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Threat of flooding in Kildare

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  • 22-06-2011 11:26am
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    Ratzo Rizzo
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    I'm looking to buy a house at the moment and County Kildare has some nice possibilities. Given the devestation that the floods caused in late 2009 what areas would be considered high risk? Are there any aerial shots of areas affected?
    Any info would be very useful in helping me make a decision where to buy. :)


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    Moonbeam
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    What areas are you thinking of? It is a big county!


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    BaronVon
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    Buy on elevated ground away from the liffey and you'll be grand!


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    Ratzo Rizzo
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Ratzo Rizzo


    Moonbeam wrote: »
    What areas are you thinking of? It is a big county!

    Yes, it is a big county with plenty of property at decent prices. It's more of a general question really, in so much as I'd like to know which areas to avoid...


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    prospect
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    A lot of houses in Sallins flooded last year, but I think that was to do with a problem with an undersized storm drain, which has since been resolved.


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    Crackity Jones
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    prospect wrote: »
    A lot of houses in Sallins flooded last year, but I think that was to do with a problem with an undersized storm drain, which has since been resolved.

    One place I'd stay away from if I were you..

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63298921


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    Orion
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    I'm in maynooth ten years and i've seen no floods.

    Celbridge has seen bad floods as have parts of sallins. Kilcock has been flood free afaik.


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    bulmersgal
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    not all of Celbridge only some parts, I live near enough to the liffey but our estate is raised most of the house on the arclough side didn't get flooded in 2009. One estate got flooded but its not even near liffey it has small little stream through it and also the main street got badly flooded.


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    Corruptedmorals
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    Only one small area in Leixlip is ever affected, near the village. The vast majority of it is absolutely fine, most of it quite elevated.


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    cyrusdvirus
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    I bought in Leixlip 2 years ago, and the insurance company told me that my area had been flooded in the last 20 yrs so they'd have the details.

    If you ring one of the insurance companies, they might share the info on flooding


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    Brian CivilEng
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    No need to ring insurance companies, all the info on floods in Ireland is located in a database maintained by the OPW and provided online here: http://www.floodmaps.ie/

    Never buy a house without consulting this website.


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    Ratzo Rizzo
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Ratzo Rizzo


    abitofacomedian wrote: »
    No need to ring insurance companies, all the info on floods in Ireland is located in a database maintained by the OPW and provided online here: http://www.floodmaps.ie/

    Never buy a house without consulting this website.

    Excellent link! Deserves to be a sticky... (...if it isn't one already!)


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    Ratzo Rizzo
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Ratzo Rizzo


    In general, how did Rathangan fare in the big floods of late 2009??


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    TheBody
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    Orion wrote: »
    I'm in maynooth ten years and i've seen no floods.

    Celbridge has seen bad floods as have parts of sallins. Kilcock has been flood free afaik.


    Parts of Meadowbrook/beaufield/Parson street flooded badly in winter of 2000 I think it was. My house in Meadowbrook was flooded up to the second step on the stairs.


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    Major Lovechild
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    Rathanganistan fared ok in the floods.

    Wo ist die Gemütlichkeit?



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    Ratzo Rizzo
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Ratzo Rizzo


    Major Lovechild wrote: »
    Rathanganistan

    Rathanganistan!?!?!
    Apart from potential flooding which apparently isn't too big a threat, what do I need to know about the area that it has a monicker like that?!


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    L1011
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    Orion wrote: »
    I'm in maynooth ten years and i've seen no floods.
    .

    You may have been away when Parson Street and Meadowbrook flooded then...

    There's been works which should help with that, clearing and culverting parts of the Meadowbrook river, etc.

    There were also floods to the basements on Mill Street in the early 1990s but there's been improvement works for there too. This was so long ago that the apartment buildings opposite Manor Mills didn't exist and there was a derelict shop on the site! Don't think its flooded since.


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