Hyde road safe?

Daisies

Hey guys,

I've been looking at places to rent and have been offered a 2 bed place on Hyde Road, relatively close to the station end of Hyde Road. I'm just concerned about whether that area of town is safe. I've heard not great things from one or 2 people.

davo2001

Personally I wouldn't rent there, nor would I walk down there at all at night. It's a rough spot with alot of anti-social and criminal issues.

brendanwalsh

Very rough dangerous area populated by local well known criminal families, ie McCartney Dundon gang primarily.

Would advise you not to live there. Very very dangerous part of limerick.

Mc Love

The station end of Hyde road isnt particularly bad that I've noticed.

stefanovich

The flats next to the station look good on the outside at least. Plus it is cheap. Cheapest house in Ireland was on that road once if I remember correctly. Still, I know one woman who was punched in the face while walking on the station end of the Hyde Road in broad daylight.

Cookiemunster

stefanovich wrote: »

The flats next to the station look good on the outside at least. Plus it is cheap. Cheapest house in Ireland was on that road once if I remember correctly. Still, I know one woman who was punched in the face while walking on the station end of the Hyde Road in broad daylight.

In fairness that could happen anywhere. Scumbags aren't unique to Hyde Rd. Can't say I'd live there though (even though I've still got elderly family living there).

Reputable Rog

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Very rough dangerous area populated by local well known criminal families, ie McCartney Dundon gang primarily.

Would advise you not to live there. Very very dangerous part of limerick.

Musical criminals?

brendanwalsh

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Musical criminals?

Yeah the crowd who would rob your guitar and bash you over the head with it.

Daisies

Ok thanks everyone. Rental market in Limerick is slim pickings at the moment

Jimbob1977

If you enjoy seeing horses tethered to trees - it's the place for you.

If you appreciate scramblers being driven up and down at high speed, with no lights, tax or insurance - go for it!

damowill

the side closest to the station & across from peoples park is fine. granted its not perfect but the area has a lot of footfall so its generally safe. i wouldnt live further up hyde road (towards childers rd) however.

Irish_rat

Didn't realise right up to the bus station is Hyde road. Id say those new apartments beside the bus station should be alright if that's the ones you're on about OP but the close proximity to trouble would put me off.

nim1bdeh38l2cw

Anywhere down near Lenihan Avenue I'd avoid.

colm_mcm

Irish_rat wrote: »

Didn't realise right up to the bus station is Hyde road. Id say those new apartments beside the bus station should be alright if that's the ones you're on about OP but the close proximity to trouble would put me off.

I think they’re social housing.

Cookiemunster

colm_mcm wrote: »

I think they’re social housing.

Yeah. They're owned by Cluid, but the tenants are selected from the councils housing list.

diusmr8a504cvk

Stay well away. Rent must be half-nothing there though.

Reputable Rog

I'm now curious as to how the Beatles would have turned out with one of the Dundons as opposed to John Lennon.
The Revolver album would take on a whole new meaning.

Irish_rat

Looking on daft nowhere decent really until you're forking out 1200. If you're sticking to the 1000 mark I'd go to the dock road area well before Hyde road. Ideally though just wait for something to come up in South Circular Road or O'Connell avenue which is the nicest part of the city IMO.

Daisies

Irish_rat wrote: »

Looking on daft nowhere decent really until you're forking out 1200. If you're sticking to the 1000 mark I'd go to the dock road area well before Hyde road. Ideally though just wait for something to come up in South Circular Road or O'Connell avenue which is the nicest part of the city IMO.

Ya that's my issue. Nothing semi decent in my budget and I'm just concerned that this is how the housing is going in Limerick. I have until the end of the month in my current place

colm_mcm

€900 a month to live in a €60000 house is depressing.

Daisies

colm_mcm wrote: »

€900 a month to live in a €60000 house is depressing.

Yup. I actually considered looking into a mortgage as there around some 2 bed apartments around Henry St/Dock Road going for 90,000

brendanwalsh

Riverpoint would be the nicest apartments in limerick. You'd avoid the prostitution and heroin also on the dock road if you stayed there. Have you considered moving outside of town? Dooradoyle and castletroy are much nicer than the city centre sewer.

Mrcaramelchoc

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Very rough dangerous area populated by local well known criminal families, ie McCartney Dundon gang primarily.

Would advise you not to live there. Very very dangerous part of limerick.

Do you work for the limerick tourist office?

where are you going with your "very very dangerous and city centre sewer".

Ok hyde road is dodgy at the best of times but youre being a bit dramatic.

Mc Love

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Riverpoint would be the nicest apartments in limerick. You'd avoid the prostitution and heroin also on the dock road if you stayed there. Have you considered moving outside of town? Dooradoyle and castletroy are much nicer than the city centre sewer.

If you think riverpoint is the nicest, you've got some serious low taste

steveon

davo2001 wrote: »

Personally I wouldn't rent there, nor would I walk down there at all at night. It's a rough spot with alot of anti-social and criminal issues.

complete and utter noncense live here feet from where being discussed and never an issue ..

Irish_rat

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Riverpoint would be the nicest apartments in limerick. You'd avoid the prostitution and heroin also on the dock road if you stayed there. Have you considered moving outside of town? Dooradoyle and castletroy are much nicer than the city centre sewer.

The strand, Bedford row, Lansdowne hall would be all better than Riverpoint but higher rent. Still think Riverpoint is nice mind! I used to live in Alandale and they're very good appartments too.

On your second point, it depends on what part of the city centre. North Circular road, O'Connell Avenue and South Circular road have more character and charm than the peaceful but bland suburbs. And I'm living in Castletroy now!

nim1bdeh38l2cw

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Riverpoint would be the nicest apartments in limerick.

Riverpoint is a shîtbox compared to places like the Strand or City Central.

Reputable Rog

Irish_rat wrote: »

The strand, Bedford row, Lansdowne hall would be all better than Riverpoint but higher rent. Still think Riverpoint is nice mind! I used to live in Alandale and they're very good appartments too.

On your second point, it depends on what part of the city centre. North Circular road, O'Connell Avenue and South Circular road have more character and charm than the peaceful but bland suburbs. And I'm living in Castletroy now!

Corbally is probably the part of Limerick I'd like to live in if I was to move back.
I used to love the Irishtown/Clare Street/Pennywell area and a large Georgian townhouse on Clare Street would be nice.

Daisies

I have considered out of town a bit like Dooradoyle but there is still very little available.

James Bond Junior

When are you hoping to move?

chicorytip

Reputable Rog wrote:

Corbally is probably the part of Limerick I'd like to live in if I was to move back. I used to love the Irishtown/Clare Street/Pennywell area and a large Georgian townhouse on Clare Street would be nice.

Corbally has become overpopulated with resulting traffic problems. As regards the other areas you mention certain parts have become very run down and could be regarded as unsafe to live in or even walk through during the day in particular John St, John's Sq, Upr. Pennywell, Grattan St and Johnsgate.

Daisies

James Bond Junior wrote: »

When are you hoping to move?

ASAP but buy the end of the month at the latest

Henry Ford III

steveon wrote:

complete and utter noncense live here feet from where being discussed and never an issue ..

I've driven through there many times. The word I'd use is "foreboding". It's run down, with several houses burnt out and boarded up. It's pretty obvious where the crime bosses live too.

chicorytip

Henry Ford III wrote:

I've driven through there many times. The word I'd use is "foreboding". It's run down, with several houses burnt out and boarded up. It's pretty obvious where the crime bosses live too.

They are now resident in Wheatfield Prison, thankfully.

Mc Love

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I've driven through there many times. The word I'd use is "foreboding". It's run down, with several houses burnt out and boarded up. It's pretty obvious where the crime bosses live too.

The houses on the left as you go along Hyde Road don't seem to be too bad although it's the other side of the road that has some of the houses you mention. I'm sure there's a lot of good decent people living there too just being brought down by the scumbags that live a stones throw away.

Hooked

steveon wrote: »

complete and utter noncense live here feet from where being discussed and never an issue ..

I'm pretty sure this poster and I, had a quick hello last weekend outside my brothers house on Hyde Rd... my brother and his wife bought there recently. She has extended family all along the road. Salt of the earth people. Decent, honest and hardworking.

Sure, there are rougher parts, and a criminal aspect to some areas. The same can be said for most of the city!

My sister in law is in Annacotty... and Christ are they having a time of it. Local teens are holding people and shop-owners to ransom out there lately. Stabbing in the local chipper.

Pros and cons to nearly everywhere these days!

Location aside... rent in limerick is INSANE! I thank my lucky stars that I'm in a small but generous 3 bed, with a great community - one mile from work, and my wife can walk to her job in UL if she pleases.. all for a mortgage of a little over 500 a month. I may have bought at the wrong time, but at least I'm not getting ridden for 1200 a month. It's lunacy! I pity the OP

Reputable Rog

Hooked wrote: »

I'm pretty sure this poster and I, had a quick hello last weekend outside my brothers house on Hyde Rd... my brother and his wife bought there recently. She has extended family all along the road. Salt of the earth people. Decent, honest and hardworking.

Sure, there are rougher parts, and a criminal aspect to some areas. The same can be said for most of the city!

My sister in law is in Annacotty... and Christ are they having a time of it. Local teens are holding people and shop-owners to ransom out there lately. Stabbing in the local chipper.

Pros and cons to nearly everywhere these days!

Location aside... rent in limerick is INSANE! I thank my lucky stars that I'm in a small but generous 3 bed, with a great community - one mile from work, and my wife can walk to her job in UL if she pleases.. all for a mortgage of a little over 500 a month. I may have bought at the wrong time, but at least I'm not getting ridden for 1200 a month. It's lunacy! I pity the OP

I couldn't agree more, I bought a house in what was considered a salubrious part of Mallow a number of years ago and now it's overrun with Nigerians trying to turn the area into downtown Lagos with their **** driving and loud parties. They've driven down house prices as well so moving isn't an option at the mo.

adaminho

Mc Love wrote: »

The houses on the left as you go along Hyde Road don't seem to be too bad although it's the other side of the road that has some of the houses you mention. I'm sure there's a lot of good decent people living there too just being brought down by the scumbags that live a stones throw away.

I think I read in the Leader before that the Hyde road is actually a dividing line for regeneration and that one side received funds but the other side didn't.

steveon

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I've driven through there many times. The word I'd use is "foreboding". It's run down, with several houses burnt out and boarded up. It's pretty obvious where the crime bosses live too.

if you read probably shes asking about near the train station end of hyde road its called prospect no trouble

houses further up is actually called HYDE avenue weston and not hyde road completely different area and most houses in prospect end are privately owned and looked after well...

there are the odd exception but amazes me the amount of people who slag off an area and know nothing about it but yet will come and park and abandon there car outside my house everyday and goto there jobs in the city or when an event like patricks day is on again abandon there car park it on the grass and wreck the area and then again slag it off...

There are bad houses in all areas simple as as the hse amongst others are moving familys all over..

Again I live here never ever any trouble. If you look for trouble you find it...and the wrecked houses are belong to one or two familys end of.

Mc Love

steveon wrote: »

houses further up is actually called HYDE avenue weston and not hyde road completely different area and most houses in prospect end are privately owned and looked after well...

You learn something new everyday, I always thought that bit near the shop was prospect

chicorytip

steveon wrote:

houses further up is actually called HYDE avenue weston and not hyde road completely different area and most houses in prospect end are privately owned and looked after well...

Prospect Hill, encompasses the area beginning at the top end of Edward St. opposite Sarsfield Barracks as well as Lenihan Avenue and Byrne Avenue which both lead downhill toward Hyde Road. Hyde Road begins after the traffic lights at the city end right the way up past Cosgraves shop. The remaining short stretch up to the lights near the church is Hyde Avenue. So, I don't think it's correct to refer to that particular area nearest the station as Prospect but, then again, it would be incorrect to refer to it as Weston either. Weston really refers to the areas located off the Childers Rd. such as Griffith Ave.
There is another area known as Prospect in Co. Limerick out between Annacotty and Lisnagry.
Here endeth the geography lesson.

Mc Love

chicorytip wrote: »

Prospect Hill, encompasses the area beginning at the top end of Edward St. opposite Sarsfield Barracks as well as Lenihan Avenue and Byrne Avenue which both lead downhill toward Hyde Road. Hyde Road begins after the traffic lights at the city end right the way up past Cosgraves shop. The remaining short stretch up to the lights near the church is Hyde Avenue. So, I don't think it's correct to refer to that particular area nearest the station as Prospect but, then again, it would be incorrect to refer to it as Weston either. Weston really refers to the areas located off the Childers Rd. such as Griffith Ave.
There is another area known as Prospect in Co. Limerick out between Annacotty and Lisnagry.
Here endeth the geography lesson.

You forgot about the townland near Oola

https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/coonagh/oola/templebredon/prospect/

steveon

Hooked wrote: »

I'm pretty sure this poster and I, had a quick hello last weekend outside my brothers house on Hyde Rd... my brother and his wife bought there recently. She has extended family all along the road. Salt of the earth people. Decent, honest and hardworking.

Sure, there are rougher parts, and a criminal aspect to some areas. The same can be said for most of the city!

My sister in law is in Annacotty... and Christ are they having a time of it. Local teens are holding people and shop-owners to ransom out there lately. Stabbing in the local chipper.

Pros and cons to nearly everywhere these days!

Location aside... rent in limerick is INSANE! I thank my lucky stars that I'm in a small but generous 3 bed, with a great community - one mile from work, and my wife can walk to her job in UL if she pleases.. all for a mortgage of a little over 500 a month. I may have bought at the wrong time, but at least I'm not getting ridden for 1200 a month. It's lunacy! I pity the OP

Yes you sure did nice to have you in the neighborhood :-)

Reputable Rog

Mc Love wrote: »

You learn something new everyday, I always thought that bit near the shop was prospect

Certainly do, I always thought Weston was the other side of Childers Road and that Rathbane was further up where Sunflower stores used to be.
Is Cals park Weston or Prospect?

steveon

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Certainly do, I always thought Weston was the other side of Childers Road and that Rathbane was further up where Sunflower stores used to be.
Is Cals park Weston or Prospect?

Cal's is prospect after that is Weston and Hyde avenue. The shops are part of weston

Irish_rat

OP I'd recommend getting a viewing for this. Appartments are not modern but you can put your own stamp on it, nice location and they're fairly well insulated. Id imagine you'll have competition to get it though as is the rental market

https://www.daft.ie/21903288

Daisies

Irish_rat wrote: »

OP I'd recommend getting a viewing for this. Appartments are not modern but you can put your own stamp on it, nice location and they're fairly well insulated. Id imagine you'll have competition to get it though as is the rental market

https://www.daft.ie/21903288

Have a viewing scheduled in. Sending my references in advance too

source

Daisies wrote: »

Have a viewing scheduled in. Sending my references in advance too

I lived in those apartments, and bought a house quite nearby, great area close to everything and nice apartments. There are students living in there, but have only had a handful of problems with them in the 10 years I've lived in the area.

Daisies

source wrote: »

I lived in those apartments, and bought a house quite nearby, great area close to everything and nice apartments. There are students living in there, but have only had a handful of problems with them in the 10 years I've lived in the area.

Great. If ye could all keep your fingers crossed for me that would be great

James Bond Junior

Daisies wrote: »

Great. If ye could all keep your fingers crossed for me that would be great

Throw us all down as referees. Great area to live in, best of luck.

Wise Old Elf

Another potential neighbour here, been nearby 10 years as well (Source, are you me?!).
Good luck with the viewing. It's a decent area and a nice brief walk to town.