Clay Farm, Leopardstown, Dublin 18

We found quote from Matt Britton very expensive. Was highest of all the quotes we got (got quotes from 4 places)t. Hopefully they will do you a good discount.

JDD wrote: »

Just put down a deposit on a Fern. Due to be completed in July/August. Aghhhhh what have I done!😀😀😀😆

Was there many Ferns up for sale?

No queue this morning when I left and only a small one yesterday

JDD wrote: »

7 ferns 3 elders. My brother queued very early Thursday morning and got a ticket for us around 8am. I think he said there quite a few cars by 6ish. All the 3 beds sold today.

Good stuff, congrats!

JDD wrote: »

Just put down a deposit on a Fern. Due to be completed in July/August. Aghhhhh what have I done!😀😀😀😆

Congrats!!

JDD wrote: »

€490k for a Fern, €495k for an Elder, and then I think €580k for the four bed orchid and €630k for the 4 bed juniper.

Interesting, the fern was more expensive in the first phase so that's swapped around.

Any extra for side entrance or facing south?

gstones wrote: »

Interesting, the fern was more expensive in the first phase so that's swapped around.

Any extra for side entrance or facing south?

For reference, our phase (previous release) prices depended on if the house was mid terrace, end of terrace or semidetached, but not on the location because well, there weren't different orientations to choose from really (although it might affect the overall price), 3 beds previous release were 485 to 500 (cheapest was mid terrace Fern, most expensive semidetached Fern, elders were priced as an end of terrace Fern, even though they were semi, but orientation was worse).

Hi all,

Has anyone’s fire alarm / carbon monoxide alarm went off in their house yet? Ours did this evening, and I’m not sure what caused it. We had no appliances on and weren’t cooking. I reset the boiler in the kitchen, off and on, and then a few minutes later it stopped. I guess my question is has anyone’s alarm went off when a gas boiler reset was required?

And also should I be worried about carbon monoxide?

The alarm has remained off since resetting the boiler.

Shane

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.

Great idea count me in. Where i am currently have a facebook group and its a great resource.

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

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?

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!!

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 wrote: »

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

Cool - question added!

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 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 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 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 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!