East Wall, Dublin 3

CGra

I'm sale agreed on a house in East Wall and was wondering if anybody has any recommendations for home insurance? I'm struggling to get flood cover as EW it's classed as a flooding risk area. Thanks.

AngryLips

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121351735#Comment_121351735

i was able to get home insurance via AA and also through Cornmarket that covered flood damage. For Cornmarket, I think I had to speak to the broker and get some sort of letter from the council about flood remdiation works before they would offer the insurance.

Alicano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121351735#Comment_121351735

This comes up every odd year. East Wall experienced severe flooding in 2002 Afterwards DCC invested heavily in flood relief works. To a point that it's one of the best areas along Dublin's coast for flood defense but insurers don't seem to have updated their database. I had zero issues getting home insurance. All they required was verbal confirmation that I was 800m or more away from river (which I am). In all my time living here I haven't seen anything more than a puddle, even during July with all that constant rain. So shop around with insurers ( who are eejits anyway). It's the safest area I've ever lived in yet Insurance companies mark it as higher risk. Once a year a kid does a knick knack on the door.. That's as dangerous as it gets! Congrats on the purchase and welcome to the neighbourhood.

CGra

Thanks so much! I’ve requested a letter from DCC confirming all the works they’ve done, so hopefully that’ll make my life a bit easier :)!

orangerhyme

What is the perception of TD Neasa Hourigan at a local level?

Does he have a chance of retaining his seat in next election?

spurious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121392666#Comment_121392666

Is she identifying as he now?

Alicano

Anyone else feel like they're surrounded in a building site the last 6 months or so? On all sides its construction. Traffic congestion has gone crazy along Alfie Byrne now that it's single lane. Works along East Wall road seem be be snail paced at best. Marshal Yard is flying up but its a huge project. Castleforbes.. Clontarf to city project.. There's just dust everywhere! 🙈

Gloomtastic!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121811255#Comment_121811255

It’s the whole of North Dublin. Pavements being replaced, utilities and the cycle lanes. Then you have private builders on virtually every road as well. Country’s awash with money for building work……

AngryLips

And all the streets are mucky almost all the time as a result. Can't get over the slow progress of the hotel going in at the junction of Alfie Byrne and East Wall Road.

Gloomtastic!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121812225#Comment_121812225

They haven’t signed up an operator for the hotel yet so putting their money into finishing off the rest of the development.

Alicano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119856846#Comment_119856846

Credit where its due. I've been astounded at the speed of the Marshall yard development. I hope someone on site has done a time-lapse video for it. It is flying up. I'm really looking forward to that entire site being finished and all landscaped. It'll have a big positive impact on that area. From housing people, to being prettier, to an increased sense of being safer for those walking alone at irregular hrs. I'm excited. Sad middle aged I know.. But excited 😄

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119903487#Comment_119903487

how's that going for the heroes of east wall? i live about a 5 minute walk from this DP centre by the way and they're not causing any problems, biggest problem are local scumbags flying around on stolen motorbikes and scramblers so far, but the working class seem fine with that

Thelonious Monk

https://twitter.com/kingkane/status/1768666989109588015

for those of us who cycle to these shops, look out for these little c**nts

spurious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121901300#Comment_121901300

What a bonus it is to have such types living among us. The people who buy the robbed bikes are as bad.

Give me the DP folk any day.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121851540#Comment_121851540

Is it all social housing or a mixed development?

Alicano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121910971#Comment_121910971

Hi. My understanding is its all BTR. You can see all the pics and info here. Its a huge improvement for that area.

Marshall Yard | Residential | O'Mahony Pike Architects (omahonypike.ie)

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121927269#Comment_121927269

Thanks for linking.

Its a shame there isnt some option to purchase, but a great development regardless.

AngryLips

Can anyone local to the area recommend insurance companies offering cover without a flood damage exemption?

Middleage Fanclub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122382378#Comment_122382378

Allianz

AngryLips

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122393727#Comment_122393727

hmm, weird, they actually exclude flood protection for my specific address. The only providers offering flood cover that I've found so far is through Arachas and also the AA. Wonder if it is address specific.

Middleage Fanclub

Maybe, I actually asked them to cut the flood protection out of my policy as it was a big chunk of my premium. My house was 6m above sea level so my view was there was no way the water table was going to rise that high. The houses over on West road may be another story

AngryLips

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122397554#Comment_122397554

How do you even check how many meters your house is above water?

Esel

GPS for one?

Middleage Fanclub

After a quick google https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-vx4s/Ireland/ zoom in and click on your house

COH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122382378#Comment_122382378

RSA

AngryLips

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122433112#Comment_122433112

So far I have: AA, RSA (123.ie) and Arachas

Alicano

Gorgeous bit of landscaping done at the corner of east wall road / alfie byrne road ( on the Fairview park side). Amazing what some money and some effort can do. I'm years asking DCC and the NEIC greening strategy wtf is going on as EW was part of the greening strategy plan started around 2019. Local councilor told me this year that it was held up for years over 'who will pay for it'.. Christ almighty. This tiny corner shows what a great visual change can be achieved with greening. They will do the opposite corner once the slowest built hotel in ireland is completed.

In not so gorgeous news.. I cannot belve they are digging up the bike lane along the hotel / campus petrol station. Who is responsible for this project? It is a mess. And someone randomly works on it for one day every 3rd month.

odyssey06

A local institution, Curtis Butchers, closing its doors after 61 years.

Will be missed especially for its Christmas displays.

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/legendary-dublin-family-butchers-shuts-29933037

Alicano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122708391#Comment_122708391

Ah sad. That's at the end of my road. A real institution for original locals I'm sure. I wonder what will replace it?. It could really do with a renovation. Bakery would be cool.

Alicano

I think we should all bet 5 euro and guess the month that the canavan motors hotel might be finished and open for business 😁 Prize goes to charity! My God.. The entire Marshall yard development will be finished before it. Can anyone remember when work started? Was it last year? Nobody ever came back to fix the tarmac job on the new bike lane outside campus. Dug up less than 2 months after completion. The whole east wall road works have been abysmal. Cheap standard and took an age to complete. Compared to the port greenway. Massive difference. The greenway is brilliant. And money was spent on materials. Sorry for the rant. I’m just tired being surrounded by construction.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122811904#Comment_122811904

that hotel is ridiculous, it's like they came back to do more of the cladding but now they've stopped again. it's going to be a moxy hotel apparently, hopefully there's a bar that does decent food.

yeah it's disgraceful they dug up the lane and didn't fix it, how they get away with that sh*t is beyond me.

AngryLips

I hear the gym on Church Road is being turfed out of its current location. They've advised members they'll be relocating but does anyone have any idea where they'll be relocating to? The space above Lidl would be perfect for a gym, would mean new facilities too.

spurious

Was that not the original plan for the LIDL 'upstairs'?

I remember thinking there would be a one stop shop, Maccers and the gym. :)

COH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122814994#Comment_122814994

The Church road property was sold a couple years ago so I'd say the writing has been on the wall for that gym for a while now.

Rent aside the fit out on the upstairs Lidl unit would be insanely expensive - its close to 20,000 square feet. If the likes of Flyefit didnt touch it then I'd say nobody else will either I'm afraid. I agree it would be great though and hope I'm wrong!

COH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122814994#Comment_122814994

They are moving into the warehouse just to the rear of their current unit on the corner of Shelmalier Rd

Thelonious Monk

Anyone having issues with stones being thrown from tracks lately in the area? Last few weeks so many houses have had windows smashed by big rocks thrown from the freight line that goes to North Wall. Yesterday in broad daylight they smashed up cars and windows on strandville and northbrook, there was a girl screaming and hiding in the corner while her car was being destroyed.

Garda took 4 hours to show up.

Where are the concerned parents and heroes of East Wall when you need them?

Looks like it has been going on for a while too

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/our-home-is-under-attack-elderly-couple-living-in-fear-as-youths-launch-rocks-from-rail-tracks/a1601476028.html

Murph_D

Joe Duffy covered this last week.