New Development Royal Canal Park D15

OrdeP wrote: »

I'll be moving in soon and I'm wondering if someone could let me know how long took Vodafone to provide the full installation, service fully working and speeds?

One more thing, could you recommend a good alarm system (doesn't need to be monitored) and installer?

Thank you

+1 on the alarm system please

Manion wrote: »

Post some pictures and I'll tell you if yours is wrong.



Noise is noticeable along royal canal avenue from cars. The train is fine TBH. Where the new houses are going you may not have that issue as really only residents should be driving a long the new part.

The luas is meant to be operational in December. It's a 15 minute walk to bloombridge. The local bus is the 120. It's very reliable.

Thanks for the information. We put a deposit down on a Heron.

Does anyone know if there are any updates on the canal walkway between RCP and Broombridge? I would be hoping to use the luas to commute to work each day but am concerned it will be quite an isolated and dark walk in the winter months.

Also if anyone has any information on Creches in the area it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all, does the heron utility room come with a sink in it? the show house doesn't but the plans I keep seeing do? Thanks.

OrdeP wrote: »

I'll be moving in soon and I'm wondering if someone could let me know how long took Vodafone to provide the full installation, service fully working and speeds?

One more thing, could you recommend a good alarm system (doesn't need to be monitored) and installer?

Thank you

Approximately 8 weeks. It doesn't matter who you go with. You're waiting for an openEir engineer to come out and run a cable from the box at the front door back to a distribution box and also connect the distribution box back to the cabinet. Only then will you be able to get a line and broadband. They will insist on putting in a telephone line first and later the VDSL. In otherwords, the line goes in, they test it, then they install the broadband.

note they will happily take your booking and rock up on the day to do the installation only to "discover" the openEir engineer hasn't done his bit yet. Waste 3 days off work on this nonsense.

pink_polkadot wrote: »

Sorry I meant to ask if anyone in a Heron has a super king bed in their Master Bedroom If so was it hard to get up two flights of stairs?

Yes, split divan bed and split mattress. The problem you have is the mattress. Most modern mattresses can be bent even a little bit without doing permanent damage to the mattress.

If you go for superking be sure of your measurements, if you put it against the back wall you will need to move one of the sockets.

IrishGirl12 wrote: »

Does anyone know what is included in the management fees? I wonder if there is any building insurance included?

Building insurance is not included for the houses.

cronos wrote: »

Anyone looked into secondary glazing to attempt to resolve the sound issues on bridge avenue and royal canal ave? I remember someone earlier in the thread said that Jason had told them he is looking into it for us with the architect? Anything come of that? Its really bad.

Perhaps we could group together and get a much cheaper price as a group? Would love to solve the sound issue as its really really annoying in all the front rooms of the herons.

We'd be interested in investigating this further Cronos.

guns_healy wrote: »

As someone who lives on Phelan park/phelan avenue we would lose out if they didn't open up that side entrance.

Prior to the whole development of houses certain roads and access didn't exist. Not just that side entrance.

I, like my neighbours will benefit when that entrance opens. It is in the original plans and shouldn't and won't be changed.

Everybody driving past centra for access to phelan park, phelan avenue and phelan drive west is not practical long term

I'm sure everyone on Phelan Park and Phelan Ave would benefit by a matter of a minute or so in terms of accessing Bridge Ave via car but the downside will be much greater i.e rat running cars from the current apartments and those that are due to be built along Camden Ave etc in the not so distant future. It's a very narrow road and the proximity of it to driveways (which don't have the additional buffer of footpath etc) is dangerous in particular for those with young kids.

dor1971 wrote: »

where did you hear this Manion?

The Management company.

dor1971 wrote: »

The noise coming off these steel speed bumps is very intrusive. It’s as if there is someone outside your front windows firing off shotgun rounds. When buses go over them (120 buses pass over these each day) or heavy goods vehicles it’s as if a canon is going off. On top of that you have the associated noises of cars slowing down/speeding up to accommodate them. All in all a very noisy intrusion on an on going basis. More such bumps and the associated noise will only increase.

Speed bumps may be necessary (even though they are not present anywhere else in the Rathborne/Pelletstown/RCP development) but I would suggest we push for tarmac sleepers rather than these steel ones.

The issue is less the speed bumps and more the speed that people go over them, I was on the 120 the other day and the bus driver did not bother to even slow down slightly, If it continues after I move in I will complain to Dublin bus, Trucks are mostly there for Ballymore as such a complaint can be made to them.


Some one asked about Creches, There if Giraffe which is a 3 minute drive / 10 minute walk from the development. There is also a smaller one closer.

We are using Giraffe and we like it, Meals are provided in the price, there is outdoor space and different rooms for different ages of children. The staff are all very nice and pleasant.

The smaller creche who's name I can not remember is closer but does not provide meals, I don't know much more about it.

Hi there,

We have just snagged our house and have a quick question. A previous poster mentioned that ballymore had concreted/paved over cavity vents at the rear of the house. My partner and I were conscious of this while snagging and went to look for the same. We couldn't make out any vents around the bottom of the rear exterior wall but our snagger said not to worry about it. There appear to be vents at the top and middle of the walls, but none around the bottom.

Here is a quick picture of the back.






Any idea what these look like and is it something we should be concerned about?

Everything else seemed ok with snagging. Mostly minor cosmetic stuff.


Thanks!

Sir Scruff wrote: »

Hi there,

We have just snagged our house and have a quick question. A previous poster mentioned that ballymore had concreted/paved over cavity vents at the rear of the house. My partner and I were conscious of this while snagging and went to look for the same. We couldn't make out any vents around the bottom of the rear exterior wall but our snagger said not to worry about it. There appear to be vents at the top and middle of the walls, but none around the bottom.

Here is a quick picture of the back.


Any idea what these look like and is it something we should be concerned about?

Everything else seemed ok with snagging. Mostly minor cosmetic stuff.


Thanks!

Well come to the neighborhood!

Looks like they never installed yours at all at all. There is meant to be cavity vents at the bottom of the house both front and rare. I'll dig out a photo later on for you.

Also, looks like they didn't clean your windows, I'd put that into the snagging.

Nhol78 wrote: »

The issue is less the speed bumps and more the speed that people go over them, I was on the 120 the other day and the bus driver did not bother to even slow down slightly, If it continues after I move in I will complain to Dublin bus, Trucks are mostly there for Ballymore as such a complaint can be made to them.


Some one asked about Creches, There if Giraffe which is a 3 minute drive / 10 minute walk from the development. There is also a smaller one closer.

We are using Giraffe and we like it, Meals are provided in the price, there is outdoor space and different rooms for different ages of children. The staff are all very nice and pleasant.

The smaller creche who's name I can not remember is closer but does not provide meals, I don't know much more about it.

Yes, the speed at which the buses go over the speed bumps adds to the noise pollution but in my experience (living on Bridge Ave since end Jan) every 2nd or 3rd vehicle hits the bumps at an inappropriate speed therefore increasing the noise pollution. We can’t complain to anyone about this outside of the Garda who aren’t in a position to do anything about it short of having a presence on the street 24/7. There are also quite a few ‘souped up’ Subarus and Celicas local to the area. They’re low to the ground, have big alloy wheels and large exhausts. They need to go particularly slow over the bumps but then the noise coming off the exhaust as they excelerate away literally sends vibrations through our house. Like I say these speed bumps may be a necessity from a safety perspective (although they don’t seem to be slowing most of the traffic passing over them) but by god they are a noisy pollutant in a very real sense. Probably worth residents on Bridge Ave getting together to discuss before anything permanent is put in place one way or another.

Re Creche’s. We have our 3 year old in the Queen Bee’s Montessori which is a minute walk away. So far so good .

Hi,

Herron plans:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f20x46vi5br84mr/L03-01%20E%202nd%20Flr%20Plan.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1aehhc88obxa09e/L03-00%20J%20Ground%20%26%20First%20Flr%20Plans.pdf?dl=0

You're actual house will be slightly different and these are for the herrons facing onto the canal. The ones on bridge avenue are mirrored for some reason.

MOD Note:

There is copyright on these plans but they were freely distributed to me from Ballymore. I assume they are OK to put up.

I spoke to Tom at Ballymore this morning looking for an update on the noise and their recommendations from an architect / engineers perspective. Tom and Jason said they had recommended using acoustic insulation to block the vents and that 2 households had used this on bridge avenue and found it effective. Tom couldn't remember which houses they were so I'm sceptical of their response! Has anyone tried using acoustic insulation?

Totally agree on the metal speed ramps, they are adding to the problem rather than solving it.

dor1971 wrote: »

Yes, the speed at which the buses go over the speed bumps adds to the noise pollution but in my experience (living on Bridge Ave since end Jan) every 2nd or 3rd vehicle hits the bumps at an inappropriate speed therefore increasing the noise pollution. We can’t complain to anyone about this outside of the Garda who aren’t in a position to do anything about it short of having a presence on the street 24/7. There are also quite a few ‘souped up’ Subarus and Celicas local to the area. They’re low to the ground, have big alloy wheels and large exhausts. They need to go particularly slow over the bumps but then the noise coming off the exhaust as they excelerate away literally sends vibrations through our house. Like I say these speed bumps may be a necessity from a safety perspective (although they don’t seem to be slowing most of the traffic passing over them) but by god they are a noisy pollutant in a very real sense. Probably worth residents on Bridge Ave getting together to discuss before anything permanent is put in place one way or another.

Re Creche’s. We have our 3 year old in the Queen Bee’s Montessori which is a minute walk away. So far so good .

IrishGirl12 wrote: »

Thanks for the information. We put a deposit down on a Heron.

Does anyone know if there are any updates on the canal walkway between RCP and Broombridge? I would be hoping to use the luas to commute to work each day but am concerned it will be quite an isolated and dark walk in the winter months.

Also if anyone has any information on Creches in the area it would be greatly appreciated.

I also had this concern in relation to Broombridge. My hope is that at least for regular working hours there should be a growing amount of traffic which would mean it would begin to get safer long term. There seems to be a good bit more residential development going up. The other option (particularly when its dark) is to walk along the roads back from Broombridge. It's still not ideal either especially getting to the main road but is not so far that it is not a viable alternative.

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Just in snagging now. The island looks very wrong, shelf is much lower than the show house, no place for a stool, and it's way too lose to the back door.

Anyone get the island altered and was it much hassle and cost to do so?

I got the island altered, It was a major hassle to deal with the kitchen company, took about 10 phone calls and many e-mails to get them to do anything and it cost me just over 500 euro

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Didnt request any changes to the kitchen. if i was more experienced i'd have had them completely remove the breakfast bar counter around the island.

It has no support, is quite flimsy and at an ideal height to sit on, meaning its almost certain someone will sit on it and break it off.

Its on the snag list, but unsure what will come out of it.


For anyone who has snagged, if you hold out on closing until such items are addressed, whats the chances of ballymore just deciding to pull out as there is a long waitlist of people who wont complain so much?

We also snagged this week and had agreed changes (via email) to the island with the contractor which had not been carried out. We were a bit suspicious as had been chasing him to arrange for payment but had received radio silence from his end.

Separately we were also quite surprised by the height of the breakfast bar and have revisited our photos of the show house for comparison. The breakfast bar definitely looks higher (and functional) in our photos of it in the showhouse and we are also flagging it in our snag list! That said it also looks like the height of the microwave and cooker has changed (as was previously mentioned) but we didnt have an issue with where they were.

Hope everyone is getting on ok with snagging!

On a separate note I noticed my mobile phone reception was pretty poor and in some parts of the house I lost reception completely (I'm with 3 by the way). Which mobile networks tend to have the best coverage in the area? Will likely have to change network.

Thanks

Does anyone know what the story is with gardai being around for most of the day yesterday and tonight. Looks like they are looking for someone

maciektok wrote: »

Does anyone know what the story is with gardai being around for most of the day yesterday and tonight. Looks like they are looking for someone

I noticed that too. A garda van and car went flying around with lights on yesterday about 3.30pm. There also seemed to be some rallying of cars going on around 10.30pm last night.

dor1971 wrote: »

Yes, my girlfriend and 2 kids were in the playground at 3.30 yesterday along with a number of other parents/kids. Out of nowhere a gang load of teenagers came leaping across the playground fencing and out the other side heading for Finglas. They ran down the 'unopened' path to the River Road and out across Tolka Valley Park to Finglas. A number of Garda Cars were giving chase within RCP and down on the River Road. No idea what they were up to but clearly no good given the volume of Garda Cars in pursuit. I heard the cars burning rubber last night also .

According to one of the parents in the playground (phase 1) they and their neighbours had canvassed the council etc not to open up a path to the River road for this very reason but apparently it was a must as it will give access to the RCP train station!

OK, I'd rather not have the train station than be a cut through for gangs. Is someone still pushing this?