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Areas to buy in

  • 29-03-2005 12:57pm
    #1
    DerryRed
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭


    My wife and I are looking to buy our first house soon and we have a budget of approx €275k.

    We both work in Dublin so we are looking mainly at places on the train line.

    Areas that we have narrowed it down to are

    Gormanston
    Balbriggan
    Rush
    Celbridge
    Newbridge
    Leixlip
    Clonsilla
    Coolmine/Carpenterstown
    Cabra/Broombridge

    Any advice on which of these areas are recommended would be welcome as I'm not a local and unfamiliar with all of them.


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  • #2
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    don't have any knowledge on some you have mentioned

    Balbriggan - pretty far from Dublin
    Rush - also pretty far
    Celbridge - 40 mins on the bus to city centre - great place
    Newbridge - pretty far from dublin
    Leixlip - same distance from city centre as celbrige but not as nice (my opinion)
    Clonsilla - not sure about the rep of there, I think you would have to get advice on which area of clonsilla to buy in (afaik)
    Cabra - I wouldn't recommend it

    personally I love Celbridge and am actually in the process of buying a house there at the moment, also it's worth a note to say that you can at least find a house for the amount you have to spend and it's in a safe area - you can find a 3 bedroomed house in the Castletown area of Celbridge for 245k approx

    I presume you are working in Dublin, it would help to know where as there is no point buying a house the far side of the city or you'll spend half your life travelling to it!


  • #3
    full forward
    Closed Accounts Posts: 255 ✭✭full forward


    Maynooth is also nice and its very easy rent out a room or two to students.


  • #4
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    full forward wrote:
    Maynooth is also nice and its very easy rent out a room or two to students.

    though the down side is
    you'd have to live in a town full of students... ;)


  • #5
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    swords?


  • #6
    idontknowmyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭idontknowmyname


    Balbriggan isn't far from town- it's 20 miles and with flowing traffic can take 30-35 minutes to get home straight down the M1.

    Its by the sea too, has 4 supermarkets, loads of schools, all the major banks, has a good commuter train, Bus Eireann and 33 Dublin Bus routes. Also has a Bus Eireann Night Rider and Nite Link you can get at night.

    House prices are increasing but are still fairly reasonable.


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  • #7
    idontknowmyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭idontknowmyname


    Gormanston is pretty rural and has no housing developments. It's probably Stamullen that you're thinking of as a few new estates have been built there but again fairly rural and you need a car.

    Rush doesn't have any supermarkets (well excluding Eurospar) so you have to travel to get the groceries. Don't like the place myself. Bit out of the way.


  • #8
    imeatingchips
    Closed Accounts Posts: 291 ✭✭imeatingchips


    Donabate's alright too. New apartments there about a 100 yards from the train station.


  • #9
    ixus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭ixus


    would recommend Maynooth over Leixlip/Celbridge, t

    for commuting, trains are more frequent than celbridge and it can be close to full by the time you hit Leixlip i.e. no seat. Bus adds 10mins unless you get a 66x which goes on motorway in morning.

    nightlife/weekend, there's a better choice of pubs/restaraunts.
    shopping facilities much better.
    there's also a serious amount of houses being built over the next 2 years so you will have a better choice.

    ever check out clane/kilcock?


  • #10
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    if u want good return on investment ,ie 10percent capital appreciation buy in cabra away from main road or pub, or near city centre ,u can easily get house in clonsilla 4 240k cos prices have stalled there due to competion loads of new estates being built but the traffic is heavy during daytime and at morn,evening rushour, make sure not to buy house thats close or bordering on, to corporation estate or pubs shops,good rebrick in cabra is a good investment ,it depens on what area u work in,think of time commuting and travel times ,traffic levels vary in different areas.


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