The Coast, Baldoyle

Im also interested in that the price for a 3 bed will be in this development. I dont want to ring them if its way out of my price range though

I bought a house with family on Myrtle Square about 10 years ago. My brothers still live there, though I've never lived there myself. They say its a nice enough area, Fr Collins Park is very close by, which is lovely, and the Dart to Pearse only takes 25 minutes, which is a huge plus. To be on less than half an hours commute on the south side you'd have to pay twice as much for a house or live in a much worse area than Baldoyle.

My brothers walk around the area at night time with their dog, and it's generally safe enough, though Donaghmede is quite close by which isn't a great area. They've never had the house or car broken into, but have had a couple of bikes stolen from the underground car park over the years.

For a while there it seemed like a bad choice of location as there were a couple of unfinished estates when the crash came, which made the place a little unsightly, and a lot of the "promised amenities", like shops and creches looked like they were never going to materialize. Plus the maintenance of the estate went downhill when a lot of residents stopped paying their maintenance fees during the worst of the recession. However the unfinished estates are either finished or nearly there now, shops are opening and there's a lot less default on maintenance now. The present drawback is that there's a lot of building going on out there, and will be for some time to come, so the dust and building trucks and noise will be an issue for a while. And amenities haven't quite caught up with the number of residents.

Whats wrong with Donaghmede haha . Notions

JDD wrote: »

The deprivation index never lies. The Coast is marked light blue, as affluent, under a number of categories including income, employment, average levels of education, number of single parents etc. Donaghmede is marked as either marginally below average or disadvantaged.

The coast is hardly affluent. It's a badly planned celtic tiger development with pyrite and chronic parking issues. Get over yourself.. Affluent me hole

Go on the deprivation index. The results are from the 2016 census. No holding on to 1980's prejudices here.

You're right, the apartments in the Coast had pyrite issues, which have apparently now all been fixed. Not that I would completely trust that, which is why if the OP was looking to buy a second hand apartment I would have warned them off. But they're buying a new house, which will be A-rated, built by different builders, and will be built after much much more stringent building regulations have been put in place. In as much as you can trust a new build anywhere, I guess you can trust a new build here.

I'm not sure what the chronic parking issues are. My brothers have one underground car parking space, and one outside their house.

Badly laid out? Maybe. As I said, I never lived there, so I can't voice an opinion on that. I'm sure the OP will walk around the area a few times before they even think about buying.

And you're right, you never know what the place will be like in 15 years when all the young families grow up. It's a definite consideration. On the other hand, having moved into a new estate myself recently (not in Baldoyle) I think there's something nice with having lots of neighbours that have families around the same age. It's hard to predict what somewhere will be like in the future.

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Anyone hear anymore about this development ?

Yes it's about 14 years old at this stage. I move there in 2006!

Has anyone heard any more about the first release of the Coast development?

Thank you! I am assuming it is the further expansion then, as it is listed on Daft and Richmond Homes as the Coast development, opening summer 2020.

Can I ask how you find the area? Is it generally quiet?

Is anybody else planning to buy house here? It sounds they will be released soon.