Room to Improve (v2)

I get the thinking of it....keep it all contained, easier to manage and clean and I think they wanted an office space too.

I just think it's weird that last week there was carnage over the two steps from the kitchen and how it wasn't future proof or wheelchair accessible....how many of us consider a wheelchair when renovating unless there's a family member using one.

However this respite accomodation has no wheelchair accessibility, even anyone with mobility issues will find those front steps a challenge.

Again to me it's a 3 storey house with steps to front door is a very odd choice when catering to people with lung issues.

3 Million would have bought or built a small hotel somewhere else on a good bus route that would have housed more people.

I would say the underfloor heating is for practical reasons, radiators attract a huge amount of dust, which is bad for people with Cystic Fibrosis is my understanding.

Where on a good bus route in Dublin would you have bought a small hotel for 3 million. Could you give us an example please?

The QS said it would be x amount per square metre or whatever, worked out around 1.5 million they needed to find......gone are the days a 100/200 grand is pulled out of the arse.

Am I missing something I take it the people with lung issues will be in the hospital not staying I the new apartments

It's for the families.

It's very difficult to juggle a sick child when you don't live close to the hospital.

If you're from Kerry and your child has been transferred to crumlin or Temple Street where do you stay? You can't really leave them alone on their own but equally even a modest B&B is going to set you back.

I think it might also accommodate out patient appointments so an overnight stay etc for the sick child.

I think Laura Lynn have some accommodation too.

There’s a Ronald McDonald house near Crumlin for the same purpose.

They are much needed for families of sick children.

no way you’d buy a house in the area for €370 - double that at least

I think they mean most of the materials and work carried out were free if you paid for this it would cost 2milion euros and he did raise money from donations

The price of the house isn't really the issue for me, we all know property prices are mental.

However after having a child that was in and out of hospital (thankfully I live in Dublin with good public transport connections so we could do 1 night in the chair 1 night at home between the pair of us) I have a fair idea of what my priorities would be.

Period house with sash windows, cornices and fancy ceiling roses absolutely not.....so I don't see the value of paying over the odds for a 20 year vacant property.......I was half expecting Hugh Wallace to make a grand entrance at one stage (we would have had a hat trick then: room to improve meets diy sos meets great house revival)

I'm not allergic to stairs but having to drag a buggy up a flight of stairs before even getting in the hall door....no!

A nice easy access front door with maybe a "parking" area for a pram so you don't need to bring it into the apartments especially if you have to go upstairs to the apartment.

Easy to clean functional furniture....there's no need for 500 scatter cushions. The big fabric headboards are also a no from me. I'm not looking for a hotel experience.

Location: I'm not overly familiar with the Southside being a Northsider , so I can't really comment on bus /luas/ dart routes to hospitals, but I would expect the property to have easy access to public transport we all know the cost of hospital parking if you get a spot and there's very little parking around crumlin and Temple Street without a walk....however if I was staying in one of these properties I'd want to me close enough to a decent supermarket to pick up basics....even just for the mental break of a walk to the shops etc.

Then of course parking, you don't want to be stressing about where you are parking your car....if you are coming back late at night you don't want to have to park miles away.

I'm really surprised there was not even a blue badge parking spot.....but then this property is completely unsuitable for anyone in need of a blue badge.

Seeing a waste of funding just absolutely annoys me …yes I know he raised it.... however more families could have been helped if the spending was different.