Who knows Lucan well

Mount Argus is the best bet. Close to the city, near Rathmines etc. Would be great for resale or rental too IMO.

Lucan village is a lovely spot but terrible for parking and when schools empty or begin.... forget it. It is just houses after houses after houses. I know the place, my late mother lived there in Beech Park.

Just my 2c

bb220 wrote: »

I am interested in a house at Colthurst Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Its ranged at 340k and is nicely done 3 bed mid terrace next to the Ballyowen Shopping centre and the LIDL can be seen from the house but the house lane is walled from the shopping complex.

I want to know if the location is safe for a non Irish young family. As we intend to live in the house for few years and then sell or rent the house to a family. Do you think it is a safe location?

I thank you in advance if you can share your experience.

I know the area well and would say that it is safe for you, absolutely. There are other factors that you should consider, for one the shops attract an amount of antisocial behaviour like any would in a densely populated area. For there in particular, the local teenage street traders tend to gather over behind the pay as you go laundry which would be close to the wall separating the shops and estate. Traffic can build up on the road outside particularly towards the shops/traffic lights as it is very poorly laid out. The shopping complex attracts more traffic than the lights system can cope with.

bb220 wrote: »

Hi @Vikings, thanks. What do you suggest about Fforester Park? I am getting a 2 bed at 267k. The house overlooks a green belt and then the main road and lidl can be seen from the house. Is that something which will be safe for an Asian, and rentability and selling in few years?

Your answer will be helpful.

For rentability, the 2 options that were disputed might be among the best, reasonably sized houses and a number of access roads to different directions, mostly semi detached. Terraced can be a bit restrictive, as can only a 2 bed for renting, depends, may just be as well to sell though as renting isn't all its cut out to be from a landlords perspective. I wouldnt have thought Earlsfort is terrible and Foxborough is large enough, mostly ok, wouldnt say there is much anti social behaviour from within, some, probably no more than other areas. There does seem to be a gathering of questionable looking young people hanging around the shops near colthurst, otherwise Id have thought Colthurst is ok also. I would say a diverse background of owners/occupants, so from the perspective of not originally being Irish, Id say no problems at all.
There are probably nicer areas, but its fairly well catered for in terms of schools and facilities, meant to be a swimming pool being built, but there is a good one near in Clondalkin too.

ELM327 wrote: »

Harolds cross would be much better than any of the lucan estates.

As built up as Lucan is, its still suburban, not sure what facilities there are for kids in Harolds Cross and depending on the particular location, I wouldnt say that it is a great place for young kids, ie very built up, lots of traffic AND it depends on where the OP might be travelling to and from, Id say Harolds Cross might be nicer if you can get a nice property, but they wouldnt come cheap, so for the same price, Id hazard a guess you'd get a lot less, and possibly not in a as modern a condition regarding electrics etc, Traffic is pretty bad anywhere in Dublin, but even in Lucan its only localised to certain bottlenecks (exept at peak when its busy everywhere), I cant imagine Harolds cross is better, and Id think it is much worse for traffic.
Id say Harolds Cross (specific location dependant) might be better for someone without a young growing family, plenty of facilities at/near Lucan, or easily accessible in a car, and reasonably well catered fro in terms of buses.
Some of the places the OP mentioned will be nicer than others, Id say most have a fairly diverse background or no concerns of that kind of thing, so no issues there, but Id think Lucan might cater for a younger family better, thats just my opinion.

The line of estates West of the Penny Hill/Ballyowen road are all good estates. East of that road you have to be more careful.

Harold's cross - I dunno, I always thought it pretty grim. The commute is a disadvantage for Lucan.

Lithi wrote: »

Hi, I'm buying a house in Griffen Glen, but before that, we visit many states around the area.

We are also a non irish family and we viewed houses in most of these estates from your list and what I can say is that all views had plenty of people and prices were always going up. Honestly, we were more interested in houses on the left side of Penny Hill heading to the village 1,3,4,6,7, but If we would find a nice house and we would like other estates we would consider them also.

I liked Colthurst seems to be a mature estate but the house I viewed was close to the pub at the corner and I would not take that risk.

Fforster is a good estate, I just felt that the estate is small and there is not enough space on the street for parking.

Earlsfort, the house I viewed was old, the estate is huge but I did not like the fact that was close to balgaddy, however, I would give a try if I would find a nice house for a good price at the end of the estate.

Shackelton houses are too close to each other and the streets are narrow.


Good luck

Thats one thing about Shackelton, went to look and felt really tight for space, as far as I recal, almost not 2 lanes if even, 2 car spaces per house but right up onto the road, not sure there was even a path, felt claustrophobic,



Colthurst, far as I recalled the pub is as far from the estate as it could get, theres more activity at the shop end, where Id be more concerned about deliveries/bottle ban/kids hanging around, although that can happen anywhere.



In general, its very central to get anywhere nearby and within Dublin and to anywhere via N7/N4 to anywhere, plenty of any kind of retail that might be needed, schools, library.

Lithi wrote: »

Earlsfort, the house I viewed was old, the estate is huge but I did not like the fact that was close to balgaddy, however, I would give a try if I would find a nice house for a good price at the end of the estate.

Earlsfort I would avoid, second only to Foxborough. High levels of rentals and not the type you'd want to live near. Close to Balgaddy is not the worst thing about it. Earlsfort would also have a Clondalkin address were it not for the efforts of a deceased FF TD who was "very interested" in planning and developers.

yoke wrote: »

i bought in Foxborough after living in Rossberry and they're very similar estates. IMO both are great, never any trouble with neighbours etc. I also have a friend in Earlsfort and that's a lovely estate too. East of Foxborough/Earlsfort is a bit dodgy, and Ballyowen Park isn't really safe at night either.

Foxborough (Balgaddy) houses are a bargain compared to the nearby Griffeen estates such as Rossberry, because you're getting closer to the bad areas (compared to Griffeen), but the estate itself is lovely, and overall quite similar to the Griffeen estates.

I also think that bad people in the areas (Foxborough/Earlsfort) are leaving,there are plenty of new couples starting a new life and looking to buy house in these estates and I hope situation will get better over the years.

mdisk wrote: »

As a landlord I have rented a property to a family in Earlsfort for over 10 years. I have never heard them complain about the neighbourhood. They keep their house well. It seems fine to me anytime i have been there. Would happily live there myself

Yes it is a nice estate as well, but the amount of rubbish in the area is shocking...seems that council is not investing in campaing against littering neither cleaning the area