinking at this point only on getting an extra row of garden tiles, if possible, but I am not getting any answers on the phone I was given. Maybe during the snag? Thanks anyway!

Rob01

Haidee_Hammond wrote: »

I asked before signing and I was told nothing could be done before signing, I haven't done my snag yet, I wanted to get a couple things done before they had to " undone " (like adding an extra socket before plastering the walls), but haven't managed so far, I was thinking at this point only on getting an extra row of garden tiles, if possible, but I am not getting any answers on the phone I was given. Maybe during the snag? Thanks anyway!

Have you tried speaking with the Park Developments head office? there are 2 ladies who deal with Clay Farm and are great to deal with. Tell them you want to speak with the foreman or the snagger. The earlier the better as it is unlikely they will add anything at snagging stage, they will only fix things then

Haidee_Hammond

Rob01 wrote: »

Have you tried speaking with the Park Developments head office? there are 2 ladies who deal with Clay Farm and are great to deal with. Tell them you want to speak with the foreman or the snagger. The earlier the better as it is unlikely they will add anything at snagging stage, they will only fix things then

Have not but will try, thanks!

SouthKnight

Hi all, for people who have moved in, how is the sound insulation of the house? Can you hear any sound from your neighbor, such as TV, speaker, closing door, cupboard or wardrobe?

ShadesofDream

Hi guys,
We have put deposit for a 3-bed in phase 1B. We heard that the houses of this phase are waiting for electricity supply (underground cable from ESB) to get ready for being snagged. Does anyone else know about this issue?
Thanks

LiamaDelta

ShadesofDream wrote:

Hi guys, We have put deposit for a 3-bed in phase 1B. We heard that the houses of this phase are waiting for electricity supply (underground cable from ESB) to get ready for being snagged. Does anyone else know about this issue? Thanks

Why would this be an issue? Seems like a normal part of construction.

godtabh

ShadesofDream wrote: »

Hi guys,
We have put deposit for a 3-bed in phase 1B. We heard that the houses of this phase are waiting for electricity supply (underground cable from ESB) to get ready for being snagged. Does anyone else know about this issue?
Thanks

Houses cant be test/commissioned without electricity. ESB can be slow to act.

LiamaDelta

godtabh wrote: »

Houses cant be test/commissioned without electricity. ESB can be slow to act.

In my experience they're quite fast once everything is ready to go. Delays are frequently on the developer side. What date were you given for practical completion. The ESB side of things possibly only takes a couple of days.

Cuddlesworth

LiamaDelta wrote: »

In my experience they're quite fast once everything is ready to go. Delays are frequently on the developer side. What date were you given for practical completion. The ESB side of things possibly only takes a couple of days.

ESB has gotten quite strict in recent years with certifying fuseboards and hooking them up.

LiamaDelta

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

ESB has gotten quite strict in recent years with certifying fuseboards and hooking them up.

That's what I mean by them being quite fast once everything's in order. If you use the correct substations,boxes, boards, ducting etc. then they're very fast. All they have to do is run the cables and the connection to the board.

Rob01

SouthKnight wrote: »

Hi all, for people who have moved in, how is the sound insulation of the house? Can you hear any sound from your neighbor, such as TV, speaker, closing door, cupboard or wardrobe?

Have you moved in? what sort of issues are you having?

SouthKnight

Rob01 wrote: »

Have you moved in? what sort of issues are you having?

no, people say new house have better sound insulation. Just wondering how good they are, especially for mid-terraced. I rented an old house. The sound insulation is not very good.

SouthKnight

SouthKnight wrote: »

no, people say new house have better sound insulation. Just wondering how good they are, especially for mid-terraced. I rented an old house. The sound insulation is not very good.

I live in a timber frame and I would say unless they have taken specific measures to sound proof the houses then you can expect noise. Especially if your neighbours have wooden floors. It is not regulation so there is no reason to expect they have sound proofed the houses. Hopefully you will get lucky and have considerate neighbours!