and I am afraid to have to agree that for some very decent people living there there are a lot of gougers living there too. Go there yourself is the best advice - have a pint in the local, spot the kids in the corner shop and see if its somewhere you would like to live and bring up your family.
Leghanamore may well be togher on a map but is the far side of the suburb and in effect on the outskirts of the city.
I lived in glasheen/the lough/wilton for 7 years, which all border togher and yes there are decent people there but alot of messers aswell
There is not an identical quota of gougers in all areas unfortunately.I have hung around Togher for many a year and I can tell you that there are gougers there just like there are in every other part of the city you can name. .
I have no doubt there are decent people and I know a few of them(!) who warned me against buying there as they could not see their house prices rising as fast or to the heights of others in the city of similar characteristics, and they themselves were recommending other areas of the city to me when we were going to buy - now why would they lie or lead me astray?? about utopia?None of my friends or I would have any problem bringing our kids up in Togher, and we are all very decent people. .
No need to - no i was not born and bred there however have lived in the city for 10 year both north and south of the Lee and worked with folks from all over including TogherI would question how much you really know about Togher. .
I often feel its quite very condescending to pity people but each to their own. please note I did not "label" any place as one thing or another - advising folks there are better or worse is not labeling something.It is very easy to label a place but I think that it a very unintelligent and narrow minded thing to do. But each to to your own. I pity people who need to judge things to help them feel secure.
and I am afraid to have to agree that for some very decent people living there there are a lot of gougers living there too. Go there yourself is the best advice - have a pint in the local, spot the kids in the corner shop and see if its somewhere you would like to live and bring up your family.
Leghanamore may well be togher on a map but is the far side of the suburb and in effect on the outskirts of the city.
There is not an identical quota of gougers in all areas unfortunately. I have no doubt there are decent people and I know a few of them(!) who warned me against buying there as they could not see their house prices rising as fast or to the heights of others in the city of similar characteristics, and they themselves were recommending other areas of the city to me when we were going to buy - now why would they lie or lead me astray?? about utopia?
Ah so you are the authority on Togher - I shall defer to you in future...NOT.Not labelling?? Hhmm!! Who are you trying to kid??
Are you trying to prove you have a chip on your shoulder or what?
You are really showing yourself up here. Togher is quite expensive to buy in. Their private or council equivalent anywhere else in the city often either equal in price or a good bit cheaper. Check it out. Your "friends" are misinformed.
Does anyone seriously think they're being pitched at the right price? 570k for an 'executive' 4 bed detached? Get real! After a 50% reduction they might find some buyers
Ah so you are the authority on Togher - I shall defer to you in future...NOT.
Not an authority, just not a snob. And as I said even you take your snobbish attitudes out of the discussion and look at it purely from a business point of view Togher is actually an expensive place to buy justifiably because it is seen on the whole as a good place to live for many reasons.
I think you need to remove those rose coloured glasses you have on and face the facts: Togher is a disadvantaged area within cork city, with a high proportion of unemployment and anti-social behaviour compared to other suburbs. Nobody can determine where they are born and anyone i know who was born in togher and has done well for themselves, have moved out from togher to give there kids a better start in life....thats not being a snob, thats being a good parent and wanting the best for your kids. I think you should look at the chip on your shoulder!!!!!!! Do you actually live there now as from your post it seems you don't so saying that you would bring your kids up there and actually doing it are too different things...
Houses are not expensive to buy in togher, in todays climet, you'd be hard pressed to have a similar asking price for a 3 bed semi in togher to bishopstown/wilton/lough/douglas or any bordering area!!!!
You do get large groups of young people in their hoodies, hanging around the Centra by the Doughcloyne hotel, which does put me off stopping there. Quite a number of the estates (both public and private) have long since matured and is no worse than anywhere else. Lehenaghmore, while next to Togher, is a fair walk up the hill so as to seperate it. I'm in Glasheen/Wilton myself and we would have a fair amount of renters in our estates, due to the hospital, UCC and CIT. Prices have probably fallen but not like some of the other areas. If I was house hunting, I'd wait for another 6-12 months at least. There is plenty more fat to come off the builders profit !
Leghanamore is IN Togher, not NEXT to Togher. It is one of the parts of Togher closest to the church, the centre of the parish. Those lads in the hoodies hanging around there by the Doughcloyne hotel are from the private housing estates there and up the road in Leghanamore area of Togher. The majority of them are just normal smart assed teenagers like you would find in any other private area of the city. I think there is a strong trend in this tread of people being afraid of their own shadows and it is worrying. People must be watching to much TV and believing the hype.
Where exactly is this evident?. I think there is a strong trend in this tread of people being afraid of their own shadows and it is worrying.
Togher is on TV? Its on the net if that helps anyone...http://www.mytown.ie/town83,togher.htmlPeople must be watching to much TV and believing the hype.