Naas Chat Thread

Mancomb Seepgood

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Anyone know what it was like on the M7 this morning Dublin bound? Is snow still causing tailback longer than usual?

Getting out of Naas was the problem,and very slow.Once I was on the N7 it moved quickly enough.

garbeth

Snow not the issue just Volume

HonalD

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Traffic going out the Dublin Road in the mornings is regularly backed up into the town. Most of this is being caused by the lights just before maudlins roundabout. Yesterday it changed from red to green in 10 seconds. It seems to giving priority to cars coming from the left. Has anyone else noticed this?

Maybe there is a fault - report it to the Council for a check and repair.

paddylonglegs

Mancomb Seepgood wrote: »

Getting out of Naas was the problem,and very slow.Once I was on the N7 it moved quickly enough.

Thanks lads

Mancomb Seepgood

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Traffic going out the Dublin Road in the mornings is regularly backed up into the town. Most of this is being caused by the lights just before maudlins roundabout. Yesterday it changed from red to green in 10 seconds. It seems to giving priority to cars coming from the left. Has anyone else noticed this?

There is something very badly wrong there alright.I normally leave the house just after 7 and now run into heavy traffic turning right from Blessington Rd to the Dublin Rd.It only seems to have started this week.

thelawman

Anyone know someone who can service a gas boiler?

john_johnerson

thelawman wrote: »

Anyone know someone who can service a gas boiler?

Martin at RMI Services

Ger at Flynn Heating services.

Both have done mine, can recommend either. It's ballpark 90 quid.

Google either.

badker

Is there an Asian food shop in Naas?

hognef

badker wrote: »

Is there an Asian food shop in Naas?

The only one I'm aware of is on Corban's lane behind Colm McEvoy estate agent next to SuperValu.

beertons

badker wrote: »

Is there an Asian food shop in Naas?

It's called Hailti. Small but has decent stock.

hognef

Kildare bus routes awarded to British operator GoAhead:

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0316/947911-bus-eireann-kildare/

Anyone know anything about the new crowd?

Edit - some more details here: [url] https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/302961/bus-eireann-loses-contracts-for-six-kildare-routes.html[/url]

CeilingFly

hognef wrote: »

Kildare bus routes awarded to British operator GoAhead:

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0316/947911-bus-eireann-kildare/

Anyone know anything about the new crowd?

Edit - some more details here: [url] https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/302961/bus-eireann-loses-contracts-for-six-kildare-routes.html[/url]

Small little company with a few busses and trains dotred here and there.

Turnover of a mere €2.1billion and annual profit of about €150 million.

paddylonglegs

Anyone know if roads will be gritted today? Roads like an ice rink. Wifey trying to get to work

collie0708

Can anyone recommend someone who does roof repair , have a small leak that I need to get sorted.

beertons

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Anyone know if roads will be gritted today? Roads like an ice rink. Wifey trying to get to work

Where's she going? I left the house at 730. Roads untouched but fine.

Anyone use Autowise in Naas Industrial Estate for car repairs? Are they good? Can you recommend any other local garages for car repairs? Sons car ended up in the ditch last night.

Redsoxfan

Deleted User wrote:

Anyone use Autowise in Naas Industrial Estate for car repairs? Are they good? Can you recommend any other local garages for car repairs? Sons car ended up in the ditch last night.

Have used before based on a recommendation and was happy.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Any recommendations for paint touch up on a car ? Couple of nasty scratches I want to take care of

HONKEY TONK

I need the same done with deep scratches

Redsoxfan

There is a fella in Salinns that poster Lex Luthor recommended to me before. Can't recall the details now and that is so long ago he may be gone by now.

Edit - Dave O'Rourke (045) 879572

cunnijo

Folks

With Alo Donegan now gone from the Limerick Road is there anywhere or anyone in Naas that carries out TV HIFi repairs? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

paddylonglegs

cunnijo wrote: »

Folks

With Alo Donegan now gone from the Limerick Road is there anywhere or anyone in Naas that carries out TV HIFi repairs? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

There is A. Donegan on the main st, they are obviously music based but they do carry stereo and electrics. They could be a good place to start anyway.

paddylonglegs

For anyone that lives in estates without management fees, how do you deal with collecting money for grass cutting and get money out of people? We are a small estate of 21 houses. We normally get 10 - 12 houses that contribute, asking €50 per year. Of the other 8 or so houses, they just won't contribute (don't ask).

Has anyone had to deal with this before, how do you approach the difficult houses and steer them to contribute? All the houses are kept up to date with finances and how many cuts we can get based on how much money is there. One thing we can't do is name and shame, it won't get anywhere and if anything it will alienate people further.

Any tips? Not looking forward to having to go through this again...

Mantis Toboggan

paddylonglegs wrote: »

For anyone that lives in estates without management fees, how do you deal with collecting money for grass cutting and get money out of people? We are a small estate of 21 houses. We normally get 10 - 12 houses that contribute, asking €50 per year. Of the other 8 or so houses, they just won't contribute (don't ask).

Has anyone had to deal with this before, how do you approach the difficult houses and steer them to contribute? All the houses are kept up to date with finances and how many cuts we can get based on how much money is there. One thing we can't do is name and shame, it won't get anywhere and if anything it will alienate people further.

Any tips? Not looking forward to having to go through this again...

I've no experience with this apart from contributing myself, just wondering what response did you get from the houses which would not contribute?

beertons

I collect on my road. 31 houses. Have got it up to 22 paid as of last year. Some renters don't understand. And they don't inform their landlords. Key for me is to know their first name when they answer the door, and just a brief chat about what you'd like to do in the estate for the following year. I wanted to have a bbq after a clean up, but was shot down, as it would bring out all the non payers for the food. I might go down the line of showing all the houses, the list from the previous years, of who paid and who didn't. We need to get the funds in this year, as the tree's need to be cut back, and those guys ain't cheap.

WishUWereHere

beertons wrote: »

I collect on my road. 31 houses. Have got it up to 22 paid as of last year. Some renters don't understand. And they don't inform their landlords. Key for me is to know their first name when they answer the door, and just a brief chat about what you'd like to do in the estate for the following year. I wanted to have a bbq after a clean up, but was shot down, as it would bring out all the non payers for the food. I might go down the line of showing all the houses, the list from the previous years, of who paid and who didn't. We need to get the funds in this year, as the tree's need to be cut back, and those guys ain't cheap.

Hi

I used to be on our RA and we also had the same problems getting people to pay ( we also charged €50/PA ). But we never got more than ( I think ) 54% to subscribe - & that was only once, normally around 45% paid. We found that a lot of the rentees didn't even know who owned the property, as they ( the rentees ) paid to an estate agent, and trying to get information out of them is like trying to get blood out of a stone.

We wanted to go the same route You mention above ( in bold ), but were warned about issues with Data Protection'. We begrudgingly backed off on this move.

beertons

Every paid member of the association should be allowed to see the sales sheet. Like in Spain, where they stick it up on the notice boards of apartment buildings. I know we're not in Spain though. I'll play it by ear. The landlords on our road don't want to entertain the extra 50 though.

CeilingFly

The difference between a management fee written into the purchase contract and a residents assoc collecting a self imposed fee is immense.

There's simply no obligation you can put on residents, but you can make it attractive to join the association with events, neighbourhood watch, annual collection of large items - all of which apply to paid members only.

But naming / shaming is an absolute no no and a legal minefield.


You could simply have a members list and circulate that

beertons

CeilingFly wrote: »

The difference between a management fee written into the purchase contract and a residents assoc collecting a self imposed fee is immense.

There's simply no obligation you can put on residents, but you can make it attractive to join the association with events, neighbourhood watch, annual collection of large items - all of which apply to paid members only.

But naming / shaming is an absolute no no and a legal minefield.


You could simply have a members list and circulate that

Is that you in number 8? I thought you were away with the army.

paddylonglegs

Tyson Fury wrote: »

I've no experience with this apart from contributing myself, just wondering what response did you get from the houses which would not contribute?

After trying 3 or 4 times, you tend to get the message that people just aren't bothered contributing.