Oaktree Tully Road Kildare

1059007

Chazz Reinhold wrote: »

Thanks again everyone for your advice in here, we went out again during the week to take another look and looks like you got some new neighbours!
Reserved a house on Oaktree Green, super excited! Should be ready in Jan sometime!

Congratulations on the buy, we are in a few months and have to say, the houses are great and neighbours are really sound. Loads of stuff to do, and all in walking distances so you will love it. I'm now on the train to Dublin and is faster getting into City Centre from Kildare than trying to drive in from Tallaght or get the bus ... crazy! Drop over for a cuppa or a pint in Cunninghams!

GhostyMcGhost

Chazz Reinhold wrote: »

Thanks again everyone for your advice in here, we went out again during the week to take another look and looks like you got some new neighbours!
Reserved a house on Oaktree Green, super excited! Should be ready in Jan sometime!

did you get a date yet?

Chazz Reinhold

1059007 wrote: »

Congratulations on the buy, we are in a few months and have to say, the houses are great and neighbours are really sound. Loads of stuff to do, and all in walking distances so you will love it. I'm now on the train to Dublin and is faster getting into City Centre from Kildare than trying to drive in from Tallaght or get the bus ... crazy! Drop over for a cuppa or a pint in Cunninghams!

Great to hear! Ya I'm planning on getting the train too once we move in, does it get busy or can you get a seat easy enough? I'm looking forward to trying the pints in Cunninghams so will take you up on that!

Chazz Reinhold

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

did you get a date yet?

Just heard today that it will be ready to snag next week so its starting to happen!

How long did it take you from snagging to closing?

GhostyMcGhost

Chazz Reinhold wrote: »

Just heard today that it will be ready to snag next week so its starting to happen!

How long did it take you from snagging to closing?

Very little time. Not sure how busy the boys are on site but was about 3 weeks-ish if I remember.

GhostyMcGhost

Chazz Reinhold wrote: »

Great to hear! Ya I'm planning on getting the train too once we move in, does it get busy or can you get a seat easy enough? I'm looking forward to trying the pints in Cunninghams so will take you up on that!

Had pints up there at the weekend. Under €5 pints! It's great. Nice handy walk home too

CeilingFly

Couple of bits of info for newbies to Kildare

- National Stud does an annual pass for €72 for 2 adults. Decent cafe there too.

- CYMS hall has loads of different activities and a gym. The gym is not the fanciest, but extremely well run and the classes are excellent (boot camp and spinning usually fill up 10 min before start time). It also has tae kwon do, badminton, dance classes, and of course Bingo.

- 15 min down the M7 is Emo Court. Fantastic OPW estate for walks and coffee/lunch.

- Proper rural pub with €4.20 pints = Martins of Kildoon. Its about 4km down the bog road from Oaktree.

asscookies

CeilingFly wrote: »

Couple of bits of info for newbies to Kildare

- National Stud does an annual pass for €72 for 2 adults. Decent cafe there too.

- CYMS hall has loads of different activities and a gym. The gym is not the fanciest, but extremely well run and the classes are excellent (boot camp and spinning usually fill up 10 min before start time). It also has tae kwon do, badminton, dance classes, and of course Bingo.

- 15 min down the M7 is Emo Court. Fantastic OPW estate for walks and coffee/lunch.

- Proper rural pub with €4.20 pints = Martins of Kildoon. Its about 4km down the bog road from Oaktree.

Thanks for the tip on emo court! Have to give it a visit! Didn't realise it was so close!

Crudlerlu

Hi everyone,

We just out our booking deposit down a week or so ago for a house on oaktree lawns. We're very excited about the move. I'm hoping some of you who are already moved in might share some info on the process.

1) were very interested to know the average energy bills for the house and which provider people have used?

2) we are currently being told that the house will be ready in September. I know new builds usually are delayed but Richard mentioned it may be finished earlier. What were other people's experiences. Was it ready early, late or on time?

Any info is appreciated. Trying to figure out finances in the meantime.

CARMENCam

Hi, welcome to Oaktree, for more information u can join our Facebook page Oaktree Kildare .

NedNew2

Not everyone uses or wants to use Facebook anymore.

Crudlerlu

Yes I don't have facebook. Appreciate any info anyone's happy to give here or by dm

Chazz Reinhold

Crudlerlu wrote: »

Hi everyone,

We just out our booking deposit down a week or so ago for a house on oaktree lawns. We're very excited about the move. I'm hoping some of you who are already moved in might share some info on the process.

1) were very interested to know the average energy bills for the house and which provider people have used?

2) we are currently being told that the house will be ready in September. I know new builds usually are delayed but Richard mentioned it may be finished earlier. What were other people's experiences. Was it ready early, late or on time?

Any info is appreciated. Trying to figure out finances in the meantime.

Great decision!

1) We are in Oaktree Green and our houses have Air to Water heating rather than gas. So far so good, apparently it takes a few months for the house to regulate temperature-wise so the bills may be slightly higher (or so I'm told) but still working out at about €160-€180 for 2 months electric bill (no gas bill)

2) Our experience was that we were told they would be ready for snagging by the end of Jan and we snagged the last week of Jan! Was very surprised given the bad weather and Xmas etc. Took about a month from snagging to getting keys, although the slowest part of this is banks, solicitors etc.

We are delighted with everything so far!
Any other questions, feel free to ask!

NedNew2

Chazz Reinhold wrote: »

Great decision!

1) We are in Oaktree Green and our houses have Air to Water heating rather than gas. So far so good, apparently it takes a few months for the house to regulate temperature-wise so the bills may be slightly higher (or so I'm told) but still working out at about €160-€180 for 2 months electric bill (no gas bill)

We are delighted with everything so far!
Any other questions, feel free to ask!

That sounds really good for the air to water heat pump, especially given the cold weather of February and March. Is the fan outside noisy? Do you have constant hot water? For hearing the house, do you need to have it on constantly or can you have it timed ?

Thanks!

Chazz Reinhold

NedNew2 wrote: »

That sounds really good for the air to water heat pump, especially given the cold weather of February and March. Is the fan outside noisy? Do you have constant hot water? For hearing the house, do you need to have it on constantly or can you have it timed ?

Thanks!

No not noisy at all, you need to be standing next to it to hear it.
Constant hot water and you dont turn the heat on or off (which takes a bit of getting used to) You just set the thermostats, one for upstairs and one for downstairs, to the temp you want and it regulates itself, if it dips below that temp then the heat kicks in to bring it back up. The houses are so well insulated though that it doesn't fluctuate that much.

Gario

Hi, we just signed contracts today. Saying its ready end September. Just wondering have any of you on this got Sky TV or Broadband? If so, what is the broadband like?
I know the dish must be south facing for the TV.

Cheers

Chazz Reinhold

Gario wrote: »

Hi, we just signed contracts today. Saying its ready end September. Just wondering have any of you on this got Sky TV or Broadband? If so, what is the broadband like?
I know the dish must be south facing for the TV.

Cheers

Houses are prewired for Virgin so use them for TV and broadband. Broadband is the fastest you can get. Not sure about using Sky for broadband as I think they use Eir lines and the estate isn't wired for Eir yet (I could be wrong about that but it wasn't when I checked a few months back)

MarissaSydney

Hi everyone, we signed a contract a week ago. Can someone tell me what we get in the house? ( kitchen, do we get carpets in the bedrooms and blinds, carpet on stairs?)
From agency said a couple of things but I would like to double check.

Thank you very much

Wkahmed

MarissaSydney wrote: »

Hi everyone, we signed a contract a week ago. Can someone tell me what we get in the house? ( kitchen, do we get carpets in the bedrooms and blinds, carpet on stairs?)
From agency said a couple of things but I would like to double check.

Thank you very much

Hi Marissa,

Put my deposit down today. Unfortunately the complete turnkey option is no more. You get the appliances and flooring in the kitchen, utility area, carpet on the stairs and first floor landing area and tiling in the washrooms. That is it

RosyRose

Hello everyone,

We put our deposit on 15th of September and hope will be neighbors soon. Would anyone advise how long it takes the contract to be posted to the solicitor? Was that after paying the deposit or once the house is completed? Thanks in advance for any answers!

Crudlerlu

MarissaSydney wrote: »

Hi everyone, we signed a contract a week ago. Can someone tell me what we get in the house? ( kitchen, do we get carpets in the bedrooms and blinds, carpet on stairs?)
From agency said a couple of things but I would like to double check.

Thank you very much

We got the contracts back within the three weeks so we got appliances and we have flooring in kitchen and bathrooms.

We're waiting to get a call to snag. Has anyone snagged lately? How soon after snagging did it close?

MarissaSydney

Crudlerlu wrote: »

We got the contracts back within the three weeks so we got appliances and we have flooring in kitchen and bathrooms.

We're waiting to get a call to snag. Has anyone snagged lately? How soon after snagging did it close?

Hi

We have first snag this week , they said house will be finish in Semp but now we hope first weeks in Nov.

Thanks

MarissaSydney

RosyRose wrote: »

Hello everyone,

We put our deposit on 15th of September and hope will be neighbors soon. Would anyone advise how long it takes the contract to be posted to the solicitor? Was that after paying the deposit or once the house is completed? Thanks in advance for any answers!

Hi Rosy

For us it was about 3-4 weeks to get contract. It was after paying deposit.

Crudlerlu

MarissaSydney wrote: »

Hi

We have first snag this week , they said house will be finish in Semp but now we hope first weeks in Nov.

Thanks

yes we are snagging next week. Have you been given any idea of the timeline beyond the snag until the closing date. A friend of mine is in the same situation and has been told that after they check the snag list they will be given 2 weeks notice to close.

I don't know whether to start ordering furniture or not.

We were also told September but are glad it got pushed out a bit to save a bit more.

MarissaSydney

We don’t know how long waiting after snag, we will have on Friday and we will ask them about it

MarissaSydney

MarissaSydney wrote: »

We don’t know how long waiting after snag, we will have on Friday and we will ask them about it.

We bought some of the furniture already and it’s waiting in store warehouse to be delivered , because on some things you have to wait a little longer when you order it

yaboya1

Hi all,

Future neighbour here too.
Anyone any advice on how big a bed you can fit into master bedroom? Any issue getting a Queen/Super King up there?

Thanks for any advice,
Peter

Crudlerlu

yaboya1 wrote: »

Hi all,

Future neighbour here too.
Anyone any advice on how big a bed you can fit into master bedroom? Any issue getting a Queen/Super King up there?

Thanks for any advice,
Peter

Hi - depends on which house type you have. I can advise on the house type b.

yaboya1

Crudlerlu wrote: »

Hi - depends on which house type you have. I can advise on the house type b.

Yeah it's a type B.

Thanks,
Peter

Crudlerlu

yaboya1 wrote: »

Yeah it's a type B.

Thanks,
Peter

I have a type b on the lawn. We are getting a 5ft bed in. I don't think a 6ft would fit but I could be wrong.

steve1099

Hi folks,
We have just put a booking deposit down on one of the 3 bed end of terrace, Very excited!
Just a quick question, for the valuation, in your experience was there any difference in the value of the property to the sale price?

Thanks

yaboya1

steve1099 wrote: »

Hi folks,
We have just put a booking deposit down on one of the 3 bed end of terrace, Very excited!
Just a quick question, for the valuation, in your experience was there any difference in the value of the property to the sale price?

Thanks

Usually the same as the sale price.
I've never heard of an occasion where it's been different, but that's not to say it's never happened.

steve1099

Thanks, this is very helpful

steve1099

Hi All,

Two queries:

1. We are due to snag early Jan. I was wondering if anyone hired a professional to carry out the snag list or did you find it was not needed?

2. Did the banks ask you for updated payslips/statements etc again right before draw down? Just so we can be prepared for another mammoth amount of paper work


Thanks

Crudlerlu

steve1099 wrote: »

Hi All,

Two queries:

1. We are due to snag early Jan. I was wondering if anyone hired a professional to carry out the snag list or did you find it was not needed?

2. Did the banks ask you for updated payslips/statements etc again right before draw down? Just so we can be prepared for another mammoth amount of paper work


Thanks

Hi

1. We snagged two weeks ago. We laid a snagger to do it. They picked up on lots that I'm not sure I would have in one afternoon. It was tedious enough having to check it, never mind spot everything in the first place. And it was all stuff that had we done the snag ourselves we would have missed bit gradually found after we moved in. There was a lot of paint on the fixtures and doors etc. And they were all remedied. But it's up to yourself. If your in the industry you might be able to do it!

2. We are about to draw down and the only extra paperwork they asked for was an additional valuation. We didn't have tonsubmit payslips. You do have to if your approval expires and you need an extension. But we have been extremely careful with the money in our accounts. Keeping everything as squeaky clean as when we were applying because I have heard that they can review at any point.

Hope that helps!!

Crudlerlu

MarissaSydney wrote: »

MarissaSydney wrote: »

We don’t know how long waiting after snag, we will have on Friday and we will ask them about it.

We bought some of the furniture already and it’s waiting in store warehouse to be delivered , because on some things you have to wait a little longer when you order it

Did you get your keys yet?

MarissaSydney

Crudlerlu wrote: »

MarissaSydney wrote: »

Did you get your keys yet?

Hi

Not yet, they said next Friday. How about you?

Crudlerlu

MarissaSydney wrote: »

Crudlerlu wrote: »

Hi

Not yet, they said next Friday. How about you?

No not yet. Solicitor says he's waiting on forms from the builders solicitor and once we get that we can begin the drawdown process which apparently takes a week I'm hoping the week after next. Hope if goes ahead for you Friday!

MarissaSydney

Crudlerlu wrote: »

MarissaSydney wrote: »

No not yet. Solicitor says he's waiting on forms from the builders solicitor and once we get that we can begin the drawdown process which apparently takes a week I'm hoping the week after next. Hope if goes ahead for you Friday!

Thanks, hope we will get them on Friday finally. Hope you will get closure notice next week...

steve1099

Crudlerlu wrote: »

Hi

1. We snagged two weeks ago. We laid a snagger to do it. They picked up on lots that I'm not sure I would have in one afternoon. It was tedious enough having to check it, never mind spot everything in the first place. And it was all stuff that had we done the snag ourselves we would have missed bit gradually found after we moved in. There was a lot of paint on the fixtures and doors etc. And they were all remedied. But it's up to yourself. If your in the industry you might be able to do it!

2. We are about to draw down and the only extra paperwork they asked for was an additional valuation. We didn't have tonsubmit payslips. You do have to if your approval expires and you need an extension. But we have been extremely careful with the money in our accounts. Keeping everything as squeaky clean as when we were applying because I have heard that they can review at any point.

Hope that helps!!

This is really great advice, thanks! We are hoping to be in the neighbourhood by end of Jan if all goes to plan.

steve1099

Crudlerlu wrote: »

Hi

1. We snagged two weeks ago. We laid a snagger to do it. They picked up on lots that I'm not sure I would have in one afternoon. It was tedious enough having to check it, never mind spot everything in the first place. And it was all stuff that had we done the snag ourselves we would have missed bit gradually found after we moved in. There was a lot of paint on the fixtures and doors etc. And they were all remedied. But it's up to yourself. If your in the industry you might be able to do it!

2. We are about to draw down and the only extra paperwork they asked for was an additional valuation. We didn't have tonsubmit payslips. You do have to if your approval expires and you need an extension. But we have been extremely careful with the money in our accounts. Keeping everything as squeaky clean as when we were applying because I have heard that they can review at any point.

Hope that helps!!

Would you be happy to recommend the Company that performed the snagging for yourselves?
If this is ok please drop a dm with their details

One other random question; We noticed our mobile coverage was zero in the show house (on EIR). Do you guys have decent mobile signal on another network?

GhostyMcGhost

steve1099 wrote: »

Would you be happy to recommend the Company that performed the snagging for yourselves?
If this is ok please drop a dm with their details

One other random question; We noticed our mobile coverage was zero in the show house (on EIR). Do you guys have decent mobile signal on another network?

EIR have wifi calling on smart phones. Once you get broadband, you should be sorted

(I'm with EIR)

steve1099

Ah yes, I didn't consider that, thanks, great tip!

Iulia Ponoran

Hi everyone!
We'll be neighbors soonðŸ˜ðŸ€—
We ar gonna sign the contract this week and I'm looking for someone to do the Snag checks
Do you have some recommendations for us?
Someone asked me about €400... that's expensive or is the really price?
Kind Regards
Iulia

Slavi Pavlov

Iulia Ponoran wrote: »

Hi everyone!
We'll be neighbors soonðŸ˜ðŸ€—
We ar gonna sign the contract this week and I'm looking for someone to do the Snag checks
Do you have some recommendations for us?
Someone asked me about €400... that's expensive or is the really price?
Kind Regards
Iulia

Hi Lulia, great to her that all goes well and you moving in soon.
The price for the Snag report will varies depending of the size of the property need to be snagged. I’d say €400 will be the right price range you looking at. We used company Property Health Check - https://www.propertyhealthcheck.ie
and we paid little bit more than €400 we’ve got 31 pages Report very detailed, well presented and organised. You can get a quote online before you actually decide what to do. There is a lot of companies out there who can do that for you and some of them might be better than the one we used so best of luck and I’m sure you’ll get that sorted out with no time.