Sheep Shagger wrote: » Live in the area, in an apartment. Can't really fault it (bar the semi reliable 47 bus service), would love to buy a house in the area but suspect the prices may be steep
NinjaTruncs wrote: » do you know where these new houses are in relation to the rest of the estate? Looking on google maps there isn't any clear construction work going on other than in Belmont.
MayBea wrote: » Thanks. How do you find the quality of the build? We viewed a house last week in Belarmine and were a little put off by the lack of parking (the house has no allocated parking space, it is up to you to find the spot around. Not good.) It would be interesting to know what is the situation with the car parking spaces in the new development, particularly with the new road access to the nearby school along the estate (hence the parents dropping the kids off parking within the neighbourhood).
heebusjeebus wrote: » They are behind Belarmine Place, along the Kilgobbin Lane side. They used be training pitches for the local rugby club. Does anyone know if there will be an entrance to access the new development from Kilgobbin Road or will the extra traffic have to use the existing Belarmine or Aikens Village entrances?
_Kaiser_ wrote: » From the point of the existing apartments (I'm renting one), as with most "new-ish" places the sound insulation is pretty poor. I can hear everything upstairs for example (no lie-in for me on a Sunday when their kids start running around the place at half 8! ) Parking is indeed on a first come first serve basis - supposedly for residents but I've yet to see any clamping or patrols (there was a van that looked abandoned for months - flat tires etc - before it finally disappeared one day). I can't say I've ever had a problem (just my own car though) beyond having to park the next row down.. a recent annoyance in my part of the estate is people who live across street parking on our side because their spots are a little steeper than the ones outside my place.. stuff like that. I'd be amazed if they did anything about access roads. It's pretty bad in the mornings from about 7:45/8.. also it can be dodgy in icy/wintery weather as the entire thing is on a steep enough slope (there were cars abandoned all around the entrances during the "Snow Wednesday" we had last month) As someone else said, the bus service isn't great and no direct access from it to Dundrum SC or Leopardstown SC.. much walking will be required unless you drive! It is a fairly quiet area but I've heard talk of an increase in burglaries since the Garda station was closed - a neighbour also had his car robbed from outside the door a few months back as well - but that's a problem everywhere. Would I buy if it were my own money? Probably not... sure it's quiet but it's a bit cut-off unless you drive or like walking everywhere, and traffic around the area gets pretty bad during rush hour what with it being so close to the Industrial Estate in Sandyford. It's a nice place yes, but nothing special IMO - but then I feel that way about most of the famed SCD area to be fair!
MayBea wrote: » An extract from the planning application :"Vehicular access into the proposed development will be made at two locations on Belarmine Vale and Belarmine Way. Both these roads connect to Belarmine Avenue which is a local distributor road...The Belarmine Vale Junction will serve the northern half of the proposed development while the Belarmine Way Junction will serve the souther half. The proposed estate road layout will not make it possible for a vehicle to drive from Belarmine to Belarmine Vale." There is only a pedestrian access and a cycle path to Kilgobbin Lane.
heebusjeebus wrote: » I'm talking about an exit onto Kilgobbin Road, not Kilgobbin Lane. They really need an extra exit from the new developlment onto Kilgobbin Road. The road from Belarmine Way to Belarmine Park is too small and narrow as is.
Kaizersoze81 wrote: » Will these be proper 3 and 4 bed semis, or townhouse type apartment style houses similiar to those already in belarmine?
MayBea wrote: » Most of them are semi-Ds: 93 out of 126 are either detached or semi-d, the rest are terraced. I was speaking to SherriFitz, the first phase is likely to comprise 20 houses. The application number is D13A/0462.
Kaizersoze81 wrote: » interesting. did they say when they would be launching or give any indication of potential prices?
p1605 wrote: » Does anyone know anything about plans to build a secondary school directly behind (west) the development? Has planning been approved?
heebusjeebus wrote: » Not heard about that but they'd need to look at adding a few new routes in and out of the estate if they are going to do that!
ct_roy wrote: » As far as I know it's actually for another primary school (yes - right next to the Gael scoil that's also a primary school - go figure!).
ginann wrote: » As far as I'm aware it's the site for Stepaside Educate Together National school. I checked their website and it confirms that the site is the national school's permanent site but the secondary school will share it until they get their permanent site.
