New Development Royal Canal Park D15

Forumsie · 20-01-2019 9:37pm

kj72 wrote: »

Hi, I moved into one of the new Camden houses before Christmas: I'm thinking about going ahead and getting Sky Tv via satellite this week but wanted to check before I do that I definitely cannot get Sky or Virgin piped currently or in the near future and likewise for broadband? Is it definitely the case that cable watch is the only option for Tv/broadband as per previous posts? Seems unreal that this is the only option and just wanted to check before I go ahead with getting sky installed.
Kj

Unless things have changed in the last week then yes, cablewatch is the only option. How are you getting Sky? I thought you needed a phone line for that even with the satelite? We've just signed up to a monthly rolling contract with cablewatch so if you're successful with sky will you let us know? Thanks

kj72 · 20-01-2019 10:17pm

You can get sky Tv for normal transmission with just the disk connected to the box i.e. No phone line or broadband needed. You can pause rewind etc. You need the broadband for full functionality like accessing on demand and multi room etc. I've had it for 9 years at previous address without a phone line /broadband and I just checked over on the sky forum here on boards and the responses re this q are as per above.
I'd prefer not to have the dish though and to have Tv wired but if there are no other options than happy to go with it - had dish at previous address for nine years and always worked etc

Forumsie · 20-01-2019 10:24pm

kj72 wrote: »

You can get sky Tv for normal transmission with just the disk connected to the box i.e. No phone line or broadband needed. You can pause rewind etc. You need the broadband for full functionality like accessing on demand and multi room etc. I've had it for 9 years at previous address without a phone line /broadband and I just checked over on the sky forum here on boards and the responses re this q are as per above.
I'd prefer not to have the dish though and to have Tv wired but if there are no other options than happy to go with it - had dish at previous address for nine years and always worked etc

Sounds alright, there's no pause or rewind or on demand with cablewatch tv anyway so you're not missing out there! I'm sure proper services will come to us eventually. What are you going to do for broadband in the meantime?

kj72 · 20-01-2019 10:32pm

Might do without broadband for now- have enough to do me for occasional work off a hot spot on a phone - have no absolute need fir it right now other than it would be great to be able to get full functionality on the sky and potentially for netflicks etc
will wait to see what comes along - preference would be to get both Tv and broadband of one provider eventually

Forumsie · 20-01-2019 10:39pm

kj72 wrote: »

Might do without broadband for now- have enough to do me for occasional work off a hot spot on a phone - have no absolute need fir it right now other than it would be great to be able to get full functionality on the sky and potentially for netflicks etc
will wait to see what comes along - preference would be to get both Tv and broadband of one provider eventually

We prioritsed the broadband as we watch more netflix and chromecast stuff. We also got the now tv stick from Sky so we have the shows. Yeah ultimately we'll hopefully get full sky tv broadband package, be nice to be able to record. I haven't seen ads in ten years until we got the cablewatch tv as it's just live. We could be buy a recording box of some sort but we're not bothering as we're hoping it'll be temporary. Definitely won't go near Eir again after the fiasco with the mobile broadband and Virgin probably won't be here for years as they don't have the infrastructure and they don't rent Eir infrastructure like vodafone and sky do

nordstrom · 21-01-2019 12:44am

kj72 wrote: »

Might do without broadband for now- have enough to do me for occasional work off a hot spot on a phone - have no absolute need fir it right now other than it would be great to be able to get full functionality on the sky and potentially for netflicks etc
will wait to see what comes along - preference would be to get both Tv and broadband of one provider eventually

Maybe I don’t understand the question properly, but doesn’t Eir, Vodafone and sky provide broadband plus tv through the internet? I know Vodafone are always calling me to offer me tv.

Pokas · 21-01-2019 9:58am

Bruncvik wrote: »

3035x2775mm in our house. The shorter side is the one with the door and window. Note that this is wall-to-wall, and make provisions for skirting boards, the radiator and windowsill. I didn't when I designed a media wall for the room and ended up cutting off pieces of the skirting boards.

Thank you!

Is there a big difference between phases? I got someone else's measurements and they are quite diferente. I'll prob have to wait and take our measures.

NC99 · 21-01-2019 3:21pm

Has anyone received snag call for the Ash for last phase? I was told it would be around end of January and they'll inform us one week in advance. I had a look at the work on Saturday and it seemed the electrical wiring was in place.

Thanks.

Bruncvik · 21-01-2019 4:43pm

Pokas wrote: »

Thank you!

Is there a big difference between phases? I got someone else's measurements and they are quite diferente. I'll prob have to wait and take our measures.

I think it would be useful if we made sure we measured the same room. I call the small room on the back of the house the "media room". If you or the other person who gave you measurements consider the front room to be the media room, measures will indeed be wildly different.

DaffDaff · 21-01-2019 7:24pm

NC99 wrote: »

Has anyone received snag call for the Ash for last phase? I was told it would be around end of January and they'll inform us one week in advance. I had a look at the work on Saturday and it seemed the electrical wiring was in place.

Thanks.

We were told the same thing and we haven’t heard anything yet. The site manager said it would be the end of January once the ESB had hooked up the electricity.

Manion · 22-01-2019 9:44pm

Anyone else notice a car clamped on the main road. Great to see the clampers taking on people parking up on footpaths.

ITT-Pat · 23-01-2019 12:12pm

For alarms, does anyone have any advice on motion sensors? In the quote I got the price was very reasonable to include them, but some people have said to me that they may be a little annoying and possibly more trouble than they are worth. Any thoughts?

Bandana boy · 23-01-2019 12:20pm

I got motion sensors on ground and first floor and I got sensors with a camera which takes photos when they are triggered .

Happy out with them and have had no issues so far.

slayerking · 23-01-2019 1:44pm

ITT-Pat wrote: »

For alarms, does anyone have any advice on motion sensors? In the quote I got the price was very reasonable to include them, but some people have said to me that they may be a little annoying and possibly more trouble than they are worth. Any thoughts?

Motion sensors are important as they detect someone in the house if they had somehow entered without triggering a window/door contact. If you get an alarm that has multiple partset/zones, you should be fine.
You can then have a partset turned on (e.g. all doors and contacts only) but still move around in the house as the motion sensors will be disabled.
It also means you can set some parts of the alarm at night while you sleep and not have to worry about it going off if someone walks into a motion sensor zone!

ITT-Pat · 23-01-2019 7:09pm

Bandana boy wrote: »

I got motion sensors on ground and first floor and I got sensors with a camera which takes photos when they are triggered .

Happy out with them and have had no issues so far.

slayerking wrote: »

Motion sensors are important as they detect someone in the house if they had somehow entered without triggering a window/door contact. If you get an alarm that has multiple partset/zones, you should be fine.
You can then have a partset turned on (e.g. all doors and contacts only) but still move around in the house as the motion sensors will be disabled.
It also means you can set some parts of the alarm at night while you sleep and not have to worry about it going off if someone walks into a motion sensor zone!

Thanks for the info

Pokas · 27-01-2019 10:21am

Good morning,

Did anyone who bought an Ash on the last phase been contacted? I've emailed Jason and Dona almost 2 weeks ago and didn't hear back. I can't find a phone number to reach them.

On a second note, I've been really studying the floor options and will probably buy the floor and then get a fitter. My main concern is actually finding a good (and not overpriced) carpenter and tiler so I can get the look I am looking for in the kitchen. Can you recommend me:

> A carpenter
> A tiler
> Carpet store/fitter

Thank you all!

Have a nice Sunday

NC99 · 27-01-2019 12:30pm

Pokas wrote: »

Good morning,

Did anyone who bought an Ash on the last phase been contacted? I've emailed Jason and Dona almost 2 weeks ago and didn't hear back. I can't find a phone number to reach them.

On a second note, I've been really studying the floor options and will probably buy the floor and then get a fitter. My main concern is actually finding a good (and not overpriced) carpenter and tiler so I can get the look I am looking for in the kitchen. Can you recommend me:

> A carpenter
> A tiler
> Carpet store/fitter

Thank you all!
Have a nice Sunday

Hey,

We haven't been contacted yet, still waiting too. We did go to see the progress yesterday but it seems there's still some work left. The wires were all out from the board so I'm guessing the electricity is still not in place.

Pokas · 27-01-2019 1:17pm

NC99 wrote: »

Hey,

We haven't been contacted yet, still waiting too. We did go to see the progress yesterday but it seems there's still some work left. The wires were all out from the board so I'm guessing the electricity is still not in place.

Thank you! I wanted to go yesterday as well but wasn't able to.
It's hard to be kept in the dark without any information.

Forumsie · 27-01-2019 7:05pm

On a second note, I've been really studying the floor options and will probably buy the floor and then get a fitter. My main concern is actually finding a good (and not overpriced) carpenter and tiler so I can get the look I am looking for in the kitchen. Can you recommend me:

> A carpenter
> A tiler
> Carpet store/fitter

Thank you all!

Have a nice Sunday[/quote]

I don't have tiles and my carpenter is too busy to take on more work so can't recommend. However, I would suggest that you don't buy either the floor or the tiles yourself. By all means go look and pick it out (our carpenter sent us to floordesign.ie - great selection) but get your carpenter to buy it as he'll get trade prices and the vat on his invoice should only be 13.5% rather than 21% if you buy it yourself. Re carpets - des kelly in coolmine were great

Pokas · 27-01-2019 10:00pm

Thank you! I was in Des Kellys Coolmine yesterday and they were really helpful. Will definitely find a good carpenter first and not buy the floor myself.

Forumsie · 27-01-2019 10:17pm

Pokas wrote: »

Thank you! I was in Des Kellys Coolmine yesterday and they were really helpful. Will definitely find a good carpenter first and not buy the floor myself.

Don't forget to tell des kelly to bind the edge of your carpet going upstairs (if you wish). The banister is open so you may have a frayed edge on one side if you don't

slayerking · 28-01-2019 10:05am

We got our floors from woodfloor warehouse. They have some really nice floors, decent prices and many of their floors are 12mm + in thickness. If you want a solid feeling floor to walk on, you're best to make sure its not to thin. Some of our boards got damaged in transit and they also sent out a full box to me promptly without issues. They also stock high quality underlay too.
Can't recommend a carpenter as I put them down myself.

Pokas · 28-01-2019 10:29am

Thank you!

I am not brave enough to DIY the floor... brave or skilled! xD

Tazz T · 28-01-2019 1:04pm

Manion wrote: »

Anyone else notice a car clamped on the main road. Great to see the clampers taking on people parking up on footpaths.

You won't be saying that when you see how much those clampers add to your service charge

insdami · 28-01-2019 1:15pm

Forumsie wrote: »

Unless things have changed in the last week then yes, cablewatch is the only option. How are you getting Sky? I thought you needed a phone line for that even with the satelite? We've just signed up to a monthly rolling contract with cablewatch so if you're successful with sky will you let us know? Thanks

Hey Forumsie, how is your experience so far with cablewatch broadband-wise? Eir, Vodafone and Sky are somehow hard to get (We don't have an eircode yet). So I was considering cablewatch who claim to do fiber and 250mb download speed buy nobody has ever heard of them.

Forumsie · 28-01-2019 1:34pm

insdami wrote: »

Hey Forumsie, how is your experience so far with cablewatch broadband-wise? Eir, Vodafone and Sky are somehow hard to get (We don't have an eircode yet). So I was considering cablewatch who claim to do fiber and 250mb download speed buy nobody has ever heard of them.

Experience with broadband is grand, getting speeds of around 30 or 40mbs. (On the Eir mobile broadband I was only getting 1mps so on that basis it's much improved). The Tv leaves alot to be desired but again, better than nothing. It's not the eircode that's preventing you get Sky or vodafone, it's that Eir haven't laid the cables to give you a home phone line with you need to for those other providers. And who knows when that will come. I've just signed a rolling monthly contract, around 75 euro a month I think for broadband and tv

DaffDaff · 28-01-2019 2:13pm

Pokas wrote: »

Thank you! I wanted to go yesterday as well but wasn't able to.
It's hard to be kept in the dark without any information.

We were told by Jason this morning that it could be two weeks before the houses are released for snagging.

Jasonelse · 28-01-2019 5:09pm

Guys! Thanks for all the shared information! Very useful for the new purchaser!
I have bought the Ash from the last phase and I was told the snagging call should be around the end of Feb to early March.
I have a question about the Alarm, Can anyone recommend me the alarm company and how much it cost?
Also, Can anyone please recommend(PM) me a good Snagger which has experience with Royal canal park house(preferable Ash

)?
Thanks in advance!

gmurali · 29-01-2019 10:44am

Hi,

I have noticed that the ceiling light in the Master bedroom for Heron is placed close to the corner rather than to the center of the room. Has anyone managed to move this to the center?

If so any tips\suggestions will be highly appreciated.

insdami · 29-01-2019 11:09am

Hey guys, has anybody installed a water softener recently?
I've read in a couple of places that water can be a bit harder compared to other areas.

Forumsie · 29-01-2019 6:57pm

gmurali wrote: »

Hi,

I have noticed that the ceiling light in the Master bedroom for Heron is placed close to the corner rather than to the center of the room. Has anyone managed to move this to the center?

If so any tips\suggestions will be highly appreciated.

I think it's so it's easier to hang lights, they would be very high up if in the centre of the room. We spoke to an electrician and it is a job to move them and we had loads of other jobs so didn't pursue it. We settled with spotlights tilted towards centre. There are loads of other light wires in the room so you wont be stuck. But I couldn't put my intended chandelier type thing over the bed. Probably just as well! Notions!

Forumsie · 29-01-2019 7:01pm

insdami wrote: »

Hey guys, has anybody installed a water softener recently?
I've read in a couple of places that water can be a bit harder compared to other areas.

We got the kenetico system that we saw at ideal homes show. Think it cost around 1600 plus another 200 for drinking water filter tap. Expensive yes, it's meant to be the rolls royce of water softeners and we've had no problems but a cheaper one might be just as good. The water is beautifully soft and there are no limescale marks anywhere. When we first moved in we had to scrub and I mean scrub the lime off the shower doors every week. I don't know if it's an essential item or not but we're happy we got it for the longer term with the A2W heating system and the new appliances etc

dlen · 30-01-2019 7:27pm

Hi all,
Great forum for the area. We've just put a 5000 euro deposit on a Hazel and are looking for a solicitor anyone used and would recommend for the next stage.
Many thanks in advance for the pms

TheConnoisseur · 01-02-2019 4:28pm

Forumsie wrote: »

Experience with broadband is grand, getting speeds of around 30 or 40mbs. (On the Eir mobile broadband I was only getting 1mps so on that basis it's much improved). The Tv leaves alot to be desired but again, better than nothing. It's not the eircode that's preventing you get Sky or vodafone, it's that Eir haven't laid the cables to give you a home phone line with you need to for those other providers. And who knows when that will come. I've just signed a rolling monthly contract, around 75 euro a month I think for broadband and tv

I get 90Mbps/70Mbps sometimes with a 125Mbps package, it's grand. The guy that installed cablewatch told me they had fiber up to the Management Suite and then coaxial down to your street/house.

Since we are in the CableWatch subject does anyone have your cables hanging after the installation from CableWatch? I asked the dude why was he leaving it like that and he told me Ballymore made a mistake and swapped the panels. It's up to them to fix it.
I was onto Jason to fix it but he said next week, though 2 weeks are now gone since and still no fix. Just worried that mice get through the panels as they are wide opened with the winter et all. Anyone having the same problem with the panels?

Forumsie · 01-02-2019 7:40pm

TheConnoisseur wrote: »

I get 90Mbps/70Mbps sometimes with a 125Mbps package, it's grand. The guy that installed cablewatch told me they had fiber up to the Management Suite and then coaxial down to your street/house.

Since we are in the CableWatch subject does anyone have your cables hanging after the installation from CableWatch? I asked the dude why was he leaving it like that and he told me Ballymore made a mistake and swapped the panels. It's up to them to fix it.
I was onto Jason to fix it but he said next week, though 2 weeks are now gone since and still no fix. Just worried that mice get through the panels as they are wide opened with the winter et all. Anyone having the same problem with the panels?

Yes our whole block seems to have that problem. We have taped it up with selotape (real classy!) so let us know if Ballymore agree to fix it or find a better solution. I'd be concerned about mice too in the cold weather and I believe there was a post a few weeks ago where someone did have mice in their attic and the pest control guy thought that was how they got in

kj72 · 01-02-2019 8:20pm

Forumsie wrote: »

Yes our whole block seems to have that problem. We have taped it up with selotape (real classy!) so let us know if Ballymore agree to fix it or find a better solution. I'd be concerned about mice too in the cold weather and I believe there was a post a few weeks ago where someone did have mice in their attic and the pest control guy thought that was how they got in

What exactly do people mean when they say Ballymore made a mistake and swapped the panels please? What panels is it exactly - Does this relate to what's inthe white boxes at the front of the house near the door?? Thanks to anyone who can elaborate

Forumsie · 01-02-2019 8:25pm

kj72 wrote: »

What exactly do people mean when they say Ballymore made a mistake and swapped the panels please? What panels is it exactly - Does this relate to what's inthe white boxes at the front of the house near the door?? Thanks to anyone who can elaborate

Yeah the 2 boxes at the front under the electricity meter. When cablewatch install the broadband they need to pull a cable out of one and put it into the other meaning you can't close the doors. And there are open pipes into the house that are essentially exposed as a little entry point for pests as you cant close the white doors. Also it just looks shoddy!

1dav · 02-02-2019 12:04pm

Hi All.

Our caple dishwasher broke yesterday. It drains and fills with water but none of the cleaning cycles start. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks

fret_wimp2 · 02-02-2019 12:16pm

1dav wrote: »

Hi All.

Our caple dishwasher broke yesterday. It drains and fills with water but none of the cleaning cycles start. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Try resetting the dishwasher. It's usually holding a combo of buttons for about 20 seconds, details will be in thr manual or Google will help find them. If thst doesn't work, a replacement is needed. Happened to me in my last place, exact same symptoms. Technician said it wasn't worth repairing, just get a new one under warranty.

Forumsie wrote: »

Yeah the 2 boxes at the front under the electricity meter. When cablewatch install the broadband they need to pull a cable out of one and put it into the other meaning you can't close the doors. And there are open pipes into the house that are essentially exposed as a little entry point for pests as you cant close the white doors. Also it just looks shoddy!

Vodafone installed our broadband and had no such issues. The broadband /phone line box(bottom box) has a pipe leading to a blank socket inside the front door, should you need to bring cable inside. It was already wired up for us so just connect up outside the door and go. Houses are pretry well catered for in relation to network and internet so I suspect there is a better way of doing what you need, rather than a cable comming out of one box into the other.

Worst case, just bore a hole through, so the cables won't have to be brought outside the boxes at all.

1dav · 02-02-2019 12:35pm

Hi fret_wimp2.
I tried to restart it. No success.
Our is out of 2 years warranty unfortunately.

Forumsie · 02-02-2019 3:04pm

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Vodafone installed our broadband and had no such issues. The broadband /phone line box(bottom box) has a pipe leading to a blank socket inside the front door, should you need to bring cable inside. It was already wired up for us so just connect up outside the door and go. Houses are pretry well catered for in relation to network and internet so I suspect there is a better way of doing what you need, rather than a cable comming out of one box into the other.

Worst case, just bore a hole through, so the cables won't have to be brought outside the boxes at all.

I suspect you're an earlier phase than us, there's no vodafone option yet and nothing is wired up already. Also they seem to have mixed up what was to go in each box. I was just so glad to have broadband after 3 months I didn't care. The selotape is only temporary! Well do a permanent solution when we eventually get sky and see way their wires work

fret_wimp2 · 02-02-2019 5:03pm

Forumsie wrote: »

I suspect you're an earlier phase than us, there's no vodafone option yet and nothing is wired up already. Also they seem to have mixed up what was to go in each box. I was just so glad to have broadband after 3 months I didn't care. The selotape is only temporary! Well do a permanent solution when we eventually get sky and see way their wires work

Even if it's not Vodafone, they all connect in the same way.
The only issue I have is the doors on the boxes can fall off bit a bit of duck tape sorts it out.

For us, bottom box has a pipe comming in from the street to being internet. Just hook internet up there and that brings it into the little junction box inside the door. Connecting the wire in the junction box inside the door brings the cable to the utility and from there I can use a simple patch panel to bring internet to all the ports in the house.

Manion · 05-02-2019 7:23pm

Hi sorry to bring bad news. The new Camden houses are currently on fire. Fire brigade on site.

ongarboy · 05-02-2019 7:43pm

Just passed it on train now. Full of fire engines and the roofs of some of the brand new 3 storey terraced houses fronting the canal being hosed down by fire fighters. Hopefully no-one injured.

NC99 · 05-02-2019 7:43pm

Hi,

We just went to check, it's a concerning matter for 4 bed ones it seems. The 3 bed seemed OK with electricity in place. They have diverted the road in front of the 4 bed ones. We'll go and check again in half an hour and I'll try to update if we get something out of them.

Forumsie · 05-02-2019 8:01pm

NC99 wrote: »

Hi,

We just went to check, it's a concerning matter for 4 bed ones it seems. The 3 bed seemed OK with electricity in place. They have diverted the road in front of the 4 bed ones. We'll go and check again in half an hour and I'll try to update if we get something out of them.

Seems to be just one house and on top floor. No smoke coming from below or neighbouring houses

NC99 · 05-02-2019 8:34pm

Forumsie wrote: »

Seems to be just one house and on top floor. No smoke coming from below or neighbouring houses

So we asked the fire brigade personnel, it's 3 houses that have caught fire and it's between the walls of the houses. By the look of it closely, I found the flames coming from the top and not the walls as he said. He didn't answer what caused it and jokingly said 'it was vandalism'. He obviously said 'no I'm joking' later. Pathetic!

MayoSalmon · 05-02-2019 9:23pm

What do the buyers of those houses do in this situation...so unfortunate. That row will now be delayed another couple of months at least I would say.

Can't even imagine buying a brand new â‚¬400,000 house that before you even step foot into it, it has already been through a fire.

Would the bank be happy to provide you a mortgage with that information on the final valuation. Can Ballymore legitimately still sell those houses for the same price?

Forumsie · 05-02-2019 9:29pm

MayoSalmon wrote: »

What do the buyers of those houses do in this situation...so unfortunate. That row will now be delayed another couple of months at least I would say.

Can't even imagine buying a brand new â‚¬400,000 house that before you even step foot into it, it has already been through a fire.

Would the bank be happy to provide you a mortgage with that information on the final valuation. Can Ballymore legitimately still sell those houses for the same price?

I don't think they're all sold. The show house was back open on Saturday and it said on the website, 4 houses (hazel style) for sale and the 3 bed show house

What's curious to me is how it's still burning, it's been hours and lashing rain. There are now pics of the flames (albeit from a distance) on the facebook page. What could cause a new house to burn like that? There's no fittings or fabric to catch fire and the walls should be fire proof.

Note to self, make a fire plan and buy a few more extinguishers for upstairs

MayoSalmon · 05-02-2019 9:47pm

Forumsie wrote:

What's curious to me is how it's still burning, it's been hours and lashing rain. There are now pics of the flames (albeit from a distance) on the facebook page. What could cause a new house to burn like that? There's no fittings or fabric to catch fire and the walls should be fire proof.

There's plenty of fabric in the form of insulation between all the walls and especially in the roof/attic space.

New Development Royal Canal Park D15

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