Chancel Way, Newcastle, Wicklow

We have not heard anything about snagging yet @kerrybyrne but are still holding out to think it will be in the coming weeks 🤞

On the upside, we visited the site yesterday and did see the start of paths going in, which is promising.

I would think June is optimistic at this stage. Houses are complete but groundwork like roads, footpaths and street lighting is only starting and progress seems painfully slow. No way anyone is drawing down mortgage before large interest rate increase due in early June happens unfortunately. We’re preparing for August/September now

Cool name 😂

Your sources were correct 👍 I assume everyone got the email today, finally confirmation of a finishing date.

Excited to start planning towards early July.

Hi. We are getting itchy to get our deposit over the line so that we have secured our house from anyone that might swoop in and take it from under our feet. However, there are still holes in the contract re rules, ownership of parking, management fees, actual size of house, date of transfer etc. Latest as of today, to our solicitor, was "information to follow". Anyone else holding out on contracts or does anyone have information from their friend in Beauchamps?

Yeah, we were told there would be no management fees too. Our solicitor is still waiting for a raft of documents before we will be returning contracts. I won’t be returning contracts until everything is in place. There’s lots of time as it doesn’t look like things will be ready anytime soon.

Thanks for your responses. Management fees were up in the air when we spoke to estate agent last and there has been very little communication back with answers to our queries. Management fees for houses seems to be more common now-a-days. We know of 2 estates in Ashford where residents pay a sum but hopefully it won't be the same here. For yer information, there is a spread on the launch of phase 2 in The Wicklow Times.

Yeah we’re in the same position. Missing documents. August/September is what we’ve resigned ourselves to now

I was expecting management fee as I assume its common practice for clustered houses/ apartments to be eventually managed by a management company. However completely agree with the overall themes emerging on this thread regarding the developer / sales team (Developer obviously being the decision maker and the two in the sales team struggling to do the basics.)

1. Almost no communication or updates. I got my few precious updates after repeated follow-up emails and calls that almost always reach your mans voicemail
2. Super delayed responses and gaps in communications (documentation and emails) to potential home owner's solicitor. Pending finer details within the contract including 'house plans with measurements'. I understand blueprints and the actual measurement may have marginal differences. Nonetheless it should be supplemented with contract docs. Of course most builders get away with this in a sellers/developers market. Ireland seems to be perpetually be in a developer's market.
3. Ambiguity around completion date. They seem to always have an update of postponement with some reason, very close to the previously indicated estimate closing date and not much in advance (ever). So it seems strategic and not reflective of true and evolving roadblocks (which should ideally be incorporated in project plans, if the developer is experienced)

Although not sure if this is common with other developments / developers.

Hopefully none of this impacts the actual build quality of the house and commitments made by the developer.

Management fee amounts are not confirmed. You can return signed contracts pending receipt of requested documents or so my solicitor is informing me. This locks in the seller but you can pull out if requested docs are not received.

Yeah we were told we could choose between a few colours. Obviously that has gone by the way side too. Has anyone visited the office’s of the estate agent recently ?

Hi all,

Has anyone recieved a completion date other then the end of June / start of July?

thank you

No but we plan too sometime next or the week after.

If they haven’t even got all the documents for the contracts to be signed yet and we’re approaching Mid June, there is no chance of a completion date being in July.

Hi, we have booked a property in Chancel Way too. According to an update this week from our solicitors and the Estate Agent they are tentatively looking at a mid July finish and have sent in the contract.

Went to the site over the weekend and they are now working on the driveway and stuff.

Just wanted check on a couple of things:

1. Have any of you got a valuation done for mortgage purposes and if it went fine given the condition of the development

2. If they are providing Appliances or any allowance as such.

Thank you!