anndub wrote: » Has the approach of buying the worst house on the best road you can afford gone out of fashion? There are doer uppers available in decent areas for that budget. You may have to put up with poor interiors for a few years while you continue to save but you have a foothold in an area that you are happy to grow old in.
tastyt wrote: » I’d agree with another who said go to leixlip or celbridge maybe . Will add a bit to your commute but train is available. You will have some anti social behaviour of course but there is a better community feel and nice little villages with a few nice pubs and restaurants. For me D15 has some lovely areas but are very expensive, and the rest is a real concrete jungle
Hamachi wrote: » Actually, least desirable is too extreme. Dublin 1 is clearly less desirable. Apart from Castleknock, Dublin 15 isn’t prized by anybody with buying power.
ongarite wrote: » If the OP can't afford D15, then Leixlip or Celbridge is way outside budget. There are 6 houses in total for sale for less than 350K & of those 6, 1 is rental for sale with tenants & 1 other is sold already through BidX. 2 others are very small (<85m2) & old with 1 bathroom in total.https://www.daft.ie/property-for-sale/ireland?location=leixlip-and-surrounds-kildare&location=celbridge-and-surrounds-kildare&salePrice_to=350000&numBeds_to=3&numBeds_from=3 Outside D15 but not far away, this would be my pick:https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-198-steeplechase-green-ratoath-co-meath/3214113 Ratoath is great little town with good schools, sports amenities, restaurants. Good bus link to Dublin city centre with Bus Eireann
Ace2007 wrote: » Why confined to D15? Maybe move closer to other areas... Sub 300k in D15:https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/7-saddlers-crescent-old-navan-road-mulhuddart-dublin-15/4495746https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/15-the-drive-mulhuddart-dublin-15/4464153
Corruptedmorals wrote: » I do think it's worth looking at Hartstown/Huntstown again or not striking it off completely. It is within budget. One of the issues with it would be a lot of the houses are older. I wouldn't be too quick to buy facing onto the main road especially around Circle K/Eurospar but there are plenty of quiet roads and estates contained in that area.
fvp4 wrote: » why were you avoiding them? The marauding gangs were out? I think on your budget and your pickiness you should look further outside the city.
handlemaster wrote: » I agree with you . There have to be compromises made with the budget being so low. The OP wants to wait another 2 years. If they added the rental cost for the next two years onto their budget now it would help.
Flinty997 wrote: » People want everything except the price....
Seamie12345 wrote: » Re Waterville Agree in that the parts of Waterville estate that are accessed off the roundabout on the way into the hospital are 20 years old and very settled and the best places to be - that would be Tory, Blasket and the one behind and in front of those I wouldn't recommend the ones that go way up Snugborough road. They are also a different builder to Waterville Terrace (further in towards the hospital) and not as well built. HTH, Best of luck
Bigmac1euro wrote: » I lived in Tyrrelstown for 4 years and moved out towards the end of last year. I didn’t have any issues at all. Personally I found the transport links terrible but a lovely community and I didn’t see any issues, I still miss how handy the lidl and SuperValu were to get to. I bought in an estate in Coolmine/clonsilla area. My budget was similar to yours. The reasons for buying here was : 12 minute walk from Blanch SC 8 minutes stroll from Coolmine train station. Access to good schools and restaurants. The area overall is great. I don’t see many issues around this part of blanchardstown. My partner is from Huntstown and generally the area is fine with good bus access although being nearer the train station and castleknock in general is more desirable IMO. I had never been to Blanch until about 7 years ago. Originally from near clontarf area. I lived in castleknock as well and to be honest the area I’ve bought has been my favourite so far, big fan of the area in general. It took me about 2 years to settle on a select number of estates I would buy in and then we bid on two houses and we were successful the 2nd time. Everywhere has antisocial problems. You will not avoid it in Dublin unless you buy slap bang in the middle of fox rock.
propertyseeker wrote: » Thanks Can you please DM me the area and i research?
propertyseeker wrote: » Thanks we will view house in Waterville and do more research Also will view Ashtown but not many houses or garden and we unsure of service costs Both look better than most D15
propertyseeker wrote: » We work hard and have good jobs to get our budget, we want ok house for our money We only look at used house, not new We think many Irish people might not work for deposit They bid stupid amount for bad property They seem to spend like someone else money Or maybe we outbid by council or investment funds not sure
rightmove wrote: » How long have you lived there? Main reason to move is to bring up kids in better area?
Mic 1972 wrote: » Cabra / Finglas / ballymoon all less desirable than D15
Hamachi wrote: » They’re sub-areas within larger post codes. Are they less desirable than Corduff, Ongar, or Tyrellstown? I’d say they’re pretty much on par.
Bigmac1euro wrote: » It’s obvious you aren’t or didn’t grow up in Dublin if you think ongar and Tyrrelstown are even slightly comparable to ballymun and parts of finglas.
Hamachi wrote: » Well seeing as I said that I’m not from Dublin in the post above, it hardly takes Sherlock Holmes levels of deduction to figure that out. Ballymun seems ok to me these days. I wouldn’t buy there but it doesn’t seem too bad when driving through. Have a good friend in an ok part of Finglas. He said there’s a good community spirit there. Neither seem particularly inferior to Ongar.
Bigmac1euro wrote: » IMO I don’t think you should be offering advice about areas of Dublin if you can’t see the difference between Tyrrelstown and ballymun it’s absolutely mental. Albeit some advice you have given has been useful.
Flinty997 wrote: » Much closer to the train in Ongar is an easy win for me right off the bat...
propertyseeker wrote: » We took people advice and drive through following areas over the weekend: Blakestown Hartstown/Huntstown Fortlawn/Sheepmore Pinebrook Hollystown Whitestown Corduff Tyrrelstown We will avoid all of these. Next we will look at Ashtown and Waterville. Any parts of Waterville to avoid? If no value found we will wait for maybe two years, try save extra 50,000 and hope prices drop by a few % or better property becomes available.
Screwthebeast wrote: » Yep, pretty much spot on. Ashtown has some quiet gems prices may be difficult though
Hamachi wrote: » and different demographics.
Hamachi wrote: » Cool. I have a car.
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