Knightsgate, Rush

aurawindsurfing · 09-09-2019 3:21pm

No such thing as unlimited in Ireland as far as I know. It is always subject to "Fair Usage Policy" which in Three means 30GB which is plenty even for watching Netflix and YouTube ;-)

TedsRevengeP · 11-09-2019 9:50am

Was moving stuff in yesterday and spotted a Sky van at one of the houses. There was a guy putting up a dish.
Chatted to him and he said much the same, no fibre yet. You can get a dish that'll get you your TV channels, but that's it.

shesty · 11-09-2019 11:41am

To be fair, we live in Rush years now and that's pretty much always been the situation.(and I grew up in the area).That's what you get living in the shticks!Not sure if we can even get the broadband/tv package together yet either.Haven't bothered looking.

Dommi1 · 11-09-2019 1:18pm

Is there anyone commuting to city centre via bus/ train?

Have you been able to find an easy route to the train station without driving there?

Brian201888 · 11-09-2019 1:46pm

I've been getting the Fingal Express which is working out well but it's once a day in both directions so only suitable for some people I suppose.

That picks up at the front of the estate by Tesco at 7.30 and I'm getting off at Leeson St at around 8.25-8.30

Shadoy · 11-09-2019 2:14pm

Dommi1 wrote: »

Is there anyone commuting to city centre via bus/ train?

Have you been able to find an easy route to the train station without driving there?

I get the train... you can get any of the buses outside the Garda station which are pretty frequent between 7-8am (10/15 mins apart) The train itself will have plenty of room for standing but unfortunately seats are well taken by the time it reaches Rush.

TedsRevengeP · 12-09-2019 9:36am

Shadoy wrote: »

I get the train... you can get any of the buses outside the Garda station which are pretty frequent between 7-8am (10/15 mins apart) The train itself will have plenty of room for standing but unfortunately seats are well taken by the time it reaches Rush.

What's it like getting the train, and then a bus, back to Rush in the evenings. Getting off the train you could be waiting a while on a bus I guess?

Dommi1 · 12-09-2019 12:33pm

Thank you

Looks like we will be using the Fingal Express to start off and see how it goes.

Another question: What bin company has anyone signed up with?

Shadoy · 12-09-2019 9:32pm

TedsRevengeP wrote: »

What's it like getting the train, and then a bus, back to Rush in the evenings. Getting off the train you could be waiting a while on a bus I guess?

It’s a bit hectic in the evening time between 5-7pm but I tend to get it after 7pm most evenings. The bus is not as frequent in the evening time, usually every 20 mins so depending on your train you might be waiting but so far I’ve only been waiting for a few mins.

gawoo1012 · 14-09-2019 9:32pm

hey folks, can't believe i didn't notice this before but the block work above the double doors leading to the gardens is not finished on any house that I can see...all of the houses in the crescent that i can see as well as the houses that share the same row as the initial 3 bed showhouse...pretty shoddy as this is a.) an eyesore and b.) will ultimately let damp in.

OctoberMammy · 14-09-2019 9:39pm

gawoo1012 wrote: »

hey folks, can't believe i didn't notice this before but the block work above the double doors leading to the gardens is not finished on any house that I can see...all of the houses in the crescent that i can see as well as the houses that share the same row as the initial 3 bed showhouse...pretty shoddy as this is a.) an eyesore and b.) will ultimately let damp in.

I think this was a temporary measure as they may have gone back and added more vents? When we got our keys it wasn't finished, but the builders have gone back and fixed ours over the last couple of days (although it's not painted yet.) It looks like a few still have to be done, so if yours isn't fixed yet I imagine it will be in the next few days.

Brian201888 · 15-09-2019 9:38am

Yeah they've been doing work on them since the end of last week to add more vents

Dommi1 · 15-09-2019 11:08pm

We're finally in 😊 got our keys on Friday now just got lots of unpacking ahead of us.

Need to get the shower door sorted. Has anyone got any recommendations? How much did you pay for the door and installation?

Shadoy · 16-09-2019 8:01am

Dommi1 wrote: »

We're finally in ðŸ˜Š got our keys on Friday now just got lots of unpacking ahead of us.

Need to get the shower door sorted. Has anyone got any recommendations? How much did you pay for the door and installation?

We used Davis Shower Doors and would highly recommend. They supplied and fitted in less than an hour and were very reasonable price wise. Another couple actually got them after us and they were really happy with them also.

Here’s their website - http://www.davisshowerdoors.ie/our-range/

robtr89 · 16-09-2019 2:49pm

gawoo1012 wrote: »

hey folks, can't believe i didn't notice this before but the block work above the double doors leading to the gardens is not finished on any house that I can see...all of the houses in the crescent that i can see as well as the houses that share the same row as the initial 3 bed showhouse...pretty shoddy as this is a.) an eyesore and b.) will ultimately let damp in.

There was letters posted in the doors to let people know that this work would be taking place during the day. It was to add more vents

TheProfessor23 · 16-09-2019 8:56pm

Hi everybody!
We are interested in the 4 bed semi-ds, which have been released in the past few weeks.
Just a quick question, are the houses block built, with timber joist first floors & timber stud walls internally, or are they a complete timber frame house?
Also, is Virgin Broadband available for these houses? I work from home and depend on a high speed fibre connection.
Thanks in advance.

La.la.151515 · 17-09-2019 1:28am

Shadoy wrote: »

We used Davis Shower Doors and would highly recommend. They supplied and fitted in less than an hour and were very reasonable price wise. Another couple actually got them after us and they were really happy with them also.

Here’s their website - http://www.davisshowerdoors.ie/our-range/

Can i ask which size shower door you had to buy? It seems to be between sizes

Shadoy · 17-09-2019 7:04am

La.la.151515 wrote: »

Can i ask which size shower door you had to buy? It seems to be between sizes

The tray itself is 1200mm but with the tiles it’s slightly less. The sliding doors are adjustable by a few mm so they fit in perfect. Not too sure if the hinged ones are adjustable though so if you were planning that option you might need to clarify.

Brian201888 · 17-09-2019 7:33am

Shadoy wrote: »

The tray itself is 1200mm but with the tiles it’s slightly less. The sliding doors are adjustable by a few mm so they fit in perfect. Not too sure if the hinged ones are adjustable though so if you were planning that option you might need to clarify.

We used Davis as well, originally wanted a hinged door but he advised against it as he said the tray was too long and the hinges would sag over time and be an issue.

OctoberMammy · 17-09-2019 9:25am

Can anyone recommend a blinds company? And how quick were they to fit them once ordered? Thanks.

robtr89 · 17-09-2019 9:34am

OctoberMammy wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a blinds company? And how quick were they to fit them once ordered? Thanks.

We used BG Blinds in Skerries - we got all windows done for a reasonable price. We ordered them in August to get the deposit down etc, but we only got them fitted last Friday after flooring was down due to dust going everywhere etc.

Really nice blinds

robtr89 · 17-09-2019 9:37am

TheProfessor23 wrote: »

Hi everybody!
We are interested in the 4 bed semi-ds, which have been released in the past few weeks.
Just a quick question, are the houses block built, with timber joist first floors & timber stud walls internally, or are they a complete timber frame house?
Also, is Virgin Broadband available for these houses? I work from home and depend on a high speed fibre connection.
Thanks in advance.

Virgin isnt in Rush yet, and the estate is yet to be connected by EIR (less said about them the better), but by time 4-beds are complete and habitable, i would like to think Eir would have connected the estate, but I wont hold my breath.

TheProfessor23 · 17-09-2019 6:17pm

robtr89 wrote: »

Virgin isnt in Rush yet, and the estate is yet to be connected by EIR (less said about them the better), but by time 4-beds are complete and habitable, i would like to think Eir would have connected the estate, but I wont hold my breath.

Thanks for your response. EIR do not fill me with confidence, so what is everybody using for internet supply? It's all 4G so?

Dommi1 · 17-09-2019 11:04pm

Shadoy wrote: »

We used Davis Shower Doors and would highly recommend. They supplied and fitted in less than an hour and were very reasonable price wise. Another couple actually got them after us and they were really happy with them also.

Here’s their website - http://www.davisshowerdoors.ie/our-range/

Thaks so much for the info! Will give them a call

robtr89 · 18-09-2019 11:09am

TheProfessor23 wrote: »

Thanks for your response. EIR do not fill me with confidence, so what is everybody using for internet supply? It's all 4G so?

Yes all 4G - and is working fine for me.

Friend of mine, lives down other end of Rush, cant get broadband (again EIR), uses Imagine internet, aerial on roof and costs €60 a month but its extremely reliable and quick.

adox · 18-09-2019 4:30pm

robtr89 wrote: »

Yes all 4G - and is working fine for me.

Friend of mine, lives down other end of Rush, cant get broadband (again EIR), uses Imagine internet, aerial on roof and costs €60 a month but its extremely reliable and quick.

I live down the other end of the town(near the harbour) and have Vodafone for Broadband. Its Fibre to the cabinet and then phone line to the house.

Its very reliable, been with them a few years and can count on one hand the amount of issues Ive had and nothing that wasnt resolved quickly.

If Eir do lay the lines your end you should have the choice of Eir, Vodafone and Sky as the latter two use Eirs lines.

La.la.151515 · 20-09-2019 5:58pm

I dunno if this will be of interest to anyone but we just got our floors and carpets with Matt Britton carpets.

They do a really good discount for any Glenveagh clients due to the fact they do a lot of work for Glenveagh including the 4 bed showhouse. For us, its worked out an awful lot cheaper than any other quote we got, and we priced around a lot of people. Its actually a pity Glenveagh dont advertise it!

We dealt with Matt’s brother Ross in the Dundrum office and he was fantastic, his number is (086)2839185 or his email is ross@mattbritton.ie, just incase its of use to anyone.

Dommi1 · 20-09-2019 7:03pm

A bit of a strange one, but did they put top soil on top of the grass seeds when they seeded the lawns?

The guy just came in and put seeds on top of our half raked ground today. It looks absolutely shocking. Getting them to even do that much has been like pulling teeth.

I'm getting very worried that we're going to be left with a mud pit for the winter...

Brian201888 · 20-09-2019 7:18pm

Yeah not been happy with how the garden is looking, think it will be a real battle to have it grow in and it's been nearly 2 weeks since they did ours.

Brian201888 · 20-09-2019 8:54pm

Anyone know when they plan on switching on the streetlights?

Dr.MickKiller · 20-09-2019 10:55pm

Hi,

I came across this while looking at what to do with new build gardens:

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/gardens/after-the-builders-have-left-first-sort-the-soil-in-your-new-garden-1.2850584

Ours are very symptomatic of the description in the article.

It appears they can suffer from compacted soil, which is a result of heavy building machinery traffic, building materials being stored there etc., and not much is going to grow until they are aerated.

I think I'll be forking and mulching as soon as possible

Eggy 30 · 22-09-2019 9:43am

Hi everyone,

I hope everything is going well in your new homes.

Can I ask, what bin company you have gone with? Do we have any option other than Panda?

TedsRevengeP · 22-09-2019 6:29pm

Anybody started to look into house alarms yet? Taking a look myself and it seems like a minfield out there.

I think our houses can only take a wireless system? Anybody know for sure?

Thanks

OctoberMammy · 23-09-2019 9:08am

Eggy 30 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I hope everything is going well in your new homes.

Can I ask, what bin company you have gone with? Do we have any option other than Panda?

We went with Panda for convenience. Not sure if there are any other options, but I don't think so. Panda are doing an offer at the moment where you get the first 2 months free, so it's handy for all the recycling and general rubbish you have when moving in... (you still have to pay the sign-up fee, though.)

Dommi1 · 23-09-2019 5:47pm

I called a few different companies. Panda seems to be the only ones that servce Rush. If you use them for electricity too they give you a better rate

Dommi1 · 23-09-2019 5:56pm

We're really struggling with internet. I have Eir coming on Thursday and they promised me that they will be able to set the broadband up in the house, but I don't think they fully understood the problem. I'l post an update once they've come out.

I've been using my Virgin Media unlimited sim during the day, but got a message today saying that I've used 80% of my monthly allowance so I don't think the hotspot with a mobile network is a very long term solution.

Is there any way that we can push Eir to get the estate connected? Surely there is something that can be done? Its quite a large amount of houses and I'm sure just about everyone will be looking to get broadband set up.

Brian201888 · 23-09-2019 6:18pm

Dommi1 wrote: »

We're really struggling with internet. I have Eir coming on Thursday and they promised me that they will be able to set the broadband up in the house, but I don't think they fully understood the problem. I'l post an update once they've come out.

I've been using my Virgin Media unlimited sim during the day, but got a message today saying that I've used 80% of my monthly allowance so I don't think the hotspot with a mobile network is a very long term solution.

Is there any way that we can push Eir to get the estate connected? Surely there is something that can be done? Its quite a large amount of houses and I'm sure just about everyone will be looking to get broadband set up.

Eir won't do anything on Thursday, they've had the poor lads in KN out about 10 times now they were saying. There's nothing for them to connect to so they'll come, look at it and leave unfortunately. We've to wait for cabling to be ran to the estate first and there's no timeframe on that. Three's mobile broadband is bearable for me at the moment.

robtr89 · 24-09-2019 9:23am

Dommi1 wrote: »

We're really struggling with internet. I have Eir coming on Thursday and they promised me that they will be able to set the broadband up in the house, but I don't think they fully understood the problem. I'l post an update once they've come out.

I've been using my Virgin Media unlimited sim during the day, but got a message today saying that I've used 80% of my monthly allowance so I don't think the hotspot with a mobile network is a very long term solution.

Is there any way that we can push Eir to get the estate connected? Surely there is something that can be done? Its quite a large amount of houses and I'm sure just about everyone will be looking to get broadband set up.

There is a mail address to send a request to, was mentioned previously on this thread, you get an automated response and then a message to say that you must request from your internet supplier. There is no internet supplier, so we're like dogs chasing our tails. It's ridiculous. Typical Irish culture of passing the baton.

OctoberMammy · 25-09-2019 6:44pm

Brian201888 wrote: »

Eir won't do anything on Thursday, they've had the poor lads in KN out about 10 times now they were saying. There's nothing for them to connect to so they'll come, look at it and leave unfortunately. We've to wait for cabling to be ran to the estate first and there's no timeframe on that. Three's mobile broadband is bearable for me at the moment.

I've been hotspotting my phone (Three network) and it was fine up until a few days ago - around mid-morning it starts to get patchy. Very frustrating! I haven't had a 4G signal in the house for a few days which is worrying... hope Eir get their sh*t together soon.

robtr89 · 27-09-2019 9:06am

OctoberMammy wrote: »

I've been hotspotting my phone (Three network) and it was fine up until a few days ago - around mid-morning it starts to get patchy. Very frustrating! I haven't had a 4G signal in the house for a few days which is worrying... hope Eir get their sh*t together soon.

In general, 3 network has been poor the last couple days, i have noticed that myself; not just in Rush neither.

A solution is to get the pay as you go Vodafone Mobile broadband...
https://n.vodafone.ie/shop/mobile-broadband.html

Their 4G coverage is the best around... head and shoulders above the Three network.

Brian201888 · 27-09-2019 9:14am

Three dongle has been awful the last few days but at the same time I get little to no signal on my Vodafone mobile phone so I wouldn't fancy their one as a great option for the estate either

OctoberMammy · 27-09-2019 9:34am

Thanks, good to know it's not just me. The actual phone reception/bars have been dropping out for me, too.

Brian201888 · 27-09-2019 10:03am

Hopefully Eir decide to run cables once the 2nd phase is done, don't see it happening before then

OctoberMammy · 27-09-2019 10:17am

Brian201888 wrote: »

Hopefully Eir decide to run cables once the 2nd phase is done, don't see it happening before then

Have you heard when the second phase is actually due for completion? They look fairly far along already.

OctoberMammy · 27-09-2019 1:18pm

Re: the crap signal on Three - I was just on to them there, and they said that they were doing works in the area. That engineers were on site today and yesterday investigating. Was promised an update by Monday but hopefully they'll sort it out and it'll return to normal soon.

robtr89 · 29-09-2019 8:24pm

OctoberMammy wrote: »

Re: the crap signal on Three - I was just on to them there, and they said that they were doing works in the area. That engineers were on site today and yesterday investigating. Was promised an update by Monday but hopefully they'll sort it out and it'll return to normal soon.

Sounds good. 3 internet has been horrendous the last week in the estate, and it wasn't just me. Operating on "H+" coverage this week... Funnily enough I could get 4G when I went upstairs in the house

OctoberMammy · 30-09-2019 10:22am

Lads, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to set the timer on the heating to boost. i.e. set it to come on from 5am - 6am to have the house warm for when we get up.

There's a clock on the panel that you can set a time for, and numbers which go from 1-7. But no 'start/end' option. I know that air to water systems are left on 24/7 but is there no option to 'boost' it without getting up and manually doing it?

Also, what's the book icon in the top right hand corner for? It doesn't do anything when I press/hold it down.

The only instruction manual we seem to have is for the water pump panel, which we were told not to mess with the settings of unless we need more hot water at some point.

Anyone?! This is driving me mad. Can't find anything online about it either.

Dr.MickKiller · 30-09-2019 10:48am

OctoberMammy wrote: »

Lads, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to set the timer on the heating to boost. i.e. set it to come on from 5am - 6am to have the house warm for when we get up.

There's a clock on the panel that you can set a time for, and numbers which go from 1-7. But no 'start/end' option. I know that air to water systems are left on 24/7 but is there no option to 'boost' it without getting up and manually doing it?

Also, what's the book icon in the top right hand corner for? It doesn't do anything when I press/hold it down.

The only instruction manual we seem to have is for the water pump panel, which we were told not to mess with the settings of unless we need more hot water at some point.

Anyone?! This is driving me mad. Can't find anything online about it either.

I think this should work (haven't tried it yet):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCyApJ9a9xE

OctoberMammy · 30-09-2019 11:04am

Dr.MickKiller wrote: »

I think this should work (haven't tried it yet):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCyApJ9a9xE

Thanks so much for that - that's it. Will have a go at that later!

bluegal123 · 30-09-2019 11:24am

Hi All

Currently in a merry go round with Eir regarding broadband. They seem to be trying to strongarm me into a contract before they send out engineers which will take place 'within 3-5 working days'
Doesn't seem too believable to me, somehow!
I have sent some emails to local councillors about this, if anyone has the time to do the same, might help if the pressure is coming from other angles too!
My understanding from their replies is there is an officer in charge of broadband connections in Fingal Coco. Maybe they can help us

Knightsgate, Rush

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