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    #452
    Reesi
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Reesi


    We have a deposit down on 3 bed middle house.  Does anybody know if with these new builds you could build a porch in front of the house so you wouldn’t step into the living room?  Does it say anything in the contract about not being allowed to make any modifications or to change the look of the house on the outside?


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    #453
    robo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭robo


    Reesi wrote: »
    We have a deposit down on 3 bed middle house.  Does anybody know if with these new builds you could build a porch in front of the house so you wouldn’t step into the living room?  Does it say anything in the contract about not being allowed to make any modifications or to change the look of the house on the outside?

    I am not too sure about porches but I think someone else was telling me that you can have a partition added to the sitting room so you have a divide between the sitting room and a hall. However, your best bet is to check with Harcourt or the Estate Agents before you sign anything.


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    #454
    yoyo
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    Reesi wrote: »
    We have a deposit down on 3 bed middle house.  Does anybody know if with these new builds you could build a porch in front of the house so you wouldn’t step into the living room?  Does it say anything in the contract about not being allowed to make any modifications or to change the look of the house on the outside?

    I believe there is an option to ask for a wall to be put in separating living room for the middle houses. There was in the phase I was purchasing in anyway

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    #455
    rossiegal
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭rossiegal


    I have a 3 bed middle and I have the dividing wall so that I have a hallway and the sitting room. It's in one of the showhouses. It will make the sitting room a little smaller but I really didn't want to be walking directly into the sitting room from the front door.
    Reesi wrote: »
    We have a deposit down on 3 bed middle house.  Does anybody know if with these new builds you could build a porch in front of the house so you wouldn’t step into the living room?  Does it say anything in the contract about not being allowed to make any modifications or to change the look of the house on the outside?


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    #456
    Reesi
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Reesi


    We were hoping not to have the dividing wall to keep the living room as big as possible which is why I was thinking if we could build a small extension/porch in the front.


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    #457
    Alter_Ego
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Alter_Ego


    Reesi wrote: »
    We were hoping not to have the dividing wall to keep the living room as big as possible which is why I was thinking if we could build a small extension/porch in the front.

    There is nothing in the contract regarding extensions/porches as this is a separate matter to the house build. It appears that if the following conditions are met, you don't need a planning permission either:

    1. Any such structure shall be situated not less than 2 metres from any road.
    2. The floor area of any such structure shall not exceed 2 square metres.
    3. The height of any such structure shall not exceed, in the case of a structure with a tiled or slated pitched roof, 4 metres or, in any other case, 3 metres.

    However, I don't know if the management company has any say in that?

    I'd be interested in adding a small porch myself as I opted for not having the dividing wall.


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    #458
    Krish4u
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Krish4u


    Quick question. In relation to any status update do we need to approach Hooke &mcd or can we directly contact builder. What shall be the approach.please advise


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    #459
    LDemo91
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭LDemo91


    Krish4u wrote: »
    Quick question. In relation to any status update do we need to approach Hooke &mcd or can we directly contact builder. What shall be the approach.please advise

    If you get any info on this please let me know I'd be interested in this situation


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    #460
    Lilbubbles
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Lilbubbles


    LDemo91 wrote: »
    If you get any info on this please let me know I'd be interested in this situation

    It's moreso Harcourt Developments I've been dealing with for status updates.. They meet with the builders on site weekly so if there are any changes to timelines etc they would be the first to know about it.. they tend to meet Tues mornings so best time to phone for update I found was Tues afternoon.


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    #461
    yoyo
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    Lilbubbles wrote: »
    It's moreso Harcourt Developments I've been dealing with for status updates.. They meet with the builders on site weekly so if there are any changes to timelines etc they would be the first to know about it.. they tend to meet Tues mornings so best time to phone for update I found was Tues afternoon.

    Hi Lilbubbles, could you PM me the number you used to contact them? Be interested in checking a few things with Harcourt myself!

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    #462
    Lilbubbles
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Lilbubbles


    yoyo wrote: »
    Hi Lilbubbles, could you PM me the number you used to contact them? Be interested in checking a few things with Harcourt myself!

    Sent you a pm there


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    #463
    sikorsky
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭sikorsky


    Hello everybody,

    we are waiting for the completion of our house on Cuil Duin Row (east side). Has anybody on that side of Cuil Duin Row got any recent information about building progress? The last promise (from couple of months ago) we got is house to be ready for snagging in September.

    Lilbubbles,

    could you please pm me the contact details of a company you used for snagging? Thanks!


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    #464
    Lilbubbles
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Lilbubbles


    sikorsky wrote: »
    Hello everybody,

    we are waiting for the completion of our house on Cuil Duin Row (east side). Has anybody on that side of Cuil Duin Row got any recent information about building progress? The last promise (from couple of months ago) we got is house to be ready for snagging in September.

    Lilbubbles,

    could you please pm me the contact details of a company you used for snagging? Thanks!

    Just sent you a pm there


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    #465
    rossiegal
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭rossiegal


    Hi

    Could you pm me the number for harcourt please?

    Thanks!
    Lilbubbles wrote: »
    It's moreso Harcourt Developments I've been dealing with for status updates.. They meet with the builders on site weekly so if there are any changes to timelines etc they would be the first to know about it.. they tend to meet Tues mornings so best time to phone for update I found was Tues afternoon.


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    #466
    Lilbubbles
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Lilbubbles


    rossiegal wrote: »
    Hi

    Could you pm me the number for harcourt please?

    Thanks!

    Just sent you a pm there


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    #467
    Reesi
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Reesi


    Lilbubbles wrote: »
    It's moreso Harcourt Developments I've been dealing with for status updates.. They meet with the builders on site weekly so if there are any changes to timelines etc they would be the first to know about it.. they tend to meet Tues mornings so best time to phone for update I found was Tues afternoon.

    Hi Lilbubbles

    Could you pm me the number for Harcourt as well please?

    Many thanks!


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    #468
    Krish4u
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Krish4u


    Lilbubbles wrote: »
    It's moreso Harcourt Developments I've been dealing with for status updates.. They meet with the builders on site weekly so if there are any changes to timelines etc they would be the first to know about it.. they tend to meet Tues mornings so best time to phone for update I found was Tues afternoon.

    Hi Lilbubbles,

    Appreciate if you could PM me the contact details.

    Thanks
    Krish


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    #469
    Ibrapog
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Ibrapog


    Has anybody from cuil duin way received contracts yet.


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    #470
    MerrionPippin
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭MerrionPippin


    Hi all,

    I posted this in the General Mortgage thread but I think some people in this thread might be in a position to advise. Would appreciate any information, thanks!
    MerrionPippin wrote: »
    I have a few questions for anyone who has bought a new build, or is in the process.

    We're targetting a house in the phase 2 launch of new development, but I've no idea how you go about getting one. Would REALLY appreciate any advice on the below!

    (i) When you know the launch date, do you queue at the site or at the estate agent office? I've heard it's the site but that seems a bit weird, no?

    (ii) If it's the site, are you queuing at one house in particular, or at the house you want to buy?

    (iii) Do you get a chance to view the house before you put the deposit down?

    (iv) If the house is 400k, do you need your full 40k deposit there and then? Or only a portion of it? If the latter, when do you pay the rest of the deposit?

    (v) How does the first time buyers grant come into all of this? Realistically, are we going to be paying the 10% deposit ourselves with the 5% being refunded direct to the developer?

    Sorry if some of these are silly questions, but there's a lack of resources at there for how it works and I'm worried I'm going to lose out.


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    #471
    Janeblue
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭Janeblue


    @merrionpippin
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    1. When you know the launch date, do you queue at the site or at the estate agent office? I've heard it's the site but that seems a bit weird, no?
      [/ltr]
    We registered our interest on the website for our development and got an email a few days before they launched. We bought in the first phase and there was no queue (other than in the sales office) but I don't know how the other phase got on. The sales office is on site in the 4bed showhouse for our development.

    (ii) If it's the site, are you queuing at one house in particular, or at the house you want to buy?
    You queue at the sales office.

    (iii) Do you get a chance to view the house before you put the deposit down?
    There are show houses for each house I don’t think they’re still open now but they will be open on the day. If you are really interested in seeing them first I’d call the estate agents and see if they will be open again. If not, the 5k deposit is fully refundable up until you sign contracts.

    (iv) If the house is 400k, do you need your full 40k deposit there and then? Or only a portion of it? If the latter, when do you pay the rest of the deposit?
    No, you just need a 5k deposit (I’d check with the estate agents just to make sure it’s still this amount). When we bought they gave us their bank details and we transferred the money when we got home. You don’t pay the remaining deposit until signing contracts. They are meant to be out roughly 3weeks later.

    (v) How does the first time buyers grant come into all of this? Realistically, are we going to be paying the 10% deposit ourselves with the 5% being refunded direct to the developer?
    We paid our deposit before we had been approved for the grant so we did pay the 10% and then refund went to the builder as well. I’m not sure how they are doing it if you are already approved. I think they’re only meant to take 5% from you and the other 5% will be from the grant. You could give the estate agents a call and they should know.


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    #472
    yoyo
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    MerrionPippin wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I posted this in the General Mortgage thread but I think some people in this thread might be in a position to advise. Would appreciate any information, thanks!

    Hi MerrionPippin,

    As Janeblue mentioned there was no queuing for me either, but I'm in second phase. Actually at first I was interested in one on Cuil Duin Walk but it was already reserved so I put deposit on one in Cuil Duin Way.
    I was lucky that the initial one that interested me in Cuil Duin Walk was a cancellation, so EA gave me option of transfering deposit.
    Initially as in Janeblue's case it was 5k deposit to reserve. I live locally at the minute and I will say there was quite a bit of interest when the new phase was launched/when I walked past it. I'd suggest when they launch the new phase to get down at the earliest stage/if you can take time off work as by the time I had got down many were reserved.
    It took me a few months to get contracts, but as mentioned earlier in the thread there was some NAMA delays. They seem to be making much more progress in the last couple of weeks. I will take a stroll down again this weekend to see how things are going :)

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    #473
    terri83
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭terri83


    Ibrapog wrote: »
    Has anybody from cuil duin way received contracts yet.

    Yes I'm currently working through my contract at the moment - I went back with questions late last week.


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    #474
    bluemonkey99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭bluemonkey99


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    #475
    terri83
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭terri83


    Supposedely mine is due to be completed April 2018 maybe they are getting through them contracts first.... I've asked questions so it might take them weeks to respond - it could be another couple of months before I actually sign.

    Hopefully yours will come through shortly


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    #476
    L85
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭L85


    We finally completed our snag list today, was great to actually get into the house after all this time! Plenty of builders on site while we were there too


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    Alter_Ego
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Alter_Ego


    L85 wrote: »
    We finally completed our snag list today, was great to actually get into the house after all this time! Plenty of builders on site while we were there too

    Congratulations!


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    #478
    sikorsky
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭sikorsky


    L85 wrote: »
    We finally completed our snag list today, was great to actually get into the house after all this time!

    Congratulations!

    Are you on the west side of Cuil Duin Row?


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    #479
    L85
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭L85


    Thanks
    Yeah, on the west.
    For those of you that have snagged, did anything come up about the internal doors?
    They are not the same doors that r in the show house, and they have a horrible hinge attached at the top of each door. I'll try attach a photo. Our surveyor said he has never come across anything like them in any other new build


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    bluemonkey99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭bluemonkey99


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    #481
    L85
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭L85


    bluemonkey99 wrote: »
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    Not that I know of yet, other than the other things previously mentioned.
    When I get the snag report back I will let you know.
    Some of the work was poorly finished, and the tiling in main bathroom is really bad but nothing that can't be rectified. Is yours near completion?


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