Oldtown Woods, Celbridge

hi!

New housing development in Celbridge. Anyone looked at these or any info about them? Going to look at show house this week.
€385,000 3 bed-semi d
€430,000 4 bed-semi d

Stealthirl

Show house open already :eek:
Only started them a few months ago. The entrance looks very narrow

hi!

Stealthirl wrote: »

Show house open already :eek:
Only started them a few months ago. The entrance looks very narrow

Oh I didn’t know that must be trying to get them up quick before the market changes. I believe they had viewing last month too. Advertisement says they’re hoping to have people moved in by the end of the year...

mloc123

They have a few house already completed... I think this is normal for new devs, they concentrate on getting 2-3 shows houses complete first?

mloc123

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

silver2020

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

some people love things like this - not me though

Stealthirl

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

Thought the same, but if you like the city life you could recreate it Plenty of older houses were built like that, just look at English Row, Tea Lane or the Maynooth Rd

2ndcoming

They're all in and around the town and pre-date pretty much any estate so it's a bit different. This just looks like the typical site cramming that goes on nowadays. Like the new one behind Aldi there's zero allowance for when it's full of 3/4 car households in 20 years time.

Rye Bread

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

The noise off the road is actually mental. I don't know if it needs a proper resurfacing or what, but I can hear cars flying down it and I'm well inside Raphael's Manor.

I'm amazed how close the houses are to the path/cycle lane as well, would not be pleasant at all living in those front houses.

rekdtangle

mloc123 wrote: »

I have no idea who will buy these houses on the front tho... you are looking directly out on to the footpath on a very busy road. You will be sitting in your kitchen/sitting room looking out at people walking and running by every evening :eek:

Typically in a development where there is a row of 4 houses they tend to be social housing. Perhaps this is what those ones are and thus they don't need to worry about selling those.

bulmersgal

The houses at the front aren't social housing they are for sale at a lower price than the ones behind.

rekdtangle

bulmersgal wrote: »

The houses at the front aren't social housing they are for sale at a lower price than the ones behind.

Correct, just checked it and seen which ones they are now.

daheff

one thing i noticed on all their online photos, none of the bedrooms show a wardrobe. I'd be wary of how small the rooms are after a wardrobe is added.

that said, they look a slightly different layout to the traditional one, so might be a nice alternative for people.

very pricey though.

bulmersgal

The videos have pictures of the wardrobes. I can't recall if the pictures online have them. I've been in the bedrooms and didn't think the bedrooms where small the four bed smallest bedroom was small in my opinion.

They are lovely house, think all new houses are quite expensive.

rekdtangle

bulmersgal wrote: »

The videos have pictures of the wardrobes. I can't recall if the pictures online have them. I've been in the bedrooms and didn't think the bedrooms where small the four bed smallest bedroom was small in my opinion.

They are lovely house, think all new houses are quite expensive.

They are a nice finish. Prob cost ~40k to finish to the showroom standard. Living room very small as are the bedrooms.

manjku

Hi all,

I and my friend have recently booked 3bed semi Type A houses in oldtown woods.

Has anyone in the thread booked anything there? Just looking to get in touch with the future neighbors

Thanks,

manjku

manjku wrote: »

Hi all,

I and my friend have recently booked 3bed semi Type A houses in oldtown woods.

Has anyone in the thread booked anything there? Just looking to get in touch with the future neighbors

Thanks,

rekdtangle wrote: »

They are a nice finish. Prob cost ~40k to finish to the showroom standard. Living room very small as are the bedrooms.

Hey, are you talking about 4 or 3 bed?

rekdtangle

manjku wrote: »

Hey, are you talking about 4 or 3 bed?

Living room in B type I'm talking about. Would have been the other show house that was open.

hi!

Out of interest anyone know how much ones at front are selling for?

Was going to put booking down on 4 bed but only front houses left. They also don’t have their own driveway so wasn’t for us.

bulmersgal

I no the 2 and 3 bedroom where discounted as they have different layout to others. The 4 bed doesn't seem to be any cheaper from price list they sent. I heard the next phase is suppose to launch in Jan.

Davidth88

Slightly off thread , and only curious .

Does anyone know what the story is with the Castlewellan estate, there seems to be a lot of empty houses there very odd

mloc123

Davidth88 wrote: »

Slightly off thread , and only curious .

Does anyone know what the story is with the Castlewellan estate, there seems to be a lot of empty houses there very odd

Could be the 10% social units? The final stage of that build seemed to get interrupted with the lock down in March, so maybe that too.

manjku

Davidth88 wrote: »

Slightly off thread , and only curious .

Does anyone know what the story is with the Castlewellan estate, there seems to be a lot of empty houses there very odd

When I enquired Castlewellan in November, they had TWO 3 bed units left with price 430k and 475k as far as I remember.

Davidth88

mloc123 wrote: »

Could be the 10% social units? The final stage of that build seemed to get interrupted with the lock down in March, so maybe that too.

If it's the 10% social then the local authority should hang their heads in shame considering the houses look completed and indeed on in the same row is occupied since early this year.

I am talking about the row facing the Maynooth road , one is occupied the other 20 or so are sitting empty for months now

HairySalmon

Love the look of these. Would be looking to buy late this year ~Christmas. Any word on a next phase? Hoping there’ll be 3 beds left by then

Monaai

Does anyone know if the site completely closed down in this lockdown or if there is social housing in this phase?

bulmersgal

I think they were allowed finish houses that are due to be snagged in Jan. From looking at the original plans to council the social housing was in next phases but it was scattered houses around the estate.

HairySalmon

Are there multiple phases? Can’t get an answer out of the developer

bulmersgal

They were suppose to sell the next phase in January, I don't know how many they selling in that phase though. I imagine there is a few phases going by other estates

2ndcoming

bulmersgal wrote: »

I think they were allowed finish houses that are due to be snagged in Jan. From looking at the original plans to council the social housing was in next phases but it was scattered houses around the estate.

Most estate sites have got away with carrying on based on the 10% social.

mloc123

Monaai wrote: »

Does anyone know if the site completely closed down in this lockdown or if there is social housing in this phase?

Haven't seen anyone in working on the site for the past few weeks