Moving to Athlone

Sandra246

Hi, myself and my partner are thinking of moving to Athone to either a house or an aprtment.(to buy). I would appreciate it if anybody could give their opinions on the areas below: such as are they safe/ quiet etc.,

Magazine Road,house
Abbey Rd,house
Golden Island Apartments,
Connaught St. House
Excise Street, apartment,
Innis House, apartment,
Northgate Street, house


We are in our in late forties and do not have children so we dont have to worry about schools.
Thanks in Advance.

martin1

I cant really say about Innis House, or Golden Island but all the other areas you mention are nice quiet town center areas.

Magazine Road is a nice quiet area on the west side towncentre. Easily walkable to shops.

Connaught Street was once a busy street but now very quiet so would be ideal for accommodation.

Excise Street really nice, quiet, very little traffic. Just a nice towncentre location.

Northgate street would be busier and a lot more traffic but still a great location

Abbey Road slightly busier traffic wise on the east side near Dunnes Montree and Radisson Hotel easy walk to towncentre .

If it was me I would probably go for either Connaught St or Excise St both on the west side of town ...

but then again Im a total townie )

Sandra246

Ah thanks Martin thats great help. We are "Dublin Townys' just making sure we dont end up in an even more noisier place etc.

Like the look of Athlone Town it looks good.
Thanks

Zubeneschamali

Sandra246 wrote: »

Magazine Road,house
Connaught St. House

These two streets/areas are quiet because they are very run down and sad. Central, but no.

Everywhere else on your list looks good to me.

Sandra246

Thanks thats also good to know.
Sandy

boredatwork82

Sandra246 wrote: »

Hi, myself and my partner are thinking of moving to Athone to either a house or an aprtment.(to buy). I would appreciate it if anybody could give their opinions on the areas below: such as are they safe/ quiet etc.,

Magazine Road,house
Abbey Rd,house
Golden Island Apartments,
Connaught St. House
Excise Street, apartment,
Innis House, apartment,
Northgate Street, house


We are in our in late forties and do not have children so we dont have to worry about schools.
Thanks in Advance.

Innis house is shoddy student apartment block that were built in a hurry. Awful apartments.

martin1

I agree that connaught street has become a little jaded but the op was asking about residential accom. not opening a shop.

So Connaught st would be an excellent option and I would certainly not describe Magazine Rd as "run down"

Subcomandante Marcos

Magazine Road and Abbey Road are both grand, residential, lots of through traffic but it's not very fast, both have mature residental streets on them and are a few minutes walk to the centre of town.

One caviet would be to avoid Marine View in Abbey Road, good location and the houses themselves are actually decent but there's a few "problem" families in there that make it a bit of a pain in the arse.

Sandra246

Any opinions on Bastion Court Apartments. Thanks