Re: Any opinions on Hollystown Dublin 15, beside Hollystown Golf Course?
I’m a resident living in Hollystown, we purchased the house from the plans, and been living here for over 5 years now. I have to say I love the location. When we bought here there was very little around in terms of infrastructure even though we where still a short drive away from the Blanchardstown Centre. I knew this area would be well developed in the coming years and I have been proved right.
It has proved to be a great investment. We overlook the Golf course, we have never had an issue with golf balls, but that’s probably due to the position of the house in relation to the fairway.
There is a great feeling you are living in the countryside yet you are within easy reach of the city. I have read previous posts mentioning traffic congestion.....to those people,for Gods sake... this is Dublin!....the whole city and all its inbound routes are congested, at least the inbound route on the N2 is still one of the fastest routes into the city centre out of all the mayor incoming roads into Dublin. Hollystown is situated right between the N2 and the N3 so you have a choice of which route to take depending on what part of the city you need to get to.
If congestion is an issue for you and you work in the city centre, why look in the outer suburbs of Dublin?? Get yourself a nice little shoebox apartment in the IFSC or D2 somewhere....Everything is a trade off!
You are 10 minutes from the Airport via the back roads.
5 to 10 min from all that the Blanchardtown Centre has to offer.
Lidle/Superquinn and an assortment of other shops/cafe/restaurant/4 star Hotel 3 min down the road in Tyrellstown, and the great political masterpiece that is the National Aquatic Centre, and easy access to the national car park that is the M50!..and dont forget the Golf course thats right at your front door.
The fact that this area is on a flight path was a concern to me initially, but it’s really not an issue. During the day it’s really not noticeable and there is no flight traffic during the night...the odd one perhaps but that’s it.
There is a strong community spirit here, with an active resident committee. It’s a private estate and therefore well looked after and maintained. There are a number of primary schools in the area, - Killbride and Killcoskan (not sure of the spelling) and also in St Margret’s, and from a previous post I believe another school is being build in Tyrellstown.
There is a local bus service that will collect and drop you right from Hollystown (Hollybus) and a CIE service from Tyrellstown which will probably be extended at some point) right into the city, and also from Blanchardstown.
Crime?.. No more then anywhere else in Dublin, personally we have never had a bad experience here. It doesn’t matter where you live in Dublin. Just be sensible about it. Lock your doors and cars at night as you would anywhere else in Dublin. Sure, it’s a couple of miles from an area with not a great reputation...so are many other places in Dublin! It has never been an issue. Get over it!...this is Dublin, not the land of Fairies!
There are no issues with flooding in the estate or surrounding golf course, but I did have trouble getting back from the office a couple of years back when the N2 and most of Dublin was flooded. But even then there was no problem in this estate so I don’t expect there ever will be in the future, and there is no problem with house insurance!
The houses are well build and spacious, and if value for money is an important concern, space and a bit of tranquility and still be in easy reach of the city then you'll do ok here.