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Substantial remedial works were undertaken over the course of a few months that I believe has fixed the issues.

@ovidiuz I suppose my thinking on the taking down of the topic is if people are really upset with it being here I don't want to be the cause of that. I think it has done its job in terms of getting info out there about this new way of allocating social housing, which was my goal by posting. I wasn't...

@ovidiuz It seems a really positive meeting was held on Tuesday. Got the minutes on Friday afternoon. Lots of the concerns of residents were placated. Did a little research of my own on these new entities “housing trusts” through friends in local authorities, and I am so much more comforted. Still n...

good old fashioned nosiness You may not be aware of this as you only joined this forum yesterday but there has been a lot of discussion on this forum with regards to what is happening on the peninsula around planning/development. I don't regard people who are involved and concerned with development...

Mr Stupid, I am a resident and I feel it is a useful piece of information for the greater area. Those housing estates that you mention all are obliged to give a percentage to social housing as new builds as per government policy. The Gallery is a mature build, like any of the older estates around th...

I was asked would I consider taking down the post almost as soon as it went up by the administrator because someone who is selling their apartment is worried about how it will affect their closing price. I put out my arguements for keeping it up and thankfully it is still here and has attracted over...

Sorry Smithy18 but I have to disagree with you on a number of points. 1. The housing trust taking ownership of the blocks has been on the books for a number of years as it has been published in documents going back to Q1 2017. See http://www.rebuildingireland.ie/social-housing-construction-status-re...

There is under ground parking for these units but i have no idea how many spaces. Underground!? :o How?!? Ah I don't understand. I remember a friend had an apartment near Clare Hall with underground parking, turned out to be a nightmare for them, flooding, dark, cars being robbed/burnt out. Needed ...

Yes, wait and see then... How many apartments will be available? 2 blocks, so 50 or more? According to this document it is 43 units. http://www.rebuildingireland.ie/social-housing-construction-status-report-Q1-2017.pdf Where they are going to park is going to be the problem here. Is this developmen...

No idea as of yet, we have to wait and see what happens. I’m sure they will tell the committee that’s meeting them next week that it will be all over 60’s or something like that but I imagine it will be people from the fingal social housing list.
Nice to get a penthouse!

People were ringing around asking what was happening with these apartments and being stonewalled. Finally email comes through saying they will be going to Oaklee Housing Trust. Sort of makes sense why so many apartments went up for sale in The Gallery recently, might have gotten a whisper and decide...

Bought here a year ago but lived in the area 15 years ago and came back. I'm happy. Would have concerns as to the future, the increase in the size of the town with little or no infrastructural forethought is undoubtedly scary. Read Garda station, roads, huge council estates instead of integrated. Wh...

With the amount of building going on and the increase in population laid out for the area I for one am going to be contacting all of the current TD’s to ask them to lobby for a small Garda station for the area. Community policing has to be led from within the community there is no point in swords be...

Hi Folks Just in process of looking to move and the gallery has come up as a potential spot. Just have a couple of questions and any replies would be much appreciated. Is there a general problem in getting broadband to Donabate, or am I being misinformed. Also I see from the previous threads that th...