skerries

triple nipple wrote: »

Hi all,

Have been looking around Skerries recently and I was wondering if there are any council estates in Skerries?

Unusual not see any in a town this size?

Mourne Park, Hillside Close and Drive and St Patrick's.

triple nipple wrote: »

No way, Thanks for the reply, how is the area to live in generally? Is it quiet?

I don't live in Skerries, but know plenty who do, by all accounts it's a lovely place to live. My only issue would be the location, and the fact it's fairly removed by road from Swords and by extension Dublin itself. It is well enough served by the trains so it would depend where you have to get to to work.

Inquitus wrote: »

... and the fact it's fairly removed by road from Swords ...

Has Swords become the centre of the universe now?

(Reminds me of the famous headline in The Sun - "Fog in Channel - Continent Cut Off").

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Has Swords become the centre of the universe now?

(Reminds me of the famous headline in The Sun - "Fog in Channel - Continent Cut Off").

I have heard of no trouble from the council estates in Skerries @Wishbone Ash? It also seems these council estates are slowly becoming gentrified as people used the rent to buy scheme and then latterly sell onto private buyers, if my understanding is correct that is probably where the best value lies in Skerries if you have a long term eye on the future. I had a cousin who lived in Islington London in a council townhouse 30-40 years back, when his mum, my aunt passed, he bought it on the "rent to buy scheme" for a song and sold it recently for over £500k as the whole of Islington gentrified and became trendy AF.

triple nipple wrote: »

Yes looking to move to skerries. Are there any other spots you would suggest similar to Skerries?

Skerries is imho by far the best stretch of that bit of NCD coastline. Amenities wise, beach wise, some great restaurants and bars, I have heard the schooling is good to if that's a concern.

Inquitus wrote: »

Well Swords is the closest decent shopping center, and decent cinema, plus a fair bit of amenities otherwise....

Yes, I'm only winding you up! Seriously though, apart from the meeting point for club rides (pre Covid) I rarely have any need to be there and when I do, it's usually to Airside rather than Swords itself.

triple nipple wrote: »

Thanks for all the feedback! Skerries seems a great spot. Just want to be cautious where I buy. Don't want to end up somewhere that's noisy and troublesome

You won't regret buying in Skerries. You'll get the odd incident of young lads roaring and shouting in the middle of the night but generally the loudest thing in Skerries are the bloody seagulls (squawking around my house from 4am each morning).

Litter seems to be on the increase since Covid/lockdown. I clean several streets around me almost daily but I often feel that it's a losing battle. Huge increase in discarded coffee cups/ice cream tubs etc.

billyhead wrote: »

Op. There's a reason you pay a premium price for a house in Skerries compared to Rush, Lusk, Donabate and Balbriggan.

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I looked at a place in a ‘nee’ housing complex out there a way back & was a bit dumbfounded - parking a huge issue - HUGE - and higgledy piggledy houses everywhere - appartment blocks being built in corners and a whole new estate of micro houses sand gardens and ting appartment being built on what had previously been a meadow overlooking the estate. It’ll be a total nightmare in a few years - Heron Bay area - just outside of the council houses as you walk on by the coast out of the village centre. Huge new development.

Skerries itself seems lovely but very small - a cosy community & nice vibe but really sleepy quiet old village air to it. I’d say if you fall out with the wrong people you’ll be out forever. If you’re work from home forever or only one person working iy’d be a nice idyllic place to raise children - assuming they’re not in school in balbriggan . But pre-covid - having a friend who lives out there and staying overnight the drive commute to get out of the area and onto motorway for Dublin city is eyewatering.

I’d love a place down by the harbour but apart from the price tag and size of what I’d get the parking seems to be a bit of a nightmare - on street for most. Not something I’f be able to deal with tbh.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Have you lived all your life in Tokyo or Mexico City? In Ireland, Skerries falls into the category of 'Large Town'. I have never before heard anyone refer to it as a 'village'.

In fairness I've always known it as a village, even a quick Google search brings up 'coastal village' and 'fishing village'.

I think the word village sticks, like people still say Swords village or I'm heading down to the village etc. Sounds funny when someone says Swords town.

Nothing negative about Kelly's Bay. I would imagine people are just cashing in and trading up

Khannie wrote: »

...I'm convinced that at least part of that premium is because it's a massive pain in the arse to live the far side of the train tracks. Like you could be (as the crow flies) 50 metres from Selskar the far side of the tracks but it's completely inaccessible... .

I think that's a good thing as the railway acts as a sort of border preventing sprawl. I'd say 95% of people with a Skerries address live to the east of the railway.