New Development Royal Canal Park D15

MayoSalmon wrote: »

There's plenty of fabric in the form of insulation between all the walls and especially in the roof/attic space.

Yeah but I would have expected that to be somewhat fire resistant in this day and age with all the regulations or it to be put out quicker at least. I don't know anything about fires and hope to never find out but I hope we find out the cause to put our minds at ease for our own houses

NC99 wrote: »

Yeah, the electricity is in place for a few of the 3 bed houses (including ours). It's not in place for the entire row though. So I think maybe another few days for them. I think it was 14 to 20 numbers where I could see the bulb outside the door on.

Great! Hopefully we’ll be called for snagging soon even though the fire may delay the process.

Are any of those currently in the process of buying or those who have recently bought interested in querying with Ballymore the details surrounding the fire????
1. How did the fire start? Was there a fault with something permanently installed in the house i.e. the electrical installation? Or was is something specifically related to construction activities?
2. How did the structure and the passive fire prevention (fire stopping in cavities etc) installed in the house deal with the fire? Did the party wall (separating wall) remain effective for the required period (usually 60minutes)?
3. Are Ballymore carrying out a review? Will they make a review available to buyers / owners?
Do DCC Fire Brigade carry out an investigation? Are these made available to the public?

Hi everyone,

We just finished up our snagging for 3 bed Ash for last phase and we are happy with the construction. The only thing I am concerned about is the family bathroom shower area. It seems wayy too smaller than what we saw in showhouse.
Unfortunately, we don't have the measurements for that shower area. Can somebody help me with it if they have showhouse measurements? Or else where can I find that exact measurement?

Thanks!

Pokas wrote: »

Hi NC99,

We met today!
The showroom was open this saturday since they are still trying to sell it. Joe did mention it but I really don't remember the size of the one in the Showroom. But I do agree with you, it's way too small...

Hey Pokas,

It was nice meeting you. I really hope I can get exact measurement from someone here today who was smart to take it during viewings. I am definite there's some considerable difference.
I'll contact Jason or Ballymore if that's the case.

NC99 wrote: »

Hey Pokas,

It was nice meeting you. I really hope I can get exact measurement from someone here today who was smart to take it during viewings. I am definite there's some considerable difference.
I'll contact Jason or Ballymore if that's the case.

I don't have the measurements, but it is smaller than what was in the showhouse. I don't see what help contacting Jason will do. Its too late to make such a major change, and I'm afraid they aren't contracted to have the exact same specs as the showhouse for individual rooms

Forumsie wrote: »

Is anyone else's Cablewatch broadband not working for the past few hours? I rebooted the modem but it's still down

No I haven't had any issues with it at all this evening

Forumsie wrote: »

Is anyone else's Cablewatch broadband not working for the past few hours? I rebooted the modem but it's still down

I spoke too soon! Ours went down last night at about 11

ITT-Pat wrote: »

I spoke too soon! Ours went down last night at about 11

We rang them this morning and they said they had guys coming out this morning. It's fixed for us now. In fairness to cablewatch, it was pretty good customer service. We spoke to a person immediately which would not have been the case with other service providers.

In answer to the question someone else had, it has gone down a couple of times in the past month - I notice if I'm working from home and lose my vpn connection. But it comes back quick enough. We're happy enough, given that we have no other options for now anyway!

If anyone sees cables being laid by Open Eir please let us know, we still plan to go with Sky for everything when it's available for better TV offerings

Those who have gotten parcels delivered to yhr management suite - do you put own address down as the delivery details and leave a note saying to deliver to management suite if nobody home? Or do you enter the address as:

JOHN SMITH
ROYAL CANAL PARK MANAGEMENT SUITE
COMPASS COURT NORTH
LOCK-KEEPERS WALK
ROYAL CANAL PARK
DUBLIN 15

Forumsie wrote: »

Experience with broadband is grand, getting speeds of around 30 or 40mbs. (On the Eir mobile broadband I was only getting 1mps so on that basis it's much improved). The Tv leaves alot to be desired but again, better than nothing. It's not the eircode that's preventing you get Sky or vodafone, it's that Eir haven't laid the cables to give you a home phone line with you need to for those other providers. And who knows when that will come. I've just signed a rolling monthly contract, around 75 euro a month I think for broadband and tv

Hey guys, we went with CableWatch right away upon moving in, and I myself recommended them to many neighbors on our street as they were really quick. However, after 1.5 months of experience I can tell I am not happy with them. I work from home often, so I am dependent on a reliable provider. 2 concerns from my side do far: 1) there were several outages ( 3-4 times) already, with me left without internet for the whole work day. Call center is absolutely useless. Fee times I couldn't get through to them at all, line always busy. The other times they have no idea what's going on and promise to open a ticket with their tech support, and then call back. Needless to say no-one is calling back. My other half spent hours on the phone for me. 2) sometimes the speed is too bad and it affects my conf calls via Teams and Skype. People say I am breaking up, I can see the messengers' notification about poor internet quality. So, I will be looking to switch as soon as there's another broadband option in the area. Rather than that, the service is good enough for entertainment (browsing, Netflix etc). Also the techs who do installations are nice and informative.

PS I am a bit late to the party with outage issues discussed already, oops)) our connection was breaking repeatedly during the day for the few weeks, like 5-8 times per day. L2 support tech has been monitoring this particular issue for several days and it seems to be fixed now. However, outages happen, and they're too often IMHO. I only hope this is due to multiple road and cable works on the street, and it'll go away as soon as all the houses and the roads are completed.

dlen wrote: »

Hi all,
Great forum for the area. We've just put a 5000 euro deposit on a Hazel and are looking for a solicitor anyone used and would recommend for the next stage.
Many thanks in advance for the pms

Hi dlen, congratulations! Exciting times I cannot recommend <SNIP> high enough. They're brilliant and supported our journey tremendously. They are very knowledgeable and advised us on things other solicitors didn't know, so we even helped out few neighbors. They might be a bit more expensive, but it is so worth it. We went with another firm in the very beginning and got very unlucky, as they treated me horribly with awful service. We walked away (losing some money, unfortunately) and never looked back. <SNIP> are now my go to people.

Twocantim wrote: »

Has anyone found their backroom (media room) to be freezing? Compared with the rest of house, seems much colder (to the point we questioned if radiator working) but plumbers are saying rad is working! Confused whether it is rad or window/cracks causing issue but interested to see if anyone else facing issues?

I do find mine much colder. Same with the single bedroom above it. I think it's just the way it's been built sticking out the back of the house.

minkey wrote: »

Hi All

I'm looking to get some patio work done in the back garden. Can anyone recommend any of the landscapers they have used. Pm me please if you have any tips.

Thanks

I’m interested too!