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RobiS

Baldoyle123 wrote: »

I went up to see them today. The 2 bed houses looked lovely but they are all sold out & they won't have anymore in the next phase. I didn't like the 4 bed house. I thought the kitchen was very small & wasn't mad about the layout. The 3 bed penthouse apartment was lovely, but unless I win the lotto, I won't be getting it. The next phase will have about 150, so hopefully I might get something then.

Phase 2 will have 150 units to sell? (if Yes that's really great news!)
How many units were in phase 1?

Hollister11

RobiS wrote: »

Phase 2 will have 150 units to sell? (if Yes that's really great news!)
How many units were in phase 1?

About, 50

Baldoyle123

RobiS wrote: »

Phase 2 will have 150 units to sell? (if Yes that's really great news!)
How many units were in phase 1?

I think phase 1 had 55. Phase 2 will have 150. Several apartment blocks and duplexs - with apartments on top.

letmehave

Would anyone know if the floor plan of the 3 beds duplex is same as phase 1? And any idea how much would it be? 
Thanks!

gabria

letmehave wrote: »

Would anyone know if the floor plan of the 3 beds duplex is same as phase 1? And any idea how much would it be?
Thanks!

There are no duplexes or terraced houses in phase II, its all apartments with a similar structure to Rowan House. Latest update from the site - they won't be showing anything in advance of the launch.

JohnnyC81

There are 10 3 bed duplexes in phase 2, the ones on the north side of Red Arches Avenue. They were initially supposed to be in phase 1 but got held back to phase 2 as far as I know. They definitely weren't for sale the first time around.

maire38

It is someone who has signed the contract.......

RobiS

Hi,

Does anyone know what will be the maintenance fee for 2 bed apartment in phase 2?
I've also heard there will be only 50 units in phase 2 for sale, not as initially said 150...it looks like another big line of people will be trying to get a property...

athtrasna

RobiS wrote: »

Hi,

Does anyone know what will be the maintenance fee for 2 bed apartment in phase 2?

It will be a percentage of the development budget. Will vary year on year

SKC101

Does anyone know when Phase 2 is going on sale or going on show?

RobiS

They will be on sale closer to the end of May

SKC101

Cool, is that what the estate agents are saying? I looked at the website but it gave no indication of actual hard dates

Hollister11

RobiS wrote: »

They will be on sale closer to the end of May

Really? Because they look no where near done. Even a show house doesn't look complete. Or will they be the same as phase 1

RobiS

I think they will be on sale in the end of May but ready to move in September.
I know there is no clear information. I was trying to find out how many units will be on sale in phase 2 and they are not sure,they said it will be probably around 50-60, but on the website it says 150....

rats505

Savills have said 59 units in phase 2, no floor plans yet though

letmehave

rats505 wrote: »

Savills have said 59 units in phase 2, no floor plans yet though

Does that mean there will be phase 3 (or phase 2.5)... for the rest of the units (they said on the website "There are 155 properties currently under construction in Phase 2 of Silverbanks")?

RobiS

Does anyone know if people who bought in phase 1 have alredy been living in their properties?
Looks like is going to be phase 3 lunched in september and around 100 units then...

Hollister11

RobiS wrote: »

Does anyone know if people who bought in phase 1 have alredy been living in their properties?
Looks like is going to be phase 3 lunched in september and around 100 units then...

No one has moved in. I'm living in red arches and there still working on the exterior. Windows gone in during the last week.

RobiS

Anyone knows if there will be any units prepared for social housing in this development?

myshirt

RobiS wrote: »

Anyone knows if there will be any units prepared for social housing in this development?

Yes. All developments above 10 or so houses have to have social housing now. In the past, the developer could opt to buy out this obligation, but this is no longer.

So it depends on when planning was granted or more recently retained.

SHNEY

Let's not let this post be about anything but the discussion that it is meant to be. An opinion was given, next poster comes in with sarcasm, then others give their views on these 2 posts and the posts go totally off topic and become personal. Let's just be nice.

trobbin

SHNEY wrote: »

Let's not let this post be about anything but the discussion that it is meant to be. An opinion was given, next poster comes in with sarcasm, then others give their views on these 2 posts and the posts go totally off topic and become personal. Let's just be nice.

Is this in response to the social housing inquiry? It's a relative question to any new development.

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SHNEY

No, it was in relation to a later post, a response to the one above.

alwald

Is there any news about a possible phase 3?

Hollister11

My mum was saying there are people queuing already.

SHNEY

I believe they are just marking their spots but not staying there overnight, sounds a good idea to me :-)

SHNEY

Yes, Savills have confirmed that there will a phase 3.

soirish

People are queuing four days in advance for these Dublin properties
https://www.joe.ie/news/people-queuing-4-days-advance-dublin-properties-587588

Hollister11

They can queue all they like, but it's not an official line and they can't prevent others showing up on the day and buying first.

RobiS

There are already about 20 people queuing with chairs and sleeping bags.Looks like a lot of people hunting for 1 bed apartment.

SHNEY

Hollister, are you hoping to buy one there?

Hollister11

SHNEY wrote: »

Hollister, are you hoping to buy one there?

No, I just follow with interest as I have been living in The Coast for 11 years.

The line is gone now. I guess they were told to leave.

AsianDub

Were they given tickets do you know? How does this all work?

SHNEY

Ah, I thought you had inside information that the queue would not be treated as a queue. I don't think it would be very nice for someone to come and skip the queue after people sleeping there. But sure it doesn't apply anymore if the queue is gone.

Jctccon

I'm confused about the process. Can anybody who bought in the last phase let me know if the queue was just to view the properties or to put a deposit down. Was this done at the preview stage?? Was there also queues for he launch??Thanks in advance.

myshirt

Queueing is only a courtesy thing and not validly enforceable. You are not there to make friends or impress any potential neighbours, so I would not pay attention to any queue.

As far as I see it, the harder you push the faster you get there. If you are a viable option with proof of funds in hand, that is all that matters. Unfortunately that is what it has come to if you want the property. These properties are very reasonable and that's what is going to cause the friction.

SHNEY

I wasn't talking about what is legal or 'enforceable'. It's not about making friends either, I agree with that. I don't agree that you should lose respect for others just because you want something be it something small or something as important as a property. Anyone who is willing to sleep outside and queue for days obviously wants/needs a property badly and I think it would be disgusting behaviour for anyone to come and interfere with that. A person that is willing to do that is happy to step on anyone's toes to get what they want. If everyone did that in society there would be chaos. Because of that type of person the Gardai have had to be called in.

SHNEY

I don't know the exact details but I do know that in Phase 1 they started queuing on Tuesday for a the pre-launch on the Thursday. AFAIK, they had to have proof of funds to be able to put down a deposit. Pre-launch does not release all the units for sale in the current phase. Some are kept for the weekend launch (but I would guess that the people that got nothing on the Thursday would get priority on the week-end launch). I suggest you contact the estate agent. Hope that helps.

Jctccon

Thanks Shney. That helped a lot. I have had no luck getting through to estate agent unfortunately.

alwald

Did anybody go to the viewing today? If so was there a big queue?

Bandana boy

myshirt wrote: »

Queueing is only a courtesy thing and not validly enforceable. You are not there to make friends or impress any potential neighbours, so I would not pay attention to any queue.

As far as I see it, the harder you push the faster you get there. If you are a viable option with proof of funds in hand, that is all that matters. Unfortunately that is what it has come to if you want the property. These properties are very reasonable and that's what is going to cause the friction.

Your going to have a great next 20 years pushing past your neighbors on day 1.

It might (and only might) get you the house but you will be the pariah of the neighborhood which will land past you and onto your kids .Irish people have very long memories for this type of stuff.

Skerries

looked what happened in Shelbyville

RobiS

alwald wrote: »

Did anybody go to the viewing today? If so was there a big queue?

The people who started queuing on Monday were given numbers so they went to buy first. The rest were waiting outside (around 100 people).
As far as I know all 1 bed apartments which were available to buy for today were sold out.

JohnnyC81

Are they the same show houses this time around? Is there a 3 bed duplex on show now?

RobiS

JohnnyC81 wrote: »

Are they the same show houses this time around? Is there a 3 bed duplex on show now?

They didn't show any 3 bed duplex. Only rooms in penthouse were on show.

Monkeyjoe

Does anyone have a copy of the pricing leaflet for phase 2. I am interested in 2 or 3 beds.

RobiS

Monkeyjoe wrote: »

Does anyone have a copy of the pricing leaflet for phase 2. I am interested in 2 or 3 beds.

I know only for 2 beds apartments:
First floor 79sqm €260000
Third floor 83sqm €265000
Second floor (triangle shape) 98sqm €260000
Ground floor 78sqm (sea side) €265000

alwald

I am just curious to know if all the 1 bed apartments are gone and for what price? they will most likely release more for phase 3 so it will be interesting to see if there is any price difference!

RobiS

alwald wrote: »

I am just curious to know if all the 1 bed apartments are gone and for what price? they will most likely release more for phase 3 so it will be interesting to see if there is any price difference!

All one bed had gone in the first day of sale (the majority of people queuing few days before release wanted to get one of one them so they are very popular) The price ranged, the cheapest from 155k the average would be 160-165k not sure how much the most expensive but I think those with the sea side and top floor.
The agent said they will be some in phase 3 as well.

alwald

Their Daft ad was updated and there are only 2 bed apartments left, it seems that there is a huge demand for 1 bed flats, shouldn't they build more 1 bed flats as a Result of this? It does make sense since the demand for them is massive!