Dublin neighbouring towns - where would you buy

Sleepy · 21-11-2018 11:51am

Check out Donabate / Portrane. It's 25 minutes to Connolly by train (albeit often rather packed), 15 minutes to the airport by car. Lots of beaches and green space for the kids. Regular bus service into Swords for shopping/cinema etc.

310k might be a stretch for a 3 bed in Donabate but would get you an older 3 bed in Portrane.

elizunia87 · 09-01-2019 4:33pm

Mtk2018 wrote: »

Thanks , Ive lived in London for a while , 70-80 mins commute doesn't bother me too much. The priority is to have a larger house, around green space in an area that is safe , family friendly . Happy to compromise with the commute then

My Husband and I are considering to move to Portaloise. To be honest we both do not like Dublin ( we are not Irish ), do not go to pubs anymore. I love the area over there, the houses are from dreams, ready to move in, it is quiet. I am a bit afraid of commuting. it is 45- 53 min by train to Huston.

khaldrogo · 09-01-2019 4:35pm

Richard Roma wrote:

I currently live in Leixlip. Itâ€™s very commutable by public transport within an hour, even at rush hour.

That's not a Dublin suburb....

L1011 · 09-01-2019 4:36pm

khaldrogo wrote: »

That's not a Dublin suburb....

Part of the town (not a lot admittedly) is even in County Dublin, it's definitely in scope for the thread

Bargain_Hound · 09-01-2019 4:41pm

Surprised Navan hasn't been mentioned yet. Bus into city center takes approx 60mins. Train to docklands from Dunboyne too. The M3 goes straight into the city too if driving. There are plenty of new houses being built out that way at the moment. I am biased though, we recently bought in Navan (way under your 310k budget for a 3bed semi-d) and couldn't be happier although neither of us commute into the city center.

Father lives in Naas, great spot with everything you would ever need. Sallins would be the nearest train station which I believe has capacity issues at rush hour.

We looked at leixlip & celbridge too, feels like Dublin but with a bit more a country feel. Prices a lot more affordable than Dublin addresses but compeitive for the 2nd hand house market. Plenty of amenities and services in both.

2013Lara · 09-01-2019 6:16pm

We bought in Wicklow town and love it. Its 15min drive to Bray, obviously in no traffic. Hubby works in Clonskeagh and gets home in 40mins or so. He doesn't do 9-5 though, traffic is obviously worse at those times. There is a new bus that goes from the town to Dublin and they're starting a park and ride for it, you will park at the beehive and get the bus straight to Dublin from there. Loads of new estates being built, you'd get a lovely house here for your budget.

Creamy Goodness · 09-01-2019 6:31pm

2013Lara wrote: »

We bought in Wicklow town and love it. Its 15min drive to Bray, obviously in no traffic. Hubby works in Clonskeagh and gets home in 40mins or so. He doesn't do 9-5 though, traffic is obviously worse at those times. There is a new bus that goes from the town to Dublin and they're starting a park and ride for it, you will park at the beehive and get the bus straight to Dublin from there. Loads of new estates being built, you'd get a lovely house here for your budget.

15 minutes to Bray? You may need to recalculate that. Google has this trip taking 26 minutes at 1am, and 28.4km. To do it in 15 minutes you'd need to average 115km/h which is above the speed limit as there's only a tiny bit of the journey on the M11 where it's 120km/h.

2013Lara · 09-01-2019 6:34pm

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

15 minutes to Bray? You may need to recalculate that Google has this trip taking 26 minutes at 1am, and 28.4km. To do it in 15 minutes you'd need to average 115km/h which is above the speed limit.

Definitely doesn't take 26 mins. Should have been clearer but I mean to the bray exit not to Bray Town. I'd definitely do that in 15mins. Takes me 20mins from my door to get to Carrickmines. Depends what area of the town your in also.

Creamy Goodness · 09-01-2019 6:39pm

2013Lara wrote: »

Definitely doesn't take 26 mins. Should have been clearer but I mean to the bray exit not to Bray Town. I'd definitely do that in 15mins. Takes me 20mins from my door to get to Carrickmines. Depends what area of the town your in also.

I just put in Wicklow Town and Bray into google maps and let it choose the centre points. It took the town hall in bray as the starting point and the Super Valu on Wicklow Town's main street.

It's still 22 minutes if I pick the same starting location in Wicklow Town and ending location as Kilcroney Furniture. 7 minutes difference which is roughly 50% off.

2013Lara · 09-01-2019 7:42pm

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

I just put in Wicklow Town and Bray into google maps and let it choose the centre points. It took the town hall in bray as the starting point and the Super Valu on Wicklow Town's main street.

It's still 22 minutes if I pick the same starting location in Wicklow Town and ending location as Kilcroney Furniture. 7 minutes difference which is roughly 50% off.

We'll agree to disagree. Standing in my kitchen now and put Carrickmines in and it says 22mins.

Eric Cartman · 09-01-2019 8:37pm

Mtk2018 wrote: »

Hi, if you had a choice to buy in Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, Louth any of Dublin neighbouring counties or towns , where would you buy and why?
Budget= 310K
Max acceptable commute time = 1.10 hours to Dublin city center
Thank you for any feedback

If you wanted to get to stephens green for 9am on an average tuesday in 1.1 hours then the furthest out you could live would probably be inside the m50.

Spanish Eyes · 09-01-2019 8:45pm

I live within 15 minutes or so from Dublin City centre, so I am really not the best person to advise.

HOWEVER.... my nephew and his wife moved from rental in Churchtown to Kildare Town two years ago. He works in IFSC and she works in Naas.

The train station is a five minute walk for nephew. He says he gets into the city much quicker now, and wife obviously has a shorter commute by car from Kildare to Naas than from Churchtown to Naas.

Just a thought. They got a lovely house for 285k four bed at the time.

Important to have good commuting links I think. Best of luck in your search.

shamtastic · 09-01-2019 10:15pm

Naas has been mentioned quite a bit (which I agree with, it's lovely) but Newbridge is a good option also. They both share the same bus and rail routes so they are equally well connected to Dublin. I think trains from Heuston are much less delay prone than those to Drogheda etc. from Connolly / Pearse and the journey time / distance ratio probably more favourable due to not sharing the line with the DART.

Naas is great for restaurants and pubs but the town centre has actually been struggling due to all the retail parks.

By Irish town standards, Newbridge is superb for retail. To name but a few it has a big Penneys, Whitewater Shopping Centre (largest regional SC in Ireland I think), and a recently renovated and enlarged Dunnes. They are all modern and pleasant buildings. Most importantly they are all right in the town centre itself so the main street is always fairly busy and lively. Kildare Village is a few minutes away also. With the redevelopment of St Conleth's Park stadium (also bang in the middle of the town) hopefully they can add a bit more life to that end of the street. I believe a bypass or relief road to ease traffic from the Naas side has been discussed.

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 09-01-2019 10:16pm

New dunnes going into the center of naas should help.

Sono · 09-01-2019 11:10pm

How could anyone suggest commuting from Kilkenny/Offaly to Dublin City centre, that is absolute madness.

I live in north Dublin and commute door to door is 50mins and that is just about ok I find. Anything more than an hour would be a right pain.

Dunboyne is a nice place to live with a train service into the city centre which should be considered OP, not sure you’d get much for €310k but possibly.

Some people on here must love a commute because the suggestions by some are gas!

Muahahaha · 10-01-2019 2:03am

Its important to look at train timetables when choosing a commute, for example Newbridge is 45km from Dublin which is a fair distance. However it has a few direct non-stop trains a day to Hueston that take only 24 minutes. This means that while Newbridge is further away it can be a quicker commute than any of the other Kildare towns like Naas, Maynooth, Leixlip, etc. Also there is a certain relaxation about commuting on a direct train over one that is constantly stop-starting.

Its also important to think about proximity and access to the train station. For example if you lived in Drogheda getting to the station will involve traffic for anyone coming from the northside of the town. Same in the evenings to get out of the station car park, there are often long tail backs and then when you do get out you are directly into heavy traffic on the Dublin Road. Stations with bad access can easily add another 40-60 minutes onto your commute every day.

bluelamp · 10-01-2019 1:17pm

Sono wrote: »

Some people on here must love a commute because the suggestions by some are gas!

I've also noticed a lot people with ridiculously long commutes tend to lie about how long it takes, how much it costs, and how draining it is.

It's like they are trying to convince themselves they haven't made a terrible decision.

The numbers rarely add up - especially for those commuting by car.

Creamy Goodness · 10-01-2019 1:19pm

bluelamp wrote: »

I've also noticed a lot people with ridiculously long commutes tend to lie about how long it takes, how much it costs, and how draining it is.

It's like they are trying to convince themselves they haven't made a terrible decision.

The numbers rarely add up - especially for those commuting by car.

Yup notice this too, anyone that touches the M50 and spouting figures of less than 30-90 minutes depending on length and direction are just fooling themselves, unless they're working shifts/flexi etc.

Aaron15 · 10-01-2019 1:33pm

bluelamp wrote: »

I've also noticed a lot people with ridiculously long commutes tend to lie about how long it takes, how much it costs, and how draining it is.

It's like they are trying to convince themselves they haven't made a terrible decision.

The numbers rarely add up - especially for those commuting by car.

How do you know people are lying about the commute? If you've never done the commute, people here Google mapping things to get an estimated time from A-B, when has Google maps ever been correct? And when has anyone ever stuck to speed limits, if you're telling me people stick to 100km on a motor way you are kidding yourself , go up the m7 on any day and you'll see the average commuter hitting 120-150.

Aaron15 · 10-01-2019 1:37pm

bluelamp wrote: »

I've also noticed a lot people with ridiculously long commutes tend to lie about how long it takes, how much it costs, and how draining it is.

It's like they are trying to convince themselves they haven't made a terrible decision.

The numbers rarely add up - especially for those commuting by car.

How do you know people are lying about the commute? If you've never done the commute, people here Google mapping things to get an estimated time from A-B, when has Google maps ever been correct? And when has anyone ever stuck to speed limits, if you're telling me people stick to 100km on a motor way you are kidding yourself , go up the m7 on any day and you'll see the average commuter hitting 120-150.

PhoenixParker · 10-01-2019 1:46pm

Aaron15 wrote: »

How do you know people are lying about the commute? If you've never done the commute, people here Google mapping things to get an estimated time from A-B, when has Google maps ever been correct? And when has anyone ever stuck to speed limits, if you're telling me people stick to 100km on a motor way you are kidding yourself , go up the m7 on any day and you'll see the average commuter hitting 120-150.

In my experience by listening to them on a daily basis and doing some maths. They get a bus at 730, they get to the office at 840 and you know they have a drive to get to the bus yet their commute is "only an hour". etc.

Creamy Goodness · 10-01-2019 1:48pm

Aaron15 wrote: »

How do you know people are lying about the commute? If you've never done the commute, people here Google mapping things to get an estimated time from A-B, when has Google maps ever been correct? And when has anyone ever stuck to speed limits, if you're telling me people stick to 100km on a motor way you are kidding yourself , go up the m7 on any day and you'll see the average commuter hitting 120-150.

sly dig at me?

I actually do a very similar commute to the one I contested. Greystones to Dundrum and am often between Wicklow Town and Bray so I know the commute well.

Also yes Google maps is wrong for me most of the time but it's usually under-estimates. When I use it, I either arrive at the time it says or I arrive after, never do I arrive 50% quicker than it.

Wasn't telling anyone to stick to 100km, just to stick to the speed limit. If you get to 120-150 on the N11 at commuting times I'd be buying a lotto ticket (may not live long enough to enough it though).

bluelamp · 10-01-2019 1:55pm

Aaron15 wrote: »

How do you know people are lying about the commute? If you've never done the commute, people here Google mapping things to get an estimated time from A-B, when has Google maps ever been correct? And when has anyone ever stuck to speed limits, if you're telling me people stick to 100km on a motor way you are kidding yourself , go up the m7 on any day and you'll see the average commuter hitting 120-150.

Google maps is incredibly accurate - and it doesn't need to lie to convince me of things.

Aaron15 · 10-01-2019 2:40pm

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

sly dig at me?

I actually do a very similar commute to the one I contested. Greystones to Dundrum and am often between Wicklow Town and Bray so I know the commute well.

Also yes Google maps is wrong for me most of the time but it's usually under-estimates. When I use it, I either arrive at the time it says or I arrive after, never do I arrive 50% quicker than it.

Wasn't telling anyone to stick to 100km, just to stick to the speed limit. If you get to 120-150 on the N11 at commuting times I'd be buying a lotto ticket (may not live long enough to enough it though).

Sly dig? What do you mean by that, not sky digging anyone, I just don't understand why people are quick to jump on people saying that the commute can't take how ever long, they do it day in day out, they'd no.

Muahahaha · 10-01-2019 3:44pm

bluelamp wrote: »

I've also noticed a lot people with ridiculously long commutes tend to lie about how long it takes, how much it costs, and how draining it is.

It's like they are trying to convince themselves they haven't made a terrible decision.

The numbers rarely add up - especially for those commuting by car.

There is defintely something in this. Even the other day I read one of those money diary articles on the Journal. The writer had given up renting in Dublin for €1500 to rent in Mullingar for €1000 a month. Then reading through their diary their fuel costs were c€300 per month so a saving of €200 a month but not accounting for extra wear & tear on the car nor the 12 hours a week on the commute. In the case of the writer they intend moving job to Mullingar and buying a house there so it will work out for them in the end. But an awful lot of people commute from far away and will always be working in Dublin. They convince themselves they are saving money on rent but if you add up all the hidden costs of commuting and the detriment of your health/family life it is often better to locate yourself somewhere closer to Dublin even if it means paying more for the property.

Sono · 10-01-2019 3:53pm

bluelamp wrote: »

I've also noticed a lot people with ridiculously long commutes tend to lie about how long it takes, how much it costs, and how draining it is.

It's like they are trying to convince themselves they haven't made a terrible decision.

The numbers rarely add up - especially for those commuting by car.

100% agree with this post, people definitely try and upsell their location as opposed to living in dublin when the reality is they aren’t saving much on travel and certainly spending a lot more time commuting, I value my time a lot more than the small savings people might make to live outside of the capital.

awec · 10-01-2019 3:55pm

Aaron15 wrote: »

How do you know people are lying about the commute? If you've never done the commute, people here Google mapping things to get an estimated time from A-B, when has Google maps ever been correct? And when has anyone ever stuck to speed limits, if you're telling me people stick to 100km on a motor way you are kidding yourself , go up the m7 on any day and you'll see the average commuter hitting 120-150.

Is this people who commute at 3am?

Any time I've been on the M7 at rush hour I've got nowhere near 120 until you're well into Kildare.

bluelamp · 10-01-2019 3:58pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

They convince themselves they are saving money on rent but if you add up all the hidden costs of commuting and the detriment of your health/family life it is often better to locate yourself somewhere closer to Dublin even if it means paying more for the property.

Absolutely. Especially if you're in a role that's unlikely to exist outside of Dublin.

How much does 40 years commuting cost? A hell of a lot more than than the price difference between a house in Laois and a house in Dublin.

2013Lara · 10-01-2019 4:18pm

I said my husbands commute was 40min. Wicklow town to clonskeagh. Here's a screen shot while I'm sat in my house in Wicklow. No exaggeration made by me. I also said that he doesn't work 9-5.

10-01-2019 4:28pm

Of course its more beneficial to live in Dublin.
But the banks will only offer you 3.5 times your salary.
You will struggle to get a decent house in Dublin for less than 300K. House prices in Dublin are also based on location and are often houses that require a lot of work / money.
A couple both earning the average wage can afford a property for 286K approx.
So more people looked at commuter towns like Leixlip, Cellbridge, Maynooth, Ratoath, Ashourne.
Now they have filled up and are close to Dublin prices so people are forced to look at the rest of Leinster.

Unfortunately most companies frown upon working from home. And thousands travel to the city to do a job that could be carried out from home.

C3PO · 10-01-2019 4:54pm

2013Lara wrote: »

I said my husbands commute was 40min. Wicklow town to clonskeagh. Here's a screen shot while I'm sat in my house in Wicklow. No exaggeration made by me. I also said that he doesn't work 9-5.

That's a 90km round trip .... 450kms per week ... just to get to and from work!! and 8 hours a week (at best) that he's never getting back!!

2013Lara · 10-01-2019 5:01pm

C3PO wrote: »

That's a 90km round trip .... 450kms per week ... just to get to and from work!! and 8 hours a week (at best) that he's never getting back!!

When we actually lived in Shankill and he worked in stillorgan, it took him longer to get to and from work on the bus (walking to bus, waiting on bus, on bus and walking to work) than it does now for him door to door in the car. 40mins doesn't bother him in the slightest.

Muahahaha · 10-01-2019 5:10pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Unfortunately most companies frown upon working from home. And thousands travel to the city to do a job that could be carried out from home.

Its a major problem really. Ive a mate who was snowed in for almost two weeks during the storm last year and his employer (a IFSC based American MNC) gave permission to log in and work from home. Once it was known it was possible to do their work remotely other staff asked could they work from home one day a week. The answer was a firm no, they had to be in the office 5 days a week. It was fine for a storm but not otherwise...

Sunflower 27 · 10-01-2019 5:13pm

Moonbeam wrote: »

Maynooth is my favourite of those areas . It is definitely worth a look.

Agree. Was there a few months back. Lovely spot.

10-01-2019 5:27pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

Its a major problem really. Ive a mate who was snowed in for almost two weeks during the storm last year and his employer (a IFSC based American MNC) gave permission to log in and work from home. Once it was known it was possible to do their work remotely other staff asked could they work from home one day a week. The answer was a firm no, they had to be in the office 5 days a week. It was fine for a storm but not otherwise...

Imagine if every office allowed employees 2 days a month even to work from home. Less traffic on the roads every day and a little break for employees from commuting those days.

C3PO · 10-01-2019 5:52pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Imagine if every office allowed employees 2 days a month even to work from home. Less traffic on the roads every day and a little break for employees from commuting those days.

More and more companies are allowing (even encouraging) this now! My employer has even given me a two screen PC set-up for my home! I now work remotely at least one day every two weeks and find it really productive!

L1011 · 10-01-2019 6:25pm

My previous employer encouraged it as a way to save on office rental! Didn't have the space for even 60% of the workforce. Had 40% WFH and was offered 100% when I resigned.

Personally I find motivation goes bad after too many days in a row from home but heavily flexible rather than full time working from home didn't suffer the same issues

Aaron15 · 10-01-2019 7:06pm

C3PO wrote: »

That's a 90km round trip .... 450kms per week ... just to get to and from work!! and 8 hours a week (at best) that he's never getting back!!

Don't understand this, how long would it take you to get to work? What does it matter how many KMs it's taking , if they're doing it in 40 mins, seems like a pretty reasonable time to get to and from work for me.

awec · 10-01-2019 8:04pm

40 mins is not a bad commute at all, pretty reasonable.

It's just when people claim they live in the likes of Newbridge and claim their commute is 40 mins that the bull**** alarm goes off.

The_Conductor · 10-01-2019 8:16pm

2013Lara wrote: »

I said my husbands commute was 40min. Wicklow town to clonskeagh. Here's a screen shot while I'm sat in my house in Wicklow. No exaggeration made by me. I also said that he doesn't work 9-5.

Midmorning or early afternoon- aren't exactly a fair and reasonable depiction of how long it is likely to take someone to make a similar trip- other than at off-peak times when traffic is virtually non-existent..........

Sono · 10-01-2019 8:18pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

Midmorning or early afternoon- aren't exactly a fair and reasonable depiction of how long it is likely to take someone to make a similar trip- other than at off-peak times when traffic is virtually non-existent..........

Exactly, someone could work night shifts and say they get there in 25 mins, not a true reflection of how long it will take the regular 9-5 day job in the city centre.

Creamy Goodness · 10-01-2019 8:26pm

In fairness to Lara they did mention her husband does not work a regular 9-5.

awec · 11-01-2019 1:03am

Honestly if commute time is something that would bother you I would just completely avoid anywhere on the M7.

Personally if I had to commute on that road every day I would go crazy. It's just a massive bottleneck.

utmbuilder · 11-01-2019 1:21am

Naas Kiĺl if you can afford it traffic is cat they never really cracked it

NAVAN is 12 minutes from blanch from exit 7navan to exit 3. Never really traffic until you hit half way house

Drogheda got very rough. When your changing your car finance a toyota hybrid. 80 miles to the gallon these days no plugging in.

11-01-2019 2:34am

Muahahaha wrote: »

Its important to look at train timetables when choosing a commute, for example Newbridge is 45km from Dublin which is a fair distance. However it has a few direct non-stop trains a day to Hueston that take only 24 minutes. This means that while Newbridge is further away it can be a quicker commute than any of the other Kildare towns like Naas, Maynooth, Leixlip, etc. Also there is a certain relaxation about commuting on a direct train over one that is constantly stop-starting.

Its also important to think about proximity and access to the train station. For example if you lived in Drogheda getting to the station will involve traffic for anyone coming from the northside of the town. Same in the evenings to get out of the station car park, there are often long tail backs and then when you do get out you are directly into heavy traffic on the Dublin Road. Stations with bad access can easily add another 40-60 minutes onto your commute every day.

I think it could be relevant, I heard someone mention recently, there is significant difference in the train fare from Newbridge, a proportional increase would seem reasonable if they have the customers to cater for it regularily. I think other stations nearer fall under some other fare scheme? definitely worth looking into.
I think people need to strike the right balance between whats affordable and what their commute will be like and what the area the area will be like.

C3PO wrote: »

That's a 90km round trip .... 450kms per week ... just to get to and from work!! and 8 hours a week (at best) that he's never getting back!!

Thats 30miles (old money) each way, not significant really

The thing is, people can only buy what they can afford, I see mention of quality of life/commute vs buying more expensive, but that may not help them get on the ladder.

ToxicPaddy · 11-01-2019 2:58am

Was in the same boat as the OP. Living in Dublin renting for close to 20 years and decided it was time to buy so spent the last 12 months looking around. Didn't feel there was much value in Dublin and didn't want to but some pokey run down shack just to be close to city living.

Greystones/Delgany - nice but pricey for what you get. No value for money there anymore.

Naas - not a bad area, decent transport links into Dublin. House prices are reasonable especially if you go out side the town a little. Not on the coast so was one negative to us and the town centre gets very very busy.

Maynooth - lovely town but over priced and the house build quality for a lot of Celtic tiger houses are a joke. New houses are definitely over priced.

Ashbourne - terrible layout of the town. Massive over development during boom years destroyed the town. New builds are on top of each other and over priced.

Dunshaughlin - lovely village like feel, decent spec new builds being built there at the moment, however huge amount of new builds planned for the area in the near future so just got the feeling it would ruin the feel of the place and put the local services under massive pressure.

Navan - have friends living there and it's not a bad place. Good value for houses there and decent bus links to the city. Didn't go for it in the end as we preferred a rail link to bus for commuting.

Drogheda - Didn't like the feel of the town. Some lovely houses for sale on the south side of the town in areas like grange rath etc. But the town centre feeling and atmosphere didn't sit well with us.

Balbriggan - just didn't get a nice feel from the town, not sure what it was, just didn't like it so didn't consider it.

Ended up buying just outside of Skerries/Rush area, small town/rural but nice feel about it. Everything you need is there and only 30 mins on train into Dublin so very commutable. Got a decent size house for the money we paid and it's a new build which is great, also on the coast which is an added bonus.

ToxicPaddy · 11-01-2019 3:21am

Muahahaha wrote: »

There is defintely something in this. Even the other day I read one of those money diary articles on the Journal. The writer had given up renting in Dublin for €1500 to rent in Mullingar for €1000 a month. Then reading through their diary their fuel costs were c€300 per month so a saving of €200 a month but not accounting for extra wear & tear on the car nor the 12 hours a week on the commute. In the case of the writer they intend moving job to Mullingar and buying a house there so it will work out for them in the end. But an awful lot of people commute from far away and will always be working in Dublin. They convince themselves they are saving money on rent but if you add up all the hidden costs of commuting and the detriment of your health/family life it is often better to locate yourself somewhere closer to Dublin even if it means paying more for the property.

Yeah I agree 100% on this, a lot of people just see one figure and focus on that, but forget about all of these other associated costs of living away from where you work.

We took all this into account when doing the finances. We pretty much added €500 a month to our projected outgoings each month to cover commuting costs, additional fuel for car, maintenance etc.

Another cost for us will be the possibility of getting a second car if we have any kids, again something we had to factor into the whole process

Sono · 11-01-2019 8:44am

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Yeah I agree 100% on this, a lot of people just see one figure and focus on that, but forget about all of these other associated costs of living away from where you work.

We took all this into account when doing the finances. We pretty much added €500 a month to our projected outgoings each month to cover commuting costs, additional fuel for car, maintenance etc.

Another cost for us will be the possibility of getting a second car if we have any kids, again something we had to factor into the whole process

No Paddy there is great value outside of Dublin and commuting is reasonable too, move to Offaly!

11-01-2019 9:02am

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Navan - have friends living there and it's not a bad place. Good value for houses there and decent bus links to the city. Didn't go for it in the end as we preferred a rail link to bus for commuting.

I was in a similar position as you but chose Navan, although I do have the same concern about the train.
I've lived in Blanch for the last 7 years so its good to know I'm just 20 mins away. (I realize that will be longer at peak times)

Ush1 · 11-01-2019 10:18am

Some of these commute times seem optimistic alright.

I would drive from Tallaght to Adelaide road in the morning and evening and it was often an hour and 15 minutes or sometimes more, and that's within Dublin!

Dublin neighbouring towns - where would you buy

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