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Auburn heights Athlone

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  • 10-07-2020 3:36pm
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    silverfox2020
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Hello All,

    Could you please share your thoughts about Auburn heights,Athlone ? I don’t understand why houses in Auburn heights are listed for a cheaper price when it is so close to Retreat park and Clonbrock court where the house prices are almost double ?

    Any insights is much appreciated.

    Thankyou


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    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    silverfox2020 wrote: »
    Hello All,

    Could you please share your thoughts about Auburn heights,Athlone ? I don’t understand why houses in Auburn heights are listed for a cheaper price when it is so close to Retreat park and Clonbrock court where the house prices are almost double ?

    Any insights is much appreciated.

    Thankyou

    AFAIK the houses are older, possibly not as well insulated. Also the hill there is a fudgker to go up or down.

    That said, its a nice enough area.


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    silverfox2020
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭silverfox2020


    veryangryman wrote: »
    AFAIK the houses are older, possibly not as well insulated. Also the hill there is a fudgker to go up or down.

    That said, its a nice enough area.

    Ahh yes , the hills . Thankyou .


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Grew up there.
    The houses are older as stated.
    Was a lovely place to grow up in the 80s and 90s.
    My mother still lives there.
    Its a quiet estate.


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    Randy Archer
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭Randy Archer


    veryangryman wrote: »
    AFAIK the houses are older, possibly not as well insulated. Also the hill there is a fudgker to go up or down.

    That said, its a nice enough area.

    If are walking or cycling , ya can kinda dodge the two hills a little by cutting through the lane where old Harry’s /Gills shop was and cut through to the old football pitch ?


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Randy Archer wrote: »
    If are walking or cycling , ya can kinda dodge the two hills a little by cutting through the lane where old Harry’s /Gills shop was and cut through to the old football pitch ?

    Indeed you can.


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    Randy Archer
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭Randy Archer


    Lewis_Benson wrote: »
    Indeed you can.

    Does anyone play football on that green area anymore ? I know Auburn Heights FC / AC Celtic used it (and then Anco and now Tormey Villas) but is it used by the residents now ? Please don’t say houses were built on it .


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Randy Archer wrote: »
    Does anyone play football on that green area anymore ? I know Auburn Heights FC / AC Celtic used it (and then Anco and now Tormey Villas) but is it used by the residents now ? Please don’t say houses were built on it .

    No houses.
    But I don't think a game of football has been played on it in possibly 20 year's.


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    silverfox2020
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭silverfox2020


    Lewis_Benson wrote: »
    Grew up there.
    The houses are older as stated.
    Was a lovely place to grow up in the 80s and 90s.
    My mother still lives there.
    Its a quiet estate.

    Thankyou


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    TimHorton
    Registered Users Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭TimHorton


    silverfox2020 wrote: »
    Hello All,

    Could you please share your thoughts about Auburn heights,Athlone ? I don’t understand why houses in Auburn heights are listed for a cheaper price when it is so close to Retreat park and Clonbrock court where the house prices are almost double ?

    Any insights is much appreciated.

    Thankyou

    Drive around both and you can see the difference, House on Left as you enter Auburn Heights (House is on Retreat Road) 1 Auburn Heights sold for 305k recently and it looks like it is being gutted , It is not typical of any of the other house in Auburn Heights


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    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    Randy Archer wrote: »
    Does anyone play football on that green area anymore ? I know Auburn Heights FC / AC Celtic used it (and then Anco and now Tormey Villas) but is it used by the residents now ? Please don’t say houses were built on it .

    Humpty Dumpty Park. I remember there was a corner back up towards Retreat Park. When taking the a corner kick, I'm convinced that the ball was actually higher than the goal posts!!!! Great times though.


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    mr_edge_to_you wrote: »
    Humpty Dumpty Park. I remember there was a corner back up towards Retreat Park. When taking the a corner kick, I'm convinced that the ball was actually higher than the goal posts!!!! Great times though.

    It was..


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    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    mr_edge_to_you wrote: »
    Humpty Dumpty Park. I remember there was a corner back up towards Retreat Park. When taking the a corner kick, I'm convinced that the ball was actually higher than the goal posts!!!! Great times though.

    Not forgetting the manhole in the middle of the pitch too :)


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    Randy Archer
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭Randy Archer


    Saint_Mel wrote: »
    Not forgetting the manhole in the middle of the pitch too :)

    Oh god the memories. Yes, the man hole ,that was a great spot for defenders to smash up the opposition

    I recall there was a slight rise at that end of the pitch , great for chubby defenders to slow down the play lol


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    silverfox2020
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭silverfox2020


    TimHorton wrote: »
    Drive around both and you can see the difference, House on Left as you enter Auburn Heights (House is on Retreat Road) 1 Auburn Heights sold for 305k recently and it looks like it is being gutted , It is not typical of any of the other house in Auburn Heights

    Thankyou. Yes , I saw on daft when it came on the market , it used to be a lodge it seems ..

    We saw one house at Auburn heights, it was ok-ish but it’s been in the market for a long time.. we were told different stories, one said it was haunted as 2 families who lived there died. Few said they were growing weeds in the garden, we also saw some shed and over grown garden ..

    As of now, we dropped the plans to look out in Auburn heights.


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    silverfox2020 wrote: »
    Thankyou. Yes , I saw on daft when it came on the market , it used to be a lodge it seems ..

    We saw one house at Auburn heights, it was ok-ish but it’s been in the market for a long time.. we were told different stories, one said it was haunted as 2 families who lived there died. Few said they were growing weeds in the garden, we also saw some shed and over grown garden ..

    As of now, we dropped the plans to look out in Auburn heights.

    Haunted eh?


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    silverfox2020
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭silverfox2020


    Lewis_Benson wrote: »
    Haunted eh?

    Yep that’s what we were told. But they also told they were alcoholic .. probably they’d meant whoever lives there dies , not sure ..


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    silverfox2020 wrote: »
    Yep that’s what we were told. But they also told they were alcoholic .. probably they’d meant whoever lives there dies , not sure ..

    What house number was it?
    Iff you'd rather not put it here, send me a private message.


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    TragicJohnson
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    silverfox2020 wrote: »
    Yep that’s what we were told. But they also told they were alcoholic .. probably they’d meant whoever lives there dies , not sure ..

    Everyone dies, does that mean every house is haunted?


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    silverfox2020
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭silverfox2020


    TragicJohnson wrote: »
    Everyone dies, does that mean every house is haunted?

    I agree to your point, terming a house haunted just because there were deaths is far fetched. I didn’t take that point seriously it looked more like a jealousy or neighbors who were in bad terms.

    But my concern on that house was the shed and overgrown garden around it. it looked suspicious and the house has been in the market for over a year.


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