Re: Seabury Malahide
Hi antimonarch,
Moved in in Jul/August. Don't regret it at all. Nice area, nice neighbours, no trouble at all since we moved in. The only thing I would say is that there are a lot of cars on the go through and around the estate, we bought in a cul-de-sac, which I would recommend.
Transport is good, you've the dart in malahide, with feeder buses every 20 minutes from Seabury into malahide and on to Sutton I think. Not so reliable in the evening however. Also darts not all we hoped for, can be up to 40 minutes between darts after 7 or 8 pm.
42 is good, about half of them go through estate. Bizarrely, the 42 N is the best bus, all of them go through estate and they are every half hour at night.
Close to pavillions in Swords (11pm Dunnes and Superquinn), Airside, Clarehall 24hr Tesco, Coolock etc.
There is seaburyestate dot com discussion board, there is mention of "youths" hanging around, abusing people, and more recently smashing car windows. We haven't experienced any of these problems ourselves, and although it had me somewhat concerned initially I don't think it is anything to worry about. The posters on the site seem involved and seem to be interested in the upkeep of the area at least which is good.
BTW The window smashers were caught, which kind of sums up that a) the gardai are willing to get involved, and b) the residents are willing to muck in. I remember having over €1,000 euro damage done to my car before (in the city), and although the guards knew who probably did it, they weren't able or willing to check into it further without witnesses.
There are houses with garages, and some without, but not much price difference. Some also go further back than others, and some have been extended. Again, not generally reflected in the pricing.
House prices : at 520, we'd probably buy here again, but its a very personal decision. There are other houses available just down the road, e.g. in Swords, which have pretty much all the same amenities, but are cheaper. We bought here because a) it will hopefully resist falling off in value; b) transport links into city and heading North; c) reasonably mature estate, "seems like a nice area".
If it helps, we reckoned that the extra cost of buying where we bought was well worth it considering the additional benefits.
Bootdog