New home sale in Belmont, Stepaside, Dublin 18

MayBea wrote: »

Ours are engineered wood, glued to the floor. Btw, our floors were not very straight and we had to level them before getting them glued. Also, glue on it's own cost around 10€ per m2.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll add this on my snag list

I'd say it's the fact that floors need to be glued, whereas normally laying them over the floor with underlay allows a bit of leeway.

Jeffrey Lebowski wrote: »

Do you mean the concrete was not level ? How did you fix this ?

It was fixed by a floor laying contractor. It was easy enough (we had to pay for it though).

mossy82 wrote:

Hi all, just wondering does anyone know when they will open up the path at the top of the green onto the Old Kilgobbin Road? ... It seems more or less ready to go, just need to remove the fence.

I'd say your best bet is to ask the lads working in on the park.

I walk by them most mornings so I'll ask one of them tomorrow if they're around.

darkotempo wrote: »

hi all,

currently completing snagging in Hyde Road and looking forward to move in!
just wanted to ask - has anyone experience with the snagging process they would like to share? i.e. what kind of snags did you find and needed to fix?

my first snag revealed a few but nothing major - a few loose fence panels, sinks not sealed to the walls, a big water stain on the ceiling cause someone dropped a bucket of water, missing screws in the window handles etc.

just trying to cover as much as possible before moving in!

My surveyor said it was one of the worst finishes he had ever seen. It was very bad. The list was endless, we snagged it 4 times. The paintwork was particularly bad, you could see through the paint. And nothing seemed to be sealed. Scratches everywhere and render was in bad shape.

Make sure the stone architrave around the front door is filled properly.

Lastly, be sure to get a pro to do the snag. Believe me its worth it.

yep we did a get a professional snagger in, he found quite a bit actually. mostly about finishes too, but also stuff that would seem really obvious - e.g. the fridge door was put in the wrong way round - upside down. the opening of the shelves were looking down instead of up.

anyways the finishes seem mostly done now. still a few bits outside the house though to be done - but again minor stuff.

my snagger also told me that the water pump in the 2nd floor hot press needs better insulation so the vibrations from it are not transferred to the floor - any experience with that?

yep the dropped bucket story was their side. will be keeping an extra eye out for leaks so. we are on the third snag now, but who is counting...;)

I would also appreciate the detail of a good cleaner

darkotempo wrote: »

yep we did a get a professional snagger in, he found quite a bit actually. mostly about finishes too, but also stuff that would seem really obvious - e.g. the fridge door was put in the wrong way round - upside down. the opening of the shelves were looking down instead of up.

anyways the finishes seem mostly done now. still a few bits outside the house though to be done - but again minor stuff.

my snagger also told me that the water pump in the 2nd floor hot press needs better insulation so the vibrations from it are not transferred to the floor - any experience with that?

yep the dropped bucket story was their side. will be keeping an extra eye out for leaks so. we are on the third snag now, but who is counting...;)

Have just been given the go ahead to snag on Hyde Road. If anyone could recommend a good snagger via PM I'd really appreciate it!

gareth_c wrote: »

+1, if anyone has one that comes to Belmont and can share details.

I'd be interested in a cleaner in the area as well. If you has any luck, can you PM with the details would be appreciated.

I am looking for a childminder for my 1 year's boy. It's better if you have kids at home and don't mind to get another. I have asked around 20 creches around our estate, but all fully booked. Does anybody know?

Thanks in advance.

Jeffrey Lebowski wrote: »

Got home yesterday to find a big crack in a window. I contacted Munster Joinery and they are saying that the warranty doesn't cover. The window is clearly defective.

Anybody else have any issues like this ?

Not much help, we had a damaged window pane from the builders installation which they would not cover would cover warranty on the frame but not the glass so we ended up buying a new one and they fitted it for free.

So, you know the field in the middle of Belmont, well I was just wondering about the fence in the middle of the field (the one on the hill) - is that easily moveable? ... Like could it be opened up for sliding down the hill on a sleigh if the snow arrives.
 Just asking for my kids (I swear) :)

Has anyone had issues with roof leaks in Jay A houses in Belmont? We have marks in our living room ceiling. We previously had a leak from the tank in hot press to bathroom on second floor but that was fixed by the plumber and no issues since. But worrying we now have a leak from the roof into our living room!

Hi, our house is on Belmont Drive, left side of the park. I would like to ask you guys for help. Is there is anyway, we could push other broadband providers in area. I'm sick of slow conway 100 Mb broadband. It's 2018 and not 2010. I want proper broadband 360 Mb or more.
Who is in charge of this? I don't like the fact that conway is our only choice after 3 years of living here. There must be some legal way how to change this. But I have no idea who to talk to. I tried all the providers already but they can't do anything.

Sunshine dreaming wrote: »

Hi, just wondering if anyone could recommend a cleaner in the area around Belmont please? Many thanks

Tried Helping.com?

Martynet wrote: »

I have cable connection in every room and using wifi for mobile devices only. When. I measure the speed it's between 70-80 Mbps, which is around 8 Mbps real download speed. I'm sorry but in 2018, that's not enough for the house in capital city. I would like around 20 Mbps download speed. I work over VPN very often and when there is tablets streaming netflix or prime at the same time, it's just too slow. The main problem is that we don't have the choice of either Vodafone, Virgin, sky...etc.

In a capital city maybe. In the outer fringes of the suburbs you're stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea being in neither catchment area and sometimes limited to one provider. That said only virgin and siro are faster than the VDSL network which is 100mbit Max. You may want to look at your network kit. A tablet or two streaming low bitrate video shouldn't be impacting you that much.

Other issues are is it actually throughput or is there some sort of latency issue. I share a 500mbit dedicated line with nigh on 500 people connected to servers in the UK. It's perfectly workable. Obviously depends on what you do but download speeds aren't really an issue if everything is server-side.