What's The Building Opposite Corrib Village?

O.P.H · 29-04-2011 04:09PM #1

It's directly across from the main entrance to Corrib Village. It looks like some type of official government building or convent or something. I think someone told me its now a bunch of apartments but that it used to be used for something else before that, like a psychiatric ward I think. Any ideas?

biko · 29-04-2011 04:22PM

Not sure. Pic

O.P.H · 29-04-2011 05:16PM

Ya thats the place. Its my mission in life now to find out wtf that place is and was

TristanPeter · 29-04-2011 05:21PM

AFAIK it's basically a ghost estate. I remember them being for sale a couple of years back by "appointment only".

Madame Razz · 29-04-2011 05:24PM

It was a new build a few years ago, was it not?? Built to look old, so to speak. Don't think that there was anything of note there beforehand, but I'm not 100percent on that.

29-04-2011 05:27PM

TristanPeter wrote: »

AFAIK it's basically a ghost estate. I remember them being for sale a couple of years back by "appointment only".

Nah you have it all wrong...... ghosts are like travellers.

Iwannahurl · 29-04-2011 06:18PM

I've seen that building and wondered too.

"Built to look old" is a good description. When I saw it first I thought it must have been there for yonks and I'd just never noticed. Then I looked closer.

Could it be called Georgian in style? It does have an austere institutional feel to it.

TriBarry · 29-04-2011 08:25PM

Its a New Science & Research Building for NUI Galway. It was being built by McNamaras before they went bust. The building is gone back out to tender again.
See http://www.nuigalway.ie/buildings/projects.html

Mrs OBumble · 29-04-2011 08:29PM

TriBarry wrote: »

Its a New Science & Research Building for NUI Galway. It was being built by McNamaras before they went bust. The building is gone back out to tender again.
See http://www.nuigalway.ie/buildings/projects.html

I think you're thinking of something else. See the pic that Biko has linked too ... this one is on the other side of the road from the university.

I'd always thought it looked like ugly new build to look old apartments.

When I walked around the area looking for stuff to put on the neighbourhood map, there were no signs anywhere that told me what it was, so I left it out.

TriBarry · 29-04-2011 09:37PM

Oh Yes....sorry, I should have looked at the pic first.

No idea.....looks like another block of NAMA apartments. Amazing how something like that ever got planning. the architect probably got an award for it as well!!

nikkiplc2001 · 29-04-2011 09:40PM

They are a load of apartments that were build approx 5 years ago, they were supposed to be state of the art, old georgian kinda thing, think they were trying to sell them at well over €500,000. The only thing that was there before was a grass hill, there used to be horses kept there!!

O.P.H · 29-04-2011 09:43PM

Oh right, cheers for that!

Sponge Bob · 29-04-2011 10:50PM

It is a ghost estate owned by some bank since the developer went bust some years back. It was called Bun na Leaca or Bun an Leaca. The same developer was caught with a load of townhouses at the back of the 12 in Barna too.

Iwannahurl · 30-04-2011 10:06AM

http://www.hennellyauctioneers.com/ShowProperty.aspx?id=37&type=R&propertyid=42

http://www.galwayindependent.com/local-news/local-news/%26euro;6.5m-orders-against-clarin-bridge-builder/

http://www.sbpost.ie/news/ireland/family-builders-ordered-to-pay-10m-to-aib-52456.html

Madame Razz · 30-04-2011 10:27AM

When they were launched, there was a huge feature on them in one of the Sunday papers. They seem to have pumped major cash into them in terms of finish etc and as I recall none of the original asking prices was below 600k or something mad like that. The most expensive was around the 850k mark I think. They launched them just a few months before things started to get wobbly. I don't think any of them sold.

And now they just sit there. No doubt they will be sold off in a fire sale at some stage.

snubbleste · 30-04-2011 11:51AM

O.P.H wrote: »

I think someone told me its now a bunch of apartments but that it used to be used for something else before that, like a psychiatric ward I think. Any ideas?

As another poster pointed out, it was a hill with grass before it was flattened and built on.

Mrs OBumble · 30-04-2011 01:56PM

snubbleste wrote: »

As another poster pointed out, it was a hill with grass before it was flattened and built on.

Ahh, sure, but seeing as it's there now, we may as well get a story to tell the tourists.

Sponge Bob · 30-04-2011 04:23PM

JustMary wrote: »

we may as well get a story to tell the tourists.

Tell them it is haunted. In their mad rush to erect the property and sell the housheens for €1m each they concreted 6 Polish lads into the foundation after they fell asleep working 24 hour shifts and nobody noticed.

Of a night one can hear the plaintive wails of "Nienawidzę betonu" as one walks past.

fatleomessi · 30-04-2011 05:30PM

that place does have a strange story behind it..

I'm not going into details here though,

pm me if you like

padraig71 · 30-04-2011 06:46PM

Sounds like it would make a good squat.

Iwannahurl · 01-05-2011 06:04AM

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Tell them it is haunted. In their mad rush to erect the property and sell the housheens for €1m each they concreted 6 Polish lads into the foundation after they fell asleep working 24 hour shifts and nobody noticed.

Of a night one can hear the plaintive wails of "Nienawidzę betonu" as one walks past.

And "Czy kurwa recesja skończyłeś?"

TheCosmicFrog · 02-05-2011 09:25PM

I always thought the biggest problem with Bun na Leaca is the fact that it's basically a small housing estate with standalone-like houses.

Or to put it another way, if you have that much money to spend on a house, wouldn't you build a much larger one on its own grounds a few miles out the road?

NomdePlume · 02-05-2011 09:38PM

If you mean Bun na Leaca, it's just a block of terraced houses and maybe apartments, built only a few years ago. Although it looks like a Victorian orphanage imo.

gaeilgegrinds1 · 03-05-2011 12:55AM

They were 700,000ish, cos my brother was looking at them, madness! I wonder when they'll be sold off, such a waste! Saw inside them, plush is not the half of it.

Lapin · 03-05-2011 07:52AM

Iwannahurl wrote: »

"Built to look old" is a good description.

Could it be called Georgian in style?

Try pastiche muck for a more accurate description.

JohnCleary · 05-05-2011 08:56AM

They look quite nice inside, although a bit cramped. Looks like the furniture does not suit the size of the units

HeisenbergBB · 05-05-2011 09:09AM

Anyone have links showing the interior? Or any idea what the name of the appartment block is?

Just saw iwannahurl's links. Never mind!

snubbleste · 05-05-2011 09:32AM

I looked up the planning for the site and it says planning (ref 0070) was granted to a Brian Walsh in 2001. Is this the former Cllr. or is it a common name?

The planning was appealed by local residents to An Bord Pleanala and then withdrawn - wonder why? http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/122975.htm
The property was then developed by Michael Fitzgerald Properties

Sponge Bob · 13-05-2011 04:59PM

The developer is in a spot of bother this week, usual story really. Blogger gets off his hole and produces fine blog posting.

http://zxcode.com/2011/05/the-mill-apartments-ballisodare/

Lazy journalist plagiarises blog as news.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/apartments-built-on-banks-of-famed-river-lie-in-ruin-2644505.html

Head The Wall · 13-05-2011 07:41PM

snubbleste wrote: »

I looked up the planning for the site and it says planning (ref 0070) was granted to a Brian Walsh in 2001. Is this the former Cllr. or is it a common name?

The planning was appealed by local residents to An Bord Pleanala and then withdrawn - wonder why? http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/122975.htm
The property was then developed by Michael Fitzgerald Properties

Looked up the planning website for this application and there doesn't seem to be any documents available on it, just 203 pages of empty file markers and a few pages from another planning reference from Gerry Barrett. Could be a mistake but I would think otherwise

It does say though that it's for a Brian Walsh and gives an address of 21 Eyre Square Galway, anyone know had he any connection to this address in 2000.

Thats you I'm asking (all seeing and knowing) Sponge Bob

I see the other planning application I had mentioned in another thread in relation to Brian Walsh was granted. There is no mention of Brian Walsh on the representation list now even though he was on it earlier, it would make you wonder, must call the council and see what's the story with his name being taken off it and why there is no correspondence for 0070

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The developer is in a spot of bother this week, usual story really. Blogger gets off his hole and produces fine blog posting.

http://zxcode.com/2011/05/the-mill-apartments-ballisodare/

Lazy journalist plagiarises blog as news.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/apartments-built-on-banks-of-famed-river-lie-in-ruin-2644505.html

Build cost E12,000,000

74 x 320000 = E23,680,000

Thats a 100% markup if all the apartments were the same price. It was nice money if you got it.

Sponge Bob · 13-05-2011 07:50PM

Head The Wall wrote: »

It does say though that it's for a Brian Walsh and gives an address of 21 Eyre Square Galway, anyone know had he any connection to this address in 2000.

Thats you I'm asking (all seeing and knowing) Sponge Bob

No idea at all, could have been a solicitors office and a dead letter drop.

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