€1m for forever home, where to live that's commutable to Dublin?

Simona1986 wrote: »

I would be looking around rather, rathmines, ranelagh if I were you. Lovely position to be in!

Depends what OP what wants. City pad with limited space, traffic, noise or a country style mansion with huge gardens, peace and quiet of the countryside.

I would be in the latter category. Not from Wicklow nor lived there but I would say Enniskerry or Roundwood.

That price will get ya a lovely house.

Here's the daft map for dublin between 950k and 1.25m:
http://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/property-for-sale/?s[mnp]=950000&s[mxp]=1250000&s[advanced]=1&s[map_search]=1&searchSource=sale&zoom=12&lat=53.32862450065882&long=-6.22969631676177

Looka this one at the upper end of that range 1.25m:
http://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/sandymount/23-strand-road-sandymount-dublin-1223397/

I can't believe the estate agent didn't include the view across the road:
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/23+Strand+Road/@53.3310754,-6.2096415,3a,75y,58.07h,80.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCQudNZf6EZph7fu96vN7xg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xf0a5fe4680747f3a!6m1!1e1

I'd be looking towards Killiney (something like this), Monkstown (fewer newer properties around here, but lots of lovely Georgian stuff in this area), Dalkey (another nice newer build here).

You can get beautiful properties in these lovely areas which have good schools and offer reasonable commutes, and the property is likely to hold its value for retirement/downsizing or passing on to your children, so I'd be more inclined to look there than outside of Dublin, but other opinions will differ.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I'd go nuts in a poky red brick with feck all parking and a tiny garden
Commuting wouldn't bother me especially if it's from the likes of here

https://www.ganlywalters.ie/600843/The-Stones-Annamoe-Wicklow

That's stunning. Really, really gorgeous. :eek:

The OP has kids, though, and might prefer something with less land and other houses closer by, so the young uns can visit their friends without having to get someone's parents to ferry them around. That would be a big consideration for me, but I can't deny that house is amazing... Though I don't know that I would want to be there in the winter when the roads are icy, either.

DivingDuck wrote: »

That's stunning. Really, really gorgeous. :eek:

The OP has kids, though, and might prefer something with less land and other houses closer by, so the young uns can visit their friends without having to get someone's parents to ferry them around. That would be a big consideration for me, but I can't deny that house is amazing... Though I don't know that I would want to be there in the winter when the roads are icy, either.

It used to be Paulo tulios house

When you live in a house like that, in that kind of setting, the friends will be ferried to you. That place is a child's dream, well would have been for me when I was a kid
Much better than an estate or road with speeding cars...it's the kind if house that you let the kids out in the morning and they come back covered in mud and scratches from being kids
Growing up I was quite jealous of the guys in my class who had a few acres to roam free and go on adventures in
100K change will buy, run and insure a few years old 4X4
It's not like it's every winter for three months either. I've spent Christmas day on the Sally gap

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

It used to be Paulo tulios house

When you live in a house like that, in that kind of setting, the friends will be ferried to you. That place is a child's dream, well would have been for me when I was a kid
Much better than an estate or road with speeding cars...it's the kind if house that you let the kids out in the morning and they come back covered in mud and scratches from being kids
Growing up I was quite jealous of the guys in my class who had a few acres to roam free and go on adventures in
100K change will buy, run and insure a few years old 4X4
It's not like it's every winter for three months either. I've spent Christmas day on the Sally gap

Wouldn't have suited my family when I was a kid and still wouldn't suit my needs going forward, but it's good to put a range of options on the table for the OP to consider.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I'd go nuts in a poky red brick with feck all parking and a tiny garden
Commuting wouldn't bother me especially if it's from the likes of here

https://www.ganlywalters.ie/600843/The-Stones-Annamoe-Wicklow

Paolo Tullio's house. A friend who lived there before splitting with his wife was forever having hassle in winter with effective road closures due to people skidding on ice. Snow was rare enough but ice frequent enough. He never skidded or call Asher but was frequently delayed by those who did. Having recently returned and bought a D6 redbrick it's an easier spot to reconnect with people. That being said I coveted plenty of places in north Wicklow.

The OP hasn't given enough details re commute location and timing. What's an hour at 7am is 2 hours at 8am.

Annamoe really is lovely, but its a fair old distance to commute. If I had that kinda money to buy a place, Id be trying to avoid a commute.

Peregrinus wrote:

Google Maps suggests that, at rush hour, Annamoe to Dublin city centre by car is up to 1 hrs 40 mins, which is well outside the max 1 hr that the OP specifies. The OP also specifies "reasonable transport links". I don't think Annamoe is overly-furnished in that department; the nearest bus stop is 15 km away in Newtownmountkennedy, and it only has about 1 service per hour. The OP also specifies "good schools"; there are no schools at all in Annamoe. The nearest primary school would be Roundwood; the nearest secondary school is probably in Wicklow town, which is in completely the opposite direction from the parents' commute to Dublin.

Primary schools: nearest are roundwood and laragh . For secondary schools you are talking Bray/Rathdrum/wicklow. The school bus for rathdrum goes thru Annamoe, for the other schools it may be a commute to Roundwood for pickup and drop off. There is a daily bus service to Dublin that goes thru Annamoe it's the glendalough bus service it's no Dublin bus service though .

Given the budget, the best schools in Dublin you're looking at will be the private schools which are primarily on the south side. Commuting wise, jobs in Dublin follow a donut pattern, they're either in the city centre (including dock lands/IFSC) or they're in one of the big industrial estates along the M50. Where you're most likely to be working will depend on what industry you're in.

With your budget, my choice would be Sandymount. On the DART line, nice village, close to the sea and walking distance to the city centre. 1 million won't get you your ultimate dream home in Sandymount but it'll get you something very good, liveable now and that could be done up to dream home standards.

Something like these

http://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/houses-for-sale/sandymount/?s%5Bmnp%5D=700000&s%5Bmxp%5D=1000000&s%5Bsort_by%5D=price&s%5Bsort_type%5D=d

Failing that I would look at houses within walking distance of the green Luas line between Ranelagh and Dundrum.

If your priority is to maximise commutable locations, then I'd look at Royal Canal Park. It's well below your budget but has the M50 in ten minutes, a 15 minute walk to the Maynooth train line (gives you city centre DART stops and Docklands) and will have the end of the green Luas line 15 minutes away in 15 months. Schools wise the city centre private schools are doable for teenagers by public transport.

The other option I came up with in the same vein was the Sandyford area along the green Luas line.

If a huge house with a huge garden is your target then you're probably best to look at employment along the M50 and then to look outwards along the appropriate radial motorway route(s) intersecting with a train line if at all possible.

Look for somewhere close to good schools, with a large garden ,with trees .not semi detached .maybe close to a beach .
see if theres fast broadband in the area .
4-5 bedroom house maybe.
you can get sky satellitte tv anywhere ,so cable tv is not really important .

smash wrote: »

With that budget is be looking at the Dublin 4 or Dublin 6 area.

Anyone remember this one when featured on 'home of he year'? http://touch.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/ranelagh/25-park-drive-ranelagh-dublin-1212025/

I'm almost certain it was one of the featured houses.

I'm equally certain it wasn't. That house has been on sale off and on a number of times over the last 5 years. The overwhelming mass of the ESB substation next door both makes it much cheaper and less saleable than other houses in the locality!

Moonbeam wrote: »

I would be looking in Maynooth and Greystones and maybe down as far as Ashford.

Mr.S wrote: »

Commuting every day to Dublin? :eek: you'd go nuts.

I made this choice recently, moving to somewhere near Greystones.

I alternate cycling and motorbike to Dublin city centre. It takes ~40 minutes by motorbike and 65-90 minutes by bicycle depending on route. Both are pleasant, though may be less so in winter.

It may seem like a massive pain in the hole to spend 3 hours on a bicycle a couple of times a week, but for me that's a positive choice - I like cycling. Yesterday I almost ran over a peacock. You don't get that in Ranelagh.

We were seriously considering Meath/north Kildare, e.g. this:

http://www.coonan.com/coonan/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2764cb75-1a5d-4458-822f-34dac05b5b9e.pdf

(apologies for PDF, it seems to be gone from myhome)

...but they wouldn't budge from asking and IMO it was too far out to command that sort of money.

North Wicklow has the advantage of better weekend recreational activities (cycling, walking etc).

Also, when the kids are 18 I want them to be so bored they leave home. Greystones is incredibly dull and so fits the bill perfectly.

I did consider places around south Dublin (e.g. Kilternan, Rockbrook) and Kildare (south of Maynooth) but there was always some combination of remoteness (=no broadband, kids have no independence), lack of school choices or unbearable flatness that put us off.

The most surprisingly good thing about Greystones that I hadn't appreciated until I moved there is the total absence of traffic jams. You just move from one place to another in a predictable amount of time.

Howth is nice but we discounted it because it's impossible if you rely on a car for work (Mrs Lumen works all around the southeast).

Anyway that's my take. I'll probably hate it come winter. :pac:

Use the €1m to get a mortgage of €5m. Build a couple of housing estates and turn the €5m into €20m. Before you know it the boom is back!

Look in clontarf ,howth, fairview ,drumcondra ,whitehall .look for house, with garden on both sides .
Look on daft.ie , myhome put in price , 700k , Dublin or meath.
see whats on the market.
ignore dublin 8 .you are looking for surburban house.
i don,t recommend wicklow , theres a limited choice of schools there .
Many rural area,s have low acess to broadband ,
or its very slow like 2meg per second .

I'd go for Rathmines, Rathgar, Ranelagh direction, possibly even closer to the city. A fully renovated Georgian would do nicely!

Something like this:

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/72-ranelagh-road-ranelagh-dublin-6/3395153

ciaradx wrote: »

How about Dun Laoghaire?

On the seafront, lovely town and good transport links into Dublin. You would have access to some great schools around South Co Dublin too.

Dun Laoghaire main street is an absolute kip full of knackers, if I had €1m I'd avoid big time.

Personally I'd go a nice red brick in Rathgar but all depends on requirements, I'd rather be in the city than out in the country.

Someone suggested renting in the area first and that's absolutely what I would do - move back to desired area for 12 months and rent and as you settle in if you like it buy in that area.

There's no way I'd spend €1m on a house without renting in the area, especially if you're coming from abroad.

selous wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/laois/houses-for-sale/killenard/hillcrest-killenard-laois-959889/

http://www.daft.ie/laois/houses-for-sale/portarlington/freeze-lane-lea-road-portarlington-laois-1108054/

Only an hour from Dublin, and loads of money left over, I do it, although I'm gone at 5am.

The best of luck in your hunt.

Why the fvck would they buy in Laois when they have €1m and want to be near Dublin :eek:

PhoenixParker wrote: »

Something like these

http://www.daft.ie/dublin-city/houses-for-sale/sandymount/?s%5Bmnp%5D=700000&s%5Bmxp%5D=1000000&s%5Bsort_by%5D=price&s%5Bsort_type%5D=d

I know location, location, location etc but I'd be depressed spending that kind of money for those houses...