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Kilminchy Portlaoise

  • 30-06-2017 2:58pm
    #1
    LirW
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    Hi, I haven't found anything too recent about said part of the town.
    How is Kilminchy and what parts of it should be avoided?

    Thanks a lot!


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  • #2
    Dtp1979
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    LirW wrote: »
    Hi, I haven't found anything too recent about said part of the town.
    How is Kilminchy and what parts of it should be avoided?

    Thanks a lot!

    It's an estate so I'd say no parts are any different. I'm not a resident but live close and I never heard of any troubles areas there. That's if you're talking about trouble.
    If you mean the quality of the builds then it's all the same. The houses were literally thrown together as fast as they could be.


  • #3
    LirW
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    Do you know about any problems building-wise that people encounter there? Or is it okay-ish quality? I've just seen that there are a lot of different looking houses in the back and lots of apartment blocks in the front.


  • #4
    Dtp1979
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    LirW wrote: »
    Do you know about any problems building-wise that people encounter there? Or is it okay-ish quality? I've just seen that there are a lot of different looking houses in the back and lots of apartment blocks in the front.

    I'm a plumber and from a plumbing perspective Kilminchy is shocking. Crap plumbers were hired and the houses were thrown together.


  • #5
    LirW
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    Thanks, that's really helpful!


  • #6
    The Princess Bride
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    I'd have to say Portlaoise is a grand town, but I wouldn't buy there.
    I'd look at one of the neighbouring towns or villages.

    If it had to be Portlaoise however, I'd probably pick the Mountrath road side of town.
    There are lots of establised estates out there, far superior to Kilminchy.
    I've been in some of the houses in Kilminchy and they're merely alright.


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  • #7
    flixter
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    What estates in mountrath rd are best quality? Are they family friendly? Thanks,


  • #8
    The Princess Bride
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    Maryborough Village is a nice estate, from what I remember.
    Family friendly? I'd like to think so.
    Certainly close to local schools.


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    [Deleted User]
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    The Princess Bride wrote: »
    Maryborough Village is a nice estate, from what I remember.
    Family friendly? I'd like to think so.
    Certainly close to local schools.

    Are you kidding? A lot of those are given to council.


  • #10
    _Kaiser_
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    I'm a plumber and from a plumbing perspective Kilminchy is shocking. Crap plumbers were hired and the houses were thrown together.

    I'd agree with this having spent some time in one of them. One of the terrace rows of 4.

    Poor water pressure, crap boiler, piss-poor sound insulation and separation generally (bedroom door would shake when the neighbour at the end of the terrace closed his front door), incredibly hard to keep heated and interior moisture on windows a regular thing) etc.

    The particular road I was living on was grand though except for the lack of a back garden or any sort of privacy or separation from the other houses on the row.

    I lived up in Foxburrow beside the hospital as well for a while. Far nicer estate but avoid the apartments - you could hear your upstairs neighbours conversations on the phone during the day.


  • #11
    Agawa
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    Skyrimaddict wrote: »
    Are you kidding? A lot of those are given to council.

    I’m sorry, do you know exactly which part of Maryborough Village was sold to Council or still is ? TIA


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  • #12
    Chooseyour
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    Skyrimaddict wrote: »
    Are you kidding? A lot of those are given to council.

    Really?? I viewed a property today for €300,000 and they said there was no council tenants

    Thanks in advance


  • #13
    _Kaiser_
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    Agawa wrote: »
    I’m sorry, do you know exactly which part of Maryborough Village was sold to Council or still is ? TIA

    If it's anything like my estate, the answer is often "anything that becomes available"

    In the terrace I mentioned above, 2 of the 4 were sold to the council in as many years and social housing tenants installed. One were grand. The other I could see being a problem in a few years when the kids grow up.

    It's incredibly frustrating when you're renting privately and seeing houses you can't afford to buy given over to people for half-nothing, and when it's your taxes which are being spent to do it, and that you are competing against when trying to rent/buy yourself.


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