Barnwell, Hansfield, near Ongar, Dublin 15

Dublin Mum

To clarify I didn't refer to the area as being a ghetto, I said that's what we were warned 16 years ago it would become.

By "no go" I meant that I wouldn't allow my soon to be teenager to walk through the village or the green with friends given the violent gangs hanging around that area. Nor would I walk through the area in the evening myself or meet friends over there for a meal or a drink alone or with other female friends. Not scaremongering I'm just saying that for many of us (my neighbours and parents I meet at my children's school), that's what it is to us. Not feeling safe enough to be in an area alone makes it "no go" to me.

ongarboy

Fair point. I do see where you are coming from now. That is such a pity that you or your friends don't feel safe and no one should have to feel like that in their own neighborhood. I would say to make a point of contacting your local recently elected councillors to see what can be done about that. Many of their manifestos were about tackling crime and anti social behavior.

Qrt

What forms of anti-social behaviour are we talking about? If it’s vandalism or intimidation then that needs to be knocked on the head, but if it’s just bog-standard teenagers sitting on a wall, that’s an issue of nowhere else to go. Youth Services in this country can sometimes be too proactive. SDCC are planning a “hangout area” of sorts somewhere (I can’t recall 100%) but basically they copped on that teenagers just like sitting on a wall socialising.

Nijmegen

Gangs of teenagers hanging around can be a problem. In Hollywoodrath for example a few times now groups have been over from Tyrrelstown egging houses and giving abuse to residents in the park, basically milling around causing trouble for a bit of entertainment.

IndianDublin

They have few 4 beds left from this phase and but they also say new launch will be in September 2019, but this is close to station, anybody planning to book in this launch, whats your thoughts?

Phil.x

When is the short cut from allendale roundabout to hansfield station going yo be opened, its where the green will eventually be.

ongarboy

Phil.x wrote: »

When is the short cut from allendale roundabout to hansfield station going yo be opened, its where the green will eventually be.

It looks like they are starting to lay down footpaths on that road from the Station Road side. Activity seems to have ramped up in recent weeks on the new green area that is to be created next to it (lots of diggers at work clearing the ugly mountains of earth/ levelling the area etc). I'd say that will have to be completed before they open up the access to pedestrians as it would be a safety hazard to allow pedestrians on that road until all adjacent construction activity is completed.

Without that access, I'd say it's almost quicker for Hansfield Wood walking train commuters to walk to Clonsilla then have to circle all the way back to Hansfield Station.

vivster

Hi X-Ace,

X-Ace wrote: »

Hi,

Just a questions for guys who bought the house in Barnwell. Received my initial snag yesterday, and I was wondering how long was the turn around time for the guys to send out a completion notice to the scolitor and how long after did they want the funds to be drawndown ?

Thanks,

Seeing as there was no follow-up to this, hope your purchase-and-completion went through smoothly. We’ve just got an email inviting us to send a snagger in. Any advice on how long it takes, from snagging to drawdown?

Crunchy Friends

We snagged 15th March and got the keys 17th April. Be warned, when we went back to re-check, they had done very little (I think this is the usual story with the builders). The re-check was about 2 weeks after the snag, we got them to agree to do a few more bits from the snag they hadn't completed, and keys were in hand on 17th April. Best of luck with it!

kevincool

Did anyone covert their attic in barnwell woods? Do you we need permission for it?

vivster

Crunchy Friends wrote: »

We snagged 15th March and got the keys 17th April. Be warned, when we went back to re-check, they had done very little (I think this is the usual story with the builders). The re-check was about 2 weeks after the snag, we got them to agree to do a few more bits from the snag they hadn't completed, and keys were in hand on 17th April. Best of luck with it!

Thanks for that! Any advice on something to look out for? Is there a recurring pattern that folks are aware of, that we should really insist on the builder fixing? I've had friends and colleagues talk about thermal cracking. Is this serious? Is it usually fixed by the builder?

Sorry if these are particularly obvious questions. This is our first time buying a house.

myshirt

vivster wrote: »

Thanks for that! Any advice on something to look out for? Is there a recurring pattern that folks are aware of, that we should really insist on the builder fixing? I've had friends and colleagues talk about thermal cracking. Is this serious? Is it usually fixed by the builder?

Sorry if these are particularly obvious questions. This is our first time buying a house.

You are going to get settlement cracks in any new house for the first two or three years. You will break your heart chasing them. Don't aggressively heat the house, and don't aggressively cool it down. Let it heat up and cool down naturally and get yourself some flexible filler and a flexible blade knife. Any crack you could get a coin into then get on the blower to the builder and get them to fix it. Anything you can't, they'll tell you to jog on so that's why you need the flexible filler.

Ask the builder for a small pot of paint for touch ups aswell. Everyone will bang off your walls, your stairs, your doors, etc, when you are fitting out the house.

And insist on everything in your snag getting done. Right down to flushing the toilet if they've used it and not had the courtesy to flush. Open every door. Bang every door. Press every button. It's hundreds of thousands of euro. Of your money.

vivster

Thanks for the advice w.r.t to snagging. We're finished with that whole process now and are looking to move in soon. Any advice on waste collection companies? I tried to look online and CityBin don't seem to be present in Dublin 15 and neither does Greenstar. Is Panda the only option? How good are they?

Crunchy Friends

vivster wrote: »

Thanks for the advice w.r.t to snagging. We're finished with that whole process now and are looking to move in soon. Any advice on waste collection companies? I tried to look online and CityBin don't seem to be present in Dublin 15 and neither does Greenstar. Is Panda the only option? How good are they?

We use Thorntons so that’s an option for you! We pay €18 a month for a biweekly collection of green, brown and black bins (up to 40kg) - works for us as there’s just the two of us. Not sure would that be enough for a larger family! They collect Thursday mornings and it’s green bin one week, black and brown the next, and so on...

vivster

Crunchy Friends wrote: »

We use Thorntons so that’s an option for you! We pay €18 a month for a biweekly collection of green, brown and black bins (up to 40kg) - works for us as there’s just the two of us. Not sure would that be enough for a larger family! They collect Thursday mornings and it’s green bin one week, black and brown the next, and so on...

There's just the two of us as well. So that should work for us, as well. How good are they, in terms of collection? Also, their website url]https://thorntons-recycling.ie[/url doesn't seem to work :mad:

Crunchy Friends

vivster wrote: »

There's just the two of us as well. So that should work for us, as well. How good are they, in terms of collection? Also, their website url]https://thorntons-recycling.ie[/url doesn't seem to work :mad:

At the start the service was definitely a little shaky (we were one of the first who moved into the estate so they didn’t have many customers’ but I’d say once we were about a month in all issues were resolved and I didn’t have any trouble with them. Collection is like clockwork each week. Lots of houses in the estate use them now.
The other option some people have gone for is Panda!

vivster

Crunchy Friends wrote: »

At the start the service was definitely a little shaky (we were one of the first who moved into the estate so they didn’t have many customers’ but I’d say once we were about a month in all issues were resolved and I didn’t have any trouble with them. Collection is like clockwork each week. Lots of houses in the estate use them now.
The other option some people have gone for is Panda!

Many thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated. Guess, we'll go with Thornton's as well.

vivster

We've moved in now, and have been with Thornton's for the past two weeks! Works well for us.

A quick query: any advice on where to recycle glass nearby? Thornton's doesn't allow glass (bottles or otherwise) in its recycling bin [or any other bin, for that matter]

Crunchy Friends

vivster wrote: »

We've moved in now, and have been with Thornton's for the past two weeks! Works well for us.

A quick query: any advice on where to recycle glass nearby? Thornton's doesn't allow glass (bottles or otherwise) in its recycling bin [or any other bin, for that matter]

There’s a bottle bank at the back of McDonalds in Blanchardstown and there’s also the Coolmine Recycling Centre down at power city! Those are the two I know of anyway, there may be others!

ongarboy

Welcome to the area!

The nearest to Hansfield is in Little Pace Shopping centre (turn right at the last roundabout before the traffic lights for joining the M3/city bound motorway) and the bottle banks are located in the carpark on the left hand side - entrance further up just before the Paddocks pub.

StoptheClocks

Crunchy Friends wrote: »

There’s a bottle bank at the back of McDonalds in Blanchardstown and there’s also the Coolmine Recycling Centre down at power city! Those are the two I know of anyway, there may be others!

There is one in the millennium carpark opposite power city too. It was also used for dropping off xmas trees last year.

vivster

StoptheClocks wrote: »

There is one in the millennium carpark opposite power city too. It was also used for dropping off xmas trees last year.

Thanks all, for your suggestions! Most helpful. After the Christmas libations, we may have [ahem] a few bottles to recycle responsibly :-)

kevincool

Did anyone install a Nest hello video doorbell in their home? Do you recommend it?
Any installers you guys know off?

OfflerCrocGod

I installed one in Hansfield Wood with no need to change the fuse box. Chances are that Barnwell would be the same. I imagine it's already 24v, take a look at your bell transformer. Post a picture.

kevincool

OfflerCrocGod wrote: »

I installed one in Hansfield Wood with no need to change the fuse box. Chances are that Barnwell would be the same. I imagine it's already 24v, take a look at your bell transformer. Post a picture.

This is mine

OfflerCrocGod

kevincool wrote: »

This is mine

Looks like it only goes to 12v, so you'll have to replace it with one that goes up to 24v. "din rail mountable 24v transformer" shows this in Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Navaris-Door-Bell-Transformer-12V/dp/B07J2NWYC4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=din+rail+mountable+24v+transformer&qid=1577613364&sr=8-1

userduluth

Apologies for digging old thread,
Barnwell Park:Any one has info on this as to when these are opening up for booking?

spicebagnoveg

Has anyone registered their interest for the next launch in Barnwell Park? and any idea of the 3-4 bedroom house price?

userduluth

I contacted Kelly Walsh and as per them they are getting loads of enquiries and also express of interest but, they don't have definite date for this launch as they are also waiting for builder to come back...

spicebagnoveg

userduluth wrote: »

I contacted Kelly Walsh and as per them they are getting loads of enquiries and also express of interest but, they don't have definite date for this launch as they are also waiting for builder to come back...

I see.. we contacted them recently and got almost the same answer too. They're looking to launch sometime the end of this year. Hopefully we'll get some more updates soon.