Rahillion, Donabate - New build

billyhead · 21-03-2019 9:23pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

Congratulations

Can't advise on the cover for the heat pump unfortunately. Can you give any advice on the blips? Anything avoidable?!

If anyone needs one of these covers I have a brand new unused one that's not needed for sale on adverts and will sell at a discounted price. I am up the road in Rush too. Just PM me if interested

stiofan85 · 23-03-2019 2:53pm

Driveways and footpath going into the first few on the North side of the drive. Anyone on the thread in that lot? Should be snagging soon I imagine

CPC1234 · 23-03-2019 3:56pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

Driveways and footpath going into the first few on the North side of the drive. Anyone on the thread in that lot? Should be snagging soon I imagine

Thank you so much was just wondering what the situation was ... getting very excited now

mchurc01 · 23-03-2019 8:36pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

Driveways and footpath going into the first few on the North side of the drive. Anyone on the thread in that lot? Should be snagging soon I imagine

Was just out there too, they're coming on great. yep we're moving into that patch.
I have to say the back wall is looking very close to the house in the parts it's up already - does anyone else feel the same if you've seen it ?
Hard to know the real size from behind the site fence but thought & hoped it would be bigger than it appeared to me anyway

stiofan85 · 23-03-2019 10:20pm

mchurc01 wrote: »

Was just out there too, they're coming on great. yep we're moving into that patch.
I have to say the back wall is looking very close to the house in the parts it's up already - does anyone else feel the same if you've seen it ?
Hard to know the real size from behind the site fence but thought & hoped it would be bigger than it appeared to me anyway

We are further down and I thought the same about the back wall. On the plans the it looked further away. F*ck all we can do at this point I guess though.

mchurc01 · 24-03-2019 9:38am

stiofan85 wrote: »

We are further down and I thought the same about the back wall. On the plans the it looked further away. F*ck all we can do at this point I guess though.

Looks that way alright....checked through the contract & nothing helpful in there. We have to accept it or find somewhere else.
Ah well, with the beach down the road etc. it's not the worst scenario.

MrsHegsy · 26-03-2019 12:28am

jester1980 wrote: »

We are in since Sept and got the under sink bin, something so small my wife wanted but its great, 3 way bin that pulls in and out, works perfect and highly recommend.

Jester is your bin under sink or in a full press? We were in on sat and told no undersink option, don’t really fancy giving up a double press for the bin!

stiofan85 · 26-03-2019 7:07am

MrsHegsy wrote: »

Jester is your bin under sink or in a full press? We were in on sat and told no undersink option, don’t really fancy giving up a double press for the bin!

Yeah you're right, it's a full press. I said under sink because that's what we have now. If you want just under sink get the Ikea bins. They're half the height. That's what we have now and they're grand. We went for the larger version because the recycling one tends to fill very quickly

jester1980 · 26-03-2019 9:43am

MrsHegsy wrote: »

Jester is your bin under sink or in a full press? We were in on sat and told no undersink option, don’t really fancy giving up a double press for the bin!

Yeah its just under sink, we got from the kitchen company and one of Gordons guys installed it, its a small bin with 3 compatments, larger one for recyling which takes up 50% and other two parts 25%

we didnt want a big bin and didnt want one showing in the kitchen.

Works fine for us last 6 months anyway,.

Maldini2706 · 26-03-2019 11:57am

Just out of curiosity, what other changes to the original plans/specifications have people asked for? It's our first house so we're not really sure what amendments we can make

jester1980 · 26-03-2019 12:02pm

We only changed items in the kitchen, changed the color of what the showhouse was, changed the countertop color as well as wife hated that, and then added the bin and an ironing board to one of the drawers.

stiofan85 · 26-03-2019 12:23pm

Maldini2706 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what other changes to the original plans/specifications have people asked for? It's our first house so we're not really sure what amendments we can make

We added some spot lights in the kitchen, outside lights to the side, lights in the wardrobe, power for a shed, lighting for the kitchen cabinets and a light switch beside the bed in the master bedroom. Electrical plan seems to have enough sockets so didn't ask for anymore.

In the kitchen it was the larder, under counter bin (the big one) and a wine rack. We were happy enough with the colour and the countertop.

CPC1234 · 26-03-2019 11:14pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

We added some spot lights in the kitchen, outside lights to the side, lights in the wardrobe, power for a shed, lighting for the kitchen cabinets and a light switch beside the bed in the master bedroom. Electrical plan seems to have enough sockets so didn't ask for anymore.

In the kitchen it was the larder, under counter bin (the big one) and a wine rack. We were happy enough with the colour and the countertop.

Hi .. I was just wondering who is doing this for you as we emailed the electrician and never received a reply

CPC1234 · 26-03-2019 11:15pm

jester1980 wrote: »

We only changed items in the kitchen, changed the color of what the showhouse was, changed the countertop color as well as wife hated that, and then added the bin and an ironing board to one of the drawers.

Hi jester..

Did ckb.. provide the ironing board... I asked about it however they said they didn’t do it .

Thanks

stiofan85 · 27-03-2019 10:57am

CPC1234 wrote: »

Hi .. I was just wondering who is doing this for you as we emailed the electrician and never received a reply

It's the electrician Gordon put me in touch with. Chris I think. He was going into my unit that week so perhaps he's going by whatever units he's working on that week?

jester1980 · 27-03-2019 11:31am

CPC1234 wrote: »

Hi jester..

Did ckb.. provide the ironing board... I asked about it however they said they didn’t do it .

Thanks

Yep they did it for us, well they ordered it and we let Gordon know and he installed it.

KB1980 · 01-04-2019 1:16pm

Maybe an odd question but just wondering where people store towels as there is no storage for them where the heating tank is.

Sineadch12 · 09-04-2019 6:21pm

KB1980 wrote: »

Maybe an odd question but just wondering where people store towels as there is no storage for them where the heating tank is.

Hi there shelved were installed in there for when we moved in

KB1980 · 09-04-2019 7:07pm

Sineadch12 wrote: »

Hi there shelved were installed in there for when we moved in

Thanks for that. We have no shelves and with the size of the boiler/tank in there I didn't even think shelves could fit!

jester1980 · 10-04-2019 9:05am

we asked for shelves also, three small wooden ones that hold towels perfect

stiofan85 · 10-04-2019 2:48pm

Sineadch12 wrote: »

Hi there shelved were installed in there for when we moved in

any chance of a photo? I forgot to look in the HP in the show house.

I saw some of the houses on Rahillion Walk are completed. Anyone on the thread moving into them?

Brego888 · 11-04-2019 3:45pm

Are people getting engineer reports done? There is a structural guarantee with a new build obviously but I'm getting conflicting advice.

stiofan85 · 12-04-2019 1:42pm

Brego888 wrote: »

Are people getting engineer reports done? There is a structural guarantee with a new build obviously but I'm getting conflicting advice.

Not getting a survey - they're visual only and don't go deep enough into the building fabric. To get a full survey you'd need a much deeper and invasive on the structure.

On a new build everything is signed off - I believe new building regs require you to receive a "pack" of certs. The engineer who designed the build will be on the hook for any defects, including, I believe, Homebond.

The snagging process should pick up anything visual anyway.

Sineadch12 · 14-04-2019 11:11am

Hi there pls see attached for a photo

stiofan85 wrote: »

any chance of a photo? I forgot to look in the HP in the show house.

I saw some of the houses on Rahillion Walk are completed. Anyone on the thread moving into them?

stiofan85 · 14-04-2019 3:38pm

Sineadch12 wrote: »

Hi there pls see attached for a photo

Thank you. Looks neat!

Anna777 · 17-04-2019 12:36pm

Can anyone who has moved in let me know how long the snagging process takes; just trying to gauge timings now that we are (finally) on the home stretch. Thanks in advance.

MrsHegsy · 19-04-2019 12:30am

Anyone heard more news on move in dates for the way?

KB1980 · 19-04-2019 8:37am

Can anyone recommend somewhere that provides made to measure mirrors (for bathroom)

stiofan85 · 19-04-2019 5:04pm

MrsHegsy wrote: »

Anyone heard more news on move in dates for the way?

We've been told we're delayed by a month from June to July. We're on the Way. Was up there today. The houses at the end of the Drive are complete by the looks of things. Progress... Slow progress

Ryanf4 · 21-04-2019 9:26am

Any idea why there is a delay? Thought things were looking good when we spike to Gordon a couple of weeks back. Dying to move in! We are the Way too.

stiofan85 · 21-04-2019 10:35am

Ryanf4 wrote: »

Any idea why there is a delay? Thought things were looking good when we spike to Gordon a couple of weeks back. Dying to move in! We are the Way too.

No details. Like you we're eager to get in. We've lined up selling our current home around moving in so that's now off the cards. Not unexpected tbh.

Another poster a while back said they got in after a lot of small setbacks beyond Gordon's control. I imagine solicitors, ESB, Irish water are all variables they cannot control.

Not looking forward to moving twice in one summer (to rental then Rahillion), but sure that's life

Ryanf4 · 21-04-2019 10:08pm

Oh god that’s annoying for you! Hopefully there won’t be too much of a delay!!

Brego888 · 22-04-2019 8:04pm

Anyone have any recommendations for someone who does blinds? Looking at both shutter and Roman type blinds.

cloneslad · 22-04-2019 8:21pm

Brego888 wrote: »

Anyone have any recommendations for someone who does blinds? Looking at both shutter and Roman type blinds.

I’m in Donabate, not in Rahillion. I got plantation shutters for the front and blinds for the back in New Hampshire Blinds in monkstown. They came out and measured up all the windows when the builders weee still in and gave us a quote. They had the blinds in after a few days but the shutters have about a 6 week lead time.

We’ve had them over a year now and have to say they’ve been great. We will probably use them for Radiator covers too.

MrsHegsy · 23-04-2019 1:37pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

We've been told we're delayed by a month from June to July. We're on the Way. Was up there today. The houses at the end of the Drive are complete by the looks of things. Progress... Slow progress

Stiofan do you know if the way is split between two phases? We were told more August/September so I don’t want to get my hopes up and think July!! God help us moving twice flipping nightmare! We’ve moved four times in five years up to finally buying and we’re still not good at it!!!

stiofan85 · 23-04-2019 2:12pm

MrsHegsy wrote: »

Stiofan do you know if the way is split between two phases? We were told more August/September so I don’t want to get my hopes up and think July!! God help us moving twice flipping nightmare! We’ve moved four times in five years up to finally buying and we’re still not good at it!!!

I think we are phase 3 and you're phase 4. Our unit is built and by the looks of things should have the blockwork done in the next few weeks. The rest of the Way is just foundations and riser walls. I think it's about 6 months from that stage to completion which would line up with September. Like you we're eager to get in and I've been keeping a close eye on progress as we've a lot to line up in terms of dates and temporary accommodation.

TBH, I'd doubt September is realistic but only Gordon can give you guidance and even then it's better to be cautious and not commit to moving out of your current place if you can avoid it.

MrsHegsy · 23-04-2019 2:19pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

I think we are phase 3 and you're phase 4. Our unit is built and by the looks of things should have the blockwork done in the next few weeks. The rest of the Way is just foundations and riser walls. I think it's about 6 months from that stage to completion which would line up with September. Like you we're eager to get in and I've been keeping a close eye on progress as we've a lot to line up in terms of dates and temporary accommodation.

TBH, I'd doubt September is realistic but only Gordon can give you guidance and even then it's better to be cautious and not commit to moving out of your current place if you can avoid it.

That was meant to be god help ye moving twice! It’ll be very exciting hearing the start of the way is moving in!

Maldini2706 · 23-04-2019 3:25pm

We were up with Gordon a couple of weeks back and they were able to give us a rough guide as to when we'll move in, it's definitely worth talking to him if you're trying to estimate when to move out, they seem to have a works schedule for each house. We're lucky that our landlord is flexible about the move out date. We were estimating June/July but Gordon said it'll be snagging in July and moving in early August

lynnmcgowan · 26-04-2019 9:04am

stiofan85 wrote: »

any chance of a photo? I forgot to look in the HP in the show house.

I saw some of the houses on Rahillion Walk are completed. Anyone on the thread moving into them?

Stiofan,

I am on the Walk. It was lonely for the first few weeks but 2 houses across from us moved in the last couple of weeks. The rest are empty for now but ready.

stiofan85 · 28-04-2019 7:58pm

lynnmcgowan wrote: »

Stiofan,

I am on the Walk. It was lonely for the first few weeks but 2 houses across from us moved in the last couple of weeks. The rest are empty for now but ready.

Hey Lynn, how long did it take from snagging to getting the keys?

lynnmcgowan · 28-04-2019 10:48pm

stiofan85 wrote: »

Hey Lynn, how long did it take from snagging to getting the keys?

We had some delays due to certs etc. It was longer than usual. If everything is in place it should be just a couple of weeks. I hope you are not delayed.

AbbyH · 29-04-2019 2:05pm

Hi all, I moved into Rahillion a few weeks back and we were thinking of getting a few jobs done, like an extra set of plug sockets in the kitchen, outdoor tap etc. Did anyone else get jobs like this done after moving in? Would Gorgon look after things like that do you know? Thanks

Amjam2017 · 29-04-2019 8:33pm

Hello, we’ve bought on the way and very excited to move in! Can anyone tell me what colour the interior walls are painted? Been told Fleetwood snow pea but can’t seem to find this colour online. Thanks

MrsHegsy · 30-04-2019 12:38pm

AbbyH wrote: »

Hi all, I moved into Rahillion a few weeks back and we were thinking of getting a few jobs done, like an extra set of plug sockets in the kitchen, outdoor tap etc. Did anyone else get jobs like this done after moving in? Would Gorgon look after things like that do you know? Thanks

Thanks for posting! I just assumed an outdoor tap was standard!!

Lyncher101 · 30-04-2019 1:48pm

I don't think Irish Water permit them to install an outdoor tap, but I've been told by Gordon that it is a reasonably simple job to get the plumber to do after getting the keys.

MrsHegsy wrote: »

Thanks for posting! I just assumed an outdoor tap was standard!!

KB1980 · 01-05-2019 10:31pm

Is anyone else having a problem with the heat tank in the house, in that it is making noise throughout the night? Our one was only making noise during the night if we were running water but since the electricity outage last week the heating tank seems to have gone a little crazy!

mchurc01 · 08-05-2019 1:25pm

Has anyone got their snag date confirmed yet? We were advised snagging for us would be end of May but no date confirmed just yet. Just wondering if others are in the same boat?

CPC1234 · 08-05-2019 4:24pm

mchurc01 wrote: »

Has anyone got their snag date confirmed yet? We were advised snagging for us would be end of May but no date confirmed just yet. Just wondering if others are in the same boat?

Hi..

We are due to snag end of May too but haven’t heard of a date yet either . Really hope there isn’t a delay again .

SpursLady · 09-05-2019 2:01pm

CPC1234 wrote: »

Hi..

We are due to snag end of May too but haven’t heard of a date yet either . Really hope there isn’t a delay again .

Hi there,

Yes I was told the same end of May. I contacted Gordon yesterday and he said that there has been some delays, so snagging is now aimed for July.
I expected it though reading this forum and I’ve been watch the progress slow down over the last month or so.

SpursLady · 09-05-2019 2:05pm

Lyncher101 wrote: »

Hi

If possible, could someone PM me Gordon's new mobile number - trying to ring it but says that the number is no longer in use.

Thanks

Hi there,
I don’t have Gordon’s new number, perhaps some else on the forum might. You could try email, he is great getting back on that....do you have it?

Rahillion, Donabate - New build

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