Parkleigh, Seven Mills, Dublin 22

Hi,

Did the selling agent tell anything about the prices? Can we expect the 4 bedroom under 500K?

Hi everyone, do you think there will be queues to view these houses? Don't have much experience with open viewings.

Okay great thanks for that, i'll arrive a bit earlier so. Once I don't have to camp out in my car the night before!

It's very close to Neilstown and the grand canal can be quite rough so I suppose the lower price is reflective of this. Not too sure about schools.. might be worth checking out on Google maps

Another thought from researching, is it possible this estate is on a flood plain as its in close proximity to the canal? Might be an issue for house insurance

Hi,

So should it be a great concern it terms of buying a house there ?

Yes.Thanks much .

I completely agree, Cairns other developments e.g. Graydon in Newcastle had appointments to view I don't know what made them believe an open viewing from 12pm was a good idea! However the development may only become attractive to first time buyers once the schools are built in future phases because as it is now there is very little available for families with small children.

Can anyone tell me why such a large site avoided development up until now?

Seems like a no brainer with the canal and rail so close?

Like that ever stopped developers before..

It looks like a lot of apartments are planned for the area. These will be sold to Housing Associations for social housing like what is happening in other new estates like Parkside in Balgriffin. Here they are selling an entire phase to social housing, some 400 apartments. So be careful.

The area is already hemmed in by not so desirable areas. Just google Neilstown, Ronanstown, Balgaddy, kilmahuddrick etc etc etc. I personally wouldn't go near this area.

There's also a couple of traveller accommodations in the general area. You can clearly see them on google maps.

I used to live in Adamstown, the part nearer to Lucan. I think it's a better area than here.

Yeah, I'm definitely going to steer clear of this. Too many red flags.

This is the problem with many new estates. Its basically given over to social housing so you are buying into a modern day Ballymun.

I would avoid new builds for this reason, far too much social housing being bought up in them because the govt cant be arsed to build their own.

Why pay half a million quid for a home that the social welfare brigade get for free? And with it comes all the anti social behaviour.

Calling it a new housing estate is true, but its lipstick on the pig. Its a new social housing estate with some units for private purchase.

Much better to buy an older property in a settled estate.

Which County do you live in, if I may ask?

The problems you hear about in Dublin are confined to certain areas, generally.

There are plenty of areas in Dublin with no such issues. But you dont hear about those areas on the news.

I would say there is no better place to live in the country than South Dublin Bay. You have everything the country has to offer and you have it in spades. None of the antisocial problems you see in poorer parts of the city.

The downside, of course, is the price to live there. Its the most expensive part of the country for good reason. But hey, you get what you pay for.

It's all Clonburris, right? Clondalkin is quite a nice place to live IMO, the village is quite nice. Neilstown and Rowlagh are fairly rough but nothing that can't be handled, depends on if you like your deli roll through a pneumatic pipe. The days of buying a home away from the riff-raff are thankfully long over. I'd say the area will be quite nice to live in once developed, and especially when DART+ comes along.

There are still plenty of places in Dublin away from the riff raff, but none that are affordable to the average working person unfortunatley.

I would be cautious about buying in a new build in an average area anywhere in the country as the govt is buying up so many new builds for social housing.

They have just done the same thing in Castletroy in Limerick this week.

Location is excellent and ticks alot of boxes for alot of people with good public transport links for buses trains cars and cycling...corkagh park is also a big plus its one of the nicest parks within dublin suburbs...liffey valley and city centre all close too...

"dodgy areas" depends on the persons perspective...theres pockets of them all over dublin so are you ever really that far from a dodgy area...

seems like a well designed development that should bring the area and surrounds up....

Connemara is lovely but all rural and weather is generally poor, but it is a good amenity.

South Dublin has beaches, harbours, Dublin Mountains, Forests, Parks etc, plus all of the urban benefits. Theatres, restaurants, shops, cafes etc plus festivals, event centres. Basically everything.

South Dublin certainly has everything Ireland has to offer, but with a price tag unmatched in the country.

Busy. Looked at a couple of the 3 beds. Small, nice enough and you can see the area coming together. But very much an estate on top of each other. I'd find it hard to justify spending that kind of money and not have my own driveway

Any information on the duplexes? The ones in the 2nd to last photo.

Hi,

Only 50 houses in 2, 3 & 4 bedrooms were available for booking in this phase and that too all of them got sold out in 2 or 3 hours.

All of the 50 houses which were available for booking got sold out.