Ballymore Sea Gardens - Bray

Supposedly (per website) over 1000 new homes in this development. My issues would be as follows:

Huge pressure on the Dart and buses.

Huge pressure on schools - if relevant to you.

Minimum of 100 social homes - if this is an issue for you, generally people are interested in the exact number of social houses in a development.

I'd do a lot of research before buying.

hi, has anyone bought a property here? Any idea if they have given anyone a snagging date yet?

hi, i think we are the first phase - the houses are completed and we are waiting for snagging. We were told end march - but it’s been delayed. We are not getting a clear response from the real estate agents.

thanks! I wonder what’s causing the delays - they said today its because of ESB.
However, when i spoke to them during the launch(few weeks back), they said it was all sorted.

Possibly "sorted" in terms of ESB being on site working away which I know they were at that point.

Hello,

Has anyone heard back on the snagging?

hi Harshi,

Would the second phase be released?

@sparky1243 would you happen to have possession of your property yet? We are looking at investing.. any feedback would be highly welcomed 🙏🏼

hi @mandy2212

We are currently in the snagging phase. Was a very smooth process overall. The builds adhered to the initial designs provided and maintained high standard in terms of quality. Snag report didn’t highlight anything major only small cosmetic issues.
not sure about the second phase, but they had a launch couple of weeks back and might have sold the remaining ones. Worth trying with both savills and DMP.
hope this helps!

Eh not really. The DART and Luas have seen a drop off at peak commuting times.

Regardless, the expansion of the DART system is going to significantly increase capacity. And once they stop Rosslare trains at Wicklow or Bray, even more so.

It’s just the same old nonsense from locals who don’t want change. Snarky messages posted about flood plains by people who don’t have a clue. I’ve seen it as well with regards to Woodbrook.

The reality is that the Bray- Shankill corridor is getting a lot of housing of all typologies and demographics which is going to bring a lot of money to the area. There is significant excess capacity there for development on the coast specifically where this is happening- largely due to the fact that two golf courses, a cemetery and a public park have dominated the land.

Honestly I suspect the same people will be moaning if and when the Luas is extended to Bray.

There is more of a point with Greystones. More so because the single line trains and frequency is a major challenge. And coastal erosion is a real and pending concern from Bray to Greystones.

Even in London it is not what it once was. The Northern Line is still pretty bad but that was horrendous beforehand. Worrying about seats is certainly a way to indicate that we aren’t getting as much out of our mass transit system as we should!

Commuter times have stretched out and wfh have decreased. I think the NTA have noted an overall 12% decrease inbound trips. Overall public transport trips are back to 95% of where they were but you have to remember population has increased. People seem to be using transport more now in a multi modal / non car sense that the €2 fare was designed for which is great.

We’ve almost got the effect that people wanted for years

As a weirdo who likes to mix it up between the bus, Luas and DART (and the occasional drive), the changes are notable.

The DART was never as bad as the Luas Green Line (pre and even post capacity upgrades). The one issue would be Wednesday school sports days with kids with bigger bags.

I think the Green Line will come under pressure though again soon enough given Cherrywood. And if and when it goes to Bray, that’ll be tough. Though I suspect a lot of Bray users would he those looking to get to Sandyford.

Hi all,

We have been told snagging was the end of August. We have now been told it won't be until the end of September. Has anyone else had a delay? We haven't heard much on what is causing the delay.

Yes, we are in row 57-62. Did they give you more information on snagging?

We have been told snagging mid September now. But there still seems like there is a lot to be done.

We got to see inside the house two weeks ago when the floor company measured. There was still a good bit to do inside the house and none of the backgardens had the boundary walls done. Hopefully they have done more since then. Fingers crossed there is not a huge delay.

Hi, when did seagardens launch the 2nd phase ? We were told there isn’t a 2nd phase launch yet.