Elsmore

wobbles-grogan

Just wondering if anyone's bought or looking to buy in Elsmore?

What stage are people at etc?

Show house gonna be ready soon from what I hear!

Ryanetak

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone's bought or looking to buy in Elsmore?

What stage are people at etc?

Show house gonna be ready soon from what I hear!

Hi Wobbles,

We have and are hoping to snag mid next week. Are you in the process? How are you finding it all?
Still no showhouse....

wobbles-grogan

Yeah, surprising the show house isn't ready yet tbh - was meant to be weeks ago.

But they've probably sold all the current batch so not pushed with finishing it up. I'd tend to agree, I'd rather them finish our houses sooner



Got in for the snagging today! Things are mostly in a good state, but certainly some finishing touches needed.

When are ye hoping to move in?

Ryanetak

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Yeah, surprising the show house isn't ready yet tbh - was meant to be weeks ago.

But they've probably sold all the current batch so not pushed with finishing it up. I'd tend to agree, I'd rather them finish our houses sooner



Got in for the snagging today! Things are mostly in a good state, but certainly some finishing touches needed.

When are ye hoping to move in?

We hope to move in at the end of August/ start of Sept but it’s hard to get any kind of solid information. However it’s certainly reassuring to hear things are in a good state there.
Did you get a date for the move? Are you on The Walk or The Green?

Lee3b

Hi just put a deposit down on a house on the green on Friday. The show houses are open by appointment only but not furnished did you guys not get into see them

iwishihadaname

I've moved into Elsmore recently. Anyone else finding the traffic noise from the ring road extremely loud? I feel like the cars are right outside my window. Hopefully a few trees are grown to block out the noise

wobbles-grogan

I've moved into Elsmore recently. Anyone else finding the traffic noise from the ring road extremely loud? I feel like the cars are right outside my window. Hopefully a few trees are grown to block out the noise

Yeah, have noticed that too.

LauraMarieA

Hi,

We have put a booking deposit down on a house in phase 2 in Elsmore. I have a couple of questions if anyone here is able to answer I'd be very grateful!

1. How long after paying booking deposit did it take for your solicitor to receive contracts? We put our deposit down 4 weeks ago and no sign as of yet.

2. Do they allow you to make minor changes? I want to change the kitchen presses from two tone to all white

Any other advice people have from buying in this development id be very grateful!

iwishihadaname

LauraMarieA wrote: »

Hi,

We have put a booking deposit down on a house in phase 2 in Elsmore. I have a couple of questions if anyone here is able to answer I'd be very grateful!

1. How long after paying booking deposit did it take for your solicitor to receive contracts? We put our deposit down 4 weeks ago and no sign as of yet.

2. Do they allow you to make minor changes? I want to change the kitchen presses from two tone to all white

Any other advice people have from buying in this development id be very grateful!

We got our contract a month after paying our booking deposit. Literally the only change they will allow to the house is a change to the colour of the kitchen, only if the kitchen isn't in your house yet. So you might be lucky but I'd check asap!

LauraMarieA

iwishihadaname wrote: »

We got our contract a month after paying our booking deposit. Literally the only change they will allow to the house is a change to the colour of the kitchen, only if the kitchen isn't in your house yet. So you might be lucky but I'd check asap!

Thanks a million, we are one of the type j's In the grove, Hopefully the kitchens are not in yet. Do you know roughly when they go in? We went two weeks ago and it looks as if only the shell of the house is completed so far. Are you living there yet?

iwishihadaname

LauraMarieA wrote: »

Thanks a million, we are one of the type j's In the grove, Hopefully the kitchens are not in yet. Do you know roughly when they go in? We went two weeks ago and it looks as if only the shell of the house is completed so far. Are you living there yet?

Yeah I'm living here now. Kitchens go in towards the end of the build so sounds like you have plenty of time. Get in touch with the Cairn Sales Consultant after you sign the contracts and she'll sort that for you.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

iwishihadaname wrote: »

I've moved into Elsmore recently. Anyone else finding the traffic noise from the ring road extremely loud? I feel like the cars are right outside my window. Hopefully a few trees are grown to block out the noise

I always thought the surface of that road was a bit rough. Might be worth getting onto the local td to try get it redone.

iwishihadaname

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

I always thought the surface of that road was a bit rough. Might be worth getting onto the local td to try get it redone.

Who is the local TD? I'm new here

whowantstwoknow

listed here https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?tab=constituency&constituency=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F32%2Fconstituency%2FKildare-North

So it would be James Lawless

LauraMarieA

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone asked Cairn if their floor could be fitted before kitchen is? Reason being we spoke to a guy in BTW Naas yesterday and he advised us that the floor should go in before the kitchen as it will sit better. He did say other customers buying new builds were allowed by their builders however he was not sure if any of these customers were in Elsmore.

Going to ring the sales consultant tomorrow but wanted to see if anyone had any experience/success with it first!

iwishihadaname

LauraMarieA wrote: »

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone asked Cairn if their floor could be fitted before kitchen is? Reason being we spoke to a guy in BTW Naas yesterday and he advised us that the floor should go in before the kitchen as it will sit better. He did say other customers buying new builds were allowed by their builders however he was not sure if any of these customers were in Elsmore.

Going to ring the sales consultant tomorrow but wanted to see if anyone had any experience/success with it first!

We never asked them so not sure if they'll allow it. Our floor guy took up the kitchen and ran the floors underneath it anyway

LauraMarieA

Didn't realise that could be an option too. Would you be able to pass on the name of your floor guy? I have a feeling Cairn won't allow it So would be nice to have a back up plan!

Newintown1

LauraMarieA wrote: »

Didn't realise that could be an option too. Would you be able to pass on the name of your floor guy? I have a feeling Cairn won't allow it So would be nice to have a back up plan!

Hi, congrats on putting your deposit down. We've also put our deposit down on a J type house.

Have you spoke to Cairn since your last post. Any joy with them letting you put your kitchen floor in before the presses? Or with the colour of your presses.

We're aware of the white goods package for the kitchen but are tiled bathrooms included? Trying the gauge what exactly is included. No contracts yet.

LauraMarieA

Newintown1 wrote: »

Hi, congrats on putting your deposit down. We've also put our deposit down on a J type house.

Have you spoke to Cairn since your last post. Any joy with them letting you put your kitchen floor in before the presses? Or with the colour of your presses.

We're aware of the white goods package for the kitchen but are tiled bathrooms included? Trying the gauge what exactly is included. No contracts yet.

Congrats! How far along are you into the second phase? So we have spoken with Cairn and the only changes we were allowed to make were to the kitchen, but that is only if the kitchen hasn't been ordered yet. So you might be lucky if your house isn't too far along yet. Go to Nolan Kitchens directly for the change. We met with Carol Milligan who explained what we could change. We changed the presses to all white (the only option you have are either the two tone as in the show house or all white, Or all of the grey/brown colour) We were also allowed change our countertop and extend it out to make a breakfast bar, changed our sink And added pull out boxes to one of the presses. You could also add pull out bins to one of the presses but we didn't do this. It Is costly enough but we feel it has been worth it!

Cairn wouldn't allow our floors to go down, nor would they allow anyone in to measure for blinds carpets etc which has been a pain. We have been told we have to wait until snagging to let people in to measure. We also asked them not to fit the wardrobes to the wall in the master bedroom as we want to move them but they said no.

Tiles are included in the bathrooms.

Any other questions feel free to ask!

Newintown1

LauraMarieA wrote: »

Congrats! How far along are you into the second phase? So we have spoken with Cairn and the only changes we were allowed to make were to the kitchen, but that is only if the kitchen hasn't been ordered yet. So you might be lucky if your house isn't too far along yet. Go to Nolan Kitchens directly for the change. We met with Carol Milligan who explained what we could change. We changed the presses to all white (the only option you have are either the two tone as in the show house or all white, Or all of the grey/brown colour) We were also allowed change our countertop and extend it out to make a breakfast bar, changed our sink And added pull out boxes to one of the presses. You could also add pull out bins to one of the presses but we didn't do this. It Is costly enough but we feel it has been worth it!

Cairn wouldn't allow our floors to go down, nor would they allow anyone in to measure for blinds carpets etc which has been a pain. We have been told we have to wait until snagging to let people in to measure. We also asked them not to fit the wardrobes to the wall in the master bedroom as we want to move them but they said no.

Tiles are included in the bathrooms.

Any other questions feel free to ask!

Thanks, that was extremely helpful.

We're going to contact Nolan's Monday to see if they have ordered the kitchen yet. We only paid our deposit Monday so we haven't been aloud view the house yet, external or internal. The full structure seems to be built...from what we can see from the road! We've been told our move in date is May, is that similar to what you've heard?

The change to the counter top is exactly what we want too. Great to hear this is possible.

We were in carpet right Naas today and the the salesman was telling us it was impossible to get entry to take measurements until keys were handed over. Pity Cairns are so strict.

Thanks again!

LauraMarieA

If your move in date isn't till May you should be fine making changes to the kitchen. Unfortunately your not allowed to view your actual house until the day you are snagging. We asked and were told no.

We are due to snag in the next 2 weeks and expected to close by end of March! Yeah a couple of floor/blinds places etc told us elsmore is the only developement in the town they haven't been allowed in to measure before snagging. Very frustrating!

austeacher

Hi all.

We’ve a deposit down too. Does anyone know who built/installed the wardrobes? I’d like to organize some more for the main bedrooms.

Cheers

LauraMarieA

I'm not sure about that but Pauline Carberry is the sales consultant for Elsmore. If you give her a ring she will be able to tell you. I can pm you her number if you don't have it!

mnbmendoza

Hi bout to put a deposit on Elsmore. Any tips from people that had already bought their houses there? Any recommendations? Please and thanks

iwishihadaname

mnbmendoza wrote: »

Hi bout to put a deposit on Elsmore. Any tips from people that had already bought their houses there? Any recommendations? Please and thanks

I wish I never bought a house facing the ring road. Thousands of cars and trucks pass by every day, all day and night. It's so loud and no peace. I'm going to spend another 10k on new windows to dampen the noise which is so frustrating, and no good to me when I want to open windows during the summer.

Prenderb

iwishihadaname wrote: »

I wish I never bought a house facing the ring road. Thousands of cars and trucks pass by every day, all day and night. It's so loud and no peace. I'm going to spend another 10k on new windows to dampen the noise which is so frustrating, and no good to me when I want to open windows during the summer.

Offtopic a little, but you might get used to that after a while. I live near the trainline and found noise from that was disturbing when we moved in first but now we hardly notice them?

iwishihadaname

Prenderb wrote: »

Offtopic a little, but you might get used to that after a while. I live near the trainline and found noise from that was disturbing when we moved in first but now we hardly notice them?

I really hope so. Here 6 months now and being so close to the constant stream of traffic is just horrible. My bedroom was vibrating from a heavy lorry driving by this morning. I also think Cairn could have done more to hide the road from the estate e.g box hedges, sound barrier fence.

austeacher

Prenderb wrote: »

Offtopic a little, but you might get used to that after a while. I live near the trainline and found noise from that was disturbing when we moved in first but now we hardly notice them?

Hey I hope you don’t mind me asking- but are you in the houses closest to Chadwick’s? We’ve bought further down (where the rd dips a bit) so I’m hoping traffic isn’t too bad.

pad199207

iwishihadaname wrote: »

I really hope so. Here 6 months now and being so close to the constant stream of traffic is just horrible. My bedroom was vibrating from a heavy lorry driving by this morning. I also think Cairn could have done more to hide the road from the estate e.g box hedges, sound barrier fence.

It’s a disaster. I’m in Arconagh and before Elsmore was built the road traffic noise from that road was ridiculous even this far in.
Since Elsmore has been built though the noise has nearly gone completely.
I think I’ve said this before but that road surface is down since I think 2006 so it’s oldish. If it were to be newly tarmacadamed it could help a lot.

iwishihadaname

austeacher wrote: »

Hey I hope you don’t mind me asking- but are you in the houses closest to Chadwick’s? We’ve bought further down (where the rd dips a bit) so I’m hoping traffic isn’t too bad.

It's the same all along The Walk, only difference further down is less visibility of the road with the trees.

iwishihadaname

pad199207 wrote: »

It’s a disaster. I’m in Arconagh and before Elsmore was built the road traffic noise from that road was ridiculous even this far in.
Since Elsmore has been built though the noise has nearly gone completely.
I think I’ve said this before but that road surface is down since I think 2006 so it’s oldish. If it were to be newly tarmacadamed it could help a lot.

I talked to a councillor about that and getting traffic calming similar to the Ballycane road side seeing as there's a big build up of residents now and cars/trucks constantly speeding. They won't do anything because it's a "ring road".

To me a ring road is one that circles a town. When you build housing estates on a ring road, its now part of the town and should be treated as a residential area.

austeacher

iwishihadaname wrote: »

It's the same all along The Walk, only difference further down is less visibility of the road with the trees.

Interesting! Whenever we’ve visited the house (and we’ve been there for hours at a time!) there’s been little to no noise- is it worse at night? Which bedroom is the worst?

iwishihadaname

austeacher wrote: »

Interesting! Whenever we’ve visited the house (and we’ve been there for hours at a time!) there’s been little to no noise- is it worse at night? Which bedroom is the worst?

Yeah we only noticed the extent of it when we actually settled into the house The sitting room and bedroom above it are the worst because the windows are so big. But you can hear traffic in any room facing the front. Talked to our neighbours too and they found the same but maybe you'll find it different! I hope it will be

Newinnaas

mnbmendoza wrote: »

Hi bout to put a deposit on Elsmore. Any tips from people that had already bought their houses there? Any recommendations? Please and thanks

Hello- we just bought house in the grove and are due to move in around may timeframe. Cairne have been helpful to date, we actually got to view house before snag which was nice! We were also able to change a few bits in our kitchen which was good. Hosues move quickly and they seem to be running on time for a lot of things which is also good.
we are going to go in and take rough measurments in show house to give to floor providers so that we can get a rough estimate on costs.

we will be having the snag in a week or two, does anyone have any things that they found in their snag that took long to fix? is there anything in particular we should be looking out for?

thanks

iwishihadaname

Newinnaas wrote: »

Hello- we just bought house in the grove and are due to move in around may timeframe. Cairne have been helpful to date, we actually got to view house before snag which was nice! We were also able to change a few bits in our kitchen which was good. Hosues move quickly and they seem to be running on time for a lot of things which is also good.
we are going to go in and take rough measurments in show house to give to floor providers so that we can get a rough estimate on costs.
we will be having the snag in a week or two, does anyone have any things that they found in their snag that took long to fix? is there anything in particular we should be looking out for?

thanks

There was only superficial things in our snag (like paint touch ups) and it didn't take too much time for them to fix, probably 1-2 weeks max.

After we moved in we realised that they glued on the skirting board upstairs so we couldn't take it off when putting down floors. So I would just say to make sure the skirting is tacked on.

Also after we moved in we noticed a couple of problems but Cairn fixed them straight away. There was something wrong with the fusebox and the door needed to be refitted.

LauraMarieA

We had our snag on Monday for our house in the grove also. Lots of superficial things but nothing major, mostly painting, sealing, doors having chips out of them and poor finishes to skirting, kitchen presses, window frames etc. A couple of things in our house were also broke (Kitchen drawer, wardrobe shelf, window latches etc) and one of our bedroom doors had swollen and wouldn't close.


We only got the list from the snagger today so have no idea how long it'll take them to fix but hoping no more than two weeks!

mnbmendoza

Thanks so much everyone for your input ðŸ˜

1170

If anyone has a recommendation for a good snagger could you DM contact details please? Thanks!

mnbmendoza

1170 wrote: »

If anyone has a recommendation for a good snagger could you DM contact details please? Thanks!

Would like to get their contact details too if possible thanks

mnbmendoza

Hi just reading through the company management rules stuff. I don't know if I'm reading it wrong but are we not allowed of things?
-sky dish
-not allowed to reject any planning permission that may arise in the future
-not allowed to change colour of doors, have a patio put in etc
-putting an extension in the back
-advertising it for rent in the future


These are some of the many things that we noticed

LauraMarieA

We never got those management rules?

Due to get the keys this week. When did you receive them?

mnbmendoza

LauraMarieA wrote: »

We never got those management rules?

Due to get the keys this week. When did you receive them?

Got em from my solicitors this week before we sign the contracts. I'll send it on if ya pm ya number or email if ya want. Completely shocked. So many rules. Doesn't feel like it will be our own

LauraMarieA

That would be great if you could I'll pm you now!

wobbles-grogan

What type of house did you buy?

I didn't read the management company terms in a lot of detail but I don't remember anything particularly crazy in there.

Also, I have a satellite dish on the back of the house :-o

wobbles-grogan

Hey folks,

Now that most of us are in and settled, I think it'd be a good idea to setup a WhatsApp group. Would be useful for organise things around the estate, helping with info about the houses jd needed and sharing a cup of sugar here and there

DM me your number and any neighbors you think may be interested and I'll setup a group with everyone.

Cheers!

pad199207

Drove in to have a look today at these. Packed in Rabbit Hutches came to my mind.

It’s an absolute disgrace that houses can be built so on top of each other like this these days.

NathanDrake

Hey guys, moved in last week and love the place. Houses are amazing.

One problem though that is going to anger me to no end. Can anyone who lives there hear the extremely loud dog that barks and you can hear him throughout the estate?

He was non stop at 3am last night too.

Is there anything I can do about this?

iwishihadaname

NathanDrake wrote: »

Hey guys, moved in last week and love the place. Houses are amazing.

One problem though that is going to anger me to no end. Can anyone who lives there hear the extremely loud dog that barks and you can hear him throughout the estate?

He was non stop at 3am last night too.

Is there anything I can do about this?

I haven't heard the dog. Only advice I can give is to figure out who the neighbour is and talk to them about it. The last resort you can take would be to make a complaint to the District Court under Noise Regulations. Wouldn't bode well for neighbourly relationships though!

NathanDrake

iwishihadaname wrote: »

I haven't heard the dog. Only advice I can give is to figure out who the neighbour is and talk to them about it. The last resort you can take would be to make a complaint to the District Court under Noise Regulations. Wouldn't bode well for neighbourly relationships though!

Thanks for the information. Dog was barking at 1 am again so we sent an email to management company last night. Seen as the owners of the dog signed the rules of estate which clearly states one of the rules as: Must not have noisy pets they are in breach of the contract.

Turns out we are not the only frustrated owners as they apparently approached the owner this week about it.

Fingers crossed they will at least keep the dog inside over night. Can't be that hard to do right?

2020NewHomes

Hi! Sorry if I'm off topic, but I've read that the road noise on the Ring road is very high. Currently considering to place a deposit on a house beside Devoy Link Road (The Close houses). Has anybody purchased around the Close and if so, is that just as noisy as the ones at the Walk (beside Ring rd)?

Thank you!

2020NewHomes

Hi! Sorry if I'm off topic, but I've read that the road noise on the Ring road is very high. Currently considering to place a deposit on a house beside Devoy Link Road (The Close houses). Has anybody purchased around the Close and if so, is that just as noisy as the ones at the Walk (beside Ring rd)?

Thank you!