Oldtown Woods, Celbridge

hi! · 10-11-2020 2:37pm #1

New housing development in Celbridge. Anyone looked at these or any info about them? Going to look at show house this week.
€385,000 3 bed-semi d
€430,000 4 bed-semi d

Stealthirl · 11-11-2020 4:02am

Show house open already :eek:
Only started them a few months ago. The entrance looks very narrow

hi! · 11-11-2020 11:04am

Stealthirl wrote: »

Show house open already :eek:
Only started them a few months ago. The entrance looks very narrow

Oh I didn’t know that

must be trying to get them up quick before the market changes. I believe they had viewing last month too. Advertisement says they’re hoping to have people moved in by the end of the year...

mloc123 · 11-11-2020 12:24pm

They have a few house already completed... I think this is normal for new devs, they concentrate on getting 2-3 shows houses complete first?

mloc123 · 11-11-2020 12:29pm

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

silver2020 · 12-11-2020 8:44pm

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

some people love things like this - not me though

Stealthirl · 17-11-2020 3:32am

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

Thought the same, but if you like the city life you could recreate it

Plenty of older houses were built like that, just look at English Row, Tea Lane or the Maynooth Rd

2ndcoming · 17-11-2020 8:09pm

They're all in and around the town and pre-date pretty much any estate so it's a bit different. This just looks like the typical site cramming that goes on nowadays. Like the new one behind Aldi there's zero allowance for when it's full of 3/4 car households in 20 years time.

Rye Bread · 18-11-2020 7:47pm

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

The noise off the road is actually mental. I don't know if it needs a proper resurfacing or what, but I can hear cars flying down it and I'm well inside Raphael's Manor.

I'm amazed how close the houses are to the path/cycle lane as well, would not be pleasant at all living in those front houses.

rekdtangle · 08-12-2020 2:00pm

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

Typically in a development where there is a row of 4 houses they tend to be social housing. Perhaps this is what those ones are and thus they don't need to worry about selling those.

bulmersgal · 08-12-2020 2:04pm

The houses at the front aren't social housing they are for sale at a lower price than the ones behind.

rekdtangle · 08-12-2020 3:33pm

bulmersgal wrote: »

The houses at the front aren't social housing they are for sale at a lower price than the ones behind.

Correct, just checked it and seen which ones they are now.

daheff · 08-12-2020 3:38pm

one thing i noticed on all their online photos, none of the bedrooms show a wardrobe. I'd be wary of how small the rooms are after a wardrobe is added.

that said, they look a slightly different layout to the traditional one, so might be a nice alternative for people.

very pricey though.

bulmersgal · 08-12-2020 3:43pm

The videos have pictures of the wardrobes. I can't recall if the pictures online have them. I've been in the bedrooms and didn't think the bedrooms where small the four bed smallest bedroom was small in my opinion.

They are lovely house, think all new houses are quite expensive.

rekdtangle · 08-12-2020 3:57pm

bulmersgal wrote: »

The videos have pictures of the wardrobes. I can't recall if the pictures online have them. I've been in the bedrooms and didn't think the bedrooms where small the four bed smallest bedroom was small in my opinion.

They are lovely house, think all new houses are quite expensive.

They are a nice finish. Prob cost ~40k to finish to the showroom standard. Living room very small as are the bedrooms.

manjku · 10-12-2020 2:41pm

Hi all,

I and my friend have recently booked 3bed semi Type A houses in oldtown woods.

Has anyone in the thread booked anything there? Just looking to get in touch with the future neighbors

Thanks,

manjku · 10-12-2020 2:43pm

manjku wrote: »

Hi all,

I and my friend have recently booked 3bed semi Type A houses in oldtown woods.

Has anyone in the thread booked anything there? Just looking to get in touch with the future neighbors

Thanks,

rekdtangle wrote: »

They are a nice finish. Prob cost ~40k to finish to the showroom standard. Living room very small as are the bedrooms.

Hey, are you talking about 4 or 3 bed?

rekdtangle · 10-12-2020 4:54pm

manjku wrote: »

Hey, are you talking about 4 or 3 bed?

Living room in B type I'm talking about. Would have been the other show house that was open.

hi! · 10-12-2020 5:38pm

Out of interest anyone know how much ones at front are selling for?

Was going to put booking down on 4 bed but only front houses left. They also don’t have their own driveway so wasn’t for us.

bulmersgal · 10-12-2020 5:48pm

I no the 2 and 3 bedroom where discounted as they have different layout to others. The 4 bed doesn't seem to be any cheaper from price list they sent. I heard the next phase is suppose to launch in Jan.

Davidth88 · 11-12-2020 11:34am

Slightly off thread , and only curious .

Does anyone know what the story is with the Castlewellan estate, there seems to be a lot of empty houses there very odd

mloc123 · 11-12-2020 1:01pm

Davidth88 wrote: »

Slightly off thread , and only curious .

Does anyone know what the story is with the Castlewellan estate, there seems to be a lot of empty houses there very odd

Could be the 10% social units? The final stage of that build seemed to get interrupted with the lock down in March, so maybe that too.

manjku · 11-12-2020 1:05pm

Davidth88 wrote: »

Slightly off thread , and only curious .

Does anyone know what the story is with the Castlewellan estate, there seems to be a lot of empty houses there very odd

When I enquired Castlewellan in November, they had TWO 3 bed units left with price 430k and 475k as far as I remember.

Davidth88 · 11-12-2020 2:00pm

mloc123 wrote: »

Could be the 10% social units? The final stage of that build seemed to get interrupted with the lock down in March, so maybe that too.

If it's the 10% social then the local authority should hang their heads in shame considering the houses look completed and indeed on in the same row is occupied since early this year.

I am talking about the row facing the Maynooth road , one is occupied the other 20 or so are sitting empty for months now

HairySalmon · 11-01-2021 1:17am

Love the look of these. Would be looking to buy late this year ~Christmas. Any word on a next phase? Hoping there’ll be 3 beds left by then

Monaai · 31-01-2021 12:04pm

Does anyone know if the site completely closed down in this lockdown or if there is social housing in this phase?

bulmersgal · 31-01-2021 12:15pm

I think they were allowed finish houses that are due to be snagged in Jan. From looking at the original plans to council the social housing was in next phases but it was scattered houses around the estate.

HairySalmon · 31-01-2021 4:09pm

Are there multiple phases? Can’t get an answer out of the developer

bulmersgal · 31-01-2021 5:46pm

They were suppose to sell the next phase in January, I don't know how many they selling in that phase though. I imagine there is a few phases going by other estates

2ndcoming · 31-01-2021 6:14pm

bulmersgal wrote: »

I think they were allowed finish houses that are due to be snagged in Jan. From looking at the original plans to council the social housing was in next phases but it was scattered houses around the estate.

Most estate sites have got away with carrying on based on the 10% social.

mloc123 · 31-01-2021 8:50pm

Monaai wrote: »

Does anyone know if the site completely closed down in this lockdown or if there is social housing in this phase?

Haven't seen anyone in working on the site for the past few weeks

buffalo · 01-02-2021 9:06pm

Has anyone got a photo of the backs of the houses? I passed them at a distance last weekend, and they looked bizarre.

cait2021 · 01-02-2021 10:56pm

hi! wrote: »

Out of interest anyone know how much ones at front are selling for?

Was going to put booking down on 4 bed but only front houses left. They also don’t have their own driveway so wasn’t for us.

Do you know if all of the 4 beds are sold out or only the 4 beds in the current phase are sold?

rekdtangle · 02-02-2021 12:05pm

buffalo wrote: »

Has anyone got a photo of the backs of the houses? I passed them at a distance last weekend, and they looked bizarre.

The back of the houses you saw were probably the ones with the back facing onto Oldtown Road. They are odd alright. It looks like there is a room cut out of the back of the house. I'd post a pic but it won't allow me to. I believe this was done to reduce the cost of some types of houses for sale there.

HairySalmon · 02-02-2021 10:33pm

rekdtangle wrote: »

The back of the houses you saw were probably the ones with the back facing onto Oldtown Road. They are odd alright. It looks like there is a room cut out of the back of the house. I'd post a pic but it won't allow me to. I believe this was done to reduce the cost of some types of houses for sale there.

On the plus side it allows for a sky light in the kitchen

DubLad69 · 05-02-2021 3:31pm

rekdtangle wrote: »

The back of the houses you saw were probably the ones with the back facing onto Oldtown Road. They are odd alright. It looks like there is a room cut out of the back of the house. I'd post a pic but it won't allow me to. I believe this was done to reduce the cost of some types of houses for sale there.

It's done to give more privacy in the Type A house. If you have the house with the master window facing out then the person behind you will have their master window facing in to the side. So they won't be overlooking your garden or can't see directly into the room.

rekdtangle · 08-02-2021 5:24pm

DubLad69 wrote: »

It's done to give more privacy in the Type A house. If you have the house with the master window facing out then the person behind you will have their master window facing in to the side. So they won't be overlooking your garden or can't see directly into the room.

That's not the reason why they are that shape though.

DubLad69 · 08-02-2021 6:51pm

rekdtangle wrote: »

That's not the reason why they are that shape though.

It is though, if you read the planning documents, it says that the houses are designed in this shape to increase privacy between houses as a result of how close together the type A houses are built.

hi! · 15-02-2021 4:19pm

cait2021 wrote: »

Do you know if all of the 4 beds are sold out or only the 4 beds in the current phase are sold?

They’re 460k now so didn’t even bother asking what was available.

conal08 · 01-03-2021 3:59pm

Interested in the type C - has anyone viewed the show house here?

buffalo · 01-03-2021 4:03pm

buffalo wrote: »

Has anyone got a photo of the backs of the houses? I passed them at a distance last weekend, and they looked bizarre.

Sorry for large image. So much wall - I appreciate there's probably another house to go beside the gable, but where are all the other windows?

2ndcoming · 01-03-2021 4:32pm

Snagged out cos they were cutting into the margin more than likely.

There are similar abominations opposite Lidl (in a site formerly occupied by one family home).

We are heading toward the stage where we'll be buying glorified prison cells for half a million a pop. But hey, at least they'll be A-rated, eh?

hi! · 01-03-2021 4:45pm

conal08 wrote: »

Interested in the type C - has anyone viewed the show house here?

As far as I know there was only show houses for type A and type B. This was before current restrictions.

conal08 · 01-03-2021 4:54pm

hi! wrote: »

As far as I know there was only show houses for type A and type B. This was before current restrictions.

Just checked my emails about the show house and you're right! Did you view the show house? The area seems great, decent connections into Dublin via bus and a short walk into Celbridge centre itself.

conal08 · 01-03-2021 5:07pm

Yeah that photo does look strange alright. What house type is that? Can't seem to find a plan on the website that matches the window layout from the photograph.

mloc123 · 01-03-2021 5:27pm

2ndcoming wrote: »

There are similar abominations opposite Lidl (in a site formerly occupied by one family home).

Thos houses ended up being quite ugly, when I saw the plans originally they looked to be trying to match the style of the terraced houses furture down the road to main st.

I though it was a nice idea... but the end product doesn't look great

DubLad69 · 02-03-2021 8:58am

buffalo wrote: »

Sorry for large image. So much wall - I appreciate there's probably another house to go beside the gable, but where are all the other windows?

Yeah the windows are hidden around to the left, where there is the piece missing from the middle of the house.

It looks awfully weird! But gives more privacy.

rekdtangle · 02-03-2021 12:29pm

conal08 wrote: »

Yeah that photo does look strange alright. What house type is that? Can't seem to find a plan on the website that matches the window layout from the photograph.

That's an A type.

mloc123 · 02-03-2021 1:37pm

DubLad69 wrote: »

Yeah the windows are hidden around to the left, where there is the piece missing from the middle of the house.

It looks awfully weird! But gives more privacy.

It seems like an odd design... I guess you are not looking directly out into the house behind you (like every house built here for the last 50 years) but instead you look straight at a big wall 20ft away

HairySalmon · 02-03-2021 2:10pm

I really like the layout of the A type, but the next phase won’t have any. No idea how many phases there are or when they’ll be made available. Anyone have any info on this?

rekdtangle · 02-03-2021 5:25pm

HairySalmon wrote: »

I really like the layout of the A type, but the next phase won’t have any. No idea how many phases there are or when they’ll be made available. Anyone have any info on this?

The next phase has a row of them directly behind the ones in the picture. 12 of them.

Oldtown Woods, Celbridge

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