Areas to avoid Dublin 15

Take a virtual tour with Google maps. Anywhere there are caravans, housed festooned with Irish flags and/or security cameras, horses in the front gardens, just walk away 😲.

As above, Hartstown & Huntstown, Blakestown are old D15, well settled with mix of generations living there.
Houses are late 70s/80s build so will need modernisation if not done already.
No more issues in these areas than in any other part of D15 IMO.

Clonsilla is good area too with easy access to train, shopping centre & other amenities

Your budget is low even for D15, not going to be much in this market as prices are right now.

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-29-delhurst-avenue-ongar-park-ongar-dublin-15/3270827
This part of Ongar is good, these house style are excellent but place needs cleaning up.

propertyseeker wrote: »

Good afternoon,

Me and my partner are planning to buy family home in Dublin 15, we are not from Ireland.

We are looking in Dublin 15 with a budget of 300-350k. We do not know area too well.
My work buddy is from the area and has given us a list of the following areas to avoid:

Most estates near the shopping center
Blakestown
Hartstown/Huntstown
Fortlawn/Sheepmore
Pinebrook
Whitestown
Corduff
Tyrrelstown

They also advised against most of Clonsilla and Ongar and recommended we try stretch budget to over 400k to purchase house in Castleknock.

Are they correct with this advice? thanks

You'll fit in great, as there are no Irish in Dublin 15 xxx

propertyseeker wrote: »

Ok they said high social issues, i googled some of areas and mainly shootings even on the same road. We also hear same about Ongar but not shootings, just trouble with gangs and race issues.

I live in Ongar. It’s ok. Not terrible, but certainly not desirable. I have two young kids who are pre-school age. We’ll be leaving this area within the next year. I’d probably stay here if we didn’t have kids, but we don’t want to bring them up here.

Ongar is probably the most multicultural place in Ireland. I would guess that the local population is about 50% Irish, 20% Eastern European, 15% African, and 15% Asian, mostly from the Indian sub-continent. You might enjoy that ethnic mix. Some do; some don’t. I haven’t seen too much ethnic tension, but the different groups mostly stick to themselves.

Overall, it’s ok, not terrible, but there are far nicer places to live.

Here are a few but others may wish to comment on them. The two I would prefer are the last two. Others advise further;)

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-17-collis-court-jugback-lane-swords-co-dublin/3264276

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/end-of-terrace-house-20-longstone-park-portrane-co-dublin/3261107

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-108-woodbine-road-raheny-dublin-5/3271368

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-33-templeview-copse-clarehall-dublin-13/3267794

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-14-russell-avenue-drumcondra-dublin-3/3231485

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/semi-detached-house-saint-anthony-124-larkhill-road-santry-dublin-9/3220727

propertyseeker wrote: »

Thanks, we will avoid above areas and check this out. We might stay away from D15, very expensive and doesn't look like great location and high crime.

I've lived in D15 for 17 years and the only crime I've encountered was a car break in about 15 years ago. So please don't tar the whole area with labels like you have.

propertyseeker wrote: »

My only source of information on area is from work buddy who lived there 40 years and news reports, both don't paint those areas in good light. That is why i look for advice

Dublin 15 is a vast area and has a population bigger than Galway city. It's not "an area" it's many many many areas. All are not the same.

propertyseeker wrote: »

My only source of information on area is from work buddy who lived there 40 years and news reports, both don't paint those areas in good light. That is why i look for advice

Clonsilla is a large area in Dublin 15, the Post code stretches from border old clonsilla village which is fine area, all the way up to coolmine (also well established area), which borders with carpenterstown. Lohunda, Lambourn, Castleford, even mount symon up to edge of Ongar are actually lovely well settled estates. Porterstown old part beautiful, Carpenterstown which is marketed as castleknock but actually isn't, stretched from phoenix Park to boundary of Clonsilla village, all those areas are fine places to live. Your budget won't get you much in castleknock, prob a 1 bed (real castleknock) but Carpenterstown you could get something in that range smaller 3 bed near train station or collegefort is decent location and lovely area but parking in estate is dire.

Portersgate (as opposed to porterstown) is also fine.

propertyseeker wrote: »

We never heard of Carpenterstown, is 3 bed going for 350,000 there?
What estates would you advise?

Carpenterstown has an excellent secondary school on a par with any of the 'private' ones.

If you get a house in that area you would also be eligible for the new Edmund rice school.

Up in clonsilla there's coolmine college too which has a good reputation.

At this stage you'll do well to get a 3 bed for 350k around there.

BTW Carpenterstown and Riverwood ARE
in Castleknock. The main hint is Castleknock Community College is smack bang in the heart of Carpenterstown

Riverwood/ Carpenterstown are in the Castleknock Knockmaroon District Electoral Division (DED). These are the proper local boundaries used by the census, local govt.

You can get a map in the Ordance survey office in the phoenix park.

Everyone knows the "real" Castleknock is the other side of the M50 though... Wot wot .
The whole Castleknock division thing comes from the split in the M50... Castleknock Park is the electorial division on the posh side beside the park. You'll definitely not get a family home for 350k there OP. Unless one of those cottages come up.