Charlesland Greystones anyone moving there?

MrsA

Hi all - this is my first post. I am currently living in Cork, but, we have sold our house down here and we are moving to Greystones Co. Wicklow. I have always loved the place and we are thrilled to be moving there. Just wondering if there are any people from Greystones around to give me a bit of a heads up on what to do and where to go etc. We are 31 years old and newly married.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(We already love the Burnaby for Pub Grub - yum)
MPA

ratboy

it's an amazing place, bels bistro is expensive but good eating place, beach house has the cheapest pint.

Vokes

MrsA: Will you be raising a family here in Greystones?

There's 4 good primary schools, a decent secondary school.
Rugby, tennis, football clubs, etc...

And you'll be right by the beach.

Nice place to raise the young 'uns

MrsA

We do hope to raise a family there but we will have to see how that will go!! I love the place already and it is great to know that the beach house is the cheapest for a pint!!
Where is that Bistro? Is it the one near the off licence on the main street?
Can anyone recommend some good tradesmen for us - and where to get carpets and things like that?
Thanks again
MPA

Vokes

Yes, Bels Bistro is on the Main St. opposite Super Valu. Nice place - a tad expensive though.

Check out www.greystones.info - it has some good info on various tradespeople and other services, not sure about carpets though

This summer make sure to check out the Greystones Arts Festival which takes place over the August Bank Holiday. Theres lots of different bands playing, parades, fireworks, etc... so there's something for everyone.

Mitch Connor

My brother and some of his mates have bought places down in the new estate at Charlsland. The local cinema is SUPERB!........ soon to have a fully digital setup.

Vino Pasta is also a nice place (although their Pavalova sucks.....)

there is a carpet shop down the end of the town, beside Chartbusters, opposite the park.

Mitch Connor

The Jasmine House in Bray is also a great Chinese place, although the service can suck at times. Food is lovely though.

MrsA

Are you joking about the cinema? I have only seen it from the outside but it does not look great!!

We went up on Saturday and because there were communions on we decided to have bar food in the Beach house - the service was dreadful. I ordered a chicken salad (it was on the menu) only for the waitress to come back 10 minutes later to report they had no chicken!! There were around 4 chicken dishes on the menu so to say it was severly curtailed by the lack of chicken is an understatment!!
MPA

Eoin

MrsA,

The gf and I have bought there, and the place is supposed to be ready at the end of the summer (end of year probably). For food check out the Hungry Monk - we ate there and had a super lunch.

MrsA wrote:

Are you joking about the cinema? I have only seen it from the outside but it does not look great!!

If it's the one I saw, I know what you mean - looks like something from downtown Baghdad.

MrsA

Great to hear from someone else who has bought there. Our house/apt will be ready for snagging this day next week. We have bought a 3 bed duplex directly across from Superquinn. We are supposed to be in there by the 15th of June and it is looking good. They really are flying with them and getting so much done every day.
We are going to go to the Hungry Monk the first night we move in, they got voted as having the best wine list in the restaurant awards yesterday so that suits me fine.
I really get a great feel about the place, where are you and the GF moving from?
MPA

Eoin

Hungry Monk is all good - you should enjoy that. We are both moving from Dublin south side, so not moving too far. We are in Grove, probably about 2/3 blocks down from you. You must be near the show houses then?

MrsA

We are very near the show units - our footpaths were laid on Monday and our parking space filled in yesterday. Our only issue is that is it going to be very busy around our house for the next couple of years whenever the show units are on view but it is a small price to pay for the location.
We have family in South County Dublin in Cabinteely to be exact - lovely part of the world.
Really looking forward to it all now.
MPA

Eoin

I would think that the showhouses will move to a new part of the development soon enough once the newer phases are complete?

Anyway, best of luck with the move - as I said, we are not in there until the end of the summer at the very earliest, so maybe you would be good enough to update us when you move in and let us know how you are getting on? And, of course, what boozers etc you recommend

Eoin

Vokes

eoin_s:

If it's the one I saw, I know what you mean - looks like something from downtown Baghdad.

Don't be so quick to judge!

Because you are, of course, talking about the legendary "Father Ted" cinema

cinema

Eoin

SofaKing wrote:

eoin_s:

Don't be so quick to judge!

Because you are, of course, talking about the legendary "Father Ted" cinema

cinema

is that really the same one? cool - will have some sort of claim to fame when I move in

daveco23

Hi All,
Just spotted this thread. Due to move in august. 3 Bed semi beside Superquinn.
Any feedback from the people below who have moved in? Whats the area like day to day as opposed to just going down on the Sunday, which is what myself and Mrs Daveco are doing at the moment? Anyone using the feeder bus outside superquinn to Dart? Any good? Anyone know of any reputable tilers down there? Questions questions...
Cheers

elephant

HI all

Just noticed this thread aswell, due to move into Charlesland Court at the end of the summer and very excited with the beau.
Have friends who live down there and they really like it.
Greystones is a great spot, good little town and on the beach. Hungry Monk and Vino Pasta are v tasty.

Can anyone recommend someone for wooden blinds?

Eoin

elephant wrote:

HI all

Just noticed this thread aswell, due to move into Charlesland Court at the end of the summer and very excited with the beau.
Have friends who live down there and they really like it.
Greystones is a great spot, good little town and on the beach. Hungry Monk and Vino Pasta are v tasty.

Glad to hear it, we are due in there in a month or two

elephant wrote:

Can anyone recommend someone for wooden blinds?

Argos do them very cheap, but can get the number of a guy who fits them for you if you need it.

elephant

Cheers Eoin s , can you give me the number of the blinds guy?

Do argos just do certain sizes

Where you moving to?

red_bairn

hiya daveco23 ,
I don't believe there are any about Greystones but maybe if you checked out yellow pages and look for people in the Bray area. Other services if needed can be checked on our town site. Greystones-services etc

And yes people our cinema aint no UGC or IMC but it will get better...and it does lack a certain desirability to it.
Does anybody know when the whole housing is gonna finished and when abouts they expect to get em filled in???

Eoin

elephant wrote:

Cheers Eoin s , can you give me the number of the blinds guy?

Do argos just do certain sizes

Where you moving to?

elephant, argos do a range of sizes alright. Only the width varies so the lengths may have to be trimmed down by removing some lengths of timber and cutting the string down. I will get that number for you this week and PM it to you. Argos would probably be a lot cheaper though

I'm moving into Charlesland Grove, about 2 blocks down from the showhouse

daveco23

Anyone know of any plans to increase the level of DART service to Greystones? Currently one every 25 minutes in the morning. With the amount of people moving down there are Iarnoid eireann going to increase service?
Thanks

MrsA

It is I the original poster here!! we moved in nearly 5 weeks ago now and I love it there. We are in the 3 bed duplex's with our back door to superquinn and our balcony with a view of the sugarloaf!! We are so delighted with the place so far. Snagging did drag on a bit but to be honest they were so good to deal with and have come back in and fixed bits and pieces for us since.
Both my husband and I get the feeder bus every morning to the DART and it is working out fine for us. We both get the 8:05 DART and it is great to always get a seat.
The location in Charlesland is great as you can really use all the facilities of Delgany, Kilcoole and Greystones. The pubs in Greystones have not taken my fancy too much apart from the Burnaby but, I am really liking the Wicklow arms in Delgany and the Horse and hound up there as well.
There are so many good walks and everything in the area it is great if you like to be outdoors.
Superquinn is fantastic in Charlesland if a little pricey. We shop up in Tesco as it is much better value but, superquinn is great for chilled wine and beer and any other little bits you might need.
Godfathers pizza place is another little treasure. A 7" pizza with 4 toppings to collect is only €5 which is great and their chips are only €2 with loads in them for 2 to share.
In Greystones itself the eating is great. Bel's bistro is brilliant and we have been a few times. The Chinese over the bookshop I think it is called Jade Royal or something like that is brilliant and they do thai food in there as well. The italian chipper (next to X-tra Vision) is lovely and does great hangover food.
Can't think of anything else off hand but we are happy and glad we bought there and having a west facing balcony makes us feel like we are on holidays on the sunny evenings!!
MrsA.

Eoin

Delighted to hear that Mrs A - will be joining you in a month or two I hope!

By the way, for cheap shopping Lidl is only a few miles down the road - I *think* you continue on the M11 Southbound, but not too sure about that.

We drove around on Sunday last, and there really doesn't seem to be as many pubs as you might expect in an Irish town, but glad to hear there are alternatives near by.

Vokes

daveco23 wrote:

Anyone know of any plans to increase the level of DART service to Greystones? Currently one every 25 minutes in the morning. With the amount of people moving down there are Iarnoid eireann going to increase service?
Thanks

Unlikely, because of the single track + trains coming southbound.

eoin_s wrote:

By the way, for cheap shopping Lidl is only a few miles down the road - I *think* you continue on the M11 Southbound, but not too sure about that.

That's probably the branch down outside Wicklow town, 20/25min drive away.


Btw folks, since the local 'nightclub' closed down in Greystones, I hear there's plans for a new one, down in the Charlesland area .....best of luck with that

Eoin

SofaKing wrote:

Unlikely, because of the single track + trains coming southbound.

That's probably the branch down outside Wicklow town, 20/25min drive away.


Btw folks, since the local 'nightclub' closed down in Greystones, I hear there's plans for a new one, down in the Charlesland area .....best of luck with that

Yeah, I heard there would be a new bar opened in Charlesland as well, but I also heard there were some licensing issues with big pubs in Greystones?

I was quite surprised by the small amount of pubs in Greystones actually...

MrsA

There is a licence for a bar in the Charlesland shopping centre but it is not for a huge square footage. It is to let at the moment but the rent is supposed to be off the wall so nobody is taking it up. They are not going to allow a nightclub there at all but, they did have talk of one at the start.
There is another new bar which is ready to go as well by the entrance to the park and ride car park. That is in the shape of a boat and looks as if it will be quite impressive. We have gone to Charlesland Golf club a couple of times for a drink as well so that is another option but it is not great in there. Lovely on a sunny day though to sit outside.
MrsA

daveco23

MrsA wrote:

There is a licence for a bar in the Charlesland shopping centre but it is not for a huge square footage. It is to let at the moment but the rent is supposed to be off the wall so nobody is taking it up. They are not going to allow a nightclub there at all but, they did have talk of one at the start.
There is another new bar which is ready to go as well by the entrance to the park and ride car park. That is in the shape of a boat and looks as if it will be quite impressive. We have gone to Charlesland Golf club a couple of times for a drink as well so that is another option but it is not great in there. Lovely on a sunny day though to sit outside.
MrsA

Yeah, I had dreams of going into the pub business at Charlesland but when I called up the estate agent they told me the rent was 200,000 per year!! No thanks..
Mrs A, delighted to hear you are enjoying it down there.. Am from Cabinteely as well, and will hopefully be in sometime in september. On same side as creche.

kermit_ie

Considering moving to Greystones soon. How long does it take to get to the M50 in the mornings?

dunser

We are a couple who would love to meet new friends in the area, we should arrange a night out

elephant

Hi all

Elephant here, was back down in the estate today as our place won't be ready until the end of Oct, we are in phase two for Charlesland Court.
We then went down to the beach and it was great with the sunshine, had a great walk and I believe it is a blue flag beach, and there were a few swimming. Would recommend it for a walk....
Talking to a friend over the weekend who was originally from greystones and there are really two pubs Bellamies and the Burnaby both at opposite ends of the town.
There seemed to be a really good buzz about the place this afternoon..

Wanted to ask one question, where does the feeder bus collect to bring down to the dart station ?
Thanks

daveco23

elephant wrote:

Wanted to ask one question, where does the feeder bus collect to bring down to the dart station ?
Thanks

Outside superquinn, and I think stops once before the dart.

daveco23

dunser wrote:

We are a couple who would love to meet new friends in the area, we should arrange a night out

If we ever get to move in (Snag taking forever) we may just take you up on that!

MrsA

The feeder bus collects in two places - it collects on the roundabout where you go to Superquinn but on the other side of the road (Charlesland Wood I think?) It also collects further up that road where he goes in to turn. Most people get on down at the roundabout though. He is so good - I was late this morning and he saw me run out of the house and waited for me!!
The bus is very full at the moment they will have to put on a bigger one.
Yesterday was fantastic alright - the harbour was fantastic for the afternoon.
MPA

Vokes

kermit_ie wrote:

Considering moving to Greystones soon. How long does it take to get to the M50 in the mornings?

At about 0730 it takes 15mins, easily.

elephant

Thanks for letting me know about the feeder bus, will be handing for the other half heading into town.

boogie man

Hi, just a quick question about charlesland - What's the story with broadband in that area? Is it available? I presume it is but just want to make sure.

Thanks,
BM.

LegacyUser

Hi, We are moving into Charelsland Grove in a few weeks. Just to let u know NTL will not be supplying the same service they gave to the first phase of Charlesland grove and apprently they dont know when they will be able to install their system. Also Broadband is available already as my sister has moved in and she has it. Really looking forward to moving there and everyone seems so friendly that we have met. We bought a 3 bedroom end of terrace Type c house and even though it was due to be ready in Jun/July they hope it will be ready by the end of September!! Fingers crossed as we have sold our house in Drumcondra and are ready to rock and roll so we cant wait to meet all our new neighbours and have lovely drinks at the weekends or as often as possible!!!

Boloney

Hi all, just wanted to join into this chat which I have found very informative.....
Myself and my partner have just bought a two bed apartment in the cresent (at the top of the green).....we should have our keys by close of next business week....alot sooner than anticipated but very happy that so far it has run smoothly....has anyone else bought in the cresent?
A little disappointed in few selection of bars in Greystones but as Mrs. A stated the Wicklow Arms is a good spot for drinking.....In another year or two there sound be more selection.....really like the sound of €5 pizzas....yum!!!

Angel

Another future neighbour here. We're buying a 3-bed apartment, apparently not ready till after Christmas. Looking forward to it, have yet to hear a bad word said about the place!

jellie

burnaby food is yum. yum yum yum...

as for the cinema.. lol. its an "experience" :P hehe

JanneG

boogie man wrote:

Hi, just a quick question about charlesland - What's the story with broadband in that area? Is it available? I presume it is but just want to make sure.

Thanks,
BM.

Broadband is most definately available down in Charlesland although Smart for instance have not yet activated the switch feeding the area and cannot find any information on if they are or not in the near future.

IBB, BT & Eircom all have services down there.

daveco23

Good to see that so many people are making an effort to get to know potential nighbours! Snag completed so we should be down there in 2-4 weeks.
Just wondering if it's worth organising something over the next few months to introduce ourselves once we are all down there en masse?

Eoin

daveco23 wrote:

Just wondering if it's worth organising something over the next few months to introduce ourselves once we are all down there en masse?

We can set up our own Charlesland chapter of Boards.ie. First step to world domination

MrsA

It is great to see that so many people are moving down. We are loving it there still. It is nice to see new lights coming on every week or so. We are in the very first block of Duplexe's as you turn to superquinn and only this week have people started to move in opposite us.
I did not hear of anyone else moving to the crescent but I went to see them and they are lovely. I am suprised there is nobody in them yet. They all seem to be ready to go - what was the delay?
Trying the beauty salon tonight so I will let the girls know how I get on next week.
The other bit of news is that the new italian coffee shop which opened next to the chemist has closed down already very strange altogether. They spent ages doing it up and getting ready and have loads of machines and everything in there. As far as I know they were open for 4 days!!
Should be in the Burnaby later - the heineken is not great there btw!!
MPA

daveco23

MrsA wrote:

Should be in the Burnaby later - the heineken is not great there btw!!
MPA

Am a Guinness drinker so no probs there!

Boloney

There should be no delays in the Cresant....all the two bed and three beds are sold...I think they are finding it difficult to sell the mezainnes (€450k!!! ouch!!!)....there are about 3 in use and the rest are having snags completed and floors laied etc..
We should have our keys by Friday and then it is a matter on waiting the 3/4 weeks on furniture....very excited at this stage....
I was down there yesterday and everything seems to be coming along with the whole development....does anyone know when the gym and sports complex is due to open????....very strange about the coffee shop...I wouldnt be holding my breath for a bar to open there either as seemingly very expensive....

Eoin

Hi folks,

Looks like we will be starting our snag list in the next couple of weeks - can anyone recommend a surveyor for us? (PM me if you want to keep it off thread).

In particular anyone who has used a surveyor for Charlesland would be most helpful, as they may know any common problems people may have had there.

Thanks in advance,

Eoin

oeod

Wellcome people to my little town.....
If you want some ideas in the area ....walk kindlestown woods...amazing view of greystones from the top, Cliff walk is a must and the tracks from greystones to Kilcoole

macey

Hi there, Just found this webpage and deligted to see Charlesland has such friendly residents already. Im a fsb of a 3bed duplex in Charlesland park and hopefully will be in by the new year. Has anyone heard how easy/difficult it is to rent rooms in the area as there seems to be so many posted on daft etc?. Ive bought with my sister but she has a job oppurtunity which can't be missed abroad so i need to find a lodger when the time comes.
Was down there this weekend and was really impressed with the landscaping they've done!!

Eoin

eoin_s wrote:

Looks like we will be starting our snag list in the next couple of weeks - can anyone recommend a surveyor for us? (PM me if you want to keep it off thread).

OK, so nobody can recommend a surveyor, but got that sorted anyway.

Can anyone recommend a tiler (and/or any good tile shops in the locality)?