Moving to the sticks (7 Viewers)

[rettucs]

Or at least out of/far (ish) away from Dublin.

Anyone have any thoughts of doing this? I'm currently 60/40 on it, specifically to Kilkenny. Already started looking at gaffs there. The idea being that theres 10 years left on the mortgage on the gaff in Dublin but there's enough paid off to be able to sell up, clear the rest of the mortgage and buy something outright, or close to outright. And, get a bigger gaff and live closer to the city.

In a lot of ways its a no-brainer. The only possible spanner in the works could be the work situation. I'm currently fully remote and will be for as long as I'm in this company. But its unlikely this company will be around a year from now. It'll either go to shit, or get bought out.

anyways, anyone else ever think of doing anything similar?

 

[rettucs]

Most schools in Ireland are South facing by design I thought? Mine certainly was, and that was part of the geography curriculum.

yea traditionally all schools and churches had the same orientation. Now I don't think they give a shit.

 

[rettucs]

Sale agreed on the gaff in Dublin. We got a closing date for the gaff in Kilkenny for early June. Later than we would have liked but at least theres an end in sight. Happy days.

 

[therealjohnny]

Most schools in Ireland are South facing by design I thought? Mine certainly was, and that was part of the geography curriculum.

Is this true? I've never heard that before. A fascinating tidbit to drop into a random conversation

 

[Deadmanposting]

Is this true? I've never heard that before. A fascinating tidbit to drop into a random conversation

This is likely be more true for the country where you have larger sites and freedom to orient your building where you like. But defo in the 40s and 50s when we were building a lot of rural schools, electricity wasn't cheap or plentiful. You took the free natural light if it was going.

I looked at my schools in Dublin and they conform to the parameters of the site or the road, rather than being necessarily south facing.

Factories made good use of free natural light also - the classic 'sawtooth' design.

 

[therealjohnny]

My national school. I don't think it's facing south according to the compass in the lower right corner.

Cashelnagor National School · Cashelnagor, Gortahork, Co. Donegal, Irlande

Construction

www.google.com

 

[magicbastarder]

ah yeah, but that's donegal for you.

 

[magicbastarder]

i suspect they built them to face the road they were built on, so the aspect was decided by which side of the road the school was being built on.

 

[therealjohnny]

anyway

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[Jill Hives]

Sale agreed on the gaff in Dublin. We got a closing date for the gaff in Kilkenny for early June. Later than we would have liked but at least theres an end in sight. Happy days.

Congrats!

 

[seanc]

i suspect they built them to face the road they were built on, so the aspect was decided by which side of the road the school was being built on.

ok, I phrased it badly, jeez. It was just one of those things that gets inputted into your brain at a young age that you never think much about again and so never really question.

But since those supposedly wonderful childhood memories have remade themselves in my brain over the last few days, I think the teacher explained that, whatever way the front of the school was orientated, the bigger windows would face the South.

 

[ann post]

ah yeah, but that's donegal for you.

Everything in Donegal faces south

 

[chris d]

I walked past the sold sign for this house yesterday and noticed how all the back gardens have access to each other. Looked like a massive pain in the hole. Internet says asking price was €650,000

14 Skreen Road, Navan Road, Dublin 7 - DNG Phibsboro - 4537258 - MyHome.ie Residential

14 Skreen Road, Navan Road, Dublin 7, 3 Bed, asking price €649,000, brought to market by DNG Phibsboro, Residential - 4537258 (rated E2)

www.myhome.ie

 

[magicbastarder]

looking at google maps, it looks like it just might have been a rear access laneway which has been greened up?

 

[Deadmanposting]

Everything in Donegal faces south

Johnny's school faces west, to America, where the jobs are

 

[Deadmanposting]

I walked past the sold sign for this house yesterday and noticed how all the back gardens have access to each other. Looked like a massive pain in the hole. Internet says asking price was €650,000

14 Skreen Road, Navan Road, Dublin 7 - DNG Phibsboro - 4537258 - MyHome.ie Residential

14 Skreen Road, Navan Road, Dublin 7, 3 Bed, asking price €649,000, brought to market by DNG Phibsboro, Residential - 4537258 (rated E2)

www.myhome.ie

looking at google maps, it looks like it just might have been a rear access laneway which has been greened up?

Yeah, just looks like a massive corner garden and a nice green lane


Pretty sure I was at a house party here many years ago

"Castleknock" Lol

 

[magicbastarder]

it certainly is not phibsboro anyway.

 

[chris d]

I'd be getting in there with a big wall. Keep the riff raff neighbours out.

 

[Space]

it certainly is not phibsboro anyway.

and most certainly not the sticks.

 

[ann post]

Johnny's school faces west, to America, where the jobs are

Also to reduce the chances of eye contact with west britain

 

[MacDara]

it certainly is not phibsboro anyway.

The big Cabra Tesco is just around the corner, so Cabra it is, so.