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Cardy rock, Balbriggan? - Mod Warning Post #26
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15-06-2011 6:34pm#1
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Well, I am a resident of Cardy Rock. Have been here quite a few years and am very happy in the area. We also moved form a City apartment, lured by cheaper house prices etc.. We have not regretted our move yet! Balbriggan is a great town, most people are friendly enough, good public transpost service to city, and local shopping facilities are improving all the time too.
Cardy Rock itself is a very multi cultural estate, possibly more so than some other estates in Balbriggan. The majority of the properties are private and are owner occupied, however there are some social / council housing units too. Some people don't seem to like this...
Like most areas, we have had some problems, nothing major though. As it's a relatively new and young estate ,there are lots and lots of children, who tend to play in the estate itself ( most would be too young to go off elsewhere), however there is a great green area at the back of the estate which is in the process of being made over. We also have easy access to the beach form here too which is great
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Well, I am a resident of Cardy Rock. Have been here quite a few years and am very happy in the area. We also moved form a City apartment, lured by cheaper house prices etc.. We have not regretted our move yet! Balbriggan is a great town, most people are friendly enough, good public transpost service to city, and local shopping facilities are improving all the time too.
Cardy Rock itself is a very multi cultural estate, possibly more so than some other estates in Balbriggan. The majority of the properties are private and are owner occupied, however there are some social / council housing units too. Some people don't seem to like this...
Like most areas, we have had some problems, nothing major though. As it's a relatively new and young estate ,there are lots and lots of children, who tend to play in the estate itself ( most would be too young to go off elsewhere), however there is a great green area at the back of the estate which is in the process of being made over. We also have easy access to the beach form here too which is great
Sums it up really, any potential future residents just need to read between the lines of that post!0 -
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briankeating wrote: »I live there, it's grand.
It is fairly ethnically diverse and there are a lot of kids. But I don't see this as a negative. Most of the houses in the estate are very well looked after and there is very little noise or messing at night.
Similar experience here to the 2 previous posters who actually live in the estate.
We moved from an area with an awful lot of anti-social behaviour and noise. Yes, every now and again it can get noisy if somebody throws a party over the weekend or there are kids out late playing but that happens everywhere. Even if that does happen you can be guaranteed there is someone who would be out to complain and ask them to turn it down, go home, whatever. In my experience it is nothing even close to what we had in the last house we lived in.
If you're looking to move somewhere that the residents are out and making an effort in the estate and in the community then Cardy Rock is a great example. The only estate run Summer Project in Balbriggan was in Cardy Rock last year and there will be another one this year. Many of the residents volunteer in the wider community which include the local Youth Clubs, sporting clubs, Order of Malta etc, etc. There is a funday planned for the end of the summer, regular cleanups - you get the idea.
Sure there are loads of different families here. So what? We have less different from one another than we have in common.
I'm not saying it's not without its problems. What estate do you know has no problems?
It's a great pity that the main green area is to the back of the estate because it's not great from kids playing out and about point of view. You'd be happier letting your smallies play in a green area if it's visible from your window.
Oh and the seagulls, especially early in the morning, drive many of us up the walls. To be fair though having other family members who live in the Balbriggan area, that's not a problem confined to Cardy Rock!0 -
Oh and the seagulls, especially early in the morning, drive many of us up the walls. To be fair though having other family members who live in the Balbriggan area, that's not a problem confined to Cardy Rock!
Aye, the seagulls drive me up the walls sometimes. I work nights half the time and am regularly woken by a seagull tap dancing on the skylight in my bedroom. We just had an extension out the back to create a new sitting room and sometimes it sounds like an elephant dancing on the roof when there's a few of them up there. Very little I can do about that though I suppose. they/them/theirs
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giant_midget wrote: »Cardy rock... Not for me. I grew up in Balbrggan. I live up in Flemington now the past few years.
If you want to escape the city centre and the noise etc, Then maybe have a look at Balbriggan's more mature area's.. hampton cove, fancourt, flemington, castlelands..
These houses are built to a far superior standard than the cardboard sub villages that cropped up in balbriggan over the past 15 years. Plus there is not usually millions of kids out screaming on the road playing and you have ample parking and reasonable gardens. An all round better package.
Plus these estates are very mature so you only have people who own their houses living there, They don't seem to be full of people renting..
I'm not aware of any cardboard houses in Balbriggan. Would you like to let me know where they are? That's if they've survived the rains of the past couple of days!
When referring to Sub-Villages I'd assume you're talking about the Castlemill Complex? Cardy Rock isn't part of the Castlemill Area at all, but living in the Flemington area you'd know that already wouldn't you?
Each house in the estate is allocated 2 parking spaces. Does the average household need anymore than that? Our gardens are plenty big too.
Saying that properties don't SEEM to be rented is radically different to being able to point out which houses ARE rented.0 -
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I have to agree with that ive just moved out of castleland court i loved it up that end of town but had to move to a more suitable house for the dog and baby on the way! we originally said the furthest north of the town we would go was hampton green or maybe clonard court (as a last resort) but due to some problems while moving (long story!) we are now in new haven bay (even though i was dead set against this end of town!) its not too bad but the south end of town i alot nicer in my opinion, i am actually renting myself but i do prefare more settled estates if i am ever in a position to buy i would definetly buy somewhere like fancourt
Bang on Sarah, The south end of the town is far nicer & thoses houses up in castlelands court are lovely. Just my opinion of course but id rather live in a tent than anywhere up by dunnes or around the garda station (except old breamore) , Grand short term but 100% would never pay for a house in any of these areas. 0 -
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It took a long time for Martello to become like thatMy Brother lives in Martello, and I can honestly say, its the nicest estate that I have ever had the pleasure of being involved in.Yep, I dont live there but go up for the BBQs and have made friends with his neighbours.If I had to move to a smaller house then I wouldnt think twice about it being there.
My brother would say, I have no milk, Ill have to get some from the spare fridge and pop next door for a cup of milk.Now if I dont that where I live, Id get loooked at.
New estates with lots of new people can take a while to get gelled but they do , over time.Having young children playing out the front is a lovely thing, it means that the residence feel safe.
I dont have personal experiance of Cardy Rock, my friend moved out as it was a 3 story and the stairs didnt agree with her.I was VERY jelous of her having a down stairs loo.:D
Either way, welcome to Balbriggan, where ever you end up.The town is GREAT.0 -
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It took a long time for Martello to become like that
I now live in Martello and I like it, I remember you saying you lived up here too, and your shower never worked... well we may not have a shower but Cathy's brother is great as are the rest of the residents! We're having a clean-up day tomorrow.
To the OP if Cardy Rock is anything like Martello, which I get the impression from another post it is, then you would do very well living there! The one thing I found is that it's near on impossible or at least very expensive to socialise in town anymore, because it's so hard to get home. Sometimes it's cheaper for us to book a hotel in the city centre! But if you are moving up here with a family, then that probably isn't an issue you face. Blabriggan has it's downside, like most towns, but it has a huge amount going for it. The rent is cheap, the multicultural side of things I find actually keeps the place pretty safe, I have never had problems with any of my foreign neighbours but can't say the same for some of the Irish! The facilities in the town are great, supermarkets, takeaways, etc.
I grew up down the country and lived ten years on the south side of Dublin, moved up here and felt like a fish out of water, but I definitely call it home now!0
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