Scholarstown Wood Rathfarnham

If people want to pay over the odds for houses let them off. Clearly many have not learnt a thing from the past 8 years and we'll continue to see double digit house price increases until the next crash. Demand is one thing, but stupidity is another. You also have to wonder who's really behind these price increases, the banks maybe? Last time I checked you have to get the property valued before the banks will approve and/or draw down a mortgage, the banks could stop these price increases by refusing to value the houses at their silly asking prices. Builders are in business to make money, so they will continue to fleece the punter for as much as they can get away with, its up to us punters and the financial institutions to say no.

But of course we haven't learnt a thing don't forget, so lets start blowing up that bubble again, how big will the bubble get this time I wonder?

Vudgie wrote: »

Anyone know about the latest phase here and when it launches?

They are building away but its all pretty quiet on the marketing front.

I saw the sign in front of the development saying the next phase was being released in September 2017 if that's any help to you?

It's a perfectly nice area. There's one bus stop (15B) right outside and another bus stop (15) a five minute walk away. Fairly standard for most of the Dublin suburbs.

It's definitely in the Rathfarnham area. But Rathfarnham is a huge area. It's kind of on the boundary of Knocklyon/Ballyroan. Technically "Scholarstown", but that doesn't really exist as a placename any more.

For schools it's in the catchment for St. Colmcille's Primary & Secondary. Both highly regarded as two of the best. But there are several other schools in walking distance that are all held in high regard.

Did anyone end up buying here, phase 4 is launching next month

According to the site map on their website, which I'm presuming is for phase four, it's mainly three beds for sale, I see earlier phases were sold by sherry Fitz and now it's DNG, is it unusual for them to change

GingerLily wrote: »

The site map on their website is for phase three.

You'd think they'd update it

GingerLily wrote: »

Where did you hear about phase 4? Have they started advertising it yet?

http://www.regency.ie/projects/scholarstown-wood/

Havnt seen it advertised other than that link

Rang DNG this morning and they confirmed the 4th Phase opening in  early Feb'18. 29 units to be released, no breakdown as of yet in terms of 3 bed/4 bed etc. No Official pricing either for a few weeks. Im sure there'll be an increase on the last phase pricing. 3 bed terrace late 400k region. Very pricey imho. Wouldn't be keen on timber framed, certainly not for that price.

Follow up question on Timber Frame constructions - I was reading more into it and almost everyone can confirm heating and insulation is perfect, so no issues there. I am more concerned about sound proofing and unable to find any relevant read ups, we are planning to buy mid terrace house with neighbors on either side, so this is very important before making the decision.

The estate agent advised to involve Surveyor through Solicitor before signing the contracts who can then look into designs, documents and give his feedback. I believe if we decide to opt out during this stage, there will be additional cost for Surveyor and Solicitor, any alternates to that. I am also following up with the company who provided the timer frames, but not holding my breath there

Anything else we can do to confirm. Please let me know of any personal experience with recent timer frame constructions, thanks...

vikas.kshatriya wrote: »

Follow up question on Timber Frame constructions - I was reading more into it and almost everyone can confirm heating and insulation is perfect, so no issues there. I am more concerned about sound proofing and unable to find any relevant read ups, we are planning to buy mid terrace house with neighbors on either side, so this is very important before making the decision.

The estate agent advised to involve Surveyor through Solicitor before signing the contracts who can then look into designs, documents and give his feedback. I believe if we decide to opt out during this stage, there will be additional cost for Surveyor and Solicitor, any alternates to that. I am also following up with the company who provided the timer frames, but not holding my breath there

Anything else we can do to confirm. Please let me know of any personal experience with recent timer frame constructions, thanks...

We previously lived in a mid terrace timber frame house and the sound proofing was really good, never really heard anything either side unless something really noisy like hammering. I hear more now in my brick built semi d than in that house!

All the three beds look snapped up from this phase already.

I wonder how many houses are left from this phase!

Fairly impossible tbh for anyone to say that timber framed houses are noisier than block ones. There are standards to be met, so on a practical level you're unlikely to notice much difference unless the developer has cut corners. I live in a block-built terraced house and the noise from adjacent houses is worse than the noise we used to get when we lived in an apartment.

Neighbours also play a part - there's no amount of insulation that can keep out the noise of someone who likes to play the stereo full blast, of a dog that barks or children screaming and shouting.

If you're obsessed about noise and quiet, the only advice I can give you is to only buy detached. You cannot buy a semi-D or terraced property and expect absolute peace and quiet.

We had a look at these yesterday, we're looking for design ideas for an extension. Nice houses, very roomy and bright. Not a fan of the tiny back gardens and zero front gardens, but that's the way of modern houses.

None 3-bed has been left. Good news for someone who is interested in because I am going to withdraw my interest after having put down the booking deposit. Unfortunately the contract doesn't contain the subject to loan clause and the developer insists to an unconditional contract. Someone from the cancellation list will be really happy tomorrow!

purple hands wrote: »

Could you explain this part please for a wide-eyed potential FTB?

Usually you can sign a conditional contract which states that you buying the house is subject to you being able to draw down your mortgage when the time comes. If you ran in to difficulty with the bank giving you the money you could pull out and get your 10% deposit back. The developer it would appear is insisting on this clause not being included so once you pay your deposit on signing the contracts your deposit is gone if you try to pull out for whatever reason.

bluewolf wrote: »

Are all new builds everywhere the type with the front doors on the footpath and no front gardens? i'm keeping an eye on the various threads in various locations out of curiosity and they all seem to be the same

Front gardens are gone it would appear. You now seem to have two main types of fronts. In the first type you have a driveway that has your two spots at your house. The other is where you have a line of car parking spots on the side of the road like the front of a shop with numbers written on them designating which house has which one. Scholarstown wood has the first type